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Two students from Butler County districts are among the semifinalists for the 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program in Pennsylvania.
Grace Nam, from Mars Area High Sch...
September 12, 2026
Local News
Independence Health System's Advanced Lung Center at Butler Memorial Hospital is hosting its annual lung cancer awareness walk Oct. 10 at Butler County Community College....
September 12, 2026
Local News
Lancaster Township will kick off its Community Day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 26 at Four Springs Park, 1004 W. Lancaster Road.
The event begins with a flag ceremony h...
September 12, 2026
Local News
Two people were scalded with boiling water during a Thursday night break-in in Jackson Township, according to township police.
Walid Kourami, 33, of Pittsburgh, is facing...
September 11, 2026
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September 11, 2026
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JACKSON TWP — Seneca Valley School District’s main campus was arrayed with a Patriot Day display on a chilly Thursday morning, Sept. 10, as the district’s JROTC students ...
September 11, 2026
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MARS — The borough could be eligible for potential grant opportunities from the federal government through Butler County, as rules around applying for the funds change du...
September 11, 2026
Local News
BUTLER TWP — VA Butler Healthcare held its annual veterans suicide prevention resource fair and walk Thursday, Sept. 10, to help stop area veterans from being added to th...
September 11, 2026
Local News
Everyone understood what the deformed 900-lb steel beam carried on the back of Assistant Chief Bruce Hezlep’s truck represented as he carried it across the George Washing...
September 11, 2026
Local News
Teachers in Butler County remember the weather on Sept. 11, 2001, being sunny with a blue sky, like many across the country remember before the unexpected occurred.
“It ...
September 11, 2026
Local News
Sports
BUFFALO TWP — North Catholic and Freeport girls soccer met three times last season, includ...
ADAMS TWP — Sebastian Fratangelo’s night started by learning he was making his first caree...
September 08, 2026
ADAMS TWP — Mars boys soccer’s rookie head coach Joe Haefner has yet to pick up his first ...
September 01, 2026
Sustaining success to the level achieved by North Catholic girls basketball requires young...
September 01, 2026
STARKVILLE, Miss. — When Brandon Fusco went from playing Division II football right to the...
September 01, 2026
Community
Julia Valasek credits her coaches with building her softball skills, but also with giving ...
KC Cahall, a teacher at Haine Middle School, has been selected as a 2026 Pennsylvania Scie...
September 07, 2026
Vessel inspection offered by local chapter
September 03, 2026
Barbara Osche to head chapter of international organization
September 01, 2026
Mars High School Class of 1971 held a 55-year high school reunion Saturday, Aug. 22, at Th...
August 27, 2026
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When Nicole Lakovic walked into her bridal shower wearing a modernized version of her mother’s wedding gown, Connie Lakovic saw her transformed dress ...
September 02, 2026
Special Sections
Antique barns and wide-open green space accommodate the increasingly popular rustic theme many future spouses seek. Butler County venues host plenty o...
September 02, 2026
Special Sections
Big church weddings with fancy receptions in the once-popular month of June are quickly becoming a thing of the past with couples starting their futur...
September 02, 2026
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On Aug. 28 and 29, Butler Italian Days will reemerge for its second year of food, vendors, live music and entertainment, marking the event as a county...
August 21, 2026
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Every morning at 3 a.m., while most of Butler County is still sleeping, Jeff Ansell begins the first of two daily milkings with his father-in-law, Lou...
August 05, 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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