A Sarver man is headed for court on charges that he attacked a woman with a pickaxe handle. James Slimick Sr., 57, waived his preliminary hearing this week. State police say they were called... Read more
A Slippery Rock man is in jail accused of strangling a former girlfriend. Harold McGhee, 55, is alleged to have attacked the victim on Sunday night outside North Country Brewing in Slippery... Read more
The South Butler County School District will place an even greater emphasis on anti-bullying when it begins classes at the end of the month. The district says representatives of the “Rachel’... Read more
A man wanted by police for a double-murder in Crawford County has been taken into custody. Jack Turner was arrested Wednesday in West Virginia. Police had been searching for him for days and... Read more
The one-time head of a longtime local business has passed away. Mary Eleanor Snider, who went by the name of “Eleanor,” died Wednesday. She, along with her husband Wade, owned and operated t... Read more
The South Butler County School Board and administrators are offering some new incentives for substitute teachers to hopefully reduce an ongoing shortfall. During a school board meeting Wedne... Read more
A Christian school in Butler County has closed. The Pittsburgh Tribune Review is reporting Evangel Heights Christian Academy in Buffalo Township has shut down. The pastor and CEO Daniel Corf... Read more
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf says at least four children from his state were recently separated from their parents by U.S. border patrol agents. Wolf sent a letter Monday to Acting Secreta... Read more
Butler Township is expected to begin their annual summer road paving projects on Wednesday. Several roads are set to be milled and paved, and work will continue throughout the rest of the mo... Read more
A former news director for Butler Radio’s WBUT has died. Joyce Catt passed away Saturday. Catt directed the news on 1050AM in the 80s under former owner Bob Brandon for 10 years. She also wo... Read more