The work on the new Marion Township sewage treatment plant is continuing to make progress. County officials provided an update saying that the project is about 25 percent complete. Currently... Read more
The Salvation Army is in danger of falling short of their fundraising goal for the 28 counties in Western Pennsylvania. More than $1.6 million of the $2.345 million goal has been raised whic... Read more
A group of lawmakers from Pennsylvania are continuing to call for the release of a Butler native from a Russian prison. Marc Fogel has been serving a 14 year sentence in a hard labor camp si... Read more
State police are looking for a suspect that stole a vehicle and a gun in Slippery Rock. It happened around 4 a.m. yesterday on Stoughton Road, when the owner of a white/orange Chevrolet truc... Read more
A car allegedly damaged property and never stopped in a crash that happened earlier this week in Clay Township. State police say it happened in the 600 block of Mahood Road around 8 p.m. on... Read more
Outgoing Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald has already announced starting next year he will become the Executive Director of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission. In his new rol... Read more
The Mars Area School Board is moving forward with filling the rest of the term of a member who has announced plans to resign. Earlier this month board member Nicole Thurner announced that sh... Read more
A state official is congratulating lawmakers upon the addition of a financial literacy class as a requirement for high school students to graduate. Auditor General Tim DeFoor recently commen... Read more
Thursday is the winter solstice, which also means it’s the shortest day of the year. Sunrise takes place at 7:39 a.m. with sunset at 4:56 p.m. which works out to just under nine hours and 17... Read more
The Saxonburg Borough Manager is facing charges after he allegedly shot and killed a neighbor’s dog. The incident happened on November 11th on Goldscheitter Road in Buffalo Township. Steven... Read more
A couple of Butler County municipalities will be receiving federal dollars as they prepare to tackle water system improvement projects. The Borough of Chicora has been awarded $1.5 million i... Read more
A new academy is coming to Butler County that looks to help the EMS workforce crisis. Butler County Commissioners approved a new EMS academy that will be based out of Butler County Community... Read more
A local municipality will receive federal funding through the state to accomplish water and sewer improvement projects. The Commonwealth Financing Authority has approved more than $2 million... Read more
Butler County Commissioners gave their final approval to the 2024 budget. No major changes were made since the initial $262 million total budget was presented last month. The general fund bu... Read more
Giant Eagle is moving their headquarters into Cranberry Township. Our news partners at WPXI report that the major grocery chain is moving back to in-person operations for their front office.... Read more
Pennsylvania’s will see a reduction to the gas tax starting in the new year. The gas tax rate will be going down from 61.1 cents per gallon to 57.6 cents per gallon and the diesel tax rate w... Read more
There is a new director of Pullman Park. The Stadium Authority approved the hiring of Dan Helgert to oversee the operations of the downtown baseball facility. Helgert has been involved with... Read more
A tractor trailer rolled over early this morning on I-80 leading to a big cleaning up of the contents that fell out of the trailer. Shortly before 1 a.m. this morning on I-80-mile marker 44... Read more
Center and Summit Townships have jointly filled an appeal against the sale of the Butler Area Sewer Authority due to potential of rate increases from the sale. Both townships have residents... Read more
Jefferson Township officials are reminding residents of some maintenance rules that are in place for the winter months. They say that no one should park on cul-de-sacs or public roads so tha... Read more
Copyright © Copyright All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy EOE     WISR Public Files