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Vets embody ‘grit’ of ANR, NDC strategic plan
For veterans like Tim Sutton and Zachary Townsend, programs offered by the Alliance for Nonprofit Resources and Nonprofit Development Corporation have given the...
Carved In Ice returns to Butler this weekend for 9th year
The Butler AM Rotary Club is proud to host the ninth annual Carved in Ice event, set to run from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturda...
Butler Health System shows mixed results for second quarter
Butler Health System, part of the merged Independence Health System, has posted its financial numbers for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2024 and results are mixed...
Fogel home in Pennsylvania
Marc Fogel returned to Western Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Feb. 18, after successfully completing a medical evaluation in San Antonio, Texas. In a statement Tuesd...
Penn Township’s annual Mega Cruise canceled for 2025
Penn Township’s annual...
Vets embody ‘grit’ of ANR, NDC strategic plan
Vets embody ‘grit’ of ...
Carved In Ice returns to Butler this weekend for 9th year
Carved In Ice returns ...
Butler Health System shows mixed results for second quarter
Butler Health System s...
Fogel home in Pennsylvania
Fogel home in Pennsylv...
Top Headlines
Benjamin Feath’s passion for robotics has afforded him a wealth of learning opportunities and a great deal of success. The seventh-grader from Ryan Gloyer Middle School h...
February 19, 2025 Local News
Mars Borough Council opted to table a quote from KLH Engineers in the amount of $72,350 for a water line replacement along Crowe Avenue at a meeting Monday, Feb. 17. Mar...
February 20, 2025 Government
SUMMIT TWP — At a meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 19, members of the township’s board of supervisors approved a salt contract and service agreement. The board: approved a ...
February 20, 2025 Local News
State police with the Bureau of Criminal Investigations charged a Pittsburgh man after he allegedly sold stolen lifts on Facebook Marketplace in three counties. Michael ...
February 20, 2025 Local News
A Vermont woman was arrested Feb. 8 at Grove City College after police said she posted a threat about possibly shooting up a school. Grove City police arrested Ellen I. O...
February 19, 2025 Crime & Courts
News
Butler County Community College is offering free personal empowerment training to people in recovery and those who support people in recovery. The virtual can be particul...
February 20, 2025 Local News
A Butler man was injured in a crash the night of Jan. 31 on South Main Street in Chicora. According to state police, Stanley Lopinski, 93, of Butler, was transported by K...
February 19, 2025 Local News
Slippery Rock University is holding a moderated discussion on “Securing the Sciences” on Thursday, Feb. 20. The discussion will include industry experts who will talk abo...
February 19, 2025 Local News
State police in Mercer County accused a man of purposely hitting someone with his car in the Sheetz parking lot off Interstate 79 in Springfield Township. John Michael A...
February 19, 2025 Local News
Mary Ann Dellich couldn’t just stick to one piece at a time. She worked on a 300-piece puzzle in the lobby of the 530 North Main Street apartment building in Butler for ...
February 19, 2025 Local News
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Community
Hearing loss comes in many forms, but one of the most common forms is presbycusis — gradua...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
BUTLER TWP — The township is hoping to literally “move the goalposts” at the Pullman Recre...
February 19, 2025
One of the displays unveiled this past weekend at the Butler Art Center is intended to tak...
February 17, 2025
CRANBERRY TWP — The Rose E. Schneider Family YMCA was set aside on Sunday morning, Feb. 16...
February 16, 2025
ROME — Doctors on Saturday prescribed “absolute rest” for Pope Francis and modified the tr...
February 15, 2025
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Sports
Behind a 20-point effort from Cecilia Christy and another 17 from Alexis Cashdollar, Mars’...
 
The 2025 boys basketball postseason is underway in WPIAL, District 9 and District 10. Here...
February 19, 2025
OHIO TWP — Knoch matched Avonworth shot for shot in a furious fourth quarter, but the Knig...
February 19, 2025
Plunging off a diving board reminds Ali Waters of a life in the not-too-distant past. The ...
February 19, 2025
Slippery Rock boys basketball had recently gone cold, losing five of its final six regular...
February 18, 2025
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Editorial
While you can’t stop time, you can remain young at heart. Pursuing your passions — whether it’s chasing the call of the open road like Jim Davis and ...
February 20, 2025 Our Opinion
Forgive me for interrupting with a macabre thought, but what’s your plan in case World War III breaks out? This question is less and less theoretical:...
February 20, 2025 Other Voices
February 20, 2025 Cartoons
February 19, 2025 Cartoons
It’s just four little words, but they can mean the difference between death or redemption. A bill currently in the General Assembly — introduced by, a...
February 19, 2025 Our Opinion
Business
Apple has released a sleeker and more expensive version of its lowest priced iPhone in an attempt to widen the audience for a bundle of artificial int...
February 20, 2025 Business
WASHINGTON — The heads of four major labor unions on Wednesday called on President Donald Trump to boost American shipbuilding and enforce tariffs and...
February 19, 2025 Business
The role of skill games in the state of Pennsylvania could change drastically if a proposal by Gov. Josh Shapiro comes to pass. As part of his annual ...
February 19, 2025 Pennsylvania News
MINNEAPOLIS — With egg prices soaring, the Trump administration is planning a new strategy for fighting bird flu that stresses vaccinations and tighte...
February 18, 2025 Business
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Fried Chicken is being uprooted from its ancestral home state in a shake up that will relocate its U.S. corporate office to...
February 18, 2025 Business
Weekend Entertainment
As much as I want to talk about the artistry of last Sunday’s halftime show, I’m sure you’re all sick of hearing about it. Besides, in journalistic terms, it’s technicall...
February 13, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
Blake Lively has amended her sexual harassment lawsuit against her “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni, now alleging defamation and claiming two oth...
February 20, 2025 People
LOS ANGELES — Rapper A$AP Rocky was found not guilty Tuesday of firing a handgun at a former friend on a Hollywood street in 2021. “Thank y’all for saving my life,” he to...
February 18, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
Steven Spielberg is gearing up to direct a new film starring Josh O’Connor and Emily Blunt. The still untitled “event film” is set for a theatrical release on June 12...
February 18, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
LIMA, Peru — Colombian superstar Shakira said Monday that she will resume her world tour and perform in Lima, Peru, on Monday evening, following the cancellation of a con...
February 18, 2025 People
“Captain America: Brave New World” infused some blockbuster cash into the North American box office, bringing in $88.5 million in ticket sales over the weekend, accor...
February 17, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
Butler’s Jim Davis is doing retirement the right way. The newly retired Navy veteran is spending his golden years doing the things he loves most in life, from shooting gu...
February 19, 2025 Special Sections
One of the things new retirees look forward to is having the time to travel. Without PTO limits, vacations after retirement can be something new and different. It can be ...
February 19, 2025 Special Sections
Valentine’s Day is upon us, and rather than giving you candy and flowers, I’m offering mini-reviews of four new and newish streaming rom-coms. (Alas, I was not able to ge...
February 11, 2025 Special Sections
Kindergarten through eighth-grade students at St. Wendelin School are thankful for their families, friends and everyone else that has an impact on their lives. This Valen...
February 11, 2025 Special Sections
Valentine’s Day is for lovers — but you don’t need a romantic soulmate to celebrate. The holiday is a chance to consider just how rich, diverse and beneficial every form ...
February 11, 2025 Special Sections
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Seeking Refuge
Every morning Irena Tkachenko starts her day the same way: by telephoning her relatives and friends in Ukraine to see if they are still OK. Tkachenko,...
February 24, 2023 Local News
Three young Ukrainian families who escaped their war-torn hometown of Kharkov think the American holiday of Thanksgiving is a good time to say they ca...
November 23, 2022 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Huge, steaming pots of homemade food and endless carafes of coffee and tea sustain 11 adults and children seeking refuge at the crowde...
July 16, 2022 Local News
When it comes to helping those in need, Butler County residents have proven their generosity again and again by donating amounts large and small strai...
June 20, 2022 Local News
Two young Ukrainian families are relieved to be watching the deer and chipmunks frolic on their hosts’ Cranberry Township lawn, and not wondering wher...
June 18, 2022 Local News
Digital Divide
HARRISBURG — In the coming years, Pennsylvania will receive more than $1 billion in federal funding to bring high-speed internet access to everyone in...
August 30, 2023 Pennsylvania News
The Biden administration on Monday continued its push toward internet-for-all by 2030, announcing about $667 million in new grants and loans to build ...
August 22, 2023 National News
STATE COLLEGE — Before Pennsylvania can spend an almost $1.2 billion windfall of federal funding for high-speed internet, it must figure out how to us...
July 18, 2023 Pennsylvania News
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority is asking for the public’s opinion until Friday, March 10 on two potential action plans for wider int...
February 27, 2023 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Pennsylvania is set to get a piece of $42.5 billion in federal money to help expand broadband internet access to underserved areas. On...
February 17, 2023 Business

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