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One line item in school district budgets across Butler County and the state has administrators and school directors calling for reform.
Officials say funds budgeted for ...
July 19, 2025
Local News
Public school districts in Pennsylvania could keep more than $600 million annually under a bill that the state House passed earlier this summer to cap the tuition they pa...
July 19, 2025
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Due to forecasts of inclement weather on both days, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has announced that the cross pipe replacement planned for Interstate 79 ...
July 18, 2025
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As the end of summer vacation looms for many students, Verizon Wireless will be giving out backpacks at three locations in and around Butler County.
Beginning at 1 p.m. S...
July 18, 2025
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Horse Trading Days again will have musical entertainment by a 15-piece band, which will set the tone for the annual Zelienople community festival.
Geoff Zimmerman, a teno...
July 17, 2025
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MIDDLESEX TWP — Starting next month, the Middlesex Township Police Department will be led by its first chief in two decades.
After two months of searching, supervisors o...
July 16, 2025
Government
The National Weather Service has extended a flash flood warning for the southern part of Butler County as of 4:01 p.m. Wednesday, July 16. The warning is now in effect th...
July 16, 2025
Local News
A Butler County business will be able to purchase six new waste vehicles that run on renewable natural gas with money from a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Prot...
July 16, 2025
Local News
Walk into any gym in the United States and one thing that can easily be spotted is the number of smartwatches on everyone’s wrists.
While they can serve as a way of commu...
July 16, 2025
Local News
National and state political leaders are rushing to regulate and incentivize the rapidly growing data center industry fueled by artificial intelligence.
Data centers — so...
July 16, 2025
Local News
Sports
The grand scenarios some young soccer players dream up have become realities for Butler Co...
Playing on a national stage Saturday, Mars graduate and St. Louis Cardinals Triple-A farmh...
July 15, 2025
If one stepped into a time machine and jumped back 25 years, high school sports wouldn’t l...
July 14, 2025
At AK Valley Swim League Championships, a chance for young swimmers to show off what they’ve learned
PENN TWP. — The Alle-Kiski Valley Swim League is more than a relaxed summer swimming envir...
July 13, 2025
The high school baseball diamond will look a little different at the start of the 2027 sea...
July 12, 2025
Community
United Way program puts 100 bikes into Butler County hands
JACKSON TWP — Amid wooden pews, dulcimer music, and blistering-hot weather, a group of his...
June 23, 2025
Applications are now open for the Matt Eggar Memorial Scholarship with a deadline of July ...
June 21, 2025
Hope Lutheran Church in Cranberry Township is beginning its Summer Lunch program on Tuesda...
June 18, 2025
The genus Amaranthus is a large genus of weedy annuals containing 65 to 75 species, includ...
June 18, 2025
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Kitchens are no longer a simple cooking space. They’ve transformed into the heart of most American homes as a preferred gathering place for family and...
June 28, 2025
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For Alex Morgan, a physician assistant-certified, the occasional chaos of fatherhood is worth the reward.
Balancing rigorous hospital shifts with a ho...
June 14, 2025
Local News
Ever wonder why grilling and Father’s Day go hand in hand?
Maybe it’s the chance to spend quality time outdoors with family. Or because it’s an effici...
June 14, 2025
Special Sections
There’s something special about the bond between fathers and their children — especially when it’s built, not just at home, but in classrooms, rehears...
June 14, 2025
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More than half a dozen local nonprofits and organizations reaped the benefits of donations from the Friends of the Bantam Jeep Association at the end ...
June 11, 2025
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
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