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

The leader of Butler County’s Area Agency on Aging will be taking over a prominent role for a state association. Beth Herold was named the board president of the Pennsylvania Association of... Read more

23andMe faces a multi-state lawsuit after filing for bankruptcy earlier this year. Attorney General Dave Sunday says his office is joining a bipartisan coalition of states in filing a lawsui... Read more

One person was taken to the hospital following a crash in the City of Butler last evening. The crash happened around 7:40 p.m. at the bottom of North Main Street hill, near the intersection... Read more

Butler Health System is seeing improvement in their finances. Although merging with Excela Health to create Independence Health System, Butler still reports its finances independently. Moody... Read more

President Donald Trump will be making a second visit to the region in as many months. The President will be in Pittsburgh on July 15 for Senator Dave McCormick’s Energy and Innovation Summit... Read more

Protests over President Donald Trump’s enhanced immigration enforcement are planned across the country tomorrow including here Butler County. The local protest will be taking place at the in... Read more