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Local News
OAKLAND TWP — Chairman Shaun M. Krill led the board of supervisors in a unanimous vote at its Wednesday meeting to adopt the township’s first regulations for data centers...
November 06, 2026 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — A new recreation facility in the township is set to enter the initial design phase. Township supervisors unanimously voted to approve two contracts relate...
November 06, 2026 Local News
A week before jury selection is scheduled, a Chester County man charged in a 2021 homicide in Butler County is asking a judge to dismiss the case because his constitution...
November 06, 2026 Local News
Vote on changes expected at later meeting
November 06, 2026 Local News
A Sarver couple is accused of breaking into a home and attempting to take custody of the woman’s child, according to charges filed by state police. Amber Starr Lewis, 28,...
November 05, 2026 Local News
PennDOT announced Thursday that it will begin mill and fill paving operations on Routes 68, 356, and 228 in Butler County. Work will take place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov....
November 05, 2026 Local News
A man is in a Pittsburgh hospital after being shot through the leg Thursday night near the intersection of West North and Chestnut streets in Butler. According to a news ...
November 05, 2026 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — MSA, a company that produces industrial safety technology products and solutions that protect people and facility infrastructure, announced its participat...
November 05, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — Salon, one of the early internet’s most influential websites that featured sharp voices and political and cultural journalism backed by a liberal sensibility...
November 05, 2026 Business
Pennsylvania’s death toll reaches six
November 05, 2026 Local News
Other News
U.S. President Donald Trump has discussed efforts to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East in a telephone call with Qatar's emir as the region remained on edge over...
November 06, 2026 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his government is seeking specific guarantees from Western allies on how post-war security support would func...
November 06, 2026 International News
OTTAWA, Ontario — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government unveiled a budget Thursday aimed at making Canada less dependent on the United States as President Dona...
November 05, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain scarce and most workers enjoy job security. The Labor Department reported Thurs...
November 05, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is vowing that Democrats will not allow President Donald Trump to put “a right-winger” on the Supreme Court once they ...
November 05, 2026 National News
FRANKFURT, Germany — President Donald Trump’s plan to allow imports of Russian diesel appeared to falter this week after state and federal officials warned that handling ...
November 05, 2026 International News
A tanker was struck by projectiles off the coast of Qatar in the Persian Gulf, the British military said Thursday, while Iranian state television reported that two tanker...
November 05, 2026 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine exchanged airstrikes overnight as the second day of talks on Ukraine's postwar reconstruction and security guarantees once the fighting...
November 05, 2026 International News
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Former Sen. Sherrod Brown defeated Republican Sen. Jon Husted in Ohio on Tuesday, flipping a seat that was crucial to Democrats’ strategy to retake the c...
November 05, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — JD Vance publicly broke from President Donald Trump’s defense of the Iran war Wednesday after the Republican Party’s deep losses in the midterm elections, at...
November 05, 2026 National News
Sports
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Slippery Rock University football head coach Shawn Lutz remembers the score well — 38-8. Lutz even took a picture of the scoreboard at Edinboro’s Sox ...
November 06, 2026 Sports
PITTSBURGH — After allowing the tying goal with less than three minutes left in regulation, Freeport’s girls soccer players could have been asking themselves “What if?” f...
November 05, 2026 Sports
It’s a packed week to break down. The WPIAL and District 9 football brackets are out, and Derek Pyda and Jake Merda Adams are here to discuss the seeds and matchups for ...
November 05, 2026 Sports
The air’s supposed to be colder by now, but luckily that isn’t a requirement for high school football playoffs. Butler County has four teams getting ready for the postsea...
November 05, 2026 Sports
It’s time for the second season. The PIAA football playoffs are in full swing officially now, with action kicking off in WPIAL and District 9. Four Butler County teams a...
November 05, 2026 Sports
Here are the Top 10 passers, rushers, receivers and scorers in the Butler County area so far in 2026. Stats are provided by teams directly, via MaxPreps or accumulated vi...
November 05, 2026 Sports
Pack up the pumpkins. It’s officially turkey season in the running world. On November’s schedule we’ve got wobbles, gobbles, gallops, even a truthantrub, but this Saturda...
November 05, 2026 Sports
Editorial
Ask a young person what employers want and you will likely hear about credentials: a diploma, a degree, a good GPA. Those matter. But Butler County employers are asking f...
November 06, 2026 Other Voices
Community
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week. Lunch is served at noon. ...
November 05, 2026 Senior
Shopping for a telescope for someone on your holiday gift list — even if that someone is you — has changed a lot in recent years. For several years now, smart visual tel...
November 05, 2026 Community
Non-traditional work week, regular training part of Butler County call center
November 05, 2026 Community
Announcements
In loving memory of our beloved Leona Wladika whose birthday is November 6, 1933. Dear Mom, Your birthday is sad since we are apart, But to us this day will always have a...
November 06, 2026 In Memoriams
In loving memory of Dennis A. Geibel who passed away November 6, 2024. If we could have our dearest wish fulfilled, And take our choice of all earth’s treasures, We’d cho...
November 06, 2026 In Memoriams
Douglas Brian Bartmas Jr. May 6, 1991 - November 6, 2016 In loving memory of a beautiful soul who left us too soon. Today marks 10 years since Heaven called you home. 10 ...
November 06, 2026 In Memoriams
Arts & Entertainment
Even Godzilla can be felled by an old hazard: the sophomore slump. Though Godzilla has been stomping around for more than half a century, “Godzilla Minus Zero” is a seque...
November 05, 2026 Reviews
VATICAN CITY — Bob Dylan came knockin’ on Pope Leo XIV’ s door Wednesday, as the American singer-songwriter and poet visited with the American pope at the Vatican during ...
November 05, 2026 People
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