ZELIENOPLE — The 41st annual Zelienople Fall Festival took over Main Street between Friday, Oct. 9, and Sunday, Oct. 11. Festival organizer Kadin Riddle estimat...
ADAMS TWP — Gabi Weidemann has been the engine behind Mars’ girls volleyball success for the past two-and-a-half seasons.
But the junior hasn’t been badgered by...
Superheroes and super villains, ghosts and goblins and everything in between took over Alameda Park Saturday morning, Oct. 10, at the Monster Mile Family Walk. ...
Federal officials have released texts and drone images from Thomas Matthew Crooks, the man who attempted to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at a camp...
A Kittanning Township man is charged with felony robbery after police said he brandished a firearm and took more than $3,000 from NexTier Bank in Manor Township before sp...
Mars high school celebrated homecoming with a parade Friday, Sept. 9, before the Fightin’ Planets took the field against the Blackhawk Cougars at 7 p.m. at Mars Athletic ...
CRANBERRY TWP — Acts of mass violence or public safety concerns make headlines frequently.
Butler County has seen its share of cases — from the recent arrest of a county...
This year’s Zelienople Fall Festival brought together the community for an evening of activities Friday.
The event will continue from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday and fr...
Even though Fall is here, with its breezy winds and cooler temperatures, the S’more Fun in the Park fundraiser gave residents an excuse to enjoy a variety of s’mores one ...
A multivehicle crash around 10 p.m. Friday night on Route 422 west led to an emergency response, with a man taken by MedEvac helicopter to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital for ...
Slightly fewer people were denied access when attempting to purchase a firearm in quarter three of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025, according to state police. ...
Ongoing upgrades to Harmony’s Spring Street and the potential need for a data center ordinance were discussed at the borough’s Tuesday, Oct. 6, meeting, according to Greg...
When Tom Bowser and his wife founded Fishbone Ministries in the early 2000s, local churches they consulted warned them against “going to The Island” w...
In the mid-1990s, Pennsylvania was plagued with inefficient power generation, soaring prices and rolling blackouts. Electric rates were 15% higher tha...
There is a proposal before the Forward Township supervisors to build a massive data center in their district. The proposal is to build the center on f...
WASHINGTON — Bolstered by steady gains in the stock market, families headed by someone aged 75 or older are now America's wealthiest, while the younge...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said that he has struck a deal to obtain diesel from Russia, a stunning reversal of years of U.S. pressure on Mosc...
The Goddard School, a network of private, franchised early childhood education and daycare centers, has named The Goddard School of Cranberry Township...
The board of Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) has unanimously approved a request for a 5.5% increase in its 2027-28 state appr...
American furniture and mattress retail chain Bob’s Discount Furniture is preparing to open a new showroom in Cranberry Township.
The new store will op...
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....
In the era of gentle parenting, even the word discipline can feel like a third-rail topic. It’s certainly foreboding when it’s first mentioned in Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord...
It is unfortunate for “The Social Reckoning” that “The Social Network” exists.
The latter is a modern masterpiece. The former was kind of always doomed to exist in its s...
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...
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...
