Gas prices have skyrocketed following the attacks in Iran. The national average jumped 20 cents in the last two days to $3.19. Local gas prices have followed suit as well. According to the l... Read more

A former Butler man who was charged with over 600 counts of child sexual abuse has pled guilty and was sentenced in Butler County earlier this week. In January of last year, 45-year-old Haro... Read more

A winning PA Lottery ticket was recently sold in neighboring Armstrong County. The BP on Buffalo Street in Freeport Borough sold a winning “A Million Dollars a Year for Life” ticket. This ga... Read more

A Butler man accused of entrapping a woman and her children in her in the City of Butler had several charges held against him dropped and his bail lowered. On February 3rd police were called... Read more

The Red Cross is offering free fire alarms to homes as the number of home fires increase. Red Cross officials say they’ve responded to more than 500 home fires already this year; that’s up 1... Read more

A tree trimming project will shut down a portion of Mahood Road today. Crews will be working on Mahood Road in between the intersections with Route 308 and the Center Township line. The clos... Read more

Butler County will receive over $8 million in state money this year to help maintain nearly 1,500 miles of roads through the liquid fuels tax. The money, which is distributed annually to the... Read more

The Mars Borough has a new council member. Christine Clutter was previously elected this past fall; however, she was recently hired as the borough Secretary and Treasurer. On Monday night, t... Read more

A local U.C. Congressman is holding a telephone town hall tomorrow to help with the upcoming tax season. Representative Mike Kelly will be joined by officials from the IRS and Office of the... Read more

Evans City Borough has delayed the approval of a preliminary design for a major road project along Route 68. According to Evans City, the current culvert that sits on Route 68 (West Main Str... Read more

State officials are recognizing March as Problem Gambling Awareness Month. A variety of state departments are teaming up to increase the public’s understanding of gambling disorders. It come... Read more

Local police are investigating after several residents reported fraud. Butler City Police were recently informed that some Electronic Benefit Transfer cards belonging to local people had min... Read more

Butler Township continues to move forward with plans to finish the land development at the Pullman Business Park recreation property. After hearing from Butler Township Manager Tom Knights a... Read more

Mars and Callery Borough may soon enter into an agreement that will have one person oversee emergency management in both municipalities. Currently Christine Clutter, the Mars Secretary and T... Read more

A Butler man has been charged after being accused of driving nearly double of the speed limit and was over three times the legal limit in Center Township. In May of last year, police were ca... Read more

A Mars man is in the Butler County Prison after he exposed himself and urinated in the back of police cruiser in Adams Township. On Monday, police were called to the GetGo in the 100 block o... Read more

Firefighters were called to Northwest Elementary School for a possible chimney fire last night. Crews received the call just before 9 p.m. after a neighbor saw black smoke coming from the ch... Read more

March means high school musical season is in full swing with another local school raising their curtains over the next few days. Bye Bye Birdie at Karns City High School officially opens at... Read more

A local school district is spreading a message of inclusion through an observance today. As part of National Spread the Word Day, all students and staff members of the Mars Area School Distr... Read more

Gas prices have decreased slightly both locally as well as across the western Pennsylvania region as a whole over the past week. According to AAA’s weekly gas price report, the average price... Read more