A food distribution will be held Saturday in Chicora. Agencies and individuals are invited to stop by the Christ’s Family Church parking lot on West Slippery Rock Street starting at 11 a.m.... Read more
Slippery Rock University staff and faculty are expecting to return to full in-person work later this summer. SRU officials confirmed that part of the University’s plan for fall instruction i... Read more
There were 18 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death for Butler County Thursday. That now brings the death toll to 412 for the county according to the Department of Health. As of Wed... Read more
A New Castle man is behind bars after confessing to killing his mother and neighbor. 59-year-old Louis Esposito is charged with the crime. It happened Wednesday night at a duplex on Dewey Av... Read more
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for ages 12-15. The DOH gave the go-ahead for providers to start administering shots to the younger age group f... Read more
A local family has increased the reward money being offered for help in finding a horse that was stolen off their property last month. A family from Sarver had their 2,200 pound Clydesdale h... Read more
Butler County Commissioner Kevin Boozel joined Governor Tom Wolf Wednesday in Pittsburgh. Wolf was continuing his push for a “no” vote to the first two ballot questions that would give the l... Read more
The South Butler School Board has revealed an expected budget for the 2021-22 school year with no tax increase. During an online school board meeting Wednesday night, officials approved a pr... Read more
The number of COVID cases for those 65 and older have dropped significantly since the beginning of the year. According to the latest data from the Department of Health, only 9 percent of COV... Read more
A southern Butler County crash forced the closure of a portion of a busy road Wednesday afternoon. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center shortly before 4:30 p.m. Wednesday for a cr... Read more