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Local News
A Butler woman is accused of vandalizing a vehicle with a metal baseball bat. Michelle Mia Gibson, 54, was charged Sunday, July 12, with one felony count each of aggrav...
July 14, 2026 Local News
A Saxonburg woman is accused of striking a man in the hip with a baseball bat. Jessica Daryl Krchelich, 38, was charged Monday, July 13, by state police with misdemeanor...
July 14, 2026 Local News
A Mars woman was arrested after police said she kicked her arresting officer in the groin after allegedly trespassing in the Adams Township Municipal Building. Jennifer L...
July 14, 2026 Local News
A Prospect man died Thursday, July 9, from injuries suffered June 29 in a motorcycle crash while he was driving to work in Allegheny County. Gregory McCauley, 43, died in...
July 13, 2026 Crime & Courts
Police say a former Armstrong County corrections officer admitted assaulting his 2-month-old daughter. Jakob Craig Hankey, 22, of White Township, Indiana County, called ...
July 13, 2026 Local News
The Butler man accused of hiding a body in a stolen garbage can waived his preliminary hearing Monday, July 13, in exchange for a lower bail, which would allow him to wor...
July 13, 2026 Local News
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ended Saturday. Champions Grand Champion Showman, Kai Hess, Slippery Rock Reserve Grand Champion Sho...
July 13, 2026 Agriculture
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ended Saturday. Champions Supreme Champion Cow, Lydia Kennedy, Cooperstown Supreme Res. Champion Cow...
July 13, 2026 Agriculture
The Butler man who died in a boating accident Tuesday, June 30, on Lake Erie was only supposed to be there Monday. But he stayed an extra day to take children who beat ca...
July 13, 2026 Local News
The following are first-place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ended Saturday. Foods & Nutrition Nutrition Project, 8-12, Ava Homze, Butler Plant Science Meet...
July 13, 2026 Agriculture
Other News
CAIRO — The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they launched missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia’s Abha International Airport on Monday in response to airstrikes the...
July 13, 2026 International News
Another week of blistering heat will bring even more health risks in the coming days, as overnight temperatures won't provide much relief. The National Weather Service i...
July 13, 2026 National News
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, has been named as her late brother’s temporary replacement in the U.S. Senate after his unexpected death...
July 13, 2026 National News
PHILADELPHIA — Residents in some Philadelphia neighborhoods and surrounding counties were cleaning up Sunday from widespread damage caused by a line of severe, short thun...
July 13, 2026 Pennsylvania News
PARIS — Ukraine and nine other countries announced Monday they were forming a coalition to protect Europe from ballistic missiles, utilizing Kyiv’s experience in fighting...
July 13, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans returned to Washington on Monday with an uncertain agenda after the sudden death of prominent Republican Lindsey Graham, a committee chair...
July 13, 2026 National News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States and Iran each asserted Monday they controlled the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of attacks across the Middle East, furt...
July 13, 2026 International News
Sports
St. Louis Cardinals second baseman JJ Wetherholt has $20 million in escalators based on MVP voting and All-Star selection as part of his $112.5 million, eight-year contra...
July 13, 2026 Professional
While flag football has gained a strong foothold in Western Pa., it is not yet up to par with other areas of the country. Josh and Kaitlyn Federkeil, of Meridian, are aim...
July 13, 2026 Sports
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County. Monday, July 13 Summer Baseball 7 — Butler Iron Bucks at Beaver County Cardinals Wednesday, J...
July 13, 2026 Sports
Editorial
Steeples & Stacks is a landmark event for the Butler Cultural District, an initiative that started in 2022 to focus arts and culture in one area of the city. The event t...
July 13, 2026 Editorial
July 13, 2026 Cartoons
The Social Security Trust Fund will run out of money by late 2032, according to the annual report the program issued last month. The specific date is new — last year’s re...
July 13, 2026 Other Voices
Community
The end of the inaugural Steeples & Stacks Heritage Weekend was only the beginning of an art installation which should last for years to come. Over the two days of Steepl...
July 13, 2026 Community
When Butler writer Niki Lott published her children’s book, “The Princess and the Tea,” in November, she shared a project that began nearly 20 years earlier as personaliz...
July 13, 2026 Community
Announcements
Arts & Entertainment
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Sam Neill, the smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose prolific career moved from art films to blockbusters as he dodged velociraptors in “Ju...
July 13, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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