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Osche, Geyer OK policy in 2-1 vote along party lines
May 14, 2026
Local News
Butler Memorial Hospital and the union representing 235 medical technicians and other employees said they have reached a tentative contract agreement Wednesday, avoiding ...
May 13, 2026
Health
The Butler County prison board is replacing the prison’s three original, 17-year-old laundry dryers.
Warden Beau Sneddon said $80,000 was placed in this year’s capital bu...
May 13, 2026
Government
A Pittsburgh man is accused of failing to return a vehicle rented from a woman in Cranberry Township.
Steven Michael Jaras, 40, was charged Friday, May 8, by Cranberry T...
May 11, 2026
Local News
‘Run Like a Mother’ provides Mother’s Day activity at Moraine park
MUDDY CREEK TWP — While some mothers spent the early morning of Mother’s Day getting breakfast in bed, ...
May 11, 2026
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More than 1,600 students of Slippery Rock University’s Class of Spring 2026 were honored over four commencement ceremonies on May 8 and 9.
Twenty of the graduates were me...
May 11, 2026
Local News
A prisoner on furlough is now in state police custody after he attempted to flee into the woods Sunday morning, May 10.
State police were called to the Fairground Market ...
May 10, 2026
Local News
The Butler Technical Workers will have a news conference at noon Monday, May 11, after negotiations with Butler Memorial Hospital administrators stalled following the uni...
May 10, 2026
Local News
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — For it’s 26th year, Kids Day America returned to the Butler Farm Show grounds to deliver hands-on education and experiences to the community’s child...
May 09, 2026
Local News
Mars Area students and guests took to the stage at the high school auditorium Friday, May 8, to show off prior to senior prom.
The prom itself was held at the DoubleTree ...
May 09, 2026
Local News
Sports
The high school track and field season is nearing its end, with individual district champi...
Isaac McCandless hit an inside the park home run in the first inning, and Slippery Rock ba...
May 13, 2026
Butler has been one of the best baseball teams in the WPIAL and was rewarded as such with ...
May 13, 2026
In its quest for a fourth consecutive WPIAL Class 2A championship, Mars girls lacrosse was...
May 13, 2026
Butler County boasts four teams in this season’s WPIAL softball playoffs, which get underw...
May 13, 2026
Community
House displays artifacts dating up to the 1950s
Forward Township has a unique connection to America’s colonial past. It’s the location whe...
May 07, 2026
Mars Area High School will have its 2026 prom from 7 to 10:45 p.m. on Friday, May 8, at th...
May 04, 2026
On Saturday, May 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. a Star Wars- and Lego-themed experience is plan...
April 29, 2026
Four movie screenings and five musical performances are scheduled in Cranberry Township be...
April 29, 2026
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With high school graduations on the horizon, for many students, it’s time for them and their families to look ahead to the next level of their educati...
April 28, 2026
Special Sections
As college enrollment among 18-year-olds continues to decline, higher education institutions in the county are being pushed to rethink how they operat...
April 28, 2026
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While spring marks the return of warmer weather in Western Pennsylvania, it also brings back the unmistakable sights and sounds of roadwork — includi...
April 21, 2026
Special Sections
3 days of experts, exhibits, demonstrations and free admission
April 08, 2026
Special Sections
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...
March 31, 2026
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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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