The number of local residents requiring hospitalization for serious COVID-19 symptoms continues to rise and three more local deaths have been reported. According to the Butler Health System,... Read more
Butler Health System administrators have decided to reopen the COVID-19 testing facility beginning today. The drive-thru testing site at 304 Delwood Road has been opened again as a result of... Read more
A Philadelphia man arrested last year as part of a drug ring in Butler County will serve time in prison. 23-year-old Nasir Sharpe was sentenced to 18 months in prison along with six years of... Read more
Less than a week into the school year, the Freeport Area School District already has two dozen students in quarantine. According to the district’s website, there are seven total active cases... Read more
The American Red Cross is offering another incentive for people to donate blood. Starting tomorrow, those who donate blood through the month of September will receive a coupon for a free hai... Read more
A Pennsylvania lawmaker is calling on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to halt evictions. Following the United States Supreme Court’s ruling overturning the eviction moratorium, Democrat Senat... Read more
Gas prices have declined slightly locally and remained steady across western Pennsylvania as a whole this week. According to AAA’s weekly gas price report, the average price for a gallon reg... Read more
Mars Area School District is expanding its program that gives students their own technological devices to help learn. 5th and 6th graders at the Mars Centennial School will now get a distric... Read more
Solar energy is increasing its place in the energy market, and state lawmakers heard about its potential economic impacts at a hearing late last week. It was an informational session for mem... Read more