Today is the first Flexible Instructional Day for students and staff in the Butler Area School District. Students have received a take home kit of work required to be completed in order to g... Read more
The Moniteau School District has officially hired a new superintendent. The school board unanimously approved Tom Samosky as the district’s superintendent. Samosky comes from Trinity School... Read more
Judges and lawmakers across the state will be receiving a pay raise in 2020. Salaries will increase by 1.9 percent—which is tied to a state law that bases salaries changes on the consumer pr... Read more
A Butler County native will be the new leader of the Pittsburgh Festival Opera. The city’s resident summer company named Knoch graduate Marianne Cornetti as its new artistic director. Cornet... Read more
Gas prices have soared in Butler over the past week thanks to a variety of reasons according to AAA. The average price for a gallon of unleaded self-serve in Butler is $2.80. That’s up 16 ce... Read more
The minimum wage in Pennsylvania is set to increase over the next few years. A bill passed by the state senate would eventually make the new minimum wage $9.50 per hour—but that rate wouldn’... Read more
The VA is warning veterans about a nationwide phone scam. Callers are telling veterans that there is a new type of benefit related to home loans—and officials say that the scammers often lea... Read more
A three vehicle accident in Forward Township caused delays during the Monday morning commute. The crash happened just before 6:00 a.m. on Evans City Road near the intersection with Ash Stop... Read more
Authorities say a Slippery Rock University student died following a hunting accident over the weekend. According to our news partners at WPXI, 19-year-old Jacob Smith of Linesville was hunti... Read more
Governor Tom Wolf is expected to sign a bill into law that would raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco and e-cigarettes in Pennsylvania. The new law requires you to be 21 or older to buy... Read more