Pack the backpacks. Lace up the new tennis shoes. Double — maybe triple — check the bus schedule. Butler County is heading back to school beginning next week.
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A federal lawsuit stemming from the $14.9 billion merger between Japan-based Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel has been dismissed.
A notice of dismissal was filed Wed...
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — The Butler County Chamber of Commerce honored local businesses and community leaders Wednesday, Sept. 3, during its Celebrate Business Dinne...
Students at Moraine Elementary School will start the new school year with their former principal back at the helm.
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has ordered ...
Just as the weather in Butler’s Diamond Park fought between the sun and the rain before giving way to a golden Wednesday evening, dozens gathered to remind one ...
Back to school: Butler County students prepare to start the 2025-26 school year
Back to school: Butler...
Nippon Steel’s lawsuit against Cleveland-Cliffs dismissed
Nippon Steel’s lawsuit...
Local business owners honored at chamber’s annual award dinner
Local business owners ...
Slippery Rock to reinstate Shulsky as principal
Slippery Rock to reins...
Friends, family gather in Butler to remember those lost to suicide
CRANBERRY TWP — Shoppers at one local supermarket on Thursday, Aug. 4, were greeted by more than just fresh produce and canned goods.
A black Labrador puppy named Iggy ra...
Butler city police have brought an additional charge against a Butler man accused of exposing himself multiple times at the Butler Area Public Library last month.
Timothy...
Butler shoppers will have one less location for cheap deals on merchandise. Mac.Bid will be closing its Butler location.
Mac.Bid is an auction app and discount store cha...
Class is back in session at Slippery Rock Area School District.
Students at Slippery Rock Area Elementary School could be seen sporting new backpacks and tennis shoes as...
As students filed off buses at Knoch Primary School on Thursday, Sept. 4, they surrounded Principal Gregory Boerio for fist bumps and high fives before heading into the b...
For decades, Saxonburg has kicked off the fall with an annual arts festival. That continues this year with the second annual Saxonburg Artisan Market on Saturday and Sund...
AARP of Pennsylvania is warning the state’s senior citizens to remain vigilant against scams involving cryptocurrency, which cost Americans $1.4 billion in 2024 alone, ac...
Butler has announced eight street cleanings that will restrict parking from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4.
The city streets to be cleaned Thursday are West Pearl, Ch...
An arrest warrant has been issued for a Pittsburgh man in connection to an incident that occurred while he was driving with his girlfriend on Aug. 31.
Christopher Bronau...
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — The Connoquenessing Township Sewer Authority officially ceased to exist on Wednesday, Sept. 3, as the township’s board of supervisors voted to disso...
One of Butler County’s rural municipalities is aiming to put a stop to speeding on its roads.
Worth Township supervisors, at a Tuesday, Sept. 2, meeti...
In a world worried about looming food shortages triggered by the climate crisis, the collapse in rice prices — now approaching their lowest in 18 year...
When Katie Nelson lost her battle with acute myeloid leukemia in 2020 at just 23 years old, her friends knew it shouldn’t put the brakes on all of the...
Boscov’s plans to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Peanuts with a special event Saturday, Sept. 6, to mark the grand opening of its Peanuts Shop.
The...
WASHINGTON — Golf caddies, blackjack dealers and house painters are among the jobs covered under the Trump administration's preliminary list of occupa...
NEW YORK — The conservative news network Newsmax filed an antitrust lawsuit against Fox News on Wednesday, saying Fox has sought to maintain its marke...
NEW YORK — Oil giant ConocoPhillips is planning to lay off up to a quarter of its workforce, amounting to thousands of jobs, as part of broader effort...
Constellation Brands, which owns the Modelo and Corona beers in the U.S., lowered its full-year sales and profit outlook Tuesday, citing falling deman...
The Garrett Tatano Band is playing a polka night Saturday, Sept. 6.
The Polka Party takes place from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Highfield Community Center, 229 Highfield Road, B...
MILAN — Giorgio Armani, the iconic Italian designer who turned the concept of understated elegance into a multibillion-dollar fashion empire, died Thursday, his fashion h...
Demi Moore is opening up on the “difficult” experience of seeing the changes in ex-husband Bruce Willis amid his ongoing battle with frontotemporal dementia.
The Oscar-no...
NEW YORK — Five new cast members will join the upcoming season of “Saturday Night Live,” NBC announced Tuesday on the heels of several high-profile departures.
Ben Marsh...
NEW YORK — Graham Greene, a trailblazing Indigenous actor whose long and successful career on the big and small screen included an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of K...
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will be honored with one of the television’s top prizes even as it winds down its nearly 60-year work after the U.S. governmen...
NEWTOWN, Ohio — Tyler Jones and Kayla McDonald both grew up camping, so when it came time to plan their wedding, they wanted to be outside to celebrate with friends and f...
Newly engaged couples have been getting their photos taken since the mid-1800s, but the time honored tradition has evolved to be more personal than simply a staged portra...
The following are first place winners from the Butler Farm Show.
Fruits & Nuts
Fruits
Golden Delicious, Apples Robert, Orsborn Renfrew
Red Delicious Apples, Robert O...
The following are first place winners from the Butler Farm Show.
Baked Products
Biscuits Quick Bread, Ruth Monnie, Butler
Corn Quick Bread, Ruth Monnie, Butler
Fruit Quic...
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...
