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With new deportation date set, the Carrizalez family considers what’s next
The Carrizalez family spent their Fourth of July, just two days after Ignacio’s release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, like an ordinary ...
Shifts highlight changing economy, workforce, population makeup
Follow the highways. That’s where you’ll see Butler County’s population growth. While communities along stretches such as Interstate 79 and Route 228 are seein...
Police: Former housekeeper stole more than $6K from client
A former Pittsburgh housekeeper is accused of stealing more than $6,000 from his client in Cranberry Township. Willians Leite Pestana, 35, was charged Thursday,...
Cranberry’s signature summer event returns with a new name and some new attractions
CRANBERRY TWP — Summer’s back, and the township’s signature event, Cranberry Summer Nights, formerly known as Cranberry Community Days, is too. Hundreds turned ...
Butler County’s only death row inmate challenging 1986 murder conviction
Attorneys representing Butler County’s lone death row inmate said Thursday they have evidence the 1986 murder he was convicted of took place at an unknown locat...
With new deportation date set, the Carrizalez family considers what’s next
With new deportation d...
Shifts highlight changing economy, workforce, population makeup
Shifts highlight chang...
Police: Former housekeeper stole more than $6K from client
Police: Former houseke...
Cranberry’s signature summer event returns with a new name and some new attracti...
Cranberry’s signature ...
Butler County’s only death row inmate challenging 1986 murder conviction
Butler County’s only d...
The Latest
CRANBERRY TWP — The aroma of pancakes filled Cranberry Township Community Park Saturday morning, July 11, as the Cranberry Township Area Lions Club kicked off the last da...
July 11, 2026 Local News
State police recorded 165 fewer crashes and 10 fewer deaths the weekend of July 4 compared with Independence Day weekend the previous year, according to statistics releas...
July 11, 2026 Local News
After visiting Butler County earlier this week, U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., has sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy urging the Department of...
July 10, 2026 Government
The U.S. Treasury has identified seven census tracts in Butler County as eligible for designation as Qualified Opportunity Zones. They’re intended to spur economic growth...
July 10, 2026 Local News
On Wednesday, Wegmans Food Markets announced it obtained the building permit at the end of June and will start construction of a planned new store in Cranberry Township t...
July 09, 2026 Local News
Local News
Motor vehicle traffic in Middlesex Township will be affected by the following road closures which will take place next week, starting Monday, July 13. All of the followin...
July 09, 2026 Local News
A 22-year-old Bentleyville man hid under the bed of a 15-year-old girl in Jefferson Township to avoid being caught performing sexual acts when her mother returned from wo...
July 09, 2026 Local News
HARMONY — At Tuesday’s meeting, borough council voted unanimously to approve final change orders and invoices for the stormwater construction project. The project involve...
July 09, 2026 Local News
Butler County Commissioners are planning to borrow a little more than $9 million to loan to three municipalities to help pay for five infrastructure projects through the ...
July 09, 2026 Local News
A Mars man accused of holding a knife to a woman’s throat had two felonies and two misdemeanors dismissed at a Wednesday, July 8, preliminary hearing after completing men...
July 08, 2026 Local News
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Sports
Once a Division III football player, DJ Sharpless has some running back highlights stored ...
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The girls lacrosse scene in Butler County this spring featured prolific goal scorers, play...
July 01, 2026
Emersyn Jones could have a bad game and nobody would be the wiser. “She doesn’t let anythi...
June 29, 2026
BUTLER TWP — Butler High School swimmers Bob Cummings, Mike Kriley, Pat Kriley and Larry D...
June 26, 2026
After a short foray in the transfer portal, ex-Seneca Valley star softball pitcher Lexie H...
June 25, 2026
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Community
The 2026 Gene Capaldi Lens on Litter Photo Contest is open for submissions from now until ...
 
MARS — Not even a fierce thunderstorm over Butler County could prevent the borough from ce...
July 05, 2026
ZELIENOPLE — Zelienople's decades-long Fourth of July parade tradition took on new meaning...
July 04, 2026
Slippery Rock University’s marketing and communications office uses an “evidence-based res...
July 03, 2026
MARS — A drizzle in the forecast did not stop shoppers from looking for farm-fresh food or...
June 27, 2026
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Special Sections
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
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 22, 2026 Special Sections
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 19, 2026 Special Sections
A good Father’s Day gift can be hard to find. Although another tie or Best Dad Ever mug may be good gift ideas, but several Butler County businesses s...
June 17, 2026 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 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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