A Butler man was accused of stabbing a vehicle on the city’s Main Street on Friday, April 26, according to charging documents.
Sean M. Macfarland, 39, was char...
PENN TOWNSHIP — Even though Dylan Copas, of Cranberry Township, admitted he is scared of flying, the 5-year-old could not contain his excitement when he saw an ...
Butler City Council gave final approval Thursday, April 25, to an ordinance implementing guidelines for landlords and tenants of rental properties in the city. ...
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission voted 5-0 Thursday, April 25, to investigate FirstEnergy’s rate increase requests, which seek an annual increase in r...
Just in time for summer, the Seven Fields Town Park Pool, located at 390 Castle Creek Drive, is undergoing renovations thanks to a $250,000 grant.
“The pool is getting a...
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP — What started as a ceremonial groundbreaking event for the 2024 Cranberry Township Community Chest’s Project of the Year ended with a surprise honor f...
One day after dozens of Saxonburg residents came out to watch the Sprankle family — owners of Sprankle’s Neighborhood Market — win on the game show Family Feud, many of t...
SLIPPERY ROCK — After 20 years of teaching band in the Slippery Rock Area School District, Les Fine is retiring at the end of this year.
Fine attended the high school ban...
BUTLER TWP — The Penn Township Veterans had a meeting planned for Thursday, April 25, but before conducting any business, they celebrated the 100th birthday of one of the...
No one was injured after a school van was rear-ended Friday, April 26, in Jackson Township, according to officials.
Chief Terry Seilhamer, of the township police, said th...
A conversation about water conservation happened at the Cranberry Township Municipal Center’s Franklin Station Room on Wednesday, April 24.
The event, cohosted by the tow...
State police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that left a sign damaged Wednesday, April 24, on Route 422 in Connoquenessing Township.
The crash occurred between 10 ...
An Erie man was sentenced Thursday, April 25, to serve nine to 18 months in the Butler County Prison and pay $500 in restitution for threatening and spitting on state tro...
For Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his troops on the front line, relief is hopefully coming soon.
On Saturday, the U.S. House of Represen...
Development around the county continues, and as some projects ramp up, others are winding down.
Such is the case in Marion Township, where about 100 h...
What are we to make of the anonymous jury in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York? The practice has long had its critics.
First ...
If you’re searching for insight into the likelihood of a second American civil war, you won’t find it in “Civil War,” a film written and directed by A...
Cleveland-Cliffs announced that in response to industry trends and feedback from customers, the company will publish a “Cliffs Hot Rolled Market Price...
WASHINGTON — The nation’s economy slowed sharply last quarter to a 1.6% annual pace in the face of high interest rates, but consumers — the main drive...
The Butler Makers Market & Events Center will be celebrating the grand opening of its new location at 101 Clearview Circle, Space 325, in Butler from ...
Consolidated Communications employees volunteered more than 8,700 hours in 2023, supporting nearly 200 organizations across the company’s 20-plus stat...
ADAMS TWP — Residents no longer have to look over their shoulders for loose cattle prowling their yards.
At a supervisors meeting on Monday evening, A...
Butler County’s Victim Outreach Intervention Center and Armstrong County’s HAVIN: Helping All Victims in Need are working together host a 5K race and walk in Worthington ...
NEW YORK — New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge in the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie...
WASHINGTON — Actor Ashley Judd and singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc, who both lost loved ones to suicide, on Tuesday helped the Biden administration promote its new national ...
While all eyes (and ears) are on Taylor Swift’s latest album, Stevie Nicks actually put pen to paper for “The Tortured Poets Department.”
The former Fleetwood Mac singer’...
NEW YORK — “Civil War,” Alex Garland’s ominous American dystopia, remained the top film in theaters in its second week of release, according to studio estimates Sunday.
...
Andrew Davis, an acclaimed British conductor who was music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras on three continents, has died. He was 80.
Davis died Satu...
The start of the opioid epidemic is ironically linked to a drug that was supposed to help people suffering from moderate to severe pain.
While oxycodone was first synthe...
Any training that helps people fighting in the battle against opioid addiction is beneficial and helps bring attention to the problem, local officials said.
Numerous free...
Taking care of a car is no different than taking care of a body. Like going to the doctor for a checkup, cars need maintenance to stay healthy.
Alex Skander, owner of Ska...
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — David Carr spends a lot of time in his garage tinkering with his restored classic cars. That’s all right with his wife, Linda, because she’s often ...
Bill Raabe, of Connoquenessing Township, is a self-described “Ford guy,” which he attributes to his late grandfather, Francis Raabe, who owned a 1932 Ford three-window co...
Every morning Irena Tkachenko starts her day the same way: by telephoning her relatives and friends in Ukraine to see if they are still OK.
Tkachenko,...
Three young Ukrainian families who escaped their war-torn hometown of Kharkov think the American holiday of Thanksgiving is a good time to say they ca...
CRANBERRY TWP — Huge, steaming pots of homemade food and endless carafes of coffee and tea sustain 11 adults and children seeking refuge at the crowde...
When it comes to helping those in need, Butler County residents have proven their generosity again and again by donating amounts large and small strai...
Two young Ukrainian families are relieved to be watching the deer and chipmunks frolic on their hosts’ Cranberry Township lawn, and not wondering wher...
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 Biden administration on Monday continued its push toward internet-for-all by 2030, announcing about $667 million in new grants and loans to build ...
STATE COLLEGE — Before Pennsylvania can spend an almost $1.2 billion windfall of federal funding for high-speed internet, it must figure out how to us...
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority is asking for the public’s opinion until Friday, March 10 on two potential action plans for wider int...
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...