PennDOT is looking for public feedback on traffic safety and behaviors. An online survey has been posted online that looks to getting residents thoughts on how to reduce crashes and fataliti... Read more
A longtime local educator is receiving a special honor. Butler Area School District band teacher Jeff Kroner has been chosen to be included in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Ha... Read more
With Valentine’s Day less than a week away, the Butler County Parks and Recreation Department is offering young people an opportunity to create a gift as well as a romantic activity. A Youth... Read more
A number of local Independence Health System doctors are receiving honors from a healthcare information company. Castle Connolly named their 2026 Top Doctors and seven from local IHS facilit... Read more
Felony charges have been added to the case of a man who allegedly led police on a high-speed chase last month that started in the City of Butler and ended in Oakland Township. On January 19,... Read more
A Butler man has been placed in the Butler County Prison after it’s alleged he struck another man in the head with a baseball bat in Clearfield Township. On Monday police were called to a ho... Read more
The Mars Area School Board is considering a change to next year’s school calendar. At the Tuesday night meeting board members and administrators discussed the possibility of designating two... Read more
Contractors and Chicora Borough personnel will be working to repair a water leak on Kittanning Street today. Residents on Kittanning Street in the area between the Elementary School and Gran... Read more
The Butler Transit Authority is welcoming another new Director to their board from outside the City of Butler and Butler Township. Chrissy McGregor was recently appointed to a five-year term... Read more
More information continues to be shared about a major pile-up accident I-79 that injured several people and killed one-person last week. State Police have shared that shortly before 11 a.m.... Read more
A couple of local municipalities have been awarded state grants to improve local traffic conditions. Center Township will receive over $547,000 in grants through the PennDOT Automated Red Li... Read more
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
