Districts Deal With COVID Cases And Quarantines
Some districts are less than a week into school, and we’re already seeing dozens of active COVID cases and well over a hundred students who are in quarantine. Our newsroom spoke with Butler... Read more
SRU To Open New SUCCEED Building On Main Street
Slippery Rock University is set to open a new facility on Main Street in Butler next week. It’s called SUCCEED and it will serve as a community outreach office. SRU is leasing the building i... Read more
A local physician and administrator has received national recognition. The Butler Health System recently announced that Dr. Michael Fiorina has been named a Fellow of the America Academy of... Read more
U.S. Senator Bob Casey was in Butler yesterday making multiple stops around the county. He spoke to our newsroom before visiting with the county’s Democratic Committee and then stopped at Cl... Read more
Sen. Pittman Continues Fight Against RGGI
A local lawmaker will be speaking at a hearing later today in opposition to Pennsylvania joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Republican State Senator Joe Pittman will speak at a... Read more
Red Cross Offer Flood Preparations Tips
As the remnants of Hurricane Ida move into our area, two organizations are encouraging preparations and offering tips. According to the American Red Cross, Tropical Depression Ida’s arrival... Read more
Vaccination Rates Continue To Climb Locally
There have been over a thousand new fully vaccinated Butler County residents over the past week. Data from the Department of Health shows that there are now more than 97,000 people who are f... Read more
Organizations Celebrate Labor Rights Week
This week is Labor Rights Week and the United States Labor Department is raising awareness about fair and safe workplaces. According to the Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Admini... Read more
Butler Area School District is experiencing significant delays in transporting some students for a second day in a row on Tuesday. After the district sent out a message to student contacts s... Read more
Governor Tom Wolf is set to announce that all students and staff in kindergarten through 12th grade will be required to wear masks while indoors at school. Wolf had said earlier this year th... Read more