There were 48 new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths reported by the state for Butler County on Wednesday. The death toll in the county since the beginning of the pandemic remains 36... Read more

A brief power outage impacted hundreds of people Wednesday morning in Butler. According to the First Energy website there were over 700 customers affected by the outage, including the Butler... Read more

The number of residents in long term care facilities who have received the COVID-19 vaccine is continuing to increase. Governor Tom Wolf provided an update earlier this week and said that th... Read more

The Butler Area Public Library will be re-opening beginning next week. This upcoming Monday, March 1st, the library will reopen their doors, although hours will be limited 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.... Read more

Two Democratic lawmakers from Pennsylvania are throwing their support behind President Biden’s request to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. Senator Bob Casey and Congressman Conor Lamb... Read more

One person is recovering following a rollover accident Monday in Muddy Creek Township. The one vehicle crash happened around 4:45 p.m. in the southbound lane of I-79 near milemarker 97. Poli... Read more

Pennsylvania voters may soon elect lieutenant governors in a different way. A bill moved out of a state Senate committee that would allow candidates for governor to choose their lieutenant g... Read more

There were 36 new cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths for Butler County Tuesday. That now brings the death toll in the county to 365 according to the Department of Health. As of Mond... Read more

The Butler Area School District is continuing with the process of planning an expansion of, or addition to, the Senior High School. Representatives of the district’s architectural contractor... Read more