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The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Cranberry Twp Aug. 4 — Kurt Alfred Effenberger, 54, of Jefferson, was charged with...
August 09, 2025 Local News
A former teacher of Michael Thompson is collecting money to pay for a headstone to mark the diseased Marine’s grave in West Sunbury Cemetery. Thompson was born April 13, ...
August 09, 2025 Local News
A trip to Moraine State Park is not complete without a walk through the Native Plant and Butterfly Trail. Working in conjunction with Moraine, Penn State Master Gardener...
August 09, 2025 Local News
An employee at Butler Township’s driver's license center was fired after a woman’s voter registration receipt was altered, according to an Allegheny County state represen...
August 08, 2025 Local News
A representative for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection confirmed Friday that algae growth in Lake Oneida in Oakland Township does not impact the saf...
August 08, 2025 Local News
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Business News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has removed former U.S. Rep. Billy Long as IRS commissioner less than two months after his confirmation, a White House official said F...
August 09, 2025 National News
A new furniture store is on it’s way to Cranberry Township according to its website. Amish Yard will take over 1.5 acres at 1331 Old Freedom Road. The 2,550 square foot r...
August 09, 2025 Business
Cranberry Township is preparing to welcome a new automotive repair business to the community. On Aug. 7, the township board of supervisors approved Crash Champions, a one...
August 09, 2025 Business
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State News
A man fatally shot his neighbor in rural Pennsylvania and then unleashed a hail of gunfire on first responders, wounding two state troopers, running an EMT off the road a...
August 09, 2025 Pennsylvania News
Grove City College has chosen Joshua Tustin of Slippery Rock and Abigail Vance of Butler as this year’s recipients of the Brandon Academic Scholarship, worth $9,100 per s...
August 09, 2025 Pennsylvania News
PHILADELPHIA — The Department of Justice has asked Pennsylvania to turn over its entire, unredacted, voter registration list as part of the Trump administration’s nationw...
August 09, 2025 Pennsylvania News
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National News
WASHINGTON — The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan shook hands Friday at a White House peace summit before signing an agreement aimed at ending decades of conflict. Presi...
August 09, 2025 National News
HOUSTON — Billy Howton, a former Green Bay Packers star regarded as one of the most productive wide receivers of the pre-Super Bowl era who was a founder and the first pr...
August 09, 2025 National News
CHICAGO — James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died...
August 09, 2025 National News
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International News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next Friday in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, a potential breakt...
August 09, 2025 National News
LONDON — U.S. Vice President JD Vance met with U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Friday at a stately home south of London, with the two leaders saying the agenda incl...
August 08, 2025 International News
QUETTA, Pakistan — Pakistani security forces killed 33 militants who attempted to enter the insurgency-hit southwest from neighboring Afghanistan, the military said Frida...
August 08, 2025 International News
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