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Local News
A Petrolia man faces criminal charges after grabbing an individual by the neck and threatening to kill him. State police arrested Robert James Wilhelm, 48, on June 22 af...
June 23, 2026 Local News
The United States Department of Energy announced it plans to provide $17.5 billion in loans to speed up the deployment of 10 nuclear reactors Cranberry Township-based Wes...
June 23, 2026 Business
At least one detained at Sheetz
June 23, 2026 Local News
ADAMS TWP — The Adams Township Board of Supervisors approved a 180-day moratorium on applications for six types of businesses, including data centers, at their regular me...
June 23, 2026 Local News
UPMC is moving an advanced response ambulance known as Squad 98, which carries blood along with its lifesaving equipment, from its station at UPMC Passavant — Cranberry i...
June 23, 2026 Local News
Mars Borough Council vote scheduled for July 6
June 23, 2026 Government
More than $45 million in requests received, $21 million awarded
June 23, 2026 Local News
Documented resident of over 20 years and family left with few options
June 23, 2026 Local News
Property owners face 1.9 mill hike
June 22, 2026 Education
Rosemarie Pochron, a 90-year-old resident of a local nursing home, is out over $20,000 after police said her son and daughter-in-law used power of attorney to make purcha...
June 22, 2026 Local News
Other News
TUCSON, Ariz. — “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie made an emotional appeal to viewers Tuesday to come forward with any information about her missing mother, a day after ...
June 23, 2026 National News
MACUNGIE, Pa. — President Donald Trump visited a Mack Truck facility in the swing state of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, attempting to shift attention to the U.S. economy in h...
June 23, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that six people have been arrested over damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, as the president’s $14-million-pl...
June 23, 2026 National News
ISLAMABAD — The U.S. and Iran were in dispute Tuesday over whether Tehran had agreed to allow U.N. inspections of its nuclear sites. As officials negotiated over how to p...
June 23, 2026 International News
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in the United Arab Emirates on the first leg of a three-nation tour of Gulf countries aimed at ea...
June 23, 2026 International News
CHICO, Calif. — A shooting at a library in Northern California left two people dead and an 18-year-old suspect has been arrested, police said Tuesday. Police responded to...
June 23, 2026 National News
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine said Tuesday its forces struck a railway bridge, a power plant and other key infrastructure targets in Crimea as Kyiv’s military seeks to isolate ...
June 23, 2026 International News
LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday he will resign, forced out by his own party after missteps and mistakes soured voters’ goodwill following a lands...
June 22, 2026 International News
OBBUERGEN, Switzerland — Vice President JD Vance on Monday said his lengthy talks with senior Iranian officials in Switzerland created a “good foundation for a successful...
June 22, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — National Guard members and U.S. Park Police patrolled the deck around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday as President Donald Trump's administrati...
June 22, 2026 National News
Sports
The first season of PIAA flag football provided new highlights and a bigger stage for the three Butler County teams to put their talents on display. No local athlete put ...
June 23, 2026 Sports
The readers have spoken, and North Catholic senior Logan Schade is the fan-vote winner of the Butler Eagle Male Athlete of the Year. Schade, who made the Butler Eagle Swe...
June 22, 2026 Sports
It’s been tough to match Justin Garvey’s success the past couple years. No Butler County boys tennis player has had as much individual and team postseason success the las...
June 22, 2026 Sports
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County. Wednesday, June 24 Summer Baseball 7:30 — 412 Titans at Butler Iron Bucks Saturday, June 27 ...
June 22, 2026 Sports
Editorial
June 23, 2026 Cartoons
Butler County Human Services and the Alliance for Nonprofit Resources are helping give people with disabilities tools that can get them through an emergency situation and...
June 23, 2026 Our Opinion
Spinning a good narrative is critical to selling artificial intelligence these days. But the leaders of today’s biggest labs are giving us whiplash by changing their stor...
June 23, 2026 Other Voices
Community
Orchard Hill Church Butler, 120 Walker Avenue, is partnering with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank to distribute food to those in need from 9 to 11 a.m. on Satu...
June 23, 2026 Community
More than 13 years ago, the members of the Rodfathers of Butler had already started their yearly Cruise-A-Palooza, entertaining car-lovers in the area by taking over Butl...
June 23, 2026 Community
MUDDY CREEK TWP — A Butler County farm animal rescue nonprofit has given a home to a handful of pigs taken from a Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, animal sanctuar...
June 23, 2026 Community
Sharon Chernick, 74, still does almost everything now that she did before she lost her sight; she takes care of her houseplants and her cat, gets her reading in through a...
June 22, 2026 Community
Moraine State Park is hosting a family fishing day on Friday, June 26, just past Pleasant Valley Beach on the South Shore. The Family Fishing Program takes place from 5:3...
June 22, 2026 Community
The Butler YMCA will have a pop-up yoga session on Tuesday, June 30, at 339 North Washington Street, Butler. The session will begin at 6:30 p.m. and is free for YMCA memb...
June 22, 2026 Community
A two-day yard sale to support a church sewing ministry will take place Friday and Saturday, June 26 and 27, in Saxonburg. The event will be in Centennial Hall, 110 Stat...
June 22, 2026 Community
Announcements
July 1, 1954 - June 23, 2016 We knew that day was special, The day we would set you free Cancer had ravaged your body. You could not live without help. You woke up confus...
June 23, 2026 In Memoriams
Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Anne Hathaway revealed Friday that she and husband Adam Shulman are getting ready to welcome their third baby together. The Brooklyn-born “Devil Wears Prada 2”...
June 23, 2026 People
MEXICO CITY — As World Cup fever sweeps Mexico City, one of the tournament’s biggest fan favorites isn’t a player, coach or official mascot. Joining Merlin the duck in th...
June 22, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
A Paul Simon concert special and Season 2 of the live-action “Avatar: The Last Airbender” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near y...
June 22, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Oliver Tree, the eccentric American musician known for viral stunts, alt-pop tracks like “Alien Boy” and “Life Goes On,” and his unconventional style, died fol...
June 22, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Clive Davis, the record company lawyer who became one of the music industry’s most powerful figures, launching or resurrecting the careers of such superstars a...
June 22, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — “Toy Story” still has a friend in moviegoers. The fifth installment in the Pixar series debuted with $160 million in domestic ticket sales, according to st...
June 22, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Other
June 23, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
For some men and women, the answer to treatment for stress, anxiety and other challenges is man’s, or woman’s, best friend. Certified therapy animals are trained to prov...
June 23, 2026 Special Sections
In Butler County, there are plenty of chances for activities shared between people and their pets. During the warm summer months especially, Butler residents and visitor...
June 23, 2026 Special Sections
Losing a pet is any owner’s worst nightmare, so it is extremely important to do anything you can to prevent this. Properly identifying your pet ensures their safety and y...
June 23, 2026 Special Sections
The Lord will keep you from all harm — he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. — Psalm 121:7-8 ...
June 23, 2026 Verse of the Day
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
June 22, 2026 Special Sections
June 22, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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