An event Thursday at the Butler Farm Show Grounds aims to provide a community get-together as the summer winds down. The annual Family Fun Night returns from 5-8 p.m. The event is free and o... Read more

With the fall sports season now underway, the Mars Area School District is offering a chance for seniors to watch games for free. Officials say that residents of the district who are 65 and... Read more

Students at Butler Catholic are getting ready for school to start later this week, but there will be a new face to greet them on day one. John Hazur was named the new principal of Butler Cat... Read more

A Karns City woman is facing charges for an accident that happened in late July. On July 20 40-year-old Angela Farris was traveling on State route 8 near East Wayne Street. Just before 6pm s... Read more

Local residents are invited to enjoy some fun, family activities this week at the Butler Area Public Library. The Library is hosting a Retro Fest on Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. in the courtya... Read more

Gas prices have increased slightly locally while decreasing slightly across western Pennsylvania as a whole this week. According to AAA’s weekly gas price report, the average price for a gal... Read more

Police are searching for a person that stole a Central Electric Cooperative meter box off a home in Venango County. The CEC meter box is worth $1500 and was stolen sometime between 6am to 4:... Read more

Multiple emergency crews responded to the scene of a crash at a notorious northern Butler County intersection Monday morning. The two vehicle crash happened just after 11:30 a.m. at the inte... Read more

The Butler Area School Board has decided to give their two top administrators new contracts. Superintendent Dr. Brian White was hired by the district six years ago with a five year contract... Read more

Progress continues on land in the Pullman Business Park purchased three years ago by Butler Township to use for recreational purposes as well as the nearest intersection. Monday night the To... Read more

It’s the first day of school for students in the Seneca Valley School District. They will be the first public school in Butler County to head back to class this week. Seneca Valley officials... Read more

Starting this school year, the Mars Area School District will be ensuring safety and security by utilizing metal detectors in the district’s Centennial School building. Mars students in grad... Read more

A Mercer County man is out over $200 after being scammed that a movie star would deliver a new car to him. A 34-year-old man from Mercer was contacted and told he’d won $10,000 and a free ca... Read more

Butler Twp. Police have provided more information about a crash late last week. On Friday (August 18) 61-year-old Dennis Schlott of Carnegie was traveling in the Northbound Lane on Meridian... Read more

With the warm weather in store for today, Central Electric Cooperative is issuing a peak alert. They ask that residents conserve power today by turning off non-essential electric items and r... Read more

Butler Township recently completed its first ever “Safety Town” week. The camp saw children from around the area have a chance to learn about a number of ways to stay safe in a variety of si... Read more

As the Presidential primary looms closer and closer one community will be looking at potential voting options. Passover is a sacred holiday where people of the Jewish faith do not work for t... Read more

College students head back to class today as the fall semester gets underway. Both Slippery Rock University and Butler County Community College return for another academic year. BC3 official... Read more

An air quality alert has been issued for the day. The Department of Environmental Protection announced a Code Orange Alert for Butler and surrounding counties. The alert means that air pollu... Read more

State police are searching for a suspect that stole a high-priced vehicle from a car dealer in Chicora. Our news partners at WPXI report that the theft happened last Thursday around 1 a.m. a... Read more