Pennsylvania News
Four Butler County organizations received a total of $250,000 in Emergency Solutions Grant awards from Pennsylvania’s Department of Community and Economic Development, wh...
February 02, 2024
Community
HARRISBURG — Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro wants to devote millions of dollars to creating a 10-year economic development plan, including developing commercial and industr...
January 31, 2024
Pennsylvania News
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gov. Josh Shapiro has a new slogan for how he wants to run Pennsylvania — and it's not fit for kids' ears.
“We’ve got a GSD attitude in the Shapiro adm...
January 26, 2024
Pennsylvania News
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January 24, 2024
Pennsylvania News
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January 19, 2024
Pennsylvania News
State Sen. Scott Hutchinson, R-21st, announced Jan. 5 he is running for reelection. Hutchinson, of Oil City, is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, vice chairman of...
January 18, 2024
Local News
PITTSBURGH — Demolition got underway Wednesday at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, the site of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, as part of the e...
January 17, 2024
Pennsylvania News
Community Partnership, based in Butler County, received a $100,000 grant, which will be distributed to veteran farmers in the form of mini-grants.
Pennsylvania Agricultur...
January 12, 2024
Agriculture
Butler Area School District has one of the largest shortfalls
Butler Area School District has one of the largest shortfalls
January 11, 2024
Local News
Western Pennsylvania hospitals have continued to open new beds, despite data indicating the region has been overbedded for years, an expense some experts say ultimately d...
January 11, 2024
Pennsylvania News
HARRISBURG — In 2024, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro could face a more complicated sophomore year in charge of Pennsylvania after his first year brought a highway collapse,...
January 04, 2024
Pennsylvania News
After an 11-year absence, whole milk could return to American school cafeterias, much to the delight of Butler County farmers.
The “Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act,” offi...
December 20, 2023
Education
Precautionary tests of the soil and water in Beaver and Lawrence counties are continuing to be conducted nine months after the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, a...
November 28, 2023
Pennsylvania News
The Passavant Community in Zelienople will host a ribbon pinning ceremony for veterans of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War on Friday, Nov. 10, a day in ad...
November 10, 2023
Community
The state Department of Transportation announced that all driver license and photo centers, including its full-service center in Harrisburg, will be closed Saturday, Nov....
November 04, 2023
Local News
A man died and at least six others were injured in a multi-vehicle crash early Wednesday, Nov. 1, on a snowy stretch of Interstate 80 in Mercer County, according to offic...
November 02, 2023
Pennsylvania News
HARRISBURG — A bill passed the GOP-controlled state Senate to require Pennsylvania parents to opt in their children to access book deemed sexually explicit after more tha...
October 26, 2023
Pennsylvania News
The Tri-County Workforce Investment Board, serving Butler, Armstrong and Indiana counties, will receive $1,400,000 in grant money from the Appalachian Regional Commission...
October 20, 2023
Pennsylvania News
PHILADELPHIA — One Philadelphia police officer was killed and a second was injured when they were both shot as they approached several men who appeared to be breaking int...
October 13, 2023
Pennsylvania News
Colder temperatures have stimulated steady change in foliage throughout the commonwealth. With cold to seasonable temperatures expected in the 10-day forecast, the fall c...
October 13, 2023
Local News
POTTSTOWN — Escaped murderer Danelo Souza Cavalcante stole a rifle from a garage and fled a homeowner's gunfire, authorities said Tuesday as police closed roads in a rura...
September 12, 2023
Pennsylvania News
Austin Randall, of Butler, has been keeping reptiles for four or five years now. Until last month, the only notable accident he could recall was when an alligator bit him...
September 09, 2023
Local News
The giraffe calf at Keystone Safari went more than a week without a name, but since the name, Keyari, was shared on Facebook, many have already taken to social media to e...
September 05, 2023
Local News
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 state.
It’s a h...
August 30, 2023
Pennsylvania News
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August 29, 2023
Pennsylvania News
The suspect who was confirmed dead after an hours-long standoff with police in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood has been identified as William Hardison, according to nu...
August 24, 2023
Regional News
A man facing eviction opened fire from inside a Pittsburgh home Wednesday morning, Aug. 23, and was pronounced dead after being shot about six hours later, ending a siege...
August 24, 2023
Crime & Courts
PLUM, Allegheny County — The co-owner of a home that exploded in western Pennsylvania last weekend has died from injuries he suffered in the blast, which also killed his ...
August 16, 2023
Local News
Plum borough manager Michael Thomas, who served in the same capacity in Saxonburg, was one of five people killed as a result of an explosion that destroyed three homes in...
August 14, 2023
Breaking News
PLUM — Five people were found dead after a house explosion in Western Pennsylvania that destroyed three structures and damaged at least a dozen others, authorities sai...
August 14, 2023
Pennsylvania News
