If the walls of the Ritts mausoleum at North Side Cemetery could talk, they might share stories of how one member of the family, Elias Ritts, helped found the Y...
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — For it’s 26th year, Kids Day America returned to the Butler Farm Show grounds to deliver hands on education and experiences to the communi...
BUTLER TWP — Dozens of motorcyclists rode to the American Legion Post 778 Saturday morning, May 9, to get their bikes blessed by religious leaders in preparatio...
A prisoner on furlough is now in state police custody after he attempted to flee into the woods Sunday morning, May 10.
State police were called to the Fairgrou...
Butler historical society highlights trailblazers through research and acting
Butler historical soci...
Kids Day America brings interactive learning to Butler youth
Kids Day America bring...
Pennsylvania unites for America250
Pennsylvania unites fo...
Motorcyclists attend religious tradition at American Legion Saturday
‘Run Like a Mother’ provides Mother’s Day activity at Moraine park
MUDDY CREEK TWP — While some mothers spent the early morning of Mother’s Day getting breakfast in bed, ...
A house on the 900 block of Center Avenue in the City of Butler was destroyed in a fire Sunday morning, May 10.
According to City of Butler Bureau of Fire Chief Chris Swi...
Butler County Bureau of Elections notified the public of a printing error in roughly 50 absentee or mail-in ballot envelopes Friday, May 8.
According to the bureau, less ...
Mars Area students and guests took to the stage at the high school auditorium Friday, May 8, to show off prior to senior prom.
The prom itself was held at the DoubleTree ...
PENN TWP — Lisa Konesni and her late husband, David Konesni, received the 2026 Jean B. Purvis Community Cornerstone Award for their several decades of contributions to no...
A Parker man was sentenced Friday in Butler County Common Pleas Court to serve time in prison followed by probation for charges stemming from a burglary in Butler.
Jonath...
PITTSBURGH — Allegheny Health Network’s new LifeFlight helicopters can reach speeds of over 120 knots, roughly 140 to 150 mph, which is slightly faster than its current f...
Gina Rhoades felt her brother’s heartbeat again more than a year after he died.
It was after a concert at 1:30 a.m. on a street in Queens, N.Y. A man she had never met st...
I find it incredible that my tax dollars for education are being used to teach kids how to make graffiti. They cannot keep the kids engaged with worth...
As summer looms, school districts across Pennsylvania are working to formulate revenue and spending plans for the 2026-27 fiscal year.
District admini...
PHILADELPHIA — The inside job began sometime after midnight at the factory in Philadelphia's Olney neighborhood where the work never stopped.
The trad...
HONG KONG — China’s exports rose 14.1% in April from a year earlier, the government said Saturday, despite the Iran war and lingering impacts from hig...
The world has burned through oil inventories at a record speed as the Iran war throttles flows from the Persian Gulf, eating into the very buffer that...
The Trump family media group posted a net drop of $405.9 million in the first quarter, largely driven by unrealized losses in cryptocurrencies held by...
Butler-based NexTier Bank and Ohio-based Riverside Bank of Dublin have entered into a definitive merger agreement, creating a financial organization w...
First United Methodist Church, 1802 N. Main Street Extension in Center Township, will hold its annual rummage sale May 15 and 16.
The sale will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 ...
Maybe out of fear of putting filmgoers to sleep, the sheep has not been much of a mainstay at the movies.
There’s Charles Burnett’s lyrical classic “Killer of Sheep.” You...
Billie Eilish is levitating. Or so it seems. When the pop star first emerges on screen in the mouthful “Billie Eilish — Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D),” ...
NEW YORK — No money was exchanged in the settlement between Blake Lively and her “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni when they laid down their arms Mond...
NEW YORK — Ted Turner could never be defined by just one role. He was a media mogul, philanthropist and conservationist. A yachtsman who won boating's most famous race an...
NEW YORK — Doris Fisher, who co-founded the iconic clothing chain The Gap Inc. in 1969 with her late husband Don, has died. She was 94.
Fisher died on Saturday surrounded...
Not all par-5s are unbeatable monsters. Some can give a golfer an opportunity to shake off a bad bogey the hole before or build momentum with an layup of a birdie opportu...
It’s been a series of Western Pennsylvania false springs of late, but golf weather is increasing in regularity in the Butler area.
And that means one thing: time to get o...
Stephen Harding, an instructor at the Butler Art Center and Gallery, has plenty of ideas for unique, affordable crafts for all ages. From bookmarks to painted terracotta ...
Keller Williams Realty is asking everyone, parent or not, to “run like a mother” this Mother’s Day, May 10, for their annual 5K and one-mile walk at Moraine State Park.
B...
An 18-hole round of golf works up an appetite.
Some of Butler County’s golf courses are known for more than just the quality of their greens, too, and offer different foo...
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...
