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Buffalo Twp police department phone number used in scam
The Buffalo Township police department’s phone number was recently used in a scam, and officials are cautioning people to report similar incidents to them. Chi...
Fallen troopers honored at memorial ceremony Tuesday
BUTLER TWP — Roxia Boykin placed a carnation on a commemorative wreath to honor her brother, Frank Bowen, who died in the line of duty as a state police officer...
Family remembers 22-year-old motorcycle crash victim
Three weeks before the motorcycle crash in Butler Township that took his life, Gabriel Bishop, 22, told his mother he hoped to be baptized in the summer. His au...
Jury selection starts Wednesday, trial Monday in Ohio man’s shooting death
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Wednesday for an Allegheny County man charged with homicide in the June 2022 shooting death of an Ohio man whose body was f...
U.S. poised to ease restrictions on marijuana in historic shift, but it’ll remain controlled substance
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, the Associated Press has learned, a historic s...
Buffalo Twp police department phone number used in scam
Buffalo Twp police dep...
Fallen troopers honored at memorial ceremony Tuesday
Fallen troopers honore...
Family remembers 22-year-old motorcycle crash victim
Family remembers 22-ye...
Jury selection starts Wednesday, trial Monday in Ohio man’s shooting death
Jury selection starts ...
U.S. poised to ease restrictions on marijuana in historic shift, but it’ll remai...
U.S. poised to ease re...
Top Headlines
No one was injured after a minor crash involving a school bus in Zelienople on Wednesday morning, May 1, according to Seneca Valley School District officials. The crash ...
May 01, 2024 Local News
FORWARD TWP — The township’s planning commission granted final approval on Tuesday evening, April 30, to a sports complex proposed by the Cashdollar family which could be...
April 30, 2024 Government
Children can learn about yet another animal’s life cycle at the Butler Area Public Library this spring, and not just from books, but from a water-filled tank in the child...
May 01, 2024 Local News
To keep its high school renovation project on track, Knoch School District is its closing its track to the public immediately and will later entirely close the Knoch Athl...
April 30, 2024 Local News
Butler County’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate went unchanged from February to March at 2.8%, the lowest in the seven-county Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area, a...
May 01, 2024 Business
News
National campaign aims to ‘Empty the Shelters’
May 01, 2024 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Peter Rabbit is known for his mischievous and disobedient behavior, and on Tuesday evening, his presence was felt in more than one way at the Cranberry Pu...
May 01, 2024 Local News
Butler County Community College’s nearly 150 summer session courses lasting four to 12 weeks will provide an opportunity for BC3 and guest students to complete required c...
May 01, 2024 News
No one was injured after a vehicle rolled over “multiple times” on the northbound lane of Interstate 79 in Cranberry Township, according to Scott Garing, chief of fire an...
May 01, 2024 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — The supervisors held two public hearings during an agenda preparation meeting on Thursday, April 25 for the proposed development of two new businesses at ...
May 01, 2024 Local News
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Community
JEFFERSON TWP — A handful of residents at the large Concordia Lutheran Ministries campus o...
Today's Verse
Chuckle of the Day
 
JEFFERSON TWP — The effort to protect ducks and their babies at the Concordia Lutheran Min...
May 01, 2024
SLIPPERY ROCK — A collaboration between young and old, and all ages in between, will benef...
April 30, 2024
The 2023-24 Slippery Rock Area High Prom Court has been announced. Prom queen candidates ...
April 29, 2024
A spaghetti dinner from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at Middlesex Township Volunteer Fi...
April 29, 2024
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Sports
Aug. 31 program also features 20-year reunion of Butler Football Hometown Heroes
 
4 SRU athletes honored by PSAC SLIPPERY ROCK — Four Slippery Rock University athletes...
May 01, 2024
BALTIMORE — Minor league infielder Keiner Delgado was traded from the Yankees to the Pitts...
May 01, 2024
NEW YORK — After posting strong numbers for the first round, viewership for the NFL draft ...
May 01, 2024
JACKSON TWP — The Seneca Valley track and field team will host the 39th annual All-Distric...
May 01, 2024
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Editorial
Over 200 days into Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu needs to decide what matters more: extracting ultimate reveng...
May 01, 2024 Other Voices
May 01, 2024 Cartoons
Want to keep up on the latest news in your neighborhood? Want to know what the new business is moving in down the street? What upgrades are coming at ...
May 01, 2024 Our Opinion
It’s easy to understand why the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is so upset about the Federal Trade Commission’s decision to ban noncompete agreements. The p...
April 30, 2024 Other Voices
In recent days, the inflation indicators have stubbornly signaled that a high tide of prices is still soaking us consumers. Growing at a 3.5% annual r...
April 30, 2024 Other Voices
Business
At least a dozen people in California and Washington have been sickened with E. coli food poisoning linked to organic walnuts sold in bulk in 19 state...
May 01, 2024 Business
WASHINGTON — Since retiring two years ago, Joan Harris has upped her travel game. Once or twice a year, she visits her two adult children in different...
April 30, 2024 Business
Real-world experience can be vital to a student’s development, and Slippery Rock University engineering students will be getting just that with a comp...
April 30, 2024 Business
PITTSBURGH — On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rounded a curve. No one was on board. A quarter-mile...
April 30, 2024 Business
ORLANDO, Fla. — During three years of working as a parade performer at the Disneyland Resort in Southern California , Zach Elefante always has had a ...
April 29, 2024 Business
Weekend Entertainment
Butler County’s Victim Outreach Intervention Center and Armstrong County’s HAVIN: Helping All Victims in Need are working together host a 5K race and walk in Worthington ...
April 25, 2024 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Two Broadway shows celebrating the spark of sonic creativity — the semi-autobiographical Alicia Keys musical “Hell’s Kitchen ,” and the play “Stereophonic” abo...
April 30, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
HOUSTON — Time marches on and all good things must come to an end. But don’t tell that to The Rolling Stones. What many believe to be the greatest rock ’n’ roll band in ...
April 30, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
Billy Gardell, who had bariatric surgery in 2022 that helped him shed 150 pounds, recently told “Live with Kelly and Mark” he transformed from a “young Jackie Gleason to ...
April 30, 2024 People
The sexy tennis drama “Challengers” won the box office this weekend with $15 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Zendaya and castmates Mike Fa...
April 29, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
Cinematic memoir can be a complex creative endeavor. Film is a collaborative medium, and memoir requires a certain acknowledgement of the author’s creation. Without that ...
April 27, 2024 Reviews
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Special Sections
The start of the opioid epidemic is ironically linked to a drug that was supposed to help people suffering from moderate to severe pain. While oxycodone was first synthe...
April 19, 2024 Special Sections
Any training that helps people fighting in the battle against opioid addiction is beneficial and helps bring attention to the problem, local officials said. Numerous free...
April 19, 2024 Special Sections
Taking care of a car is no different than taking care of a body. Like going to the doctor for a checkup, cars need maintenance to stay healthy. Alex Skander, owner of Ska...
April 16, 2024 Local News
CONNOQUENESSING TWP ­— David Carr spends a lot of time in his garage tinkering with his restored classic cars. That’s all right with his wife, Linda, because she’s often ...
April 16, 2024 Local News
Bill Raabe, of Connoquenessing Township, is a self-described “Ford guy,” which he attributes to his late grandfather, Francis Raabe, who owned a 1932 Ford three-window co...
April 16, 2024 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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