Rib, music fest sizzles over weekend

Mike and Donna Gamble enjoay a fresh plate of ribs at the inaugural Butler Rib & Music Festival this weekend.

CONNOQUENESSING TWP — Racks of finger-licking ribs. Baskets of mouth-watering brisket. Piles of sweet and tangy pulled pork.

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Police: Officer shot dog that bit him as he aided owner

PITTSBURGH — Authorities say a western Pennsylvania police officer shot and killed an aggressive dog while responding to the medical emergency of the animal's owner.

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No clear skies yet for Butler County

Parker area damaged by twisting winds

Parker resident Mike Bucholz uses a chainsaw to cut limbs off the massive tree that fell on top of his Washington Street home Sunday afternoon while his friend, Judd Jack, helps clear debris. Residents report they saw a funnel cloud touch down during the storm that damaged several homes and businesses and downed dozens of tree.

Parker resident Julie Weigel was one of dozens of residents surveying the damage and starting the process of cleaning up after strong storms, and possibly a tornado, ripped through Parker late Sunday afternoon.

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Festival in the Woods forges arts, crafts, fun

Chain saw artist, blacksmith big hits

Butler chain saw artist Damian Skal works on a carving of a black bear Saturday during the Whispering Pines Farm Festival in the Woods in Winfield Township.

WINFIELD TWP — The normally tranquil farm was anything but this weekend.

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Disc golfers let it fly

Jeff McCullough Jr. tosses a disc towards the basket on hole one at the North Boundary Park disc golf course. McCullough, his dad and friends were the first group to play through the course following Saturday's official grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony.

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State has a surplus, lots of budget patches

Wolf seeks $2B more spending

HARRISBURG — In Pennsylvania, good fiscal times may not necessarily mean good fiscal condition.

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Boy injured when pickup truck crashes into steps

Butler police officer Kory Fleming speaks to Shawn Lacamera of Butler who was driving a pickup truck that crashed into concrete steps on the side of the Cunningham Shanor building on West New Castle Street around 4 p.m. Sunday. The 31-year-old was not hurt but his 8-year-old son, who was riding in the truck, suffered apparent minor injuries. Police said they are investigating.

An 8-year-old boy was hurt about 4 p.m. Sunday when his father lost control of a pickup truck and crashed into concrete steps on the side of the Cunningham Shanor building in Butler, authorities said.

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City traffic stop results in drug charges for Pittsburgh man

A Pittsburgh man is jailed on $100,000 bail after state police say they found evidence that he had been in possession of 500 stamp bags of suspected heroin.

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Police investigate BB gun incident

Butler police are investigating a case of aggravated assault Friday afternoon when several people were hit with BB gun pellets at a wedding party on North Washington Street.

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Dems accelerate election security push following Trump comments

WASHINGTON — Alarmed by President Donald Trump’s willingness to accept foreign dirt on a political opponent, House Democrats are accelerating their efforts to strengthen election security ahead of the 2020 campaign.

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Census says more than 60% of U.S. men are fathers

ORLANDO, Fla. — Fathers in the U.S. tend to be better educated than men without children, and relatively few men have children over age 40. These are some of the conclusions in a report released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Democratic contenders on Fox News bash Fox

Network hosted town hall events

Democrat Julian Castro at a Fox News Channel town hall Thursday in Tempe, Ariz., scolded the network for its coverage of Hillary Clinton.

NEW YORK — Julian Castro is the latest Democratic presidential contender to follow the trend of criticizing Fox News Channel while appearing on the network for a town hall.

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CEO: Boeing made mistake in warning-system handling

Max awaits OK for software fix

PARIS — The chief executive of Boeing said the company made a “mistake” in handling a problematic cockpit warning system in its 737 Max jets before two crashes killed 346 people, and he promised transparency as the aircraft maker works to get the grounded plane back in flight.

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Pentagon says Iran shot missiles at U.S. drones

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Sunday accused Iran of attempting to shoot down a U.S. Reaper drone on Thursday as the unmanned surveillance aircraft was flying over one of two crippled tankers in the Gulf of Oman.

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Hong Kong police clear streets

Protesters face off with authorities

HONG KONG — Hong Kong police and protesters faced off early Monday as authorities began trying to clear the streets of a few hundred who remained near the city government headquarters after massive demonstrations that stretched deep into the night before.

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Mexico intercepts migrants in trucks

Tractor-trailer drivers arrested

COMITAN, Mexico — Mexican authorities stepped up monitoring along well-traveled routes for migrants in southern Mexico over the weekend, checking identifications, pulling migrants off public transport and intercepting four trucks packed with nearly 800 migrants.

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WWII veteran turning 101 gets more than 5,000 cards

He served as Army mechanic

John R. Frey, a U.S. Army veteran, poses for a portrait next to cards and mementos he has been given at the Mervyn Sharp Bennion Central Utah Veterans Home in Payson, Utah, in May. Frey, a World War II veteran whose family hoped to help him get 101 cards for his 101st birthday, say they have been overwhelmed and grateful for the more than 5,000 cards that have been sent to Frey.

OREM, Utah — When John Frey’s family requested 101 birthday cards to celebrate the World War II veteran’s 101st birthday in Utah, they were expecting to get 500 at most.

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Free college movement resurges with 2020 race

Most Democrats favor some plan

After receding from the national stage, the free college movement is resurfacing as a central rallying point for Democrats as they set their sights on the White House.

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Israel names tiny settlement in Golan Heights after Trump

RAMAT TRUMP, Golan Heights — The Trump name graces apartment towers, hotels and golf courses. Now it is the namesake of a tiny Israeli settlement in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights.

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Poll: 50% of voters say Trump has gone too far on immigration enforcement

NEW YORK — Half of American voters say the Trump administration has gone too far on immigration enforcement, and optimism about the U.S. economy, while still high, has slipped over the past quarter as trade tensions ramp up, a Fox News poll shows.

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Grand Tour: Young Model T enthusiast lives dream in a '24

From left, Cathy and Dennis Glasgow, owners of the Butler County Ford dealership on Main Street in Butler, where Model Ts were sold 100 years ago, ride in Simon Neubert's restored 1924 Model T. Neubert and his wife will travel cross country with other Model Ts in the Ocean to Ocean tour.

Simon and Katie Neubert of Jefferson Township will drive their 1924 Ford Model T touring car to Seattle in a recreation of the 1909 Ocean to Ocean Model T cross-country race, which was won by Henry Ford.

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SR council hires part-time code enforcement officer

Employee is resigning

SLIPPERY ROCK — Borough council hired a new part-time zoning and code enforcement officer at Tuesday's meeting.

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Robin's Home prepares for opening in July

Home for female veterans, children

The finishing touches are being done at Robin's Home in Butler to have the transitional home for female veterans and their children ready for a July opening.