Survey results: Butler County residents weigh in on the transition of power for public office
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In the days leading up to the inauguration of Donald Trump to his second term in office, Butler County residents shared their perspectives on how the transition of power ...
January 18, 2025
Local News
The following Butler County schools are operating on adjusted schedules for Friday, Jan. 17, 2025:
Freeport Area School District - 2 hour Delay
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January 17, 2025
Education
On Friday, Jan. 17, a Common Pleas Court jury will resume deliberating the fate of a Harmony man charged with sexually assaulting a juvenile girl when she was 7 to 12 yea...
January 17, 2025
Crime & Courts
The Butler County Board of Elections is joining the Republican National Committee in appealing a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that provisional ballots must be counte...
January 17, 2025
Local News
BUTLER TWP — Erma Mowry generously buys nearly a thousand Tootsie Rolls in anticipation of election day for the hundreds of voters at the Penn Township precinct where she...
January 17, 2025
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While school districts across Butler County opted to keep buses off the roads Thursday, Jan. 16, snow continued to fall on already snow-covered roads.
As the day continue...
January 16, 2025
Local News
MIDDLESEX TWP — Supervisors voted to approve a conditional use permit for a catering and event space on Monks Road during their meeting Wednesday evening, Jan. 15.
Kelley...
January 16, 2025
Local News
A Harmony man charged with sexually assaulting a juvenile girl multiple times more than 20 years ago was described Wednesday as hard working, kind and fun by family and f...
January 16, 2025
Crime & Courts
A Butler Meals on Wheels fundraiser dinner initially scheduled to take place Tuesday, Jan. 21, is being rescheduled.
The event was going to be from 3 to 6 p.m. at St. Pet...
January 16, 2025
Local News
If you’re tired of shoveling snow, then you’re in for a bad time, as there may be more in store for Butler County on Thursday, Jan. 16, and that might be just the start o...
January 15, 2025
Local News
Sports
JACKSON TWP — Since getting its starting five together on the court, Seneca Valley’s boys ...
Basketball is one of the most storied high school sports, dating back to the early 20th ce...
January 17, 2025
Butler High School graduate Terry Hanratty will join Urban Meyer and Nick Saban in the 202...
January 16, 2025
Lifelong Saxonburg resident Scott Ekas crossed off another running milestone over the week...
January 15, 2025
Mars Hockey Club will hold its fifth annual ICE ALS charity game next week at Baierl Ice C...
January 14, 2025
Community
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mo...
January 11, 2025
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
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January 01, 2025
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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
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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
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The following live Nativity scenes are among those planned for the Butler County area this December:
Concordia Lutheran Ministries
Concordia will...
December 05, 2024
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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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