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The following Butler County schools are operating on adjusted schedules for Monday, Jan. 6, 2024:
Allegheny-Clarion Valley School District - CLOSED
Butler Area School Di...
January 06, 2025
Local News
It wasn’t too cold for a snowball fight.
Temperatures in the low-20s during the day Saturday, Jan. 4, did not stop children and parents alike from taking in the winter wo...
January 06, 2025
Local News
State police have opened a new hiring cycle for cadets and liquor enforcement officer trainees, and a college degree is no longer required.
Applicants must meet eligibil...
January 04, 2025
Local News
President Joe Biden denied a $14.9 billion deal that would have allowed Japan’s Nippon Steel to purchase U.S. Steel, marking a significant moment in a corporate and polit...
January 04, 2025
Local News
A Tennessee man is fighting extradition to Butler County to face more than 600 charges of alleged sexual abuse of a child.
Harold J. Stahlman, 44, of Greeneville, Tenn., ...
January 03, 2025
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State police released a report Friday, Jan. 3, tallying 425 crashes and 254 DUI arrests during the New Year’s travel period.
The period, defined as Dec. 31 to Jan. 2, saw...
January 03, 2025
Local News
National Weather Service Pittsburgh placed Butler County and Western Pennsylvania under a winter weather advisory, which is in effect until 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 4.
The ...
January 03, 2025
Local News
The Zelienople Area Public Library has turned into the “sweetest” destination in the county for local children to enjoy.
Staff members delicately assembled a life-sized “...
January 03, 2025
Local News
On the last day of 2024, after a career spanning more than four decades in volunteer firefighting, Assistant Chief John Pristas, of the Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire...
January 03, 2025
Local News
Cranberry Township will collect live trees during the weeks of Jan. 6 and Jan. 14 on regular collection days.
Trees must be stripped of decorations, cut into 4-foot sect...
January 03, 2025
Local News
Sports
More snow is causing postponements to the Butler County high school sports schedule Monday...
Butler County sports five boys high school wrestling programs that produce talented grappl...
January 06, 2025
Lauren Wasylson is giving basketball another shot. Or perhaps it’s giving her another ...
January 03, 2025
Here is the current schedule for high school sports in Butler County on Jan. 3 and 4. Thre...
January 03, 2025
JACKSON TWP — It had been a few weeks since Butler and Seneca Valley swimming held a compe...
January 02, 2025
Community
If your New Year’s Resolution is to become better organized, but you need some help in get...
December 31, 2024
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mo...
December 28, 2024
Plenty of work goes into the Butler County Humane Society every day
December 27, 2024
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mo...
December 21, 2024
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January 01, 2025
Special Sections
Opening presents is generally the favorite part of Christmas Day for children.
Opening books has proved to be a fun way for them to get into the holid...
December 17, 2024
Special Sections
The holiday season offers a chance to spend time with family, friends and coworkers in a festive setting, with parties and gatherings galore. But how ...
December 05, 2024
Special Sections
The following live Nativity scenes are among those planned for the Butler County area this December:
Concordia Lutheran Ministries
Concordia will...
December 05, 2024
Special Sections
Ho, ho, hold the gift sets and lottery tickets when gift giving, instead seek gifts from local shops
Some gift-givers wrack their brains trying to come up with an idea for Grandpa or Aunt Susan during the holiday shopping season.
Others feel no pressu...
December 05, 2024
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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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