Never an advocate for the “bigger is better” mentality in healthcare, Ken DeFurio’s 20-year tenure as the president and CEO of a longtime single hospital health...
It was a brutal week for Butler County football teams a week ago, and several teams need to pick up the pieces quickly.
Karns City is still in good shape despit...
This football season is flying by for Camden Schlegel.
Schlegel tore his ACL playing lacrosse in the spring of his sophomore year, an injury that shelved him on...
With the acquisition of Independence Health System by West Virginia University Health System official as of Oct. 1, WVU Medicine has made changes to the executi...
Numerous police agencies executed 31 search warrants Wednesday, Oct. 7, throughout Butler County regarding the sale of suspected illegal THC and THC-related pro...
How the last 6 years of healthcare changed Ken DeFurio’s mind
How the last 6 years o...
PIAA football picks Week 7 | Will Butler, Karns City, Moniteau bounce back as pl...
PIAA football picks We...
Freeport football’s Camden Schlegel is making up for lost time as Yellowjackets ...
Freeport football’s Ca...
Butler native to serve as president and CEO of Butler Memorial and Clarion hospi...
Butler native to serve...
DA names 12 retailers searched in Wednesday operation into suspected illegal sal...
Officials are not immediately identifying the outside agency that will undergo a forensic audit costing the county $10,000.
County commissioners on Wednesday approved the...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has designated Butler County as an urban county for the Community Development Block Grant program, which the county f...
JACKSON TWP — Township supervisors held a special meeting on Wednesday in which early talks on putting together the budget for 2027 kicked off.
Discussion about ongoing p...
MIDDLESEX TWP — The township’s planning commission is working to update its zoning ordinance to address data center developments.
While no decisions were made at the boar...
Legislation recently passed by the Pennsylvania Senate’s Health & Human Services Committee aims to ease some of the financial burden on the state’s emergency medical serv...
Slippery Rock University is launching a new degree in December 2026 aimed at the construction industry, according to a Tuesday, Oct. 7, news release.
Eastern Atlantic Sta...
NexTier Bank’s office off Route 422 East in Armstrong County experienced an “incident” requiring law enforcement intervention, according to a Thursday, Oct. 8, Facebook p...
Adams Township — 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31
The township’s Halloween in the Park is set for 3 p.m. Oct. 17 at Adams Township Community Park.
Brady Township — 6-7 p.m. Sat...
After leading police on a chase that ended in a crash early Wednesday morning, an Oakland Township man was charged with reckless driving and driving with a suspended lice...
If you know eight women, statistically, you know someone who will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in her life.
According to data from b...
As the maternity leave policy moves forward, there are a few things that people need to consider. It’s a great policy in a perfect world. Unfortunatel...
Early in my life, I was a Democrat. I believed that the Democratic Party was an ally of the working class. I believed they favored lowering taxes for ...
As with other Americans, I watch TV, listen to the radio and read newspapers for my news. Today, it is difficult for many of us to separate news facts...
GENEVA — The World Trade Organization is sharply increasing its forecast for merchandise trade growth worldwide this year, more than doubling its earl...
Stan Kosciuszko took over the Butler County Chamber of Commerce at a time when it needed help. Struggling and losing membership, his addition to the c...
The Pennsylvania government is investing more than $400,000 in environmental education projects across the state through the Pennsylvania Department o...
The new West Virginia University Health System signage in and around Butler Memorial Hospital are the first of many changes patients can expect to see...
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rose to the edge of their all-time high on Monday after a couple buyout announcements helped lift the market.
The S&P 500 climb...
Zelienople Fall Festival will take over the borough Friday through Saturday, Oct. 9-11, offering activity throughout each day.
The event will take place from 4 to 9:30 p....
Grammy-nominated R&B singer Freddie Jackson, known for his smooth ‘80s hits “Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)” and “You Are My Lady,” has died. He was 70.
A stat...
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Rapper Rick Ross was arrested in Miami Beach early Thursday and charged with battery after a woman he was living with told police he hit her, authorit...
WASHINGTON — A lawyer for ABC on Tuesday asked a federal judge to prevent the Trump administration from conducting an unusual, early review of its broadcast licenses, lik...
CHICAGO — It’s official: Skydance-owned Paramount closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, ushering in a new Hollywood giant.
The merger bri...
When neighbors walk past Deb West’s patio home in the Meeder neighborhood in Cranberry Township, her front porch catches their attention.
Filled with colorful seasonal fl...
Kathy Garrison has been cancer free for decades now, but her experiences during and after treatment had stuck with her.
One especially impactful struggle for her was in ...
CENTER TWP — When it comes to cancer, Cheryl Schaefer is all about the fight.
Schaefer, 68, of Center Township, has fought uterine, breast and thyroid cancer over the yea...
St. Faustina Kowalska, a Polish Catholic nun, spent her life sharing a message of compassion and mercy. At the Slippery Rock parish named for her, sewing ministry volunte...
When Claudia Marley began crocheting breast prostheses at age 70, she hoped to provide comfort to women recovering from mastectomies. The work also brought comfort to her...
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...
