BUTLER TWP — With work to meet township specifications wrapping up, representatives from Cleveland-Cliffs said they expect a vote in March on whether a $195 mil...
From structure fires to medical calls, Butler County fire departments remained busy throughout 2025 as emergencies piled up.
The Butler Bureau of Fire — the onl...
BUTLER TWP — A fantastic clash gave way to a harsh and abrupt ending.
After seven lead changes and four ties, including a 55-all score with under a minute to go...
BUTLER TWP — Not even a flawless approach could’ve beaten Pine-Richland on Monday night.
The visiting Rams owned a sizable lead by halftime of a WPIAL Section 1...
MARSHALL TWP, Allegheny County — When two hockey teams hit the ice Monday night, Feb. 2, the most important thing wasn’t winning or losing.
The Mars Hockey Club...
Cleveland-Cliffs Butler Works expansion to see vote in March
Cleveland-Cliffs Butle...
Butler County fire departments report 2025 call numbers
Butler County fire dep...
Butler boys basketball eliminated from WPIAL playoffs after dramatic overtime lo...
Butler boys basketball...
Butler girls basketball faces must-win game now for WPIAL playoffs after Pine-Ri...
Butler girls basketbal...
Mars Hockey Club rallies at ALS charity game to raise money, awareness
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a roughly $1.2 trillion government funding bill Tuesday that ends the partial federal shutdown that began over the weekend and ...
HARRISBURG — Highlighting his belief that Pennsylvania continues to be “on the rise” under his watch, Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday, Feb. 3, unveiled a $53.3 billion state...
NEW YORK — A Doberman pinscher named Penny won best in show Tuesday night at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, netting U.S. show dogs’ most coveted prize.
Penny best...
The daughter of a woman killed in a July 2025 motorcycle crash has filed a wrongful-death suit against her stepfather who was driving the bike with her mother aboard duri...
The Harmony Fire District received an extension to repay a $2.8 million loan note that was used to build its fire station in Zelienople.
The Butler County General Authori...
A recent gift will allow the Diocese of Pittsburgh to make financial assistance more widely available for elementary education.
The diocese announced the “major new inve...
Seneca Valley School District has opened kindergarten registration for the 2026-27 school year.
The district offers a half-day kindergarten program, with one-way transpor...
Evans City officials are reviewing a proposal to replace the existing sign at EDCO Park with a double-sided LED community sign.
The sign would display public safety notif...
Although January’s sizable snowstorm is more than a week in the past, its effects are still being felt.
Mars Area Public Library on Grand Avenue was forced to close Tuesd...
Jennings Environmental Education Center rented snowshoes to visitors 62 times over the week following late January’s snowstorm.
This winter is the first in years that th...
In the big scheme of things, (no matter your political persuasion, your faith perspective or lack thereof, or your financial situation,) one thing we ...
Super Bowl LX kicks off at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8.
Even if a favorite team isn’t involved, the annual football championship provides a chance to bl...
This is America’s 250th birthday celebration year.
Renee Good had just dropped off her child at school. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was a...
Many awful things are happening in this country which frighten me severely!
I came to the U.S. in 1970, and was proud to be part of this marvelous and...
Health care in Western Pennsylvania keeps getting more expensive while the choices shrink. Families who buy insurance directly face premiums that feel...
The Washington Post laid off one-third of its staff Wednesday, eliminating its sports section, several foreign bureaus and its books coverage in a wid...
Applications are open for a scholarship aimed to aid students who are pursuing a career in manufacturing.
The Butler County Manufacturing Consortium, ...
A few Pittsburgh-area Value City Furniture stores, including one in Butler County, are going out of business after their parent company filed for bank...
Outdoor apparel retailer Eddie Bauer is expected to close its stores in North America and file for bankruptcy.
The company, whose namesake opened its...
It’s a tale as old as time, or at least as old as TikTok: chicken nuggets lovingly topped with a dab of caviar.
McDonald’s is embracing the trend this...
For more than a decade, loyal viewers of NBC’s “Today” show have come to know Nancy Guthrie, the beloved mother of longtime host Savannah Guthrie.
“She’s lived a life of...
Disney has named its parks chief Josh D’Amaro to succeed Bob Iger as the entertainment giant’s top executive.
D’Amaro will become the 9th CEO in the more than 100-year-ol...
NEW YORK — Chuck Negron, a founding member of the soul-rock sensations Three Dog Night who sang lead on such hits as “One” and “Just an Old Fashioned Love Song” and holle...
NEW YORK — X.J. Kennedy, an award-winning poet, author, translator and educator who schooled millions of students through “The Bedford Reader” and other textbooks and eng...
LOS ANGELES — Trevor Noah once again roamed through the audience during his monologue to open the Grammy Awards, taking pokes at the stars while standing right next to th...
Wellness offerings across Butler County are expanding to meet people where they are, whether that's in a chair yoga class at the Cranberry YMCA or lying still during a so...
When parents enroll their children in martial arts classes at Butler-area studios, they expect to see kicks, punches and sparring drills. What many don’t anticipate is th...
This holiday season, some shoppers are looking beyond traditional wrapped gifts — the kind that sometimes end up forgotten in the back of the closet — and choosing instea...
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...
