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The VA Butler Healthcare System is hosting a Veteran Appreciation Day at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 31, at the Abie Abraham VA Health Care Center on North Duffy Road. All loca...
May 29, 2025 Military News
The Butler High School Junior ROTC and their commanding officer, combat veteran Richard Coleman, honored heroes by placing flags at the gravesites of veterans in the Butl...
May 24, 2025 Local News
Since 2017, March 29 has been recognized as National Vietnam War Veterans Day, and the VA Butler Healthcare System is holding two events this weekend to mark the occasion...
March 28, 2025 Military News
Sean Vashie, a 2019 Freeport Area Senior High School graduate, recently completed the U.S. Army's field artillery basic officer leader course at Fort Sill, Okla. The son ...
March 08, 2025 Military News
BUTLER TWP — After an American flag was donated to Northwest Elementary School by Blase Szwaczkowski with the American Legion of West Deer Township, the school’s principa...
March 06, 2025 Local News
If Butler’s Main Street seems like it’s been missing something lately, that’s because it is. American Legion Post 117 has recently taken down hundreds of worn-out tribut...
February 03, 2025 Military News
Two county veterans won first place honors in the 2024 National Veterans Creative Arts Competition. Marine veteran Lori Ceder, of Butler, won first place in the art divi...
January 30, 2025 Local News
Monday, Feb. 3, is the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s 21st annual National Prevention Day, a day to raise awareness of substance abuse preven...
January 29, 2025 Military News
Robin’s Home, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting local veterans, launched a new fundraising campaign during a special event at Baglier Buick GMC on Friday, Jan. 10. The ...
January 13, 2025 Military News
SAXONBURG — More than 100 volunteers and students paid tribute to fallen military service members Saturday, Dec. 14, at a Wreaths Across America ceremony. The volunteers ...
December 14, 2024 Local News
CENTER TWP — In front of a crowd gathered Friday, Dec. 13, U.S. Navy veteran Jim Neudorfer read “I pledge allegiance to the flag” via the raised dots on the newly dedicat...
December 13, 2024 Military News
Callery leaders have set a new date for the official dedication of its veterans memorial, which has been in the works for more than three years. The new date for the dedi...
December 10, 2024 Military News
The Pennsylvania Moose Association, along with the American Braille Flag Project, will present a bronze American Braille flag at the Abie Abraham VA Health Center in Cent...
December 07, 2024 Military News
PENN TWP — The residents of the Colonial Gardens Guest House got a surprise gift on Sunday, Nov. 24: an entire truckload of food, including 11 Thanksgiving turkeys, donat...
November 25, 2024 Military News
WEST SUNBURY — A month and a half after Hurricane Helene laid waste to parts of the Deep South, some residents of Butler County still are rendering assistance to the stri...
November 12, 2024 Military News
FRANKLIN TWP — The Chestnut Grove senior condominium complex came alive with the colors red, white and blue on Friday, Nov. 8 — three days in advance of Veterans Day. Ne...
November 09, 2024 Senior
This Veterans Day, Karns City will pay a small token of appreciation to the residents of the borough and the surrounding area who made the ultimate sacrifice to defend ou...
November 05, 2024 Military News
CALLERY — After three years of planning and construction, a veterans memorial located just outside the borough municipal building on Railroad Street is ready to be dedica...
November 05, 2024 Military News
BUTLER TWP — The Lyndora American Legion Post 778 opened its doors to hundreds of veterans on Friday, Nov. 1, for the ninth annual Stand Down, a one-day event that offers...
November 02, 2024 Military News
The Stanley Snyder Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7465 in Volant and the American Legion Post 584 in Mercer teamed up to host the “Triple Threat” charity fundraiser event ...
September 18, 2024 Pennsylvania News
BUTLER TWP — Local veterans showed off their creative skills in various fields at the VA Butler Healthcare’s fourth annual Veterans Creative Arts Festival, held at the Am...
September 13, 2024 Military News
Right at sunrise, a large flag was hoisted high, where it will fly above the Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Company for the duration of Wednesday, Sept. 11, in remembr...
September 11, 2024 Local News
VA Butler Healthcare is offering flu vaccination clinics to veterans at its New Castle Road campus, 325 New Castle Road, Butler Township, and community locations starting...
September 11, 2024 Local News
The VA Butler Healthcare System will hold a series of flu vaccination clinics for veterans at multiple locations starting Friday, Sept. 13. Four will take place at the Bu...
September 11, 2024 Military News
CENTER TWP — Local mental health professionals and veterans came to the Abie Abraham VA Health Care Center on Tuesday, Sept. 10, for the “Stop the Stigma” mental health s...
September 11, 2024 Military News
Students from the Pine-Richland/Mars Area U.S. Air Force JROTC plant 2,977 American flags along Route 228 outside Mars Area High School on Tuesday, Sept. 10 in remembran...
September 10, 2024 Local News
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — About 30 infantry soldiers from the county were among 100 Pennsylvania Army National Guard soldiers who left Friday, Sept. 6 for a yearlong deployme...
September 06, 2024 Military News
EVANS CITY — Veterans and their families packed Harmony/Evans City Veterans of Foreign War Post 499 for the second annual Family Freedom Festival on Saturday and Sunday, ...
July 21, 2024 Local News
VA Butler Healthcare is holding its first Veterans Appreciation Day on Saturday, July 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Abie Abraham VA Health Care Center on North Duffy R...
July 12, 2024 Military News
What’s more American than a fireworks displays on the Fourth of July? But for some, these displays bring fear and panic instead of wonder and joy. This is especially the ...
July 03, 2024 Military News
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