Pennsylvania’s top law enforcement official recently announced the seizure of hundreds of illegal slot machines made to look like skill games including dozens in Butler County. According to... Read more

McDonalds Restaurants are planning a hiring surge this summer. McDonalds officials announced plans to hire up to 375,000 this summer, including 14,000 in Pennsylvania. The nationwide plan is... Read more

A local State Representative will host families later this week for an event in Cranberry. On Thursday, Stephenie Scialabba is holding her second annual Family First Initiative from 9 a.m. t... Read more

A bill that would legalize and create state stores to sell recreational marijuana was defeated in a senate committee. The Law and Justice Senate Committee rejected the House Bill 1200 by a v... Read more

State Police will be conducting free child seat checks tomorrow. The event will run from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Unionville Volunteer Fire Department on Mahood Road. Checks will include: Sui... Read more

A traffic alert for drivers in Butler Township. Road crews will be doing paving work on Butler Road starting at 8 a.m. today. Butler Road will be shut down in between Schaffner Road and Bess... Read more

The Armco Credit Union is awarding $26,000 in scholarships to high school seniors. 28 students were named recipients of the scholarships, which are going to seniors who are planning to atten... Read more

Penn Township is abandoning new ordinances that would have allowed for property owners to be fined for unsafe structures or items deemed rubbish. At their meeting Tuesday, supervisors approv... Read more

Karns City is proposing a slight tax increase and taking out a loan for this upcoming school year. Superintendent Dr. Eric Ritzert said Butler County residents will see an increase in taxes... Read more

The Mars Area School District is making changes to police coverage at their facilities this fall. According to a recent statement from Superintendent Dr. Mark Gross, Mars is moving from the... Read more

Police have charged a Cranberry Township man after it’s alleged he sexually assaulted a minor. It’s alleged that 18-year-old Anthony Edwards-Hickman asked a 14-year-old child to engage in a... Read more

A Butler man is facing over 30 charges after he allegedly sexually assaulted a child in Cranberry Township. Police have charged 36-year-old Justin Gizler for allegedly assaulting a then 12-y... Read more

Police have released information about an incident of shots fired Tuesday morning in Forward and Connoquenessing Townships. According to State Police, troopers were called out to the area of... Read more

Harmony is going Hollywood this week as filming takes place for an upcoming movie. A portion of Harmony has been turned into a set for the movie “Hershey” which tells the story of the legend... Read more

The Butler County Humane Society has decided to isolate a section of cats that will not be able to be seen this week. The cat sections of the facility will be deep cleaned in order to elimin... Read more

A new bill has been proposed that would change how unemployment compensation works in Pennsylvania. A group of legislators, including State Representative Aaron Bernstine, introduced two bil... Read more

A hearing to lower the bail for a man alleged to have killed a teenager will be held later this week. After defense attorneys for 39-year-old Joshua Rivera filed a motion to have his bail lo... Read more

With Rite Aid filing for bankruptcy, the state’s attorney general is reminding customers to use their gift cards soon. Attorney General Dave Sunday said the company’s recent bankruptcy annou... Read more

Today is the final day to apply for a mail-in ballot for next week’s election. All applications must be completed by 5 p.m. today—it can be done in-person at the county’s election office or... Read more

Gas prices have been dropping both locally as well as across the western Pennsylvania region as a whole over the past week. According to AAA’s weekly gas price report, the average price for... Read more