Several emergency response crews in southern Butler County worked Thursday afternoon to rescue a man in Buffalo Township. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center shortly after 1:30 p... Read more
The state attorney general says an “upper-level” drug trafficker from Western Pennsylvania is now in custody. Dave Sunday said that 36-year-old Glenn Thomas Jr. was taken into custody at an... Read more
A Butler woman accused of attempting to burn her home down while her children were inside has pled guilty to several misdemeanors. Last June, police were called to a home on the 300 block of... Read more
A Cranberry Township man accused of having over 400 pieces of child sexual abuse material has pled now pled guilty. In May 2024, police arrested 48-year-old John Lefler for being in possessi... Read more
Butler County Community College is receiving state funding to help with a project. The state set aside $56 million for community colleges to use for a variety of reasons, including short- an... Read more
State Representative Tim Bonner is the latest local lawmaker to take issue with the size of Governor Josh Shapiro’s budget. The Republican Bonner said in a statement that the proposed budget... Read more
Legendary WISR Morning Show host and on-air personality Dave Malarkey announced his retirement, capping a half-century career of informing and entertaining Butler residents. Malarkey will ha... Read more
The daughter of a woman who died in a motorcycle crash this past summer in Washington Township is suing her step-father. Last July during the Ride for a Cure event, Douglas Campbell Jr. alle... Read more
Pennsylvania students will soon be required by state law to learn cursive writing. A bill that would require the instruction of cursive handwriting or joined italics in appropriate grade lev... Read more
A portion of Route 38 is closed this morning following an accident in Concord Township. The crash happened just before 6 a.m. on Route 38 near the intersection with Chelden Lane, which is a... Read more
The man who died in an accident in Penn Township late last week has been identified by the Butler County Coroner. 96-year-old Donald Callen of Penn Township died after a two-vehicle accident... Read more
No one was injured in an accident last night in Butler Township. The crash happened around 1 a.m. at the intersection of McCalmont and Eckstein Roads. Dispatchers say a car went off the road... Read more
There’s more snow on the way Friday. The National Weather Service is predicting 1 to 3 inches of snow that will hit starting around noon tomorrow. Michael Kennedy is a Meteorologist with the... Read more
The Mars Library is working to bounce back after it was damaged during the latest winter weather. The library has been closed the last couple of days due to recent ice problems that caused s... Read more
A Butler man is in the Butler County Prison after allegedly holding two children and a woman hostage in a Butler City home. On Tuesday, police were called to the 100 block of Wicks Street ju... Read more
A Valencia man has been placed in the Butler County Prison after a federal search warrant in Middlesex Township found the man to be in illegal possession of a gun. On Friday, Pennsylvania St... Read more
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