The first snow of the fall is expected to hit Butler County on Thursday, Nov. 21, and Friday, and local public works department are making sure to be prepared. ...
Dozens of Ryan Gloyer Middle School students ventured outside the classroom to rake leaves and plant 158 trees along the winding tributary of Brush Creek on Wed...
A wood burner caught fire at a house in East Butler on Tuesday night, Nov. 19, sending one person to a hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation.
The report o...
CRANBERRY TWP — Dozens of volunteers unified in the spirit of giving filled the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex on Tuesday evening, Nov. 19, to pack meals for peopl...
Butler County preparing for first snow
Butler County preparin...
Ryan Gloyer Middle School students embark on Tree Planting Blitz in Cranberry To...
Ryan Gloyer Middle Sch...
Saxonburg disables audio recording on Roebling Park security cameras
Saxonburg disables aud...
Malfunctioning wood burner in East Butler sends one to the hospital
Malfunctioning wood bu...
Semper Giving provides 500 Thanksgiving meals for families in need
Butler Health System, part of the now-merged Independence Health System, is close to reaching a deal with the trustee of its bonds which would relieve some of the hospita...
SLIPPERY ROCK — For the eighth consecutive year, the borough will keep its tax rate flat.
According to Mayor Jondavid Longo, Slippery Rock was the second-highest taxed mu...
The task force led by U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-16th, issued subpoenas Monday, Nov. 18, to two employees of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives regardin...
Saxonburg will waste no time transitioning from Thanksgiving to the Christmas season, as major holiday events will be held in the borough on two consecutive days after th...
Volunteer fire companies will participate in a simulated fire training exercise the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 26 at the Clearview Mall in Center Township.
The 911 center w...
FRANKLIN TWP — Supervisors met Monday, Nov. 18, to workshop a preliminary budget for the upcoming year that will see no tax increase for residents.
The preliminary budget...
The Cranberry Rotary Club – Sunrise commemorated its 25th year of existence with a special anniversary dinner at Cranberry Highlands Golf Course on Tuesday, Nov. 19.
More...
With a recount underway for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race at the Butler County Bureau of Elections building, Common Pleas Judge S. Michael Yeager had to allow slight a...
Did you know that about 8,000 veterans are diagnosed with lung cancer each year?
And did you know that 5,000 veterans die from the disease per year?
T...
It’s been nearly eight months since avian flu was first detected in U.S. dairy herds, and cases in both cows and humans continue to pile up.
That slow...
After spending $118 million of his personal wealth on the campaign to reelect Donald Trump as president, billionaire Elon Musk has been tapped to lead...
FRANKFURT, Germany — Ford Motor Co. says it will reduce its workforce by 4,000 in Europe and the U.K. by the end of 2027, citing headwinds from the ec...
WASHINGTON — Comcast will spin off many of its cable television networks that were once at the heart of the entertainment giant, with people increasin...
Enersol, an oil field service company based in United Arab Emirates, will acquire 95% stake in a Butler County business for $223 million.
Enersol anno...
Alphabet Inc.’s Chrome browser could go for as much as $20 billion if a judge agrees to a Justice Department proposal to sell the business, in what wo...
NEW YORK — Jersey Mike’s, the quickly expanding sandwich chain, is being acquired by asset management giant Blackstone.
In the transaction announced T...
This holiday season, the Senator John Heinz History Center, Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum and Fort Pitt Museum are offering free admission for kids ages 17 and young...
NEW YORK — The holiday season really kicks off when the massive helium balloons start floating through New York. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade — two years away from ...
CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Did the Mouse King strike?
A ballet group in suburban Detroit is scrambling after someone stole a trailer filled with props for upcoming performa...
The new action-sports league being launched by Shaun White will air on NBC and stream on Peacock beginning next year.
White announced earlier this year that he was puttin...
When famous singer Patsy Cline died in a plane crash at 30 her daughter, Julie, was only 4 years old. Today Julie remembers hearing her mother’s songs. “It would be no bi...
Concordia Lutheran Ministries will host its 11th annual Live Nativity show on Sunday, Dec. 8, at the Cabot facility on Marwood Road in Winfield Township, in front of the ...
PITTSBURGH — Three men who pleaded guilty last month to poaching charges for killing 21 white-tailed deer in Washington County last year received jail sentences, had thei...
PHILADELPHIA — In the Deep South, in places far from the surf, “lake life” is a big deal, and boating is more than a hobby.
There’s a slew of country songs about the life...
Here are the population figures for central Butler County according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 5-year estimates from 2022:
Population
Area: 192...
Here are the population figures for northwest Butler County according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 5-year estimates from 2022:
Totals
Total area:...
The city at the near center of Butler County is also the center of activity for the municipalities that surround it, and government officials recognize Butler as a promin...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Two young Ukrainian families are relieved to be watching the deer and chipmunks frolic on their hosts’ Cranberry Township lawn, and not wondering wher...
HARRISBURG — In the coming years, Pennsylvania will receive more than $1 billion in federal funding to bring high-speed internet access to everyone in...
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 ...
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...
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority is asking for the public’s opinion until Friday, March 10 on two potential action plans for wider int...
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...
