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Butler County preparing for first snow
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. ...
Ryan Gloyer Middle School students embark on Tree Planting Blitz in Cranberry Township
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...
Malfunctioning wood burner in East Butler sends one to the hospital
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...
Semper Giving provides 500 Thanksgiving meals for families in need
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...
Elections bureau building creates inconveniences during recount
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 allo...
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...
Malfunctioning wood burner in East Butler sends one to the hospital
Malfunctioning wood bu...
Semper Giving provides 500 Thanksgiving meals for families in need
Semper Giving provides...
Elections bureau building creates inconveniences during recount
Elections bureau build...
Top Headlines
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...
November 20, 2024 Pennsylvania News
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...
November 20, 2024 Community
Would be first rate increase for Saxonburg since 2013
November 20, 2024 Finance
Mars is asking its residents to fill out an online survey so it can put together a comprehensive audit of the materials that comprise water service lines underneath the s...
November 20, 2024 Local News
Enersol, an oil field service company based in United Arab Emirates, will acquire 95% stake in a Butler County business for $223 million. Enersol announced it has signed ...
November 20, 2024 Business
News
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...
November 20, 2024 Local News
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...
November 20, 2024 Local News
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...
November 20, 2024 Local News
Some money from BASA sale included
November 20, 2024 Local News
Cranberry Township is hosting an online auction of surplus government items from Nov. 22 to Dec. 6 through the company Auctions International. Cranberry Township routinel...
November 20, 2024 Government
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Community
Saints Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the Lyndora section of Butler Township ...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
PENN TWP — When members of the Craft & Chat group at Gospel Fellowship Presbyterian Church...
November 19, 2024
Waynesburg resident Bryn Patton, 22, won the coveted title of Miss Butler County at the 45...
November 18, 2024
Author and Grove City resident Todd Bromley said conspiracy theories flew around after the...
November 18, 2024
Mars put its Christmas tree on display this week, and for the second straight year, the bo...
November 16, 2024
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Sports
PITTSBURGH — Payton Wilson could have played it safe. But where's the fun in that? The Pit...
 
David Bocci was named the PSAC men’s swimmer of the week Tuesday afternoon. The Clarion Un...
November 19, 2024
There’s no place like home. After exploring other avenues, Santino Sloboda realizes that. ...
November 19, 2024
Butler County cross country coaches have announced their 2024 All-County boys and girls ru...
November 18, 2024
Hard-throwing Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes beat San Diego Padres outfielder Jackson ...
November 18, 2024
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Editorial
November 20, 2024 Cartoons
President-elect Donald Trump has spent the past few months portraying the U.S. economy as an epic disaster in need of radical action. That turns out t...
November 20, 2024 Other Voices
When emergencies happen in northern Butler County, it can take time for help to arrive. It’s geography, but sometimes it’s also a lack of resources a...
November 20, 2024 Our Opinion
Last month, the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors known for their powerful global activi...
November 20, 2024 Other Voices
In 1987, celebrating the 750th anniversary of its founding, the two sides of Berlin — the capitalist West and the socialist East — spent the year comp...
November 19, 2024 Other Voices
Business
WASHINGTON — Comcast will spin off many of its cable television networks that were once at the heart of the entertainment giant, with people increasin...
November 20, 2024 Pennsylvania News
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...
November 19, 2024 Business
NEW YORK — Jersey Mike’s, the quickly expanding sandwich chain, is being acquired by asset management giant Blackstone. In the transaction announced T...
November 19, 2024 Business
Spirit Airlines said Monday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection and will attempt to reboot as it struggles to recover from the pandemic-ca...
November 19, 2024 National News
Butler city bakery Harvey’s Sweet Shoppe, 148 N. Monroe St., announced on Facebook that owner Brittney Furka will temporarily close the business’s sto...
November 19, 2024 Business
Weekend Entertainment
‘These Shining Lives’ opens Friday
November 14, 2024 Local News
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Arts & Entertainment
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...
November 19, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
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...
November 19, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
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...
November 19, 2024 People
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 ...
November 18, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — A year after turning to comedian Jimmy Kimmel for the second time to host their big show, the Academy Awards will pivot to another familiar TV funnyman — Conan...
November 16, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
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...
November 01, 2024 Special Sections
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...
November 01, 2024 Special Sections
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...
October 30, 2024 Special Sections
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:...
October 30, 2024 Special Sections
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...
October 30, 2024 Progress
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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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