A pastor facing multiple sexual assault charges was in court for the first time last week. 67-year-old Herman Rushing waived his preliminary hearing in front of a judge and also saw his bail... Read more

As Pullman Park prepares for another year, the authority that oversees the park is seeing its board shrink. Longtime board president Cheri Readie stepped down from the board at their meeting... Read more

Butler County has approved another $75,000 toward the county land bank. The land bank is designed to bank parcels of land that are not being used or on the tax rolls, and to better them for... Read more

Butler County officials say there are multiple areas available for Christmas tree recycling. The three specific locations include: Seneca Landfill Compost Site on Hartmann Road in Evans City... Read more

Butler City Council has chosen a plan to manage the money from the anticipated sale of Butler Area Sewer Authority assets. After hearing from four candidates earlier this year and receiving... Read more

Slippery Rock University’s marching band is getting ready for an international trip to ring in the New Year. The more than 140 members of the Marching Pride found out in March of 2022 that t... Read more

The weather for Christmas Eve looks like great flying weather for Santa Claus, and the state’s Department of Agriculture says the reindeer look good to go as well. The reindeer received a ce... Read more

Everyone is invited to get into the holiday spirit with a trip to downtown Butler and free parking in some areas. Parking is free at all street metered spaces starting today through January... Read more

According to recent United States Census Bureau information, Pennsylvania’s population has decreased. The U.S. Census Bureau announced that Pennsylvania lost approximately 10,000 people in t... Read more

PennDOT drivers license and photo centers will be closing this weekend for the Christmas holiday. All DMV will be open today, but will close their doors Saturday through Monday. Normal opera... Read more

Butler City residents will not see an increase in tax rates for 2024 as Council kept current rates while approving the budget for the upcoming year. The total 2024 balanced general fund budg... Read more

The holiday travel period is expected to pick up significantly today as we begin the Christmas weekend. AAA is projecting that 115 million Americans will be making a trip over the 10-day hol... Read more

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