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Local News
Signing follows announcement of deal Wednesday
May 15, 2026 Local News
The Knoch Education Association said in a news release it has filed an unfair labor practice grievance with the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board against Knoch School Di...
May 15, 2026 Local News
Lane restrictions and a ramp closure will start on the first day of June along Route 422 in Slippery Rock and Muddy Creek townships as part of a Pennsylvania Department o...
May 15, 2026 Local News
New unit has the sole purpose of investigating threats against public officials
May 15, 2026 Local News
Students at Knoch Intermediate Elementary School spent Leadership Day sharing the creativity, teamwork and leadership skills they have been developing throughout the scho...
May 15, 2026 Local News
The Butler County commissioners are challenging a finding from the state Department of Community and Economic Development calling for the county to reprogram $99,000 in b...
May 15, 2026 Government
From his wealth management business to his personal life and hobbies, Howie Pentony is remembered by those closest to him as a caring and trustworthy man. Pentony, 78, of...
May 15, 2026 Local News
The Butler County Commissioners are unveiling a trail marker commemorating Gen. Marquis de Lafayette’s contributions in the American Revolution and his visit to the count...
May 15, 2026 America 250
FORWARD TWP — In response to numerous complaints from township residents, the board of supervisors revealed during its monthly meeting on Thursday night, May 14, it is wo...
May 15, 2026 Local News
Butler City Farmers’ Market will be receiving its bathroom on May 28, Mayor Bob Dandoy announced at a city council meeting Thursday. The bathroom will be delivered and in...
May 15, 2026 Local News
Other News
MELBOURNE, Australia — Six passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak arrived Friday in Australia for a quarantine expected to last at least three weeks. ...
May 15, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is drawing down thousands of troops in Europe by canceling deployments to Poland and Germany as opposed to yanking forces already stationed ther...
May 15, 2026 National News
KINSHASA, Congo — Africa’s top public health body on Friday confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths record...
May 15, 2026 International News
PORTLAND, Maine — A large fire and explosion at a lumber mill in Maine's midcoast region injured at least 11 people Friday. Flames tore through Robbins Lumber in Searsmon...
May 15, 2026 National News
MIAMI — The Justice Department is preparing to seek an indictment against former Cuban President Raúl Castro, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Pr...
May 15, 2026 National News
Going into the Tuesday, May 19, primary election, Butler County is broken into 95 polling precincts, each of which has its own polling location. One major change from the...
May 15, 2026 Elections
The NASA official is already looking toward what the next mission may have in store.
May 15, 2026 Local News
Sports
With a 3-2 win over District 1 champion Bishop Shanahan, North Catholic’s boys tennis team advanced to the PIAA Class 2A semifinals, which will be held on Saturday at Her...
May 15, 2026 Sports
Butler County boasts four teams in this season’s WPIAL softball playoffs, which get underway next week. Seneca Valley, seeded No. 2 in Class 6A, received a bye to the sem...
May 15, 2026 Sports
Butler has been one of the best baseball teams in the WPIAL and was rewarded as such with the top seed in the Class 6A tournament. The district playoff brackets were rele...
May 15, 2026 Sports
No. 1 seed. Ten-game winning streak. Only three losses all season. Butler baseball is in a position no Golden Tornado team has been before. When Butler (17-3) takes o...
May 15, 2026 Sports
PITTSBURGH — Before Paul Skenes. Before Konnor Griffin. Before Bubba Chandler. Before Henry Davis, there was Endy Rodriguez. An athlete behind the plate who hit 25 homer...
May 15, 2026 Professional
Editorial
May 15, 2026 Cartoons
For generations, farmers in Butler and surrounding counties have worked the land, battling the natural tendencies of Pennsylvania soil. While modern fertilizers and high...
May 15, 2026 Other Voices
Community
Faith Presbyterian Church, 1329 North Main Street Extension, Center Township, will screen a religious film Sunday, May 31. The church will show the new animated movie, “L...
May 15, 2026 Community
There are several special gardens surrounding the South Butler Community Library and a group of Girl Scouts found them all fascinating during a visit Tuesday evening, May...
May 15, 2026 Community
Learn about the creation of Lake Arthur at a Grove City Area Historical Society presentation. The second in the Spring Speaker Series at Grove City Area Historical Societ...
May 15, 2026 Community
Last summer, several past presidents of the Associated Artists of Butler County returned to the Butler Art Center & Gallery. A group of them formed new goals for the agen...
May 15, 2026 Community
Announcements
Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Claudine Longet, the French singer and actor who was at the center of a highly publicized manslaughter trial after she was charged with the fatal shooting of h...
May 15, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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May 15, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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