The former pastor of By His Grace Ministries was sentenced yesterday and paroled. Two years ago, 69-year-old Herman Rushing Jr. was accused of sexually assaulting four children and a member... Read more

Gas prices have shot up both locally as well as across the western Pennsylvania region as a whole over the past week. According to AAA’s weekly gas price report, the average price for a gall... Read more

A new program looks to help older and disabled residents with lawn work in the City of Butler. The Butler Shade Tree Commission is launching the “City Neighborhood Clean-Up Program” this sum... Read more

A Butler man is facing charges in Franklin Township after it’s alleged he hit another man in the head with a hammer. On May 15 just after 2:30 a.m., police were called to an apartment in the... Read more

Pennsylvania American Water Company is applying for a loan that would help improve the infrastructure at a couple of pump stations in Butler and Center Township. The company submitted plans... Read more

A hearing was held yesterday in the Butler County courthouse over possession of cash related to a homicide case. Defense attorneys for 38-year-old Hassan Brack filed a motion to have an undi... Read more

A man was seriously injured after an incident with a train Monday morning in Donegal Township. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center shortly before noon for a train versus pedestri... Read more

A woman from Butler is accused of trying to set her house on fire with her two children inside. The incident happened Saturday around 4:45 p.m. when Butler City Police responded to a home in... Read more

The number of fatal firefighter injuries in the U.S. last year is down from the year before. According to a recent report from the National Fire Protection Association, the 62 on-duty firefi... Read more

A local state lawmaker in the senate has had a bill passed that he hopes will increase the number of accountants in Pennsylvania. Senator Scott Hutchinson’s Addressing the Shortage of Accoun... Read more