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Local News
A Prospect woman is facing cruelty to animals and neglect charges after state police said 20 animals were found living in poor condition at a home last year. Ashley M. Ay...
March 25, 2026 Crime & Courts
With warming weather, Butler city officials are prepared to let pickleball players and skaters utilize parks into the night. Councilman Dan Herr announced at a meeting Mo...
March 25, 2026 Local News
Voters in the City of Butler’s precincts 4-1 and 4-2 will now share a single voting site after a court decree consolidated the two. Starting with the upcoming primary ele...
March 25, 2026 Local News
Various groups hope to bring people together and make a positive impact in Butler by sharing Jewish stories, culture, archives and extensive local history. The Butler Ar...
March 25, 2026 Local News
ADAMS TWP — The name “Adams Township” may not be long for this world. It was revealed during a public hearing on Tuesday night, March 24, Mars Township would be the name ...
March 25, 2026 Local News
ADAMS TWP — The board of supervisors approved a land development plan for a Chipotle restaurant during their meeting on Monday night, March 23. The restaurant would be lo...
March 25, 2026 Business
With digital kiosks expected to be installed soon, Butler city officials selected a payment processing vendor for the parking department. CardPointe, a cloud-based platfo...
March 25, 2026 Local News
JACKSON TWP — Looking from the windows of Seneca Valley’s intermediate high school library, superintendent Tracy Vitale pointed to the hillside beyond campus, where build...
March 25, 2026 Local News
Work expected to last until late October
March 24, 2026 Local News
Butler County Community College is hosting a Cybersecurity Awareness conference on Wednesday, April 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Founders Hall. The conference, aimed at p...
March 24, 2026 Local News
Other News
PHILADELPHIA — Travelers passing through Philadelphia International Airport on Monday may have expected long security lines. But the longest line was made of cheesesteaks...
March 24, 2026 Pennsylvania News
SAO PAULO — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro was granted permission on Tuesday by a Brazilian justice to serve his 27-year sentence for a coup attempt at home in...
March 24, 2026 International News
NEW YORK — A runway warning system failed to sound an alarm moments before an Air Canada jet and a fire truck collided while the plane was landing at New York’s LaGuardia...
March 24, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — Minnesota officials filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday accusing the Trump administration of withholding evidence related to three shootings by federal officers,...
March 24, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — Travel disruptions deepened Tuesday as senators raced to salvage a proposal to end the Homeland Security shutdown by funding much of the department, includin...
March 24, 2026 National News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Airstrikes battered Iran and Iranian missiles and drones targeted Israel and sites across the Mideast on Tuesday, even as President Donald T...
March 24, 2026 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — A major Russian drone and missile attack on civilian areas of Ukraine killed six people and injured at least 46, officials said Tuesday, while Moscow’s ar...
March 24, 2026 International News
Sports
An offense capable of burying opposing teams has been a hallmark of Mars boys lacrosse's current run of nine consecutive WPIAL Class 2A titles. The onslaught shows no sig...
March 25, 2026 Sports
Taryn Hilovsky has both ends of the lacrosse field covered. While the Butler senior attack has scored 76 goals the last two seasons, including 48 last year, she has signe...
March 25, 2026 Sports
Butler County has a knack for producing talented athletes on the mat on the high school level, but they normally don’t get their start on that stage. Plenty of wrestlers ...
March 25, 2026 Sports
Blake Scott tripled and hit a home run, scoring three runs and driving in two as Butler baseball toppled Baldwin 9-2 Tuesday afternoon at Pullman Park. Nolan Stefaniak do...
March 24, 2026 Sports
PITTSBURGH — Martin Necas scored twice, Nathan MacKinnon poured in his NHL-leading 46th goal and the Colorado Avalanche breezed past the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 Tuesday n...
March 24, 2026 Professional
The PIAA basketball championships are over. Here are the results from all 12 finals in Hershey’s Giant Center. See the full PIAA brackets involving local teams (Class 6A ...
March 24, 2026 Sports
Cinderella has been kicked out of the dance early for the second straight season. Following a madness-promising first day of upsets, the NCAA Tournament has turned into a...
March 24, 2026 College
Emma Bloom won the 100-meter hurdles and Audrey Lyker the 300 hurdles as Mars’ girls track and field team edged Hampton 71-70 on Monday. Freshman Carly McKenna took first...
March 24, 2026 Sports
A few track and field dual-meets will start the 2026 spring outdoor season, but the first real look we’ll get at the PIAA season comes Saturday, March 28 when Seneca Vall...
March 24, 2026 Sports
As the clouds begin to break and the rain comes and goes, the Butler County area’s track and field teams will be competing on the oval and beyond. The area has consistent...
March 24, 2026 Sports
Editorial
March 24, 2026 Cartoons
The two decades that Tom Ulrey has worked as a paramedic have shown him gruesome scenes of human injury that he said usually make for the worst day of a person’s life. B...
March 24, 2026 Our Opinion
Apparently, cows know how to scratch an itch — with a broom. This fascinating new discovery provides the first known example of multipurpose tool use beyond chimpanzees....
March 24, 2026 Other Voices
Community
Fran Draper’s recipe for Italian Easter bread had been passed down through the generations and served as an important family tradition. Draper, who was 76 in 2010, still ...
March 24, 2026 Community
The Worthington-West Franklin Community Library and Civic Center will host a craft show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 28, at 218 E. Main St., Building A. Craf...
March 24, 2026 Community
Prospect Community Library will have its spring book sale April 9, 10 and 11. The sale will take place from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 9; from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fr...
March 24, 2026 Community
Joshua Rowe uses keys to unlock doors just like anyone else, but they also helped him enter a world of arts and crafts. For nearly two decades, Rowe — who is now in his l...
March 24, 2026 Community
Announcements
In loving memory of our beloved father Carl Muscatello whose birthday is March 25. Dad What we would give, if we could say “Hello Dad” in the same old way. To hear your ...
March 25, 2026 Birthday Tributes
In loving memory of our beloved Willie Schnur who passed away 9 years ago today. DAD, You held our hands when we were small You caught us when we fell, The hero of our ch...
March 25, 2026 In Memoriams
Arts & Entertainment
Other
The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. — Romans 6:23 ...
March 25, 2026 Verse of the Day
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