The Mars Area School District is pushing back the first day students will be in class. At a special meeting on Thursday, the board voted to make Tuesday, September 8th the first day of schoo... Read more
Nearly 3,000 Butler County residents remain without power as of 3:30 p.m. Friday following Thursday night’s strong storms. The first severe thunderstorm hit the downtown Butler area shortly... Read more
There were three new cases of COVID-19 for Butler County reported by the Pennsylvania Department of Health on Thursday. There were also 120 negative test results reported, giving the most re... Read more
Local police are asking for help with their investigation into a recent shooting in downtown Butler. According to Butler City Police, that shooting occurred just after midnight Thursday morn... Read more
We’ve had word to our news room about an accident at Lions Park Road and Benbrook Rd. involving a tractor trailer. We are unsure of the exact time of the accident, although the information... Read more
Governor Tom Wolf is responding to controversy regarding his decision to allow thousands of people inside the Carlisle Car Show. He said in an interview earlier this week with KDKA Radio tha... Read more
Our “Back to School” series continues today highlighting the Mars Area School District. Dr. Mark Gross is less than two months into his job as school superintendent and is really appreciativ... Read more
Butler County has ended a lawsuit filed by former Commissioner Jim Eckstein four years ago seeking reimbursement of legal fees. The County will pay Eckstein $100,000 of the $270,000 he orig... Read more
A restaurant in downtown Butler was damaged Wednesday night when a police vehicle hit the front of the building. According to Butler City Police, the accident happened just before 9:30PM. A... Read more
A two-vehicle accident shut down Route 422 eastbound for a little over a half hour Wednesday night. The crash happened around 7 p.m. near the Mercer Road overpass when the driver of an SUV c... Read more