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Local News
More than half the storefronts at the Clearview Mall sit vacant, but the Florida company that has operated the mall since the start of 2024, hopes to change that. Over th...
September 25, 2026 Business
City streets will close to parking and traffic for Butler Fall Festival Saturday, Sept. 26, police chief Robert O’Neill announced. Parking will be restricted from 7:30 a....
September 25, 2026 Local News
State police is asking targets of a recently uncovered scam to contact investigators with information that can help. Scammers have been impersonating federal law enforce...
September 25, 2026 Local News
BUTLER TWP — Butler County Community College’s new bistro and cafe features a familiar name to Butler County. Run by Vintage Coffeehouse, located on Main Street in Butle...
September 25, 2026 Local News
The lawyer for James Copenhaver, one of the men wounded in the shooting at President Donald Trump’s 2024 Butler rally, issued a statement on behalf of Copenhaver’s family...
September 25, 2026 Local News
Police are investigating after a Clinton Township home was struck on Sunday, Sept. 20, while five men were practicing shooting targets nearby, according to a state police...
September 25, 2026 Local News
Multiple ambulances were requested to a crash involving a school van Friday morning, Sept. 25, in Prospect, but no one was injured, according to Butler County Emergency S...
September 25, 2026 Local News
Slippery Rock Borough Police Department warned the public about fraudulent charges appearing on bank statements that impersonate the department. According to a social med...
September 25, 2026 Local News
Butler City Council approved several upcoming events and associated road closures at its meeting Thursday, Sept. 24. The city will hold Butler YMCA’s Turkey Trot 5K from ...
September 25, 2026 Local News
ADAMS TWP — The circus came to town Thursday, Sept. 24. At Mars Area Centennial School, a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performance kept the students enterta...
September 25, 2026 Local News
Other News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, the White House announced on Friday, using a rare and contested power...
September 25, 2026 National News
Pour yourself a cup of ambition. It’s Dolly Parton Day. Across the world, communities are dedicating Friday to honoring the beloved country singer. The day is falling on...
September 25, 2026 National News
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The powerful nor’easter headed to New England intensified Friday, generating storm-force winds and creating massive waves along the East Coast that for...
September 25, 2026 National News
PRETORIA, South Africa — Armed with their tongs and sausages, thousands of determined — and hungry — South Africans gathered on a national holiday Thursday to attempt to ...
September 25, 2026 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that he asked U.S. President Donald Trump to press China’s leader to use Beijing’s influence over Mosc...
September 25, 2026 International News
Sports
KARNS CITY — Karns City’s passing attack is something opposing teams must account for, with quarterback Cole Johnston and receiver Owen Kaufman hooking up for nearly 33 y...
September 25, 2026 Sports
BUFFALO TWP — The Pike Trophy has returned to Freeport High School. The Yellowjackets can thank quarterback Danny King. The senior had himself quite the night, leading Fr...
September 25, 2026 Sports
ADAMS TWP — Mars football needed heroics just to make it a game. But the 18-point second-half comeback to tie things in the fourth quarter was not enough for a victory Fr...
September 25, 2026 Sports
BUTLER TWP — After throwing 14 passes in the first half, Hickory decided to stay grounded in the second. And the Hornets’ score kept rising. Hickory, a District 10 Class ...
September 25, 2026 Sports
Aiden Kern caught three passes for 163 yards. Two of those receptions ended in the end zone. But the receiver’s biggest play of the night came with his foot, not his hand...
September 25, 2026 Sports
Despite Doubles 1 pair Devan Christofano and Cassie Sklencar winning a back-and-fourth matchup 6-3, 2-6, 6-1, Butler girls tennis fell to Mars 3-2 Friday evening. Gianna...
September 25, 2026 Sports
Knoch and Freeport will face off tonight looking to bounce back from difficult losses, with plenty at stake in the section and for the WPIAL playoffs. The intra-Butler Co...
September 25, 2026 Sports
PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers says he isn't worried about the Pittsburgh Steelers' resolve. Maybe, but if the four-time MVP and an offense that remains very much a work in ...
September 25, 2026 Professional
Things to watch this weekend in the Atlantic Coast Conference: Game of the week Wake Forest (2-1, 0-1 ACC) at No. 16 Louisville (2-1, 1-0), noon (ESPN) The Cardinals won ...
September 25, 2026 College
Things to watch this weekend in the Big Ten: Game of the week No. 20 Oregon (2-1, 0-0 Big Ten) at No. 12 Southern California (4-0, 1-0), 7:30 p.m. (NBC) This game of...
September 25, 2026 College
Editorial
September 25, 2026 Cartoons
A pair of presentations on data center proposals showed two plans with a lot of similarities, including some important questions that remain unanswered. A proposal in For...
September 25, 2026 Our Opinion
President Donald Trump won a surprising number of Gen Z voters in 2024, with a particularly strong performance among young men. Although Kamala Harris still won a majorit...
September 25, 2026 Other Voices
Community
Intermediate League of Butler will meet Monday, Oct. 5, at Christ Community Methodist Church, 205 North Duffy Road, Butler. A social time will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a ...
September 25, 2026 Community
The Butler Art Center & Gallery is accepting drop offs from Oct. 7 through Oct. 10 for its Nature and Wildlife exhibit, which will run later in the month. Art submissions...
September 25, 2026 Community
Butler County Dog Law Enforcement Officer, Cole Redrup, and his team will do a targeted dog license canvas Wednesday, Sept. 30, in Butler Township. Owners of unlicensed ...
September 25, 2026 Community
CRANBERRY TWP — Everything starts with a handshake at the Cranberry High Noon Toastmasters. Not just the start of a meeting — every introduction of a Toastmaster member ...
September 25, 2026 Community
Announcements
Arts & Entertainment
PHILADELPHIA — Bill Giles, who rose from a Philadelphia Phillies business executive to become an owner and CEO during more than a half-century with the team, died Friday ...
September 25, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Of all the magical portals that transport you to another world, “Forgotten Island” may have the cutest. It’s not a brick tunnel like “Spirited Away” or a hidden door like...
September 25, 2026 Reviews
Buzzing with the sound of dial-up internet and the hum of grainy VHS tape, Lance Oppenheim’s “Primetime,” about Chris Hansen and his Dateline NBC series “To Catch a Preda...
September 25, 2026 Reviews
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