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Mars school board considers designs for new tennis courts
The Mars Area School District board was given presentations on potential designs for new tennis courts at its Tuesday, Jan. 14, work session meeting. The prese...
Zelie council strikes down plans for new dog park
ZELIENOPLE — Borough council members voted to deny a conditional use permit for a new dog park following a continuation of a public hearing on the matter during...
Prosecution rests in rape trial
The attorney general’s office rested its prosecution Tuesday against a Jehovah’s Witnesses member charged with sexually assaulting a juvenile autistic girl nume...
Butler County first responders to lead Trump’s Inauguration Day parade
After being thrust into the national eye following an attempted assassination of President-elect Donald Trump at the Butler Farm Show grounds on July 13, Butler...
Quality EMS still stable, services elsewhere struggle
ADAMS TWP — The Quality EMS executive director thanked township’s supervisors Monday, Jan. 13, for helping make sure the department remained financially solvent...
Mars school board considers designs for new tennis courts
Mars school board cons...
Zelie council strikes down plans for new dog park
Zelie council strikes ...
Prosecution rests in rape trial
Prosecution rests in r...
Butler County first responders to lead Trump’s Inauguration Day parade
Butler County first re...
Quality EMS still stable, services elsewhere struggle
Quality EMS still stab...
The Latest
Scuba diving has taken David Holder on adventures to more than a dozen countries and introduced him to lifelong friendships. More recently, it has given him a career path...
January 15, 2025 Local News
ADAMS TWP — The township received a grant of $600,000 to help install a traffic signal at the intersection of state Route 228 and Marland Drive, on behalf of developer Ra...
January 15, 2025 Business
Cranberry Township police charged a Harrisburg man after he allegedly stole 25 Terrible Towels worth about $340. Richard Allen Williams, 56, was charged with retail thef...
January 15, 2025 Crime & Courts
More than 300 American Red Cross workers are trying to make sure no one faces the California fires alone. The Red Cross is coordinating closely with its partners to prov...
January 14, 2025 Local News
The Addison of Lowrie Place will be collecting reusable bags to give to the Community Partnership Alliance until Feb. 25. Community Partnership Alliance helps area food b...
January 14, 2025 Local News
Local News
With a jury assembled and waiting Monday morning, Jan. 13, in Common Pleas Court, the homicide trial for a Chester County man charged in the May 2021 shooting death of a ...
January 14, 2025 Crime & Courts
ZELIENOPLE — Borough Council president Mary Hess announced she was stepping down from her position at the beginning of a regular monthly meeting on Monday, Jan. 13. “Just...
January 14, 2025 Local News
Kid’s Innovation Playground is receiving $81,000 from the Neighborhood Assistance Program, a grant program operated by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Econom...
January 14, 2025 Local News
The Butler VA Health Care System will host a veterans’ town hall on Jan. 22 at 5 p.m. at the Abie Abraham VA Health Care Clinic. The event will feature updates from the l...
January 14, 2025 Local News
A 36-year-old autistic woman testified Monday, Jan. 13 that she was raped many times when she was a young girl by Shaun P. Sheffer, who was one of 14 Jehovah’s Witnesses ...
January 14, 2025 Crime & Courts
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Sports
Mars Hockey Club will hold its fifth annual ICE ALS charity game next week at Baierl Ice C...
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Contributing to a team was Ruth (Mick) Mischler’s main focus as a high school athlete. In ...
January 09, 2025
JACKSON TWP — Taking to the mat despite being less than 100% healthy is nothing new for Bu...
January 08, 2025
JACKSON TWP — Seneca Valley had been replying all night, but down two with under a minute ...
January 07, 2025
PITTSBURGH — Kirill Marchenko and Kent Johnson scored in the shootout, and the Columbus Bl...
January 07, 2025
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Community
Young weavers to compete at Pennsylvania Farm Show
 
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mo...
January 04, 2025
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
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Special Sections
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
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 Special Sections
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 Local News

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