Mars Area School District Announces Positive COVID Test of High School Student
The Mars Area School District has been notified that a high school student has tested positive for COVID-19. The district did not identify the student but did say that this student is a nint... Read more
Police Investigating Break-In At Foreclosed Home
Police are looking for a suspect who broke into a home in Center Township. State police say it happened 4 p.m. Sunday at a home in the 100 block of Pine Drive. Employees from Safeguard Prope... Read more
Tuesday Update: 14 New Cases
There were 14 new cases of COVID-19 for Butler County on Tuesday. It comes with 142 negative tests, giving the daily update a 9 percent positivity rate. As of Monday morning, Butler Memorial... Read more
A portion of Route 422 is now reopened following an accident that happened earlier this morning in Summit Township. The two vehicle crash happened in the westbound lane around 6:30 near Geib... Read more
Gov. Wolf Changes Guidelines On Gathering Limits
Governor Tom Wolf is making a change to gathering limits across the state. Wolf and Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine announced that the new order will base crowd limits on the venue’s maxi... Read more
Grapevine Center To Hold Life Remembrance Rally
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and a downtown Butler recovery center is once again planning to hold a ‘Remembrance & Celebration of Life Rally’ to mark the occasion. The publi... Read more
Regal Cinemas To Temporarily Close
All Regal Cinemas across the country will be temporarily closing later this week—and that includes the one here in Butler. The parent company of Regal made the announcement yesterday saying... Read more
No One Injured In I-79 Crash
No one was injured in an accident on I-79 Monday evening. The crash happened just after 7 p.m. in the northbound lane of I-79 when 79-year-old William Hewlett was trying to take the exit ram... Read more
Local Vo-Tech School Reports Positive COVID Case
The Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School has confirmed its first case of COVID-19. A news release Monday states that a phone message with that information was released to the schoo... Read more
Sentencing of Local Couple Moved To Next Month
The dates on which sentences will be handed down to a local couple have been moved to next month. Stephanie and Scott Roskovski were originally scheduled to be sentenced in early October but... Read more