As a new legislative year gets underway, the county-advocacy group, the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP) was in Harrisburg pushing their priorities. Leaders in Butler... Read more

Crews in Cranberry spent over an hour trying to put out an electric vehicle fire at a shopping plaza Tuesday. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center just after 4 p.m. for a vehicle... Read more

The American Cancer Society are preparing for their Daffodil Days fundraiser and are asking for donations before the February deadline. The fundraiser asks for donations in return for daffod... Read more

Community members are invited to participate in a blood drive that is planned for later this week. The Cranberry Township Sunrise Rotary Club will host a Vitalant Blood Drive from 10 a.m. to... Read more

Several local lifeguards will receive recognition later this week with awards from the Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Red Cross. During the Cranberry Township Board of Sup... Read more

Area residents of all ages are invited out to Moraine State Park later this week for an afternoon of fun. Park officials will welcome visitors on Friday from 1 to 3 p.m. for a Ground Hog Hik... Read more

There’s still time to join a local museum for a special celebration next week. The Maridon Museum on North McKean Street in Butler City will celebrate Chinese New Year with a gathering from... Read more

The United States Postal Inspection Service is investigating a string of break-ins around the Pittsburgh area including one in Butler. A spokesperson for the USPI says that multiple collecti... Read more

NexTier Bank has been given final approval to acquire another locally-based bank. According to a press release Tuesday afternoon, NexTier received regulatory approval to acquire Mars Bank fr... Read more

New numbers from the Department of Health suggest that the number of Covid and flu cases are dropping. Officials say that covid hospitalizations have dropped nearly 20 percent since the begi... Read more

Butler City Council is holding another gathering later this week in order to continue discussions about a plan that would establish a Rental Inspection Ordinance and Program within the city.... Read more

A car was totaled after a driver hit several deer in Butler Township. The accident happened shortly before 5 a.m. on Tuesday morning, when police say 20-year-old Austin Laird of Shelocta str... Read more

Those looking for a test of nature knowledge are invited to an event later this week at Jennings Environmental Education Center. Jennings staff will host a free Nature Trivia Night at 6 p.m.... Read more

The public is invited to learn more about an annual program to help those in need file their taxes at an upcoming event. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is holding an open... Read more

Cranberry Township will consider the replacement of a couple old vehicles at an upcoming meeting. Township supervisors recently discussed replacing a truck from 1985 through the purchase of... Read more

An ongoing investigation in neighboring Mercer County has resulted in drug charges filed against two men earlier this month. According to Grove City Police, officers made the arrests on Janu... Read more

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will now require fracking companies to disclose chemicals being used for drilling. Previously the materials use to drill were only pre... Read more

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is again pausing a plan for the return of a native furbearer once common to certain areas in Pennsylvania. Last week the Game Commission’s Board of Commissio... Read more

Gas prices have crept up locally but continued to edge down across the western Pennsylvania region as a whole during the past week. According to AAA’s weekly gas price report, the average pr... Read more

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has overturned a decision from 1985 that involves the funding of abortions. The court found that banning the funding of abortions through Medicaid was “presump... Read more