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It’s been 45 years since a former Saxonburg police chief died after he was shot during a traffic stop. Chief Gregory Adams died while en route to Butler Memorial Hospita...
December 04, 2025 Local News
Helps train staff for real-life scenarios
December 04, 2025 Local News
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Adams Twp Nov. 20 — David Nicholas Reefer, 59, of Mars, was charged with two misde...
December 04, 2025 Local News
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — Connoquenessing Township supervisors are primed to make a decision on a zoning proposal that stands to significantly influence the municipality’s lo...
December 04, 2025 Local News
BUTLER TWP — The Butler Area School Board voted unanimously on Wednesday, Dec. 3, to advance a policy that would formally allow therapy dogs onto district property. “We w...
December 04, 2025 Local News
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Business News
The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage fell again this week, slipping close to its low point so far this year. The decline brings the average long-term mortgage rate...
December 04, 2025 Business
WASHINGTON — U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in more than three years during Thanksgiving week, potentially complicating the Federa...
December 04, 2025 Business
Convenience store chain Sheetz has started collecting donations for its Sheetz For the Kidz campaign. For the entire month of December, customers at all Sheetz locations ...
December 04, 2025 Business
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State News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to travel to Pennsylvania on Tuesday to highlight his efforts to reduce inflation even as fears mount about a worsening job mark...
December 04, 2025 Pennsylvania News
A progressive group is targeting two Senate Democrats and an independent senator who voted to confirm some of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees, promising to spe...
December 03, 2025 Pennsylvania News
NEW YORK — Body camera video shown in court Tuesday documented how police approached, arrested and searched Luigi Mangione at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s — moments that und...
December 02, 2025 National News
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National News
WASHINGTON — First lady Melania Trump lit the National Christmas Tree on a chilly Thursday night in the nation's capital. At the annual tree lighting on the Ellipse, just...
December 04, 2025 National News
NORFOLK, Va. — The Justice Department failed Thursday to secure a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge dismissed the previous mort...
December 04, 2025 National News
WASHINGTON — U.S. Southern Command announced that it had conducted another strike against a small boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, following a pause of almo...
December 04, 2025 National News
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International News
GENEVA — Public broadcasters from at least four countries — including Spain and the Netherlands — on Thursday pulled out of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest after orga...
December 04, 2025 International News
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is pausing all immigration applications such as requests for green cards for people from 19 countries banned from travel earlier thi...
December 03, 2025 National News
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Kyiv’s European allies Tuesday of sabotaging U.S.-led efforts to end the nearly 4-year-old war in Ukraine, shortly before he met ...
December 02, 2025 International News
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