Portersville News

Norman K. McDanel, 82, Clarendon, Pa., and formerly of Elwood City and New Castle, Pa., passed away on Monday, June 29, 2009 at the Warren Manor.

Area students were among those receiving diplomas during commencement ceremonies at Clarion University.

A second church has voted to leave a western Pennsylvania presbytery of the Presbyterian Church so it can join a more conservative coalition known as the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.

An Allegheny County judge acquitted an unlicensed midwife this afternoon of involuntary manslaughter after a baby suffered fatal injuries during a breech birth in a Bloomfield home seven years ago.

Pennsylvania State Police are asking for the public's help in finding a missing Butler County man.

Welcome spring's arrival by getting out of the house and enjoying art and history exhibits as well as other cultural events.

A furnace is suspected of causing a fire Tuesday morning that destroyed a manufactured home in Slippery Rock Township.

Jeff Schwarz places a clay mixture on the mold, forming a cone. The cone is fired at 1,700 degrees.

A Slippery Rock man died yesterday when his truck crashed into a tractor-trailer in Portersville, Butler County.

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A former Army Junior ROTC instructor has been sued by one of two boys he is criminally charged with molesting at a western Pennsylvania high school.

Gerard R. "Jerry" Yost, 72, of 279 Northwestern Drive, Ellwood City , passed away at 10:55 p.m. Saturday, January 10, 2009, in the VA Medical Center, Pittsburgh .

Jan 10, 2009 11:49 pm US/Eastern BUTLER Area residentsA to the north were hit the hardest by today's snow and signs of Old Man Winter could be seen everywhere you turned.

The beloved characters from "Sesame Street," known to children and parents alike, will gather onstage to entertain as they ponder aloud the age-old child's question: What do I want to be when I grow up? "When ...

* How far: A 38-mile drive that takes about 45 minutes. Portersville is north of Pittsburgh off of the Prospect/Portersville exit.

Slick conditions may be to blame for two accidents on Interstate 79 on Friday. A vehicle rolled over on the interstate between Zelienople and Portersville.

A senior Mumbai police official says the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba was responsible for the terrorist attacks that left at least 174 people dead.