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Local News
(The Center Square) — For the fifth year in a row, state leaders have failed to meet the June 30 deadline for finishing an annual budget — a situation that will have litt...
June 30, 2026 Local News
The attorney representing a Butler Township man charged with homicide in the November death of a two-month-old baby is seeking documents containing communications between...
June 30, 2026 Local News
A Butler man was sentenced in federal court to three years probation and ordered to pay over $711,000 to the IRS after being convicted of failing to pay employment taxes ...
June 30, 2026 Local News
U.S. Sens. Dave McCormick and John Fetterman said they will join a coalition of state organizations to ensure the state has a presence at the Great American State Fair on...
June 30, 2026 Local News
All state Department of Transportation driver license and photo centers will be closed Saturday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. Driver and vehicle services, ...
June 30, 2026 Local News
The Rotary Club of Zelienople has received a Rotary District 7280 matching grant to help pay for 28 street banners on the borough’s Main Street. The club qualified for t...
June 30, 2026 Local News
The Pennsylvania Lottery said one of two winning Powerball power play tickets from the Saturday, June 27, drawing was sold in Butler County. A $100,000 winning ticket wa...
June 30, 2026 Local News
Business owner claims his trash can was used A Butler man is facing charges after police said he placed his roommate in a trash can after he died from an apparent overdos...
June 30, 2026 Local News
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Natural gas could start flowing by 2033 out of two undersea deposits discovered by ExxonMobil off Cyprus, a senior executive with the company said Tuesd...
June 30, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — U.S. job openings stayed at a surprisingly strong 7.6 million in May as the American labor market remains resilient in the face of the economic shock from th...
June 30, 2026 Business
Other News
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump took in nearly $1.2 billion dollars from his crypto businesses last year, a federal filing released Tuesday shows, locking in profits wh...
June 30, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. disclosed Tuesday that he was being treated for depression during his unexplained four-month absence from the House, ...
June 30, 2026 National News
NASA announced four new contracts for commercial lunar landers for the agency’s moon plans, but dropped news that it’s toying with the idea of sending to the moon a siste...
June 30, 2026 National News
President Donald Trump has announced that Republicans will hold their first-ever national convention ahead of the midterm elections, an unusual event aimed at boosting tu...
June 30, 2026 National News
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela — Aid groups warned Tuesday that Venezuela's fragile healthcare system is being pushed to its limits nearly a week after two powerful earthquakes, wi...
June 30, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday erased limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president, striking down ...
June 30, 2026 National News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Two U.S. envoys arrived in Qatar on Tuesday for talks with mediators about the implementation of an initial deal to end the war in Iran, an ...
June 30, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that chi...
June 30, 2026 National News
RICHMOND, Va. — Five years after becoming the first Southern state to legalize possession of marijuana, Virginia has approved a legal way to sell it to recreational users...
June 30, 2026 National News
Sports
Nolan Stefaniak’s last game wearing a Butler baseball uniform wasn’t an accurate representation of his senior season. The senior pitcher and Penn State commit threw 5.2 i...
June 30, 2026 Sports
June 30, 2026 Sports
Editorial
June 30, 2026 Cartoons
Fourth of July celebrations take many forms, but one thing most have in common is taking place outside. This year, that could require some extra caution. From the Midwest...
June 30, 2026 Our Opinion
The First Amendment needs all the help it can get these days. Some progressives want restrictions on “hate speech,” while Democrats weren’t shy about pushing private com...
June 30, 2026 Other Voices
Community
Mac Wilson, of Cranberry Township, is participating in the prestigious Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University this summer. Mac atte...
June 30, 2026 Community
Bouncing signals off the ionosphere, ham radio club converses worldwide
June 30, 2026 Community
Hunter Speer, 7, of the Fisher Dairy Farm at Portersville, readies his cow Friday, July 1, 2011, for competition at the Big Butler Fair. It was the first day of the Big...
June 30, 2026 Community
Announcements
Arts & Entertainment
Other
The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day, there will be one Lord, and his name the only name. — Zechariah 14:9 ...
July 01, 2026 Verse of the Day
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Butler County Seni...
June 30, 2026 Special Sections
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Pennsylvania S...
June 30, 2026 Special Sections
June 30, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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