ZELIENOPLE — Hundreds of families came to town for three annual Easter activities on Holy Saturday.
The morning began with “Breakfast with the Bunny” at the En...
MARS — After Jesus, the star of the show at St. John Lutheran Church of Mars on Good Friday, April 3, was Pete the donkey.
Pete served as a calm, welcoming, ro...
CRANBERRY TWP — The board of supervisors approved additional road maintenance projects at its Thursday, April 2, meeting, including a line painting program for ...
Laura Miller, director of curriculum at Butler Area School District, said she’s seen how children nowadays can’t read cursive writing, a stark divide from older...
Zelienople hopping with Easter activities on Holy Saturday
Zelienople hopping wit...
At St. John Lutheran Church, traditions help engage during Holy Week
At St. John Lutheran C...
Cranberry approves road, infrastructure maintenance projects for summer
Cranberry approves roa...
As cursive readies a comeback, Butler area schools predict benefits for students
Pennsylvania state police is accepting applications from men and women for cadet training to become state troopers. Applications should be submitted via the state’s emplo...
On Easter Sunday, members of activist group Frontline Dignity will begin a journey by foot to the largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in the no...
Cranberry Township is trying to get additional money to help complete future Route 19 improvement projects that would benefit drivers and pedestrians but create brief tra...
You don’t need to know how to play every board game to have fun on the first Wednesday of each month. Just drop into the Cranberry Township Municipal Center and have fun....
A woman called police from Alabama to report an assault over the weekend in Middlesex Township, police said.
Andrew Martin Graf, 41, of Valencia, was charged Saturday, M...
A second bald eaglet hatched Tuesday, March 31, from the eagle nest at the U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Works-Irvin Plant in West Mifflin. The first egg hatched Sunday.
The a...
Adams Township and Mars Borough, which have publicly announced a proposal for merging into one township, are far from the only pair of municipalities in Pennsylvania that...
A Valencia man was charged with stalking after police said he stuck five sticky notes and miscellaneous keys to a woman’s front door in the early hours of the morning.
A...
Allegheny Health Network has announced its plans for providing health resources for the hundreds of thousands of visitors who are expected to enter the Pittsburgh area fo...
In like a lion, out like a lamb? March serves as more than a transition month.
It’s also preparation time for the rites of spring: Greener grass, bloo...
Love can be celebrated in many different ways. For children, it can mean hugs from parents, gift-giving or being there for a friend.
At St. Wendelin ...
Centrally located, Clay and Concord townships today have much in common, but have quite different histories.
Quiet, steady growth in Clay Township
Whe...
January
Winterfest, Moraine State Park, Jan. 31, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
February
Butler Carved in Ice, Diamond Park, Butler, Feb. 20-21, 5 p.m. Friday thr...
HARRISBURG — In the coming years, Pennsylvania will receive more than $1 billion in federal funding to bring high-speed internet access to everyone in...
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority is asking for the public’s opinion until Friday, March 10 on two potential action plans for wider int...
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...
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...
Part-time wedding photographer Margie Mackrell needs hours to upload wedding photos at her Muddy Creek Township home, an assignment that, by contrast,...