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Police identify Butler County man who killed himself in Illinois after reporting 2 dead at his home address
A man who alerted police about two women dead in a Jackson Township home shot and killed himself soon afterward in a field across from two schools in Illinois, ...
Police: 2 killed in Jackson Township; tipster found dead in Illinois
Police found two women dead at a Jackson Township home after a man told police in Illinois where to find their bodies and then killed himself Wednesday, March 4...
Butler Township officials plan next phase of Pullman Recreation Complex
BUTLER TWP — With two fields already constructed, township officials are moving to finish the Pullman Recreation Complex in the coming months. Butler Township P...
Butler County’s health care industry honors employees at annual breakfast
PROSPECT — It’s not often organizations from the same field gather to honor some of their most dedicated employees to help grow the industry together. In Butler...
BC3 toasts to the future at 60th anniversary event
BUTLER TWP — With Butler County Community College crossing its 60th anniversary, all eyes are now on what the next 60 for the college will look like. For BC3 ad...
Police identify Butler County man who killed himself in Illinois after reporting...
Police identify Butler...
Police: 2 killed in Jackson Township; tipster found dead in Illinois
Police: 2 killed in Ja...
Butler Township officials plan next phase of Pullman Recreation Complex
Butler Township offici...
Butler County’s health care industry honors employees at annual breakfast
Butler County’s health...
BC3 toasts to the future at 60th anniversary event
BC3 toasts to the futu...
Top Headlines
Municipalities in Butler County will receive a combined $8,073,208 in liquid fuels payments this year. The amounts were announced Tuesday, March 3. This marks a slight de...
March 05, 2026 Pennsylvania News
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — Residents got a look at one of the potential plans for a townshipwide sewage system during a board of supervisors meeting Wednesday night, March 4. ...
March 05, 2026 Government
A couple from Cabot is suing a Clearfield Township man for tossing a lighted homemade explosive that went off in his friend’s hand, leaving him with blast injuries. Amand...
March 05, 2026 Crime & Courts
A Butler man waived his right to a preliminary hearing Monday, March 2, on homicide and other charges state police filed for the Feb. 19 stabbing death of a man he lived ...
March 03, 2026 Crime & Courts
ADAMS TWP — Mars football players, parents and community members showed a great deal of support for newly hired coach Zachary Benedek on Tuesday night, but the hiring pro...
March 04, 2026 Local News
News
Three people sustained injuries, one requiring a flight to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, following a three-vehicle crash involving two parked cars Tuesday, March 2, in Butl...
March 05, 2026 Local News
After more people died in home fires in Pennsylvania than any other state in 2025, the American Red Cross is helping to install smoke alarms in homes for free. The organi...
March 05, 2026 Local News
A third lawsuit has been filed against the Mars Area School District and its transportation contractor A.J. Myers and Sons in connection with a March 6, 2025, fatal bus c...
March 05, 2026 Crime & Courts
JEFFERSON TWP — Knoch’s school board anticipates its total revenue will slightly increase for the 2026-27 school year, with local and state funds going up. However, reven...
March 05, 2026 Local News
A scratch-off ticket worth $1 million a year for life was sold at a BP gas station in Armstrong County. The gas station is located at 222 Buffalo St. in Freeport. The ga...
March 04, 2026 Local News
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Community
The cat who traveled 100 miles on the roof of a vehicle will be at the South Butler Commun...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
Mars also commissions students to make sign
March 03, 2026
It’s not so much the weight of history that Butler County archivists have to deal with but...
March 03, 2026
She’s not tooting her own horn, but Katie Korff, director of the new Butler Community Band...
March 02, 2026
This year’s Slippery Rock University Honors Flute Ensemble concert highlighted newly commi...
March 01, 2026
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Sports
KARNS CITY — Eight for eight is a perfect batting average. Going eight for eight in terms ...
 
Butler’s rifle team played the waiting game ... and won. A week after placing second i...
March 05, 2026
The PIAA boys basketball tournaments are nearing, allowing local teams to demonstrate thei...
March 04, 2026
Four Butler County wrestlers are making the trip Wednesday for the PIAA Individual Wrestli...
March 04, 2026
Joe Haefner does not see it as hitting the ground running. Approved Tuesday night as the n...
March 04, 2026
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Editorial
March 05, 2026 Cartoons
I know so many people are approaching America’s 250th anniversary with a sense of trepidation, even dread. Is there really anything to celebrate given...
March 05, 2026 Other Voices
Butler County Historical Society, the Saxonburg Museum and the Zelienople Historical Society all plan to digitalize their collections of photos, manus...
March 05, 2026 Our Opinion
March 04, 2026 Cartoons
Hats off to the Slippery Rock Area School District educators and officials who are taking proactive steps to deal with the use of artificial intellige...
March 04, 2026 Our Opinion
Business
NEW YORK — Apple CEO Tim Cook promised a “big week” of product announcements has seen the introduction of a new budget-friendly iPhone trim, an entry-...
March 04, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — A sell-off for stocks wrapped around the world and hit Wall Street Tuesday, while oil prices climbed even higher on worries about the widen...
March 03, 2026 Business
FRANKFURT, Germany — Energy prices rose sharply Monday as disruptions to tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and damage to production faciliti...
March 02, 2026 Business
Coherent, a manufacturing hub based in Clinton Township, is set to receive a major cash infusion from tech giant Nvidia, according to a joint news rel...
March 02, 2026 Local News
FRANKFURT, Germany — Oil markets currently closed for the weekend are set to see price swings next week as the impact from the U.S. and Israeli strik...
March 01, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
A plethora of the city’s most popular events are set to hit the streets once again this year. Butler City Council voted unanimously Thursday, Feb. 26, to approve a list o...
March 05, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards will soon be a great-grandfather. The 82-year-old rock star’s granddaughter Ella Richards posted a photo on Instagram seeming to s...
March 04, 2026 People
JUNEAU, Alaska — A deckhand on the reality television show “Deadliest Catch,” which documents the lives of crab fishermen working in one of the world’s harshest environme...
March 03, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Rihanna riled her fans with a clip of her in the recording studio, reigniting hopes that her ninth album could be on the way. The “Umbrella” singer took to Instagram on T...
March 03, 2026 People
After a near awards-season sweep by “One Battle After Another,” “Sinners” won best ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild’s 32nd Actor Awards on Sunday, shaking up the Oscar...
March 02, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Harry Styles’ fourth solo album, “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally,” and Guy Ritchie’s detective series “Young Sherlock” are some of the new television, films and m...
March 02, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
At Passavant Community in Zelienople, the beauty of kindness arrives on four wheels. Once a month, a pushcart filled with fresh-cut flowers donated by Trader Joe’s makes...
February 18, 2026 Special Sections
Cranking up the volume in your car may sound harmless and fun, but it could lead to hearing problems in your older years -- and possibly even increase your risk of dement...
February 18, 2026 Senior
WASHINGTON — Colorectal cancer is a threat not just to older adults but increasingly to young men and women, too. It’s now the top cancer killer of Americans younger than...
February 18, 2026 Special Sections
BUTLER TWP — The dance floor may be new for the group of seniors who get together every Monday to line dance together, but the steps remain the same. The senior line danc...
February 18, 2026 Special Sections
BROOKLYN, Ill. — Sr. Julia Huiskamp, all 4 feet and 10 inches of her, oversees everything at the Thomas Terry Community Center: the food pantry, the child care, the fundr...
February 18, 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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