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SRU presents percussion performance
The Slippery Rock University Percussion Ensemble Presented an evening of music ranging across musical genres, including selections from jazz to classical to ele...
Freeport borough council member charged with assault following crash along Route 356
A member of Freeport Borough Council, who also serves as a tax collector, is accused of punching a man following a two-vehicle crash in Jefferson Township, acco...
As cursive readies a comeback, Butler area schools predict benefits for students
Laura Miller, director of curriculum at Butler Area School District, said she’s seen how children nowadays can’t read cursive writing, a stark divide from older...
Cranberry approves road, infrastructure maintenance projects for summer
CRANBERRY TWP — The board of supervisors approved additional road maintenance projects at its Thursday, April 2, meeting, including a line painting program for ...
Successful municipal mergers offer inspiration as Adams Township, Mars explore potential joint future
Adams Township and Mars Borough, which have publicly announced a proposal for merging into one township, are far from the only pair of municipalities in Pennsyl...
SRU presents percussion performance
SRU presents percussio...
Freeport borough council member charged with assault following crash along Route...
Freeport borough counc...
As cursive readies a comeback, Butler area schools predict benefits for students
As cursive readies a c...
Cranberry approves road, infrastructure maintenance projects for summer
Cranberry approves roa...
Successful municipal mergers offer inspiration as Adams Township, Mars explore p...
Successful municipal m...
Top Headlines
19-year-old involved in Butler Township crash with tractor trailer
A 19-year-old man crashed into a tractor trailer on Tuesday, March 31, near the intersection of Pittsburgh and Litman roads, according to Butler Township police. Police ...
April 02, 2026 Local News
Knoch hires new primary school principal
Knoch Primary School will welcome a new principal for the 2026-27 school year. At its Wednesday, April 1, meeting, Knoch’s school board voted to hire Angela Manchini. In...
April 03, 2026 Education
Experts to address AI at BC3 cybersecurity conference
FBI, Defense Department speakers set for college’s free public event
April 03, 2026 Local News
Winfield Township hoping to start on park upgrades by summer
WINFIELD TWP — Work is expected to commence on a long-awaited renovation to the Winfield Township Community Park later this year, according to Marla Klabnik, who serves o...
April 03, 2026 Local News
Week of the Young Child event to provide educational resources
The Butler County Early Care & Education Council, a community collaboration supporting school readiness, is celebrating national “Week of the Young Child” with a free spe...
April 03, 2026 Local News
The Latest
Here’s where your blood donation goes depending on the agency
02:00 PM
Independence Health System and WVU Medicine presidents share update on merger, what $1 billion commitment means
01:37 PM
County water rescue team responding to Moraine boat launch
01:02 PM
Pope Leo XIV to carry cross for entire procession, the first pontiff to do so in decades
12:49 PM
Iran strikes gulf energy sites as Trump warns of further attacks
12:26 PM
Walk from Pittsburgh to Moshannon aims to highlight ICE facility mistreatment
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Police reports as of April 2
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts: Adams Twp March 19 — Kylee Fritzius, 35, of Cranberry Township, was charged w...
April 03, 2026 Local News
As Mars, Adams consider merger, look back on a 2010 effort to join Slippery Rock borough, township
Adams Township and Mars are not the first pair of municipalities in Butler County to have considered joining forces. In November 2010, a referendum on a potential merger...
April 02, 2026 Government
Trout season opens Saturday
The statewide trout season opens Saturday, April 4, at 8 a.m. Throughout the 2026 season, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will stock about 3.2 million adult tro...
April 02, 2026 Local News
Cranberry eyes grants for future Route 19 work
Cranberry Township is trying to get additional money to help complete future Route 19 improvement projects that would benefit drivers and pedestrians but create brief tra...
April 02, 2026 Local News
Cranberry Township Municipal Center has board games on tap
You don’t need to know how to play every board game to have fun on the first Wednesday of each month. Just drop into the Cranberry Township Municipal Center and have fun....
April 02, 2026 Local News
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Community
Mars Area Indoor Percussion and Winterguard teams place at championships
Mars high school’s Mars Indoor Percussion and Mars Area Winterguard teams competed in the ...
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New Life Christian Ministries hosting women’s conference
New Life Christian Ministries is sponsoring a one-day Women’s Conference on May 2, titled ...
April 02, 2026
Homestead property yields love letters written in the 1890s
County’s Agricultural Land Preservation Program could preserve land, even if sold
April 02, 2026
Connoquenessing Township hosting multiple cleanup events in May
Connoquenessing Township will be hosting multiple cleanup and recycling events in May. On ...
April 02, 2026
Slippery Rock high school presenting ‘Anastasia’
Slippery Rock Area High School will stage “Anastasia: The Musical” April 10 to 12, at the ...
April 01, 2026
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Sports
Knoch baseball catching fire: Roundup
Knoch is hot. Paced by Kaden Dreher’s two hits — including a triple — and Cooper Allison’s...
 
Butler County Sports Hall of Fame: Meet 2026 inductee Brad Mueller
One game doesn't make a successful career. It did make a special memory for Brad Mueller —...
April 02, 2026
NFL draft 2026: How to watch on TV, parking in Pittsburgh, transit, schedule, when Steelers pick, more
The 2026 NFL Draft is coming to Pittsburgh for the first time, allowing fans to see where ...
April 02, 2026
Karns City track and field uses star power to sweep Keystone: Roundup
Bryce Galan won three individual events to help Karns City’s boys defeat Keystone 100-50 i...
April 01, 2026
Cruz homers, Skenes returns to form as Pirates take series with 8-3 victory over Reds
CINCINNATI — Oneil Cruz had a three-run homer, his third in two games, Paul Skenes allowed...
April 01, 2026
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Editorial
Kudos to SW Butler County for working together
Southwestern Butler County is working together again and that should be applauded. In the latest news out of four municipalities in the southwestern ...
April 03, 2026 Our Opinion
A pediatrician perspective: Impacts of armed conflict on children
The children from the Shajareh Tayebeh primary school, a girls’ school in Minab, Iran, should have been sitting in classrooms, giggling with their fri...
April 03, 2026 Other Voices
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April 01, 2026 Cartoons
Seneca Valley looks to reduce food waste with AI
Clean Plate Innovations, a Pittsburgh-based startup, wants to become the world’s leading technology company when it comes to food-waste management and...
April 01, 2026 Our Opinion
Aluminum tariff does more harm than good
With the Iran war threatening supplies of critical, energy-intensive materials, one might assume the U.S. government was prepared for this risk and ha...
April 01, 2026 Other Voices
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Business
AI is giving bad advice to flatter its users, says new study on dangers of overly agreeable chatbots
Artificial intelligence chatbots are so prone to flattering and validating their human users that they are giving bad advice that can damage relations...
April 03, 2026 Business
Stocks recover from early losses and close with a weekly gain. U.S. oil tops $110 a barrel
NEW YORK — Stocks shook off an early stumble to finish with slim gains on Wall Street Thursday and close out their first winning week since the start ...
April 02, 2026 Business
U.S. jobless aid filings fall to 202,000 as layoffs remain low despite uncertainty of Iran war
WASHINGTON — U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week as layoffs remain sparse despite a softening labor market and rising energy co...
April 02, 2026 National News
UPMC opens expanded children’s cardiology center
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh has opened a new and expanded pediatric cardiology clinic at Children’s Pine Center, 11279 Perry Highway in Wex...
April 02, 2026 Business
Hershey says it will shift back to classic recipe for all Reese's products after criticism
Hershey said Wednesday it will use classic recipes for all Reese’s products starting next year, a change that comes after the grandson of Reese’s foun...
April 01, 2026 Business
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Weekend Entertainment
The Bach Society having two performances in May
The Bach Society will have two spring choral concerts in early May. Under the direction of Leo R. Sayles, the choral group will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 1, at Cen...
April 01, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
Blake Lively's sexual harassment claims against Justin Baldoni tossed out but robust case remains
NEW YORK — Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claims against Justin Baldoni over the movie “It Ends With Us” were dismissed Thursday by a federal judge who left intact thre...
April 02, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Sources confirm Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce wedding date, venue
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce plan to say “I do” in her beloved Rhode Island this June, at least according to sources shedding light on the star-studded nuptials. The Gra...
April 01, 2026 People
Britney Spears returns to Instagram after California DUI arrest
Britney Spears is back on Instagram weeks after being arrested for DUI in California. The “Oops! I Did it Again” singer posted images showing her goofing around with her...
March 31, 2026 People
Mary Beth Hurt, Tony-nominated Broadway and film actor, dies at 79
NEW YORK — Mary Beth Hurt, a Tony Award-nominated actor who starred on Broadway in “Benefactors” with Glenn Close and reunited with Close for the movie “The World Accordi...
March 30, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
What to Stream: Two doses of Amanda Seyfried, ‘The Housemaid’ with Sydney Sweeney and Jon Hamm robs
Amanda Seyfried starring in “The Testament of Ann Lee” and Bravo’s hit reality show “The Valley” returning for Season 3 are some of the new television, films, music and g...
March 29, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
Garden clubs say it’s time to spruce up for spring
In like a lion, out like a lamb? March serves as more than a transition month. It’s also preparation time for the rites of spring: Greener grass, blooming flower beds and...
March 31, 2026 Special Sections
The power of story time at the public library
Helping local children develop early literacy skills
March 17, 2026 Special Sections
Programs across Butler County offer toddlers new ways to learn and play
Verah Vucelich, 3, kicked away from the side of the pool, a small foam backpack strapped to her chest, as her instructor encouraged her from a few feet away. In adjacent ...
March 17, 2026 Special Sections
March 2026
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March 10, 2026 Special Sections
How one senior brings a community to bloom
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
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Seeking Refuge
Ukrainians who fled homeland face 1st anniversary of invasion
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
Ukrainian families assimilating in Butler County as war rages on in homeland
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
Another family will join Ukrainians who fled to Cranberry Twp.
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
Efforts started to help Ukrainian families in Cranberry Twp.
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
2 young families flee war-torn Ukraine, staying in Cranberry
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
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Digital Divide
Obstacles abound as Pa. plans for surge of federal broadband funding
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
Biden administration announces more funding for rural broadband infrastructure
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
What’s next as Pa. prepares to spend $1.2B on broadband
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
Broadband authority seeks feedback on plans
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
FCC maps still under criticism from the Butler County residents, government officials
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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