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Judge recuses himself from Rivera trial
A visiting judge recused himself from the trial of a Butler man charged in the October 2023 death of a 15-year-old boy who was struck while he was riding his bi...
Penn Township woman, Big Beaver Falls teacher accused of sending sexually explicit messages with student
A Penn Township woman who taught at Beaver Falls High School is accused of sending sexually explicit messages to a 16-year-old student. Sarah Jo Massa, 24, is ...
12th District face-off: What voters need to know
Residents of the 12th state House District have been without representation for four months. Tuesday, all of that changes with a special election to fill the va...
2 taken to hospital Saturday crash on Whitestown Road
Two people suffered injuries and were transported to area hospitals from a head-on, two-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon, Aug. 15, on Whitestown Road in Butler ...
Connoquenessing Township submits revised Act 537 sewer plan to DEP
Connoquenessing Townsh...
Judge recuses himself from Rivera trial
Judge recuses himself ...
Penn Township woman, Big Beaver Falls teacher accused of sending sexually explic...
Penn Township woman, B...
12th District face-off: What voters need to know
12th District face-off...
2 taken to hospital Saturday crash on Whitestown Road
2 taken to hospital Sa...
Top Headlines
A Lawrence County motorcyclist is now charged with DUI in a Jackson Township crash that sent himself and another woman to hospitals last month. Parker Lewis Lumley, 27, o...
August 18, 2026 Local News
Chairman: No timetable on development
August 18, 2026 Local News
As Emily Brittain Elementary School’s playground held its grand opening, the laughs and squeals of children playing could be heard. Butler Area School District hosted a r...
August 18, 2026 Local News
CHERRY TWP — Moniteau School District’s board of directors appointed Nicole Sadler, a resident of Clay Township and former school board candidate, to fill a vacant seat a...
August 18, 2026 Local News
Harmony officials are seeking state support for construction work on some of the borough’s streets. At its meeting on Aug. 4, council voted to apply for a state Departmen...
August 18, 2026 Local News
News
For a second time this year, drivers will spot hundreds of radar and yard signs across Cranberry Township reminding them to follow the posted speed limit. The biannual ca...
August 17, 2026 Local News
Local school districts will receive new funding meant to help strengthen physical security, address safety concerns and provide behavioral health support for students and...
August 17, 2026 Local News
The southbound lane of South Duffy Road near its intersection with Route 68 will close for a few days beginning Monday, Aug. 24. Dave Meeder, director of public works for...
August 17, 2026 Local News
Parking will be restricted on eight streets in Butler between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, for street cleaning. The streets affected are Orchard Avenue and St. Pau...
August 17, 2026 Local News
The Butler Farm Show blended family fun and Butler County’s agricultural identity once again this year between Monday, Aug. 10, and Saturday, Aug. 15. While offering plen...
August 17, 2026 Local News
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Community
Step into a world where ancient tales meet divine inspiration at Saxonburg’s August Mingle...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
Local historian Tom Nesbitt will discuss the history of the Revolutionary War Veterans who...
August 17, 2026
Moraine Preservation Fund plans fundraiser
August 17, 2026
Pieces made by members of the Beaver Art Group will be on display through September at the...
August 17, 2026
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Software engineer Josh Dersch loves old computers. He spends count...
August 16, 2026
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Sports
The Karns City Gremlins return a number of players who possess the talent and experience t...
 
They say talent rises to the top, but what an athlete does once he gets there is never a g...
August 18, 2026
Every boys soccer team in Butler County enters this season with a different storyline to f...
August 18, 2026
A-C Valley/Union golfer Joe Rapp, the defending District 9 Class 2A champion, began the 20...
August 17, 2026
The Karns City Gremlins kick off the 2026 PIAA football season as defending District 9 Cla...
August 17, 2026
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Editorial
August 17, 2026 Cartoons
Eyes across Pennsylvania, and political strategists nationwide, are watching southwestern Butler County. As voters in the state House’s 12th District ...
August 17, 2026 Our Opinion
Parents are all too familiar with the ongoing battle to get their kids to eat a vegetable or two. This summer, they’ve been fighting it themselves. Ju...
August 17, 2026 Other Voices
Supposedly, with age comes wisdom. At my age, 70s, confusion is replacing it. As were so many Americans, I was raised in a loving family that worked h...
August 15, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Most people think voting, petitions or rallies are the only way to make an impact as a regular citizen, but there are several other ways to make your ...
August 15, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Business
WOBURN, Mass. — At a Massachusetts lab, pebble-sized pellets are transformed into forks and films that won't leave persistent microplastics in the env...
August 18, 2026 Business
Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its platforms, none may be more consequential than one going to trial this week in Calif...
August 17, 2026 Business
Chrysler parent Stellantis NV said it's recalling about 848,000 Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram vehicles in the United States due to radio software that...
August 17, 2026 Business
Amazon just made it harder for customers to take it to court. On Friday, the Seattle-based e-commerce giant sent its customers an email informing them...
August 17, 2026 Business
A jury awarded $29 million to the family of an Irish United Nations worker who died when a Boeing 737 Max fatally crashed in Ethiopia in 2019. Michael...
August 16, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
There will be more than 100 raffle baskets up for grabs Sunday, Aug. 16, at the Sts. Francis and Clare Parish picnic at St. Wendelin, but the winners of the grand prizes ...
August 12, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
The final season of “Outer Banks” and a new album from Anthony Hopkins (yes, Sir Anthony Hopkins) are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a devic...
August 17, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
At the end of Hayden Panettiere’s memoir, which she published in May, she wrote about learning the principle of “radical acceptance” in her years of treatment programs fo...
August 17, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Two very different dinosaur movies devoured a modest chunk of the North American box office this weekend, although neither came close to unseating “Spider-Man” from its p...
August 17, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Mark Rydell, the Oscar-nominated director of the sentimental blockbuster “On Golden Pond” who worked with such Hollywood heavyweights as Henry Fonda, Kathar...
August 16, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
MILAN— Thieves stole four works attributed to Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina worth millions of euros from the regional museum in the city of Messina in Sicily w...
August 16, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
A Cranberry Township grandfather was browsing through Walmart late last fall when he spotted a bin filled with 24-count boxes of Crayola crayons priced at 25 cents each. ...
August 12, 2026 Special Sections
Starting days for the 2026-2027 school year
August 12, 2026 Special Sections
Across Pennsylvania, momentum is gaining to restrict K-12 students’ cellphone use during the instructional day. Each side of the General Assembly recently passed legislat...
August 12, 2026 Special Sections
Backpacks can be fashionable and functional, but they can also be too heavy — weighed down by digital devices, musical instruments, sports equipment and more. Some kids c...
August 12, 2026 Special Sections
For teenagers and middle school-aged students, cellphones can be a key tool for parents to stay connected to their children. Yet, cellphones do not come without drawbacks...
August 11, 2026 Special Sections
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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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