Police are investigating after a body was found in a pond in Cranberry Township Thursday morning. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center around 8 a.m. for a body that was discovered... Read more
PennDOT’s annual Paint the Plow contest is about ready to get underway. The yearly event sees high school students create a design and paint a PennDOT snow plow. This year’s theme was “Seat... Read more
Students at a local school will learn more about school safety during a program planned for later this week. Fifth graders at the Mars Area Centennial School will take part in an ALICE assem... Read more
Gas prices continue to edge down in the new year both locally as well as across the western Pennsylvania region as a whole. According to AAA’s weekly gas price report, the average price for... Read more
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has named a new top administrator for the region that includes Butler County. Former Land Management Group Supervisor Jesse Bish has been named the new Direc... Read more
The American Cancer Society is beginning to collect donations for their annual Daffodil Days campaign. The effort sends daffodils to those battling cancer in the area. Officials with the Ame... Read more
The Butler County Chamber of Commerce is one of over 20 regional organizations participating in an upcoming large networking event. The Pittsburgh Business Exchange’s Annual Winter Kickoff M... Read more
Peoples Natural Gas is petitioning the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to allow a proposed rate increase. The People’s request would increase its operating revenues by approximately $... Read more
Slippery Rock University community is mourning the sudden loss of a vital community member. 54-year-old Samantha Swift of Butler passed on New Years Eve due to a “catastrophic medical event.... Read more
Previous projections in Butler County had strong snow throughout the weekend but update models may only see a few inches. David Schallenberger is a meteorologist with the National Weather Se... Read more