Pennsylvania has a new budget for this fiscal year. The House and Senate approved the more than $40 billion budget late last week. There are no new tax increases, but a major investment in p... Read more

Pennsylvania’s mask mandate is officially over. The Department of Health lifted the order at midnight—meaning that everybody in the state no longer has to wear a mask whether you are vaccina... Read more

Local residents are being reminded of an upcoming deadline for county real estate taxes and borough municipal taxes. Residents of Butler City, Callery Borough, Connoquenessing Borough, Karns... Read more

Crews were on the scene of a fire Friday morning at a downtown Butler apartment. The first call came in around 7:10 a.m. for a fire on the second floor of an apartment complex on Cunningham... Read more

A bill that would prohibit making the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory in certain places has passed the state Senate. The new law would not allow state, county, and local governments, along with s... Read more

Butler City Council is investing in a new garage door for the streets department building. At their Thursday night in-person meeting, Council accepted a bid from contractor James L. Abbot of... Read more

A new position could soon be created by Butler County that would help with the coordination of elections. Earlier this week, the county’s salary board discussed the creation of a poll worker... Read more

As of Thursday afternoon there are no patients receiving treatment for COVID-19 at Butler Memorial Hospital. Butler Health System’s most recent update on Thursday confirmed this important st... Read more

Multiple fire departments responded to the scene of a garage fire Thursday afternoon in Jefferson Township. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center just before 4 p.m. for a structure... Read more

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that the moratorium on evictions for multifamily housing residents will be extended one final time. According to th... Read more

Two Lawrence County residents are facing charges of sexual exploitation of children. 61-year-old David Bates of Ellwood City and 33-year-old Tamara Kreitzer of New Castle were both indicted... Read more

The Harmony Fire District is moving to a new location. The group signed an agreement to buy the former Jack Hockenberg Motors location on South Main Street in Zelienople. Officials say they... Read more

Butler County Commissioners say they’re frustrated with the ongoing election reform battle in Harrisburg. On the heels of the state House passing a new round of election reform, local commis... Read more

A Mercer County man has been charged following an incident of property damage earlier this week. According to Grove City Police, officers were called out to a disturbance at a residence on J... Read more

The Butler Health System’s COVID-19 testing facility will be closing next week. The drive-thru testing site on Delwood Road will be closing on Friday, July 2nd. BHS will continue offering CO... Read more

Butler County now has over 100,000 residents who have received the COVID-19 vaccine. According to the latest information from the Department of Health more than 89,000 people in the county a... Read more

An election reform bill is on its way to the state Senate after passing the House of Representatives. There are a number of major overhauls in the bill that would alter how Pennsylvania admi... Read more

Slippery Rock University students and staff will be getting new food options next year. The university announced that they’ve agreed to a new seven-year deal with Aramark to take over as the... Read more

Legislation sponsored by a local lawmaker to change how milk can be sold is one step closer to becoming law. Senate Bill 434 sponsored by Republican State Senator Elder Vogel has been approv... Read more