With July 4th weekend two weeks from now, AAA is projecting that a record 72.2 million Americans will be traveling for the holiday. The July 4th travel period begins this Saturday and runs t... Read more
A woman accused of breaking into a Butler City home in September pled guilty and was sentenced last week. In September, police were called to a home on the 200 block of Mercer Street after 5... Read more
State Police have released more information on a crash that sent two people to a Pittsburgh hospital last week in Cranberry Township. The accident happened last Tuesday on the Turnpike near... Read more
A local government agency will be closed this week to accommodate a move. The Butler County Veteran Services will be closed tomorrow through Friday. Office workers will spend the week moving... Read more
The Pirates were felled to the Colorado Rockies last night 1-2. First pitch for the game today is at 3:10pm. Pregame on WISR begins at 2:10pm. The Nascar Cup Series will race a brand-new r... Read more
Schwebel Baking announced it will end its operations and will liquidate its business. The announcement was made this Wednesday. The longtime bakery known for its bread said in a statement th... Read more
Butler County Community College finalized their budget for this year and they did not see a significant raise to tuition costs. On Wednesday, the board of trustees approved a $28.2 million o... Read more
State police are searching for a suspect accused of stealing merchandise from a store at the Grove City Outlet Mall. State police say a man took $500 in items from the Nike store on June 2nd... Read more
Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt has announced the May 19 primary has officially been certified. State law requires that all 67 counties certify their results and two audits with dif... Read more
Emergency crews were busy yesterday responding to a number of tree and wires that fell down due to the windy conditions. The wind gusts reached as high as 40 miles per hour yesterday—which c... Read more
A new community center will soon be constructed in a Jackson Township park. Earlier this week, the board supervisors approved contracts to begin building a community center at Sippel Reservo... Read more
A Winfield Township business is facing numerous charges connected to alleged vehicle fraud. According to State Police, Garvin Auto Salvage on Franklin Drive in Sarver was the subject of inve... Read more
Today is Juneteenth and some offices are closed for the day. Most banks are shut down, along with the stock market. The Post Office is also closed so no mail will be delivered. PennDOT offic... Read more
The Sheetz family is making a donation to Slippery Rock University that will establish a new mentorship program and nursing lab. Charlie Sheetz is a 1974 graduate of SRU and the new mentorsh... Read more
A portion of Route 910 in Gibsonia is going to be closing this weekend. Northern Regional Police say the stretch of Route 910 from Route 8 to Middle Road will be closed in both directions st... Read more
Jackson Township has given conditional approval to add a wedding venue into the township. On Monday, after a public hearing to turn the Pfeifer Farm into a wedding venue, the Board of Superv... Read more
A portion of a busy road in Center Township has been closed as a result of a tree and power lines on the road. A call came into the Butler County 911 Center around 2 p.m. for high tension po... Read more
A woman from Butler says ICE targeted her husband and now her family is facing self-deportation. Amanda Smail-Carrizalez spoke at yesterday’s county commissioner meeting. She says back in Ap... Read more
Butler County will be applying for grant funding that will go toward completing the massive construction of Route 228. The county approved the application for the federal “Infrastructure for... Read more
A Valencia man accused of selling drugs in Middlesex Township last year has been charged this week. In September, the Butler County Drug Task Force was informed by an informant that 43-year-... Read more
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