A year and a day after Heather Pressdee killed a 43-year-old man at a Butler Township nursing home, the former nurse was sentenced to life in prison without the...
ADAMS TWP — The building at 145 Grand Ave. in Mars currently houses a NexTier Bank branch. In a few years, that address may be the new home of the Mars Area Pub...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — United Methodist delegates repealed their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “s...
CRANBERRY TWP — To recognize the accomplishments within the business community, the Pittsburgh North Regional Chamber of Commerce handed out six awards Thursday...
Summit Township supervisors tabled a motion to select a company to construct a new township municipal building at a meeting Wednesday, May 1.
Willie Adams, Summit Townshi...
While some students were loading up their clothing and furniture to move out of their dorm rooms Thursday, May 2, others were loading a box truck with some unwanted decor...
Though Mason Martin was expected to return home from the hospital in late April, the former Karns City Area Jr./Sr. High School quarterback, who collapsed at a game last ...
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP — Drivers may soon be given an extra reminder if they are speeding, thanks to a new policy the township has adopted.
On Monday, May 2, supervisors una...
VA Butler Healthcare is hosting its 14th annual VA 2K Walk & Roll from Tuesday to Thursday, May 14 to 16, at locations in Butler, Lawrence and Mercer counties.
The annual...
Tears and applause filled the Butler County courthouse Thursday morning, May 2, as victims’ families watched a former nurse plead guilty to their loved ones’ deaths.
Late...
Allegheny Health Network announced its Allegheny Valley, Forbes, Grove City and Wexford hospitals have received ‘A’ grades in the Leapfrog Group’s spring 2024 Hospital Sa...
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A former Natrona Heights nurse pleaded guilty Thursday, May 2 to three counts of first-degree murder and 19 count...
People lined up to enter the courtroom before the 9 a.m. appearance of Heather Pressdee, a Natrona Heights nurse linked to the deaths of patients in Butler, Allegheny, Ar...
Across the country, most high school classrooms still resemble their 20th century counterparts despite massive changes in the workforce over the past ...
With how wet April was, it might seem incongruous to be worried about brush fires, but it doesn’t take long at all for the weather conditions to be ri...
I’m a small-business owner who employs 40 people in Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, policymakers in Harrisburg and Washington, D.C., are considering new ...
Butler resident Gary Falconer was recognized during the Pennsylvania Broadband Summit on April 11, along with Armstrong Utilities, for their partnersh...
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday emphasized that inflation has remained stubbornly high in recent months and said it doesn’t plan to cut ...
Multiple Butler County farmers report their herds are safe from a strain of avian influenza spreading among cattle in several states.
As of late April...
DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford is recalling nearly 243,000 Maverick small pickup trucks in the U.S. because the tail lights may not illuminate.
The company sa...
At least a dozen people in California and Washington have been sickened with E. coli food poisoning linked to organic walnuts sold in bulk in 19 state...
Robin’s Home is hosting its second annual Food Truck and Rock Fest Fundraiser from 1 to 9 p.m. June 1, at the American Legion Post 778, 150 Legion Memorial Lane, Lyndora....
An alleged confrontation between Ryan Reynolds and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is being detailed in reports that surfaced Tuesday.
While filming the 2021 Netflix film “Red ...
LOS ANGELES — Former Nickelodeon producer and writer Dan Schneider sued the makers of “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” on Wednesday, alleging the makers of the do...
NEW YORK — Paul Auster, a prolific, prize-winning man of letters and filmmaker known for such inventive narratives and meta-narratives as “The New York Trilogy” and “4 3 ...
NEW YORK — Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as “Rebel Rouser” and “Peter Gunn” helped put the twang in early ...
NEW YORK — Two Broadway shows celebrating the spark of sonic creativity — the semi-autobiographical Alicia Keys musical “Hell’s Kitchen ,” and the play “Stereophonic” abo...
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...
