Some local students will observe Read Across America Week with theme days during the upcoming week. On Monday, students at Mars Area Primary Center, Elementary School, and Centennial School... Read more
PennDOT is continuing the Franklin Road improvement project in Cranberry Township. Crews are continuing work that started last year to relocate and install water and gas lines between inters... Read more
An event tomorrow will mark George Washington’s trip through Butler County that happened over 270 years ago. The Cherry Pie Hike is an annual tradition held near Washington’s Birthday. Multi... Read more
The State Board of Higher Education has adopted a strategic plan. The board created “Driving a Prosperous Pennsylvania: A Statewide Agency for Higher Education” with input from the public to... Read more
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals—better known as PETA—is hoping to encourage vegan eating at an upcoming event in Butler City. PETA will be sending their “Hell on Wheels” truck to... Read more
The state attorney general says they have made arrests in connection to a drug trafficking pipeline that ran from Detroit to Lawrence County. Three brothers from Detroit are now facing felon... Read more
With the recent warmer temperatures and rain, there is flooding concerns in areas of the county near waterways. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch that runs through 1 p.m. tod... Read more
Crews battled flames at a house in Buffalo Township Thursday afternoon. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center around 1:30 p.m. for a fire in the 200 block of Edgewood Drive. Crews... Read more
This weekend marks the anniversary of the disappearance of Cherrie Mahan. The eight-year-old disappeared after getting off a school bus near her Winfield Township home on February 22, 1985.... Read more
One person was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital following a crash yesterday in Marion Township. The two-vehicle accident happened around 5:20 p.m. in the 2000 block of West Sunbury Road. When... Read more