The City of Butler will purchase a new ladder truck for the fire department but has not yet finalized a payment option. At their meeting Tuesday night, City Council approved an agreement wit... Read more
Butler School Officials Ask Legislators To Change Rules Regarding Retired Teachers
Administrators and school board members with the Butler Area School District are asking state lawmakers to make a change that would allow former teachers to return more easily. Butler Superi... Read more
Tuesday Update: 20 New Cases
There were 20 new cases of COVID-19 for Butler County Tuesday. That comes with 155 negative tests, giving today’s report an 11.4 percent positivity rate. As of Monday morning, Butler Memoria... Read more
Butler County Staffs Up Election Center
Butler County is enhancing their staff handling phones at the election bureau. Officials say they’ve been slammed with phone calls over the past months, with questions about the mail-in ball... Read more
Butler Twp. Recycle Program Continues Popularity
Residents of Butler Township continue to take advantage of a township service included with the current waste disposal contract- free recycling of electronics and hazardous household waste.... Read more
Butler Adding More Act 80 Days
The Butler Area School District is changing the school calendar so that three previously normal school days will now become ACT 80 days to allow more time for grading and teacher preparation... Read more
State police are investigating a case of fraud that left a man out tens of thousands of dollars. The incident was reported to police over the weekend. Police say an unnamed 67-year-old man f... Read more
Butler Health System Moving COVID Testing Site
The Butler Health System will be moving their COVID-19 testing site. Effective Monday, October 26th, the testing site currently located in a tent at the Brady Street parking lot of the Butle... Read more
A divided U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that will allow ballots to be counted as late as November 6th. Meanwhile, Governor Tom Wolf was hoping to reach an... Read more
There were five cases of COVID-19 for Butler County on Monday. That comes after 48 positive cases were announced by the state Department of Health over the weekend. There was also an additio... Read more