The Foxburg Area Water and Sewer Authority will be receiving major upgrades following a state grant. The authority received over $5 million in grants and loans to help build a new water trea... Read more
Six people have been charged in a fight that took place at a Butler City apartment complex earlier this month. On April 17th police were called to the Greenview Gardens Apartments for a larg... Read more
Repairs are set to begin at end of the school year on the roof of Slippery Rock Area Middle School. Earlier this week, school board members approved a $10,355 quote from Staab Brothers, Inc... Read more
Some students in the Mars Area School District have collected a large amount of money as part of a fundraiser earlier this month. Mars Area Centennial School students collected nearly $1,700... Read more
Butler County will see a couple of administrators in new positions. Maria Malloy will move from Chief Clerk to Director of Human Resources. She has been Chief Clerk since October of last yea... Read more
Area residents are invited out to Moraine State Park later this week to enjoy the beautiful weather in the great outdoors. A park naturalist will lead visitors on a Bears of Penn’s Woods Hik... Read more
State Police have released more information and the names of the two people involved in a murder suicide in Cranberry Township. Police have identified the man as 26-year-old Ryan Hosso and t... Read more
According to PennDOT, motorists in Butler and Summit Townships could see changing traffic patterns on Route 422. The project to preserve the Shearer Bridge, near the Route 68/Route 38 exchan... Read more
The local free community dinners are seeing an increase in the number of people. The free dinners are held each weeknight at different churches in the City of Butler. Ray Christy is with Com... Read more
A local school district is receiving national recognition for excellence in music education. Butler Area School District was recently honored with the Best Communities for Music Education Aw... Read more
Two people from Kentucky have been placed in the Butler County Prison after being accused of attempting prostitution for the NFL Draft. On Thursday officers began investigating potential pro... Read more
Former Pennsylvania governors are condemning political violence following the attack at the White House Correspondents Dinner. All of the living ex-governors issued a statement saying keepin... Read more
A Butler County Chamber of Commerce event happening tonight is looking to invest into an up-and-coming business. The Butler County Shark Tank Pitch competition is set for tonight at the RLA... Read more
The deadline to register to vote in May’s primary election is less than a week away. Monday May 4th is the last day voters can register to vote on the May 19th primary election. A week after... Read more
Gas prices stayed even locally while increasing a bit across the western Pennsylvania region as a whole over the past week. According to AAA’s weekly gas price report, the average price for... Read more
Police are investigating a suspected murder-suicide in Seven Fields. Northern Regional Police were called to a home on Graywyk Drive just after 1 a.m. When they got on scene, they found one... Read more
Independence Health System is welcoming 16 new members to their residency program this summer. All of the recent medical school graduates will be in the Family Medicine Residency Program, sp... Read more
Congressman Mike Kelly is calling for more oversight to the Medicare payments. During a hearing last week in Washington, Kelly said a combination of errors, fraud, and abuse is costing the M... Read more
Work on the SEBCO community pool in Jefferson Township is expected to begin this summer. Butler County park officials say the over $2 million renovation project will officially begin in June... Read more
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is looking for artwork for their annual contest. The “Working Together for Wildlife Art Contest” is an annual program that looks to showcase artwork of artis... Read more
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