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Sophomores through seniors at three Butler County schools can now join those from six others in capitalizing on Butler County Community College’s discounted tuition and f...
August 08, 2026
Local News
Crews from Butler, Allegheny and Beaver counties responded to a tractor trailer fire Thursday night, Aug. 6, on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Cranberry Township, according...
August 07, 2026
Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — At the township’s meeting on Thursday, Aug. 6, the board of supervisors voted 4-0 to approve applications for several residential developments.
Board chai...
August 06, 2026
Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Cranberry Township’s board of supervisors has voted unanimously to apply for a grant to fund a potential new traffic signal at the intersection of Freedom...
August 06, 2026
Local News
A Butler County judge is considering the county’s appeal of a state Office of Open Records determination ordering the county to release inmates names to a faith-based Mer...
August 06, 2026
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MIDDLESEX TWP — After months of searching, the board of supervisors chose its successor to Jeffrey Winkle as township manager — former New Castle mayor and city administr...
August 06, 2026
Local News
Dukes considers former Rep. Scialabba’s seat ‘flippable’
August 06, 2026
Local News
For four months, residents of the 12th state House District have not had representation in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
An Aug. 18 special election will fi...
August 06, 2026
Local News
Two men are accused of stealing more than $4,000 in power tools from a Cranberry Township business.
Brian Ayersman, 39, of Ellwood City, and Daniel Thomas Houston, 62, w...
August 05, 2026
Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Tuesday, Aug. 4, marked the official completion of the 2026 Cranberry Township Community Chest Project of the Year: a new outdoor fitness court at UPMC Pa...
August 05, 2026
Local News
Sports
Following are tee times for Sunday’s Butler Eagle County Amateur golf tournament, schedule...
Dan Robinson isn’t sure anyone shares with him the feat he recently achieved.
The Mars res...
August 05, 2026
The high school wrestling postseason calendar just became a bit more crowded.
The WPIAL re...
July 30, 2026
The long wait is (just about) over.
High school football season begins in just about a...
July 28, 2026
The countdown to kickoff is underway.
The 2026 PIAA football season begins Aug. 28, and wi...
July 28, 2026
Community
A recent graduate of Seneca Valley Senior High School received a college scholarship relat...
Dressed in the black Benedictine habit and sporting a foot-long beard, the Rev. Boniface H...
August 03, 2026
Butler County experts say idea could reduce collisions
July 30, 2026
From its mid-century origins to its current Grand Avenue home, the Mars Area Public Librar...
July 29, 2026
Special Sections
Every morning at 3 a.m., while most of Butler County is still sleeping, Jeff Ansell begins the first of two daily milkings with his father-in-law, Lou...
August 05, 2026
Special Sections
Residents of Mars are already quite familiar with the name “Purvis Brothers,” the 95-year-old family-owned fuel distribution company which also owns t...
July 29, 2026
Special Sections
Although nearly every township or borough in Butler County has a municipal park or recreation complex of some kind, few — if any — can boast of one qu...
July 29, 2026
Local News
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. S...
June 26, 2026
Special Sections
So, you’ve decided to move and are getting ready to put your house on the market. Naturally, you want to get the best price possible, but deciding wh...
June 24, 2026
Special Sections
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 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
The state of broadband across a 10-county region in southwestern Pennsylvania, including Butler County, will be the topic of an event Thursday in Cran...
February 11, 2023
Local News
Part-time wedding photographer Margie Mackrell needs hours to upload wedding photos at her Muddy Creek Township home, an assignment that, by contrast,...
February 09, 2023
Local News
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