Friday Update: 74 New Cases; One Additional Death
There were 74 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death for Butler County Friday. That now brings the death toll to 384 since the beginning of the pandemic. Hospitalizations locally hav... Read more
Butler County will be receiving $37 million through the American Rescue Plan. The latest relief package will see the county receive more than double the amount of money the first CARES Act p... Read more
Slippery Rock Planning In-Person Commencement
Slippery Rock University is moving forward with an in-person commencement ceremony this year. The university will be having the ceremony spread over the course of two days—April 30th and May... Read more
Emergency Rental Relief Program Starts Monday
Monday officially kicks off the application period for emergency rental relief program in Butler County. The county was awarded over $12.3 million for the program that aims to provide housin... Read more
City Council Rejects Selling Tier Garage Again
The City of Butler has again rejected a revised plan that would sell a portion of the parking in the downtown area. By a 3-2 margin, City Council rejected an updated term sheet with a compan... Read more
GOP And Dems Choose 60th District Candidates
Both parties now have their official candidates for the upcoming special election in the 60th legislative district. Local Democrats have chosen a familiar name as their candidate as Buffalo... Read more
It’s been a blustery Friday in Butler which resulted in dozens of calls for down wires and trees throughout the county. Incidents have been reported all day long including… Rowan Road in Cra... Read more
There have now been over one million cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic according to the latest update from the state Department of Health. The milestone comes 12 months a... Read more
With the Butler Health System moving their vaccination site to the Clearview Mall, there is now no expectation for any state sponsored mass vaccination clinic to come to Butler. The county’s... Read more
Crews Battle East Butler Garage Fire
Crews from multiple departments were called out to battle a garage fire in East Butler Wednesday afternoon. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center around 6:30 p.m. for smoke and fla... Read more