Gas prices have continued to increase 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 pr... Read more

There are still a couple of days left for music students to apply to the Butler County Symphony’s Young Musicians of Note program. The annual program is an initiative of the symphony to reco... Read more

A group of local students is welcoming the public to an event later this week. The Slippery Rock University’s Black, Indigenous, and People of Color’s Group for Performing and Visual Arts is... Read more

The Ellwood Group has increased the 2026 Industrial Maintenance Scholarship to $20,000. The scholarship is for those pursuing a career in engineering that merges mechanical engineering, elec... Read more

The Pennsylvania Game Commission has added 24 new wardens to their ranks including two Butler County natives and one stationed locally. Butler native Jesse Speicher will be working in Allegh... Read more

The Butler Area School Board took a closer look Monday at anticipated budget figures for the upcoming 2026-2027 school year. Director of Finance and Operations Heather Bonzo outlined the num... Read more

Emergency responders were called out to Center Township yesterday afternoon after some cattle fell through the ice of a pond. Crews from Unionville were dispatched to the 100 block of Muddy... Read more

A Cranberry Township woman is facing charges after being accused of assaulting a police officer. On Friday, police were called to the Hampton Inn and Suites in Cranberry Township for a woman... Read more

State Police are asking for more information on a stolen vehicle in Slippery Rock. Friday morning, a stolen Hyundai Sonata was reported to State Police. The vehicle was stolen from a home on... Read more

State Police are seeking help to locate a stolen firearm from a Saxonburg vehicle. A black Diamondback Gen2 .380 ACP gun with a six round magazine was stolen from a vehicle parked in a home’... Read more

A GoFundMe has been started for a Winfield Township family that lost their home and four pets in a fire this past weekend. Sunday night a call came into the Butler County 911 Center for a fi... Read more

Butler Catholic School is recognizing a local meteorologist as the latest distinguished alum. The school announced Jill Swzed of WTAE will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award. Swzed was a... Read more

After another night of overnight temperatures below zero more extreme cold is expected today. Due to that extreme cold several school districts choose to operate under a two hour delay this... Read more

Police have identified the person who died in a multi-vehicle accident on I-79 late last week. Just after 10 a.m. Friday, several emergency response crews were called to the north and south... Read more

Butler County Emergency Services is reminding residents about the new emergency alert system. The county is now using the service Regroup, which alerts residents by text and email on emergen... Read more

Independence Health System is still operating at a loss, but is making improvements. The combination of Butler Health System and Excela Health had an operating loss of $7.4 million in the se... Read more

While Governor Josh Shapiro’s budget is asking for a more than five percent increase in spending compared to this year, there isn’t any additional funding coming to community colleges. Accor... Read more

A Mars man is facing charges after being accused of leading police on a chase while driving under the influence of alcohol. On Thursday, officers identified a vehicle speeding along Route 22... Read more

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is planning a late-season pheasant release later this week. The commission is releasing over 8,000 pheasants across the state this Wednesday and Thursday. Lo... Read more

PennDOT may soon be updating systems to more efficiently update vehicle insurance coverage. Currently, state law requires PennDOT to suspend vehicle registrations for three months if they ar... Read more