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Local News
A trial for a Cabot man charged with inappropriately touching a juvenile girl in 2023 is scheduled to begin Tuesday, Oct. 13, in Butler County Common Pleas Court. Michael...
October 06, 2026 Local News
A former Sugarcreek Township secretary in Armstrong County is accused of using the township’s credit card to make purchases totaling $4,500, according to a Tuesday, Oct. ...
October 06, 2026 Local News
BUTLER TWP — The U.S. Secretary of Energy and other officials visited Cleveland-Cliffs’ Butler Works plant Tuesday, Oct. 6, to tour the facility after a commitment of $75...
October 06, 2026 Local News
PennDOT announced restrictions on I-79 in Marshall Township and Franklin Park Borough, Allegheny County on Friday, Oct. 9 and Monday, Oct. 12 in a news release. Traffic o...
October 06, 2026 Local News
Two winning lottery tickets totaling over $300,000 were sold last week in Butler County according to the Pennsylvania Lottery. A Treasure Hunt ticket sold Oct. 1 at the G...
October 06, 2026 Local News
The Pennsylvania government is investing more than $400,000 in environmental education projects across the state through the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Prot...
October 06, 2026 Business
Representative has denied allegations he used homophobic insults speaking about a gay colleague
October 06, 2026 Local News
One person died and another was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital following a two-vehicle, head-on crash Tuesday morning, Oct. 6, on Route 68 in Oakland Township. Tanner Z....
October 06, 2026 Local News
Update: One person was killed and another lifeflighted to an area hospital following the crash. Read more. One person was reportedly unresponsive when a head-on collisi...
October 06, 2026 Local News
After a renovation that lasted nearly a year, Buffalo Township’s employees and police department have officially moved back into the municipal building on Bear Creek Road...
October 06, 2026 Local News
Other News
In observance of Columbus Day, all driver’s license and photo centers will be closed Oct. 10-12, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Customers may...
October 06, 2026 Pennsylvania News
WASHINGTON — A lawyer for ABC on Tuesday asked a federal judge to prevent the Trump administration from conducting an unusual, early review of its broadcast licenses, lik...
October 06, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday that he will stop using taxpayer funds for television advertisements glorifying himself that sparked a major backlash, and...
October 06, 2026 National News
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian air defenses intercepted nearly 900 Ukrainian drones overnight over multiple regions of the country, as well as the occupied Crimean Peninsula and...
October 06, 2026 International News
VIENNA — Air Force Secretary Troy Meink made headlines recently by confirming the United States has deployed weapons in space. He did not, however, detail what the weapon...
October 06, 2026 International News
Sports
GROVE CITY — Slippery Rock boys soccer coach Kyle Hopkins figured Grove City would not lack determination to win Tuesday’s District 10 Region 2 rematch following the Rock...
October 06, 2026 Sports
Chris Faber started the second round of the WPIAL Class 2A Boys Individual Golf Championship inside the top, 10 but seemingly a longshot to win. He ended Tuesday nearly c...
October 06, 2026 Sports
Seneca Valley girls soccer already had a standout goalkeeper and a strong back line entering this season. But there was one glaring question surrounding the Raiders ...
October 06, 2026 Sports
Joe Rapp’s second gold medal in the District 9 Class 2A Individual Boys Golf Championship came a lot easier than the first. The A-C Valley/Union senior shot a 7-under...
October 06, 2026 Sports
Editorial
Community
Seneca Valley students will celebrate a lively homecoming with this year’s theme, “New York City.” The dance is taking place at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10. This year’s fes...
October 06, 2026 Community
Knoch High School’s homecoming dance is Saturday, Oct. 10, and has a neon theme. There will be a parade through Saxonburg beginning Thursday at 7:15 p.m. Homecoming king ...
October 06, 2026 Community
The Center for Community Resources will provide people with warm clothing at an annual event on Friday. Bundle Up Butler will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the Butl...
October 06, 2026 Community
Chicora firefighters demonstrated their newly acquired ladder truck for students of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church preschool on Oct. 8, 2009. The firefighters came to the s...
October 06, 2026 Community
NEW YORK — Journal entries kept by Pope Francis before and during his papacy will be published this fall for the first time. Image, an imprint of Penguin Random House Ch...
October 06, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Announcements
Arts & Entertainment
CHICAGO — It’s official: Skydance-owned Paramount closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, ushering in a new Hollywood giant. The merger bri...
October 06, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
CBS Sports and Tony Romo have officially parted ways, one month after the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback pleaded no contest to charges of operating a vehicle while int...
October 06, 2026 People
NEW YORK — Nearly 12,000 bans took place in public schools over the past year, according to a new study from PEN America, the highest total since the free expression orga...
October 06, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Other
Kathy Garrison has been cancer free for decades now, but her experiences during and after treatment had stuck with her. One especially impactful struggle for her was in ...
October 06, 2026 Special Sections
CENTER TWP — When it comes to cancer, Cheryl Schaefer is all about the fight. Schaefer, 68, of Center Township, has fought uterine, breast and thyroid cancer over the yea...
October 06, 2026 Special Sections
St. Faustina Kowalska, a Polish Catholic nun, spent her life sharing a message of compassion and mercy. At the Slippery Rock parish named for her, sewing ministry volunte...
October 06, 2026 Special Sections
When Claudia Marley began crocheting breast prostheses at age 70, she hoped to provide comfort to women recovering from mastectomies. The work also brought comfort to her...
October 06, 2026 Special Sections
While getting a mammogram may not seem like the most glamorous activity, Dr. Matt Miller, a radiologist at Allegheny Health Network, said it’s the “single biggest thing t...
October 06, 2026 Special Sections
Not long after completing treatment for breast cancer, Linda Todaro found herself in Italy, seated in a dragon boat with other survivors and preparing to compete against ...
October 06, 2026 Special Sections
The World Health Organization reports that roughly 2.4 million new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year. That makes breast cancer the most common cancer in wome...
October 06, 2026 Health
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