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Although the Election Day ballot for Valencia borough council may show what looks like a contested race for one of the three seats, the candidates say otherwise.
When bor...
October 10, 2025
Government
Butler County’s infrastructure is framed for growth.
But how we handle the rise in population — the demands on public safety services, the expansion of business and indus...
October 09, 2025
Progress
Services, job opportunities expand, more road work could lie ahead
October 09, 2025
Progress
The Butler County Republican Committee is changing its name.
The committee name was changed to Butler County Republican Committee of Pennsylvania to distinguish it from ...
October 09, 2025
Local News
LANCASTER TWP — Officials are inching closer to acquiring nearly 13 acres they hope will be the site of a new municipal campus for decades to come.
Supervisors at a spec...
October 09, 2025
Local News
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Butler County’s 911 emergency dispatch system is getting a new communicator that uses artificial intelligence technology to translate foreign languages.
The county commis...
October 09, 2025
Government
Police: Owner of cow on I-79 unknown
State police released more information on the cow reported Wednesday morning, Oct. 8, on Interstate 79.
State police were notified o...
October 08, 2025
Local News
Zelienople will celebrate the turn to autumn with its 40th annual Fall Festival this weekend, offering two full days of family fun, local commerce and community spirit.
T...
October 08, 2025
Local News
Adams Township police Sgt. Aaron Zaliponi is among 18 officers being honored by Amen Corner, a Pittsburgh non-partisan civic organization, for their actions during the Ju...
October 08, 2025
Local News
Jackson Township drivers are advised of a traffic pattern change coming next week.
Between Tuesday, Oct. 14, and Wednesday, Oct. 22, traffic on the Route 528 southbound b...
October 08, 2025
Local News
Sports
Talk about rags to riches.
Two seasons ago, North Catholic’s girls golf team didn’t even h...
The following are Butler County’s high school football statistical leaders entering Week 8...
October 09, 2025
“Sidney Crosby, skates up ice along the near-side boards, loses the defenseman, forehand-b...
October 07, 2025
BUTLER TWP — Rather than trying to mentally calculate stats in the heat of the moment, Mar...
October 04, 2025
ADAMS TWP — Running back Ayden Yocum has been on a tear.
Mars’ standout ran for an impress...
October 04, 2025
Community
Mars Area High School seniors Ayden Yocum and Cecilia Christy were crowned the school’s 20...
Xiaobo Waist Drum group performs around Western Pennsylvania
October 04, 2025
Candidates of the Medallion Ball met with Bishop Mark Eckman at a tea event Sept. 21 at th...
October 04, 2025
Lucy Miller, 9, of Zelienople, took third place in the 11-and-under division of the Pittsb...
October 03, 2025
The 2025 Mars homecoming parade will be at 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 3, in downtown Mars, fol...
September 28, 2025
Special Sections
Melissa Philson survived malignant invasive ductal carcinoma, estrogen and progesterone receptor positive, HER 2 negative.
She is a Butler County Comm...
October 07, 2025
Local News
Prosthetic breasts may be considered as uncomfortable to wear as they are to be fitted, but a shop in Seven Fields is creating a different experience ...
October 07, 2025
Special Sections
Creep it real, goblins and ghouls. Here’s a fang-tastic list of Butler County’s trick-or-treat times. We’ll keep it updated with the haunted happening...
October 02, 2025
Special Sections
For residents of Mars Borough, the first Saturday in October means only one thing: the annual Applefest event.
This year, Applefest is celebrating it...
September 24, 2025
Special Sections
For 40 years, Karen Schade, 65, of Butler, planned and built advertising campaigns for companies like Johnson & Johnson and GlaxoSmithKline that reach...
September 17, 2025
Senior
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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