The park naturalist at a local park will led event goers on a unique hike later this week. On Thursday (September 1st) at 8pm, the park naturalist at Moraine State Park will lead a hike that... Read more

Police say a Butler City man allegedly sent explicit photos of himself to an underage girl. Police charged 29-year-old Steven Fulmer with multiple counts of unlawful contact with a minor and... Read more

State police are releasing more information about a crash that happened on Route 8 North last week involving a tri-axle truck. This accident happened Tuesday just after 11 a.m. at the inters... Read more

The mother of a one-year-old child is facing charges for allegedly breaking her son’s arm. This incident goes back to November 2021 according to police. 21-year-old Kylie Slattery of Butler... Read more

We’ve learned the name of the man who died after his garbage truck hit a building Friday morning in Adams Township. 53-year-old David Bortmes of Karns City was the driver of the Waste Manage... Read more

There’s a new class of Pennsylvania State Police officers. It was the 164th graduating class from the State Police Academy. State Police Commissioner Robert Evanchick says 64 new troopers gr... Read more

One person was taken to the hospital after a crash late last week in Jefferson Township. The one vehicle accident happened Friday evening around 5:40 p.m. State police say 21-year-old Daniel... Read more

Authorities are investigating a burglary that occurred late last week in neighboring Armstrong County. According to State Police, a Kiski Township woman was at her Pine Circle Drive residenc... Read more

A Kittanning man is facing charges after he allegedly trespassed at a Ford City home earlier this month. According to State Police, 29-year-old Lawrence Vail allegedly entered a 5th Avenue h... Read more

Armstrong County Memorial Hospital has reached a new agreement with its nurses. Negotiations between the two sides have been contentious at times, leading to a five-day strike in March of th... Read more

The Republican Party in Pennsylvania has certified the new Chair of the Butler County Republican Committee. In naming Gary Vanasdale to the position, the GOP effectively ends a dispute that... Read more

A number of Democratic candidates for office will be making a stop in neighboring Venango County this weekend. It’s an event organizers are calling “Demstock” and it starts this evening at t... Read more

There was a slight uptick in COVID cases in Butler County over the past week. According to the Department of Health, there were 435 new cases of COVID in the last seven days—that’s up 46 com... Read more

The City of Butler will be getting some new equipment as a result of recently being awarded a federal grant. Thursday night City Council accepted a Fiscal Year 2021 Assistance to Firefighter... Read more

A couple of local food distribution events are planned for this weekend. Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. in Chicora at the Christ’s Family Church parking lot on West Slippery Rock Street boxes con... Read more

There will be some ramp closures on major highways in Armstrong County this weekend. Starting tonight at 7 p.m. the Route 422 West to Route 28 South ramp along with the Route 28 North to Rou... Read more

Crews are on the scene of an accident this morning where two garbage trucks reportedly crashed into a building in Adams Township. The incident happened around 4:30 a.m. at a building in the... Read more

Two people were taken to the hospital after a crash involving a dump truck on Route 422 in Summit Township Thursday morning. The two vehicle accident happened around 11 a.m. at the intersect... Read more

With school getting underway soon for students in the Butler Area School District, a local group is offering free back to school haircuts. The Center for Community Resources is teaming up wi... Read more

Lawmakers in Harrisburg spent time this week hearing from experts as part of an effort to understand youth violence and prevention. The House Democratic Policy Committee cited a number of re... Read more