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St. Peter’s Church on Franklin Street in Butler, part of the All Saints Parish, will host a special Mass of Remembrance at 6:30 p.m. on Friday night, April 25, in honor o...
April 25, 2025 Religion
VATICAN CITY — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” It implies the sacred and secretive process is no p...
April 21, 2025 International News
VATICAN CITY — He was a pope who understood the power of a simple touch: caressing the deformed head of a man in St. Peter’s Square, washing the feet of a Muslim prisoner...
April 21, 2025 International News
On Wednesday and Thursday, April 9 and 10, the preschool at Dutilh Church in Cranberry Township raised funds for the Home of Hope Orphanage in Nyadire, Zimbabwe, through ...
April 11, 2025 Education
ROME — Doctors said Monday Pope Francis is no longer in imminent danger of death as a result of pneumonia that has kept him hospitalized for nearly a month, but have deci...
March 10, 2025 International News
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Senior
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week. Lun...
April 19, 2025 Senior
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week. Lun...
April 12, 2025 Senior
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week. Lun...
April 05, 2025 Senior
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week. Lun...
March 29, 2025 Senior
The South Butler Community Library in Saxonburg will hold an estate planning workshop at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 31. Among the subjects to be discussed are common estate ...
March 26, 2025 Community
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Military
Since 2017, March 29 has been recognized as National Vietnam War Veterans Day, and the VA Butler Healthcare System is holding two events this weekend to mark the occasion...
March 28, 2025 Military News
Sean Vashie, a 2019 Freeport Area Senior High School graduate, recently completed the U.S. Army's field artillery basic officer leader course at Fort Sill, Okla. The son ...
March 08, 2025 Military News
BUTLER TWP — After an American flag was donated to Northwest Elementary School by Blase Szwaczkowski with the American Legion of West Deer Township, the school’s principa...
March 06, 2025 Local News
If Butler’s Main Street seems like it’s been missing something lately, that’s because it is. American Legion Post 117 has recently taken down hundreds of worn-out tribut...
February 03, 2025 Military News
Two county veterans won first place honors in the 2024 National Veterans Creative Arts Competition. Marine veteran Lori Ceder, of Butler, won first place in the art divi...
January 30, 2025 Local News
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Scout News
Many families have a history of producing Boy Scouts through the generations, but the Hoffer family has taken it one step further. Jason Hoffer, 18, a senior at Butler Se...
March 30, 2024 Community
Girl Scout Junior Troop 28030, based at Mars Area School District, hosted a food drive to benefit Inspired Hearts & Hands. The Scouts collected 2,117 food items over the...
November 11, 2023 Scout News
Jason Hoffer, 17, recalls a teacher at Penn Christian Academy mentioning Fishbone Ministries in Butler, as well as a weeklong mission trip to the ministry’s complex on Sh...
July 03, 2023 Scout News
Members of Boy Scout Troop 58 assisted the Mars VFW Post 7505 in retiring worn and tattered U.S. flags in a special ceremony recently. Before the service, the troop pres...
June 24, 2023 Scout News
It’s a huge honor for a Boy Scout troop to produce an Eagle Scout, which is the Boy Scouts of America’s highest achievement. Troop 6 of Butler tripled that feat recently....
June 23, 2023 Scout News
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