Major updates will soon be coming to the state’s unemployment compensation system. The Department of Labor and Industry had been planning to update the computer system last year, but the pan... Read more

Butler County Parks and Recreation is applying for a grant in order to install new bathrooms at Alameda Park. The application was approved at last week’s county commissioner meeting. Officia... Read more

The region’s largest drive-up vaccine clinic is coming to the Pittsburgh Mills this week. UPMC and the Pittsburgh Penguins are partnering together for the two-day clinic, in which they say 1... Read more

Governor Tom Wolf’s administration is warning about the impact of food assistance if his disaster declaration were to end early. PA Secretary of Human Services Teresa Miller said the additio... Read more

Another phase of the state’s vaccine rollout plan is eligible to receive a shot starting today. Residents in Phase 1C can now receive their COVID-19 vaccine. Among those included in this pha... Read more

State agriculture officials are encouraging farm workers to get their COVID-19 vaccine. Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding says it’s important for farmers to trust the science. “All of us... Read more

Butler County is looking for residents who are interested in serving on the Industrial Development Authority Board. The board now has two openings due to recent vacancies. The county commiss... Read more

A former Butler County Detective is once again looking to change his guilty plea stemming from a fraud charge. According to the Department of Justice, Scott Roskovski recently changed attorn... Read more

A Washington County man will not face charges following an accident involving a pedestrian earlier this week in neighboring Mercer County. According to Grove City Police, officers were calle... Read more

Firefighters were busy with a number of brush and grass fires along railroad tracks in Butler and Center Townships as well as the City of Butler Thursday afternoon. The calls began coming in... Read more

There were 77 new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths for Butler County Thursday. Hospitalizations again continue to remain stable locally. As of Wednesday morning, Butler Memorial Ho... Read more

Butler County Commissioners approved five new projects to be funded with help from the county’s infrastructure bank. Approximately $23 million in loans were approved to help municipalities f... Read more

Governor Tom Wolf was near Pittsburgh yesterday providing the latest of the vaccine rollout. Wolf said that the state Department of Health has been working on helping vulnerable populations... Read more

The State House narrowly passed a bill that offers protections for businesses for COVID related lawsuits. It’s a bill similar to one vetoed by Governor Tom Wolf last fall. Advocates for the... Read more

The old Mercer Road Volunteer Fire Company building will likely be repurposed following a decision by the Butler Township Zoning Hearing Board. After hearing an appeal made by the perspectiv... Read more

The Butler Township Zoning Board has decided that a larger version of a housing development planned for the Highfield area does not comply with the ordinances of Butler Township about densit... Read more

It was demolition day at a longtime Butler restaurant yesterday. Crews spent Tuesday taking down the Eat n’ Park on New Castle Hill across from the Point Plaza. Employees and community membe... Read more

There were 70 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death reported by the state for Butler County on Wednesday. That brings the death toll for the county to 389 since the beginning of the... Read more