A Western Pennsylvania university is changing course on its mask mandate for the fall semester. Indiana University of Pennsylvania originally said back in June that all students and staff, r... Read more
A Western Pennsylvania university is changing course on its mask mandate for the fall semester. Indiana University of Pennsylvania originally said back in June that all students and staff, r... Read more
Broad Street will move to just a one-way road this weekend. Starting Sunday, Broad Street will be a one-way street moving in a southerly direction toward Jefferson Street. The move is being... Read more
Congressman Conor Lamb has been long rumored to be exploring a run for Senate next year. It appears he’s closer to making that official. Multiple outlets are reporting that the Democrat who... Read more
The Saxonburg Carnival is coming up in a couple of weeks, but organizers are planning some changes. The Saxonburg Volunteer Fire Company runs the annual event as a fundraiser, but they say d... Read more
Drivers on I-80 can expect delays this morning after a truck spilled cooking oil on the road. This happened near milemarker 19—which is near the intersection with I-79. Our news partners at... Read more
While indoor dining has fully reopened, restaurant owners say they are still not out of the woods yet from the impact of pandemic shutdowns. That’s according to the Pennsylvania Restaurant a... Read more
The number of local hospitalizations and COVID cases continues to increase in Butler County. According to the Department of Health, there were 66 new cases of COVID over the last seven days—... Read more
The annual Pennsic War is off for another year, but there will still be a crowd at Cooper’s Lake over the next couple of weeks that will honor the olden days. The event is called Armistice a... Read more
A Republican candidate for U.S. Senate made a stop in downtown Butler yesterday making his case for the nomination. Jeff Bartos was outside of Miller’s Shoes and he told our newsroom what he... Read more
As more cities and businesses begin mandating the COVID vaccine for their employees, the Butler Health System says they are not implementing that policy as of now. “It is not on the immediat... Read more
A Sharon man is facing charges after he allegedly took money for a home improvement project that never got started. Police say 31-year-old Thomas Statts solicited several payments from the o... Read more
Department of Labor leaders say they are continuing to take steps to combat unemployment fraud. Labor and Industry Secretary Jennifer Berrier says there has been no breach or hack with the s... Read more
One person was taken to the hospital after a two vehicle crash yesterday in Penn Township. It happened just before 1:30 p.m. on Route 8 South near the intersection with McCalmont Road. Full... Read more
Governor Tom Wolf says he will not be mandating masks in Pennsylvania right now, and that also extends to public schools. The Department of Education said that they will not be requiring mas... Read more
The South Butler School District has approved a plan to reopen this fall. At a special meeting last night, the board voted 7-1 to move forward with a health and safety plan that does not req... Read more
Starting next week, a new emergency alert will be sent to mobile phones during certain severe storms. The National Weather Service announced that the new category of “destructive” severe thu... Read more
Pennsylvania health leaders say the prevalence of ticks is high across the state this summer. The Department of Environmental Protection has collected two times more blacklegged tick nymphs... Read more
Butler Health System’s infectious disease director says that as the number of local COVID cases rise, it’s important to get vaccinated. Dr. John Love said that while Butler County’s number o... Read more
The Red Cross is sending out an urgent message that there is a critical shortage of blood donations. Officials say they are distributing around 12 percent more blood products to hospitals ac... Read more
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