As America pushed westward, old divisions over slavery deepened — setting the stage for Civil War.
America was halfway through its first full century as a free nation in ...
Butler County’s past lives on in more than historical markers and names on tombstones. Many institutions created over a century ago still exist in the county, if in alter...
It’s impossible to know who the first person to discover oil on the banks of Oil Creek in Venango County was, because by the time settlers arrived, Native Americans had b...
Betsey Stivert Grossman must have been nervous when she agreed to accompany her husband, Benedict, upon his decision in 1797 to move their family from York County to the ...
Stephen Collins Foster was born on the Fourth of July 1826 — the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence — in what’s now the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pit...
JACKSON TWP — After months of deliberation and public controversy, Seneca Valley’s school board has approved bids for the physical construction costs of its intermediate ...
A Zelienople physical therapist associated with the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex is accused of visiting a patient at her home without the complex’s knowledge and stealing ...
A former employee of a Cranberry Township car repair shop is accused of stealing from the business, customers and a coworker.
Brandon Patrick Bartolomeo, 26, of Mars, was...
The long-anticipated Mars Railroad Bridge West Expansion Project — the final piece needed to complete Route 228 corridor improvements — is inching closer to the construct...
Freeport defeated Lancaster Catholic 1-0 in a PIAA Class 2A girls quarterfinal soocer game Saturday; also on Saturday, Remote Area Medical Clinic offered people free medi...