A cornhole tournament this weekend will benefit a pair of local community projects. Leadership Butler County is hosting the tournament this Saturday at Helltown Brewing in Penn Township. The... Read more

An employee of a daycare facility in Cranberry Township is facing charges after he allegedly assaulted a child. In late May, police began an investigation after receiving a report about an a... Read more

A home was significantly damaged in a fire in Allegheny Township yesterday. Crews were called to the home in the 900 block of Maple Furnace Road around 4:30 p.m. When emergency crews arrived... Read more

Multiple motorists were injured as a result of a crash Tuesday afternoon in Slippery Rock Township. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center shortly before 6 p.m. for a two-vehicle ac... Read more

A state representative is proposing a law that he says will add better security for state lawmakers. Malcolm Kenyatta of Philadelphia is introducing the law that would allow officials to use... Read more

The Butler Transit Authority is revising a policy in order to improve the safety of riders and drivers. The Authority’s board of directors recently amended the Mobility Device Policy that de... Read more

State officials say the “Safe2Say Something” program continues to yield encouraging results in schools. The online service is a completely anonymous tip line where students and community mem... Read more

Hunting licenses for the 2025-26 season will official go on sale later this month. The Pennsylvania Game Commission has announced that hunting licenses will go on sale June 23. This year all... Read more

The former pastor of By His Grace Ministries was sentenced yesterday and paroled. Two years ago, 69-year-old Herman Rushing Jr. was accused of sexually assaulting four children and a member... Read more

Gas prices have shot up 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 a gall... Read more

A new program looks to help older and disabled residents with lawn work in the City of Butler. The Butler Shade Tree Commission is launching the “City Neighborhood Clean-Up Program” this sum... Read more

A Butler man is facing charges in Franklin Township after it’s alleged he hit another man in the head with a hammer. On May 15 just after 2:30 a.m., police were called to an apartment in the... Read more

Pennsylvania American Water Company is applying for a loan that would help improve the infrastructure at a couple of pump stations in Butler and Center Township. The company submitted plans... Read more

A hearing was held yesterday in the Butler County courthouse over possession of cash related to a homicide case. Defense attorneys for 38-year-old Hassan Brack filed a motion to have an undi... Read more

A man was seriously injured after an incident with a train Monday morning in Donegal Township. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center shortly before noon for a train versus pedestri... Read more

A woman from Butler is accused of trying to set her house on fire with her two children inside. The incident happened Saturday around 4:45 p.m. when Butler City Police responded to a home in... Read more

The number of fatal firefighter injuries in the U.S. last year is down from the year before. According to a recent report from the National Fire Protection Association, the 62 on-duty firefi... Read more

A local state lawmaker in the senate has had a bill passed that he hopes will increase the number of accountants in Pennsylvania. Senator Scott Hutchinson’s Addressing the Shortage of Accoun... Read more

Democrats in the state house have once again passed a bill in the house that will increase minimum wage to $15 an hour. The bill would slowly raise the wage to $10 then $11 then $12 then $13... Read more

This past Sunday was World Elder Abuse Day and the Federal Bureau of Investigation is reminding residents about the prevalence of elder fraud. According to the FBI Pittsburgh Field Office, c... Read more