Recent actions by Butler City Council are advancing the next phase in a project to improve the look of the downtown Butler area. At their meeting last week, Council approved a motion to awar... Read more
Traffic Delayed After Sarver Accident
Traffic was delayed this morning following a crash in Sarver. It happened just before 5 a.m. on South Pike Road near Freeport High School. Details of the crash are sketchy, but the multi-veh... Read more
Gas Prices Up Slightly In Butler
Gas prices have risen slightly locally but dropped by a similar margin across western Pennsylvania as a whole. According to AAA’s weekly gas price report, the average price for a gallon of r... Read more
February is Black History Month and Slippery Rock University has numerous programs planned to mark the occasion. This year’s theme of Milestones: Walking Through Black History will explore t... Read more
Wolf Administration Appeals Act 77 Decision
The Wolf administration is appealing the decision of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court that no excuse mail-in ballots are unconstitutional. The move was expected after the court issued a r... Read more
ACMH Nurses To Meet As Strike Looms
Nurses at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital are scheduled to meet tonight to discuss the best way forward as a strike looms. Last week, nurses overwhelmingly authorized a strike citing a nu... Read more
The Butler Area School District is receiving more state grant help with funding a unique market at one of their downtown schools. The district will receive $50,000 through the PA Farm Bill’s... Read more
Ehrman Rd. Adding Turning Lane Onto Rt. 19
As work on Ehrman Crest Elementary School continues, so does work on Ehrman Road itself. Cranberry Township supervisors approved a new right turn lane from Ehrman Road onto Route 19 late las... Read more
A new study shows that Pennsylvania hunters enjoy starting deer season on a Saturday. The report from the Pennsylvania Game Commission unveiled that 60 percent of hunters surveyed said they... Read more
PA Dems Don’t Endorse Senate Candidate
In the hotly contested race to be the next Senator of Pennsylvania, the state’s Democratic Party did not reach a consensus in endorsing a candidate. The battle appears to be shaping up betwe... Read more