The state is updating their vaccine rollout plan to make sure everyone in Phase 1A is scheduled for a vaccine appointment by the end of the month. Governor Tom Wolf said yesterday that he ex... Read more
Butler Health System Eliminates County Restrictions For Vaccine Appointments
Butler Health System is now opening up vaccine appointments to eligible members of Phase 1A regardless of counties. Previously, the hospital had a policy where people had to be from Butler,... Read more
There were 67 new cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths for Butler County Tuesday. That now brings the death toll in the county to 377 since the beginning of the pandemic. As of Monday... Read more
Starting last week, teachers in Butler County started receiving their COVID-19 vaccine. Members of the National Guard are assisting with that process, and they so far the process has went we... Read more
Other than a few minor issues, the rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations for teachers and staff in the Butler Area School District is going smoothly. According to Butler Area School District Supe... Read more
The Butler VA has now administered 10,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses. The shot was given to Korean War Veteran Homer Younkins over the weekend, who received his first shot at the Butler VA’s wal... Read more
Crews Deal With Brush Fires In Center Twp.
Firefighters were busy with a number of brush and grass fires along railroad tracks in Center Township Monday afternoon. The calls began coming in to the Butler County 911 Center just before... Read more
Gov. Wolf Aims To Phase Out Gas Tax
Governor Tom Wolf says the state gas tax is outdated and is looking to phases it out. Wolf says it’s an unreliable source of funding for the state’s transportation network. He’s also establi... Read more
Monday Update: 11 New Cases
There were 11 new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths for Butler County Monday. That comes after a weekend of 93 new cases. That brings the running total number of cases to 14,445 in... Read more
DOH: Nearly 50K Butler Co. Residents Vaccinated
Butler County is nearing 50,000 residents who have received at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. The latest information from the Department of Health shows that more than 10,000 shots... Read more