A finding from the state may require county agencies to repay $99,000 to the county as a whole, but there’s a catch.
The Pennsylvania Department of Community an...
HARMONY — Multiple fire stations responded to a fire in Harmony, according to Butler County Emergency Services dispatch.
The fire was reported just after noon, ...
The remains of a Kittanning man who was last seen May 12 were found over the weekend in the Allegheny River, according to Armstrong County Coroner Bryan K. Myer...
The sister of a 19-year-old girl killed in a Saturday, May 16, crash in Summit Township faces a long road to recovery, according to a GoFundMe.
Nevaeh Schweins...
Two people were killed in a single-vehicle crash late Saturday night, May 16, along Freeport Road in Summit Township.
State police in a public information repor...
County challenges state finding requiring repayment of low-income home improveme...
County challenges stat...
Harmony fire mostly contained, no injuries on site
Harmony fire mostly co...
Remains of missing Kittanning man found in Allegheny River
Remains of missing Kit...
Campaigns raise thousands for families of fatal crash victims in Summit Township
Campaigns raise thousa...
2 killed in Summit Township crash, 1 teen seriously injured
An 33-year-old East Butler man on an e-bike was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by an 84-year-old Butler man Friday, May 15, on North Main Street Extension, accord...
Saxonburg residents will get a third chance to see a Brooklyn Bridge documentary currently unavailable for streaming anywhere in the United States.
The documentary, “Broo...
Wednesday’s unveiling of a historic trail marker commemorating Gen. Marquis de Lafayette’s contributions in the American Revolution and his 1825 visit to Butler County ha...
EVANS CITY — What was once Ronny Royhab’s senior project for Seneca Valley Senior High School has turned into an Evans City borough tradition.
The two-day EDCO Fest, a fu...
Invasive vegetation will be removed from about 50 acres in Alameda Park.
The Butler County commissioners on Wednesday approved an agreement for a contractor from Mars to ...
An Evans City woman is accused of leading police on a short chase Friday night along Route 422 through Clearfield and Summit townships, according to state police.
Nicole...
The Portersville Steam Show Spring Gas Up returned from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at the Portersville Steam Show Grounds, 1512 Perry Highway.
The event featured...
Making his first keynote address, Adam Hartwig, a municipal consultant and strategist, told members of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania about his four...
DONEGAL TWP — It doesn’t take long to realize how beloved Rodney Rhodaberger is by his community.
When hundreds of people turned out for a benefit at the Happy Hunters’ ...
PROSPECT — On a warm, but overcast spring afternoon while rain gently drizzles down, Jamie Harpster is frantically trying to deal with a plumbing issue. Technically, an e...
Tuesday, May 19, is the primary election in Pennsylvania, and although Butler County only has a few locally contested races, all Butler residents who ...
Two hundred fifty years ago this summer, delegates met in Philadelphia and signed their names to a document that risked everything. The Declaration of...
Move on, Rodgers.
It’s time for Aaron Rodgers to move on. The Steelers are not getting a chance to see what the quarterbacks can do in a real game. Th...
On behalf of the Community Meal Ministries in Butler — First English Lutheran Church, All Saints Parish, Saint Andrews United Presbyterian Church, St....
President Donald Trump on Monday announced more than 600 generic medications will be added to the government’s discounted-drug website TrumpRx, dramat...
OAKLAND, Calif. — A federal court on Monday dismissed claims filed against OpenAI and its top executives by Elon Musk, who accused them of betraying a...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — At 6 a.m., in the Mataderos neighborhood of Buenos Aires , workers unload sides of beef from a truck outside a butcher shop...
China said it agreed with the U.S. to lower levies on some products to promote bilateral trade, underscoring how ties between the world’s two largest ...
TROY, Mich. ― The chance to buy a new pocket watch drew several hundred people early Saturday to Somerset Mall in Troy.
But they were left disappointe...
An Ever-Present Help, a Houghton University chamber choir, will perform in Evans City on Monday, May 18.
The chamber choir’s performance begins at 7 p.m. at St. John's Un...
A decade after Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian’s very public feud, the pop superstar has reportedly “moved on” and would be “cordial” during a run-in with the reality sta...
John Krasinski returning as Jack Ryan in “Jack Ryan: Ghost War” for Prime Video and “Stranger Things” masterminds the Duffer Brothers producing a Netflix show in which a ...
After two weeks trailing “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” the Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” reclaimed the No. 1 spot at the North American box office with $26.1 million in t...
As young men flinched and gasped around me at the Los Angeles premiere of “Obsession,” I almost had to laugh. A slight head tilt, creepy smile or strange movement from st...
It was only a matter of time before “that octopus book” became “that octopus movie” (or, at least, “that other octopus movie”). Shelby Van Pelt’s “Remarkably Bright Creat...
Not every hole needs to be a challenge. Some can remind you of why you love — or maybe just tolerate, if it’s that kind of day — the game.
And par-3s on a golf course are...
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 ...
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...
