Local kids will have a chance to get started on summer reading with an annual initiative from the Butler Area School District this week. The BookStop will make its first runs through the com... Read more
The Butler Area School District has changed one school administrator and continues to look for someone to fill another position. During a school board meeting on Monday, members approved the... Read more
Police believe a driver fell asleep at the wheel before crashing on Sunday in Butler Township. 24-year-old McKenzie Lumley of Tarentum was traveling northbound on Pittsburgh Road- at the Gre... Read more
Officials in Cranberry Township are reminding drivers that it’s summertime- more kids are out playing- and they need to slow down and be alert. The “Cranberry Neighborhood Slow Down Campaign... Read more
A Butler man remains in jail after allegedly crashing his ATV into a Butler Township police cruiser. 23-year-old Daniel Morehead was arrested on Sunday following an incident on Route 8. Acco... Read more
The Slippery Rock University council of trustees took time at their quarterly business meeting on Friday to say goodbye to the university’s provost. Philip Way- SRU provost and vice presiden... Read more
Pennsylvania Senator-Elect Joe Pittman will be formally sworn into office on Monday. The ceremony will begin at 1 p.m. in the Senate Chamber of the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg.... Read more
A young staffer for a new state Senator died in a car crash Friday. Brian Swatt, 21, of Lackawanna County was killed in a crash in East Franklin Township, Armstrong County, near the intersec... Read more
A local bank is expanding into another community. NexTier Bank will open a full service branch location today in Ford City. A ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday morning will kick-off a week-long... Read more
The top administrator of the Butler School District is recommending a reorganization plan that would close the Butler Middle School at some point in the future. Superintendent Dr. Brian Whit... Read more