Teen Injured In Pedestrian Accident In Grove City
A Washington County man will not face charges following an accident involving a pedestrian earlier this week in neighboring Mercer County. According to Grove City Police, officers were calle... Read more
Firefighters were busy with a number of brush and grass fires along railroad tracks in Butler and Center Townships as well as the City of Butler Thursday afternoon. The calls began coming in... Read more
Thursday Update: 77 New Cases; No New Deaths
There were 77 new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths for Butler County Thursday. Hospitalizations again continue to remain stable locally. As of Wednesday morning, Butler Memorial Ho... Read more
County Awards Park Grants For Improvements
A number of local parks will be getting some improvements soon. The county approved funding a portion of the costs toward 12 different parks throughout the county. Among the projects include... Read more
Butler County Commissioners approved five new projects to be funded with help from the county’s infrastructure bank. Approximately $23 million in loans were approved to help municipalities f... Read more
Governor Tom Wolf was near Pittsburgh yesterday providing the latest of the vaccine rollout. Wolf said that the state Department of Health has been working on helping vulnerable populations... Read more
The State House narrowly passed a bill that offers protections for businesses for COVID related lawsuits. It’s a bill similar to one vetoed by Governor Tom Wolf last fall. Advocates for the... Read more
Mercer Road VFC To Become Baseball Facility
The old Mercer Road Volunteer Fire Company building will likely be repurposed following a decision by the Butler Township Zoning Hearing Board. After hearing an appeal made by the perspectiv... Read more
Zoning Board Denies Larger Housing Plan For Highfield; Smaller Plan Recommended
The Butler Township Zoning Board has decided that a larger version of a housing development planned for the Highfield area does not comply with the ordinances of Butler Township about densit... Read more
Longtime Local Restaurant Makes Way For New
It was demolition day at a longtime Butler restaurant yesterday. Crews spent Tuesday taking down the Eat n’ Park on New Castle Hill across from the Point Plaza. Employees and community membe... Read more