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A hot air balloon crashed into power lines and burst into flames Friday during Albuquerque's annual balloon fiesta, killing a western Pennsylvania man.

One Pennsylvania man was killed and a New Jersey man critically injured Friday when a hot air balloon they were in crashed into power lines during the annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.

Three people were taken to the hospital with respiratory problems and 2,500 residents of four Butler County communities were evacuated from their homes last night when a dangerous chemical was accidentally ...

Authorities in western Pennsylvania evacuated about 2,500 people due to a hazardous mile-long cloud from a corrosive material leak at a chemical plant.

Authorities have responded to a water main break in Butler on Saturday morning. Crews have responded to Broad and Brady streets at about 10:45 a.m. Refresh ThePittsburghChannel.com often and watch Channel 4 ...

A Hill District man last month confessed to the 2006 fatal shooting of 24-year-old Michael Vaughns at a bus stop on a Lawrenceville corner, according to court testimony yesterday.

In a wide-ranging talk about U.S. Navy policies on anti-drug smuggling operations, international piracy and the tracking of silent submarines, Butler native Adm.

Oct 10, 2008 3:45 pm US/Eastern Anyone with information is urged to call Butler Township police at 724-285-9600 More Butler County News BUTLER TWP Police are looking for the person who attacked an elderly woman ...

Butler County Symphony rehearses under Elisabeth Heath Charles, conductor. On a mid-December night in 1949, a young banker named Charles Norton joined 13 other local musicians for the first rehearsal of the ...

Conservatives issue document supporting their claim that Mandelson's return makes government 'even more' dysfunctional Peter Mandelson and Gordon Brown in 1998.

Police are looking for a 17-year-old white girl who was abducted from her bus stop this morning.

Mary Findlay realized Saturday that you don't quite get a feel for what a farm is like until you're on one.

John Aubrey took a one-stroke lead in the Senior PGA Professional National Championship on Saturday, finishing off a second-round 71 in the morning at Andalusia and adding a bogey-free 69 at Toscana.

Butler County emergency services officials are about to implement a new in-car police computer system that will speed up the link between local officers and 911 dispatchers.

Bob Burton of the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of the Cruelty to Animals inspects the condition of animals at Almost Heaven Kennel in Upper Milford on Wednesday.

For two years, Eric Murray scanned faces in crowds, looking for the men who gunned down his son on a Lawrenceville street.

Sep 29, 2008 10:00 pm US/Eastern More: Butler County News EAST BUTLER A Butler County man accused of shooting at a couple 11 times is now facing attempted murder charges.

KINGSTON Two people were charged Monday with endangering a 5-month-old girl by having heroin inside the bedroom they shared with the infant, police said.

State police in East Butler arrested a man over the weekend on attempted homicide charges after he allegedly fired shots at two people.

Ed Thiele is a fifth generation farmer. When he married, his wife, Lorraine, became one, too.