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Local News
An elderly woman died following the cement truck rollover crash Thursday, Sept. 17, on Mars Evans City Road, according to Callery Volunteer Fire Company officials. Assis...
September 18, 2026 Local News
A juvenile sustained an apparent leg fracture after being struck by a vehicle Thursday evening, Sept. 17, in Butler and was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital, according to B...
September 18, 2026 Local News
The defendant in a November 2024 shooting death in Butler is being appointed a new attorney. Sean Ernest Williams, 39, of Butler, has been charged by Butler police with h...
September 18, 2026 Local News
An addition to a Seven Fields intersection aims to improve traffic safety. A three-way stop sign was placed at the intersection of Highpointe, Sycamore and Enclave drives...
September 18, 2026 Local News
Assaults started when both were juveniles
September 18, 2026 Local News
JACKSON TWP — A new joint municipal boundary between the north of Cranberry Township and south of Jackson Township has been cleared by officials to take effect. The towns...
September 18, 2026 Local News
Efforts part of National Roundabout Week The Federal Highway Administration is celebrating National Roundabout Week between Monday and Friday, Sept. 21 through 25, to rai...
September 18, 2026 Local News
PENN TWP — Receiving a standing ovation from a room of local Democrats at the Butler Country Club, Gov. Josh Shapiro pitched a reelection campaign centered on affordabili...
September 18, 2026 Local News
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Adams Twp Aug. 24 — Ann Weber, 72, of Middlesex Township, was charged with misdeme...
September 18, 2026 Local News
A section of Dinnerbell Road in Jefferson Township has been closed “immediately” to facilitate repair on the Bessemer railroad tunnel near the Victory Road intersection. ...
September 17, 2026 Local News
Other News
UNITED NATIONS — The world is deeply divided and the U.N.’s most powerful body is paralyzed when it comes to ending conflicts. But there’s a way forward. So says the Unit...
September 17, 2026 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine has long argued that Russia will only negotiate seriously if the cost of continuing the war becomes too high. For Kyiv, punitive sanctions that im...
September 17, 2026 National News
PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania is seeking more emergency aid from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to respond to the state’s largest measles outbreak in more t...
September 17, 2026 Pennsylvania News
WASHINGTON — The top official at the U.S. Postal Service said Thursday that the agency has stopped work on developing a controversial computer system that was central to ...
September 17, 2026 National News
PHOENIX — Former U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, a longtime Republican lawmaker from Arizona who shaped landmark water policies in the U.S. West and guided the confirmation of Supreme...
September 17, 2026 National News
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — Human remains found in the Grand Canyon this week were those of the last remaining person missing after the deadly flash flooding in l...
September 17, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has approved visas for top Iranian officials, including the president and foreign minister, to attend next week’s U.N. General Assem...
September 17, 2026 National News
GENEVA — Experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strike...
September 17, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolis...
September 17, 2026 National News
JOHANNESBURG — South African police said a ninth woman’s body was discovered Thursday in an area east of Johannesburg where they are investigating a series of killings ov...
September 17, 2026 International News
Sports
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Slippery Rock is unsure who the opposing quarterback will be when it travels to Millersville for a noon kickoff Saturday at Biemesderfer Stadium. It w...
September 18, 2026 Sports
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Damon Ferguson Jr., La'Vell Wright and Mason Heintschel ran for touchdowns, and Pittsburgh continued its perfect start with a 27-13 win over Syracuse on...
September 17, 2026 Sports
Luke Myers found the net twice and Ryan Karwoski earned a clean sheet in Knoch boys soccer’s 5-0 win Thursday against host Valley. Luca Perri, Whit Schwalm and Walker St...
September 17, 2026 Sports
“I was a terrible athlete, probably.” Butler High graduate and Butler Radio news director Tyler Friel made his “Eye on Sports” debut (FINALLY) this week to talk about not...
September 17, 2026 Sports
Aden Shay is the type of football player you build a program around. “I’d love to have that kid on my team for the next four years,” first-year Slippery Rock head coa...
September 17, 2026 Sports
League play is ramping up across Butler County, with Freeport visiting North Catholic in Week 4 of the PIAA football season looking to go 4-0 and start WPIAL section play...
September 17, 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...
September 17, 2026 Sports
Here are the latest standings involving Butler County-area teams, as well as full schedules for the week. All games at 7 p.m. Friday unless otherwise noted: Independe...
September 17, 2026 Sports
Editorial
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday deserves the thanks of Butler County residents for his actions to keep Butler Memorial Hospital and the four other hospitals und...
September 18, 2026 Our Opinion
As Pennsylvania looks to expand its technology infrastructure, data centers are becoming part of the conversation about economic development, electricity demand and land ...
September 18, 2026 Other Voices
Community
Sadly, we say goodbye to Butler summer this Tuesday evening with the autumnal equinox at 7:04 p.m. Both the northern and southern hemispheres of the Earth receive equal a...
September 17, 2026 Community
The Saxonburg VFW Post 7376 Auxiliary is accepting requests for fall 2026 veteran and service member banners through Sept. 30. The auxiliary is accepting the requests th...
September 17, 2026 Community
The following area residents were named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges and universities. Georgia Southern University Mars: Madison Buss Southern New Ham...
September 17, 2026 Community
The following area residents were named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges and universities. Southern New Hampshire University Butler: Abigail Harbaugh, Uria...
September 17, 2026 Community
There will be a spaghetti meatball benefit dinner, 50/50 and Chinese auction on Oct. 3 from noon to 7 p.m. at the Butler American Legion Post 117, 413 S. Main St., for 5-...
September 17, 2026 Community
Andrew and Patricia Potyka, of Butler, celebrated 70 years of marriage on Sept. 16 with a family dinner. Potyka married the former Patricia Ordy on Sept. 16, 1956, at St....
September 17, 2026 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. ...
September 17, 2026 Senior
Karns City Area Jr./Sr. High School will have its homecoming coronation prior to its football game against Dubois at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25. ...
September 17, 2026 Community
Announcements
In loving memory of our beloved daughter, granddaughter and sister Paige Nicole Organ who passed away on September 18, 2013. Deep down in our hearts there's a picture Wor...
September 18, 2026 Birthday Tributes
Arts & Entertainment
In April 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order banning the hoarding of gold and requiring Americans to deliver excess quantities to a Federal Re...
September 18, 2026 Reviews
“I only use guns in video games,” says Bryan (Austin Abrams), our frustrated protagonist, trying to piece together a machine gun while his impatient companion urges him t...
September 18, 2026 Reviews
NEW YORK — Annie Dillard, the Pulitzer-Prize winning author and essayist renowned for her poetic explorations of nature, love, spirituality and the art of writing in the ...
September 17, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Ed Sheeran’s tour of North and South America was plunged into chaos Tuesday when four of his supporting acts abruptly quit in solidarity with the rapper Mackle...
September 17, 2026 People
Other
September 18, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light... — Ephesians 5:8 ...
September 18, 2026 Verse of the Day
September 17, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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