Gas prices continue to climb both locally as well as across western Pennsylvania as a whole this week as crude oil have increased as well. According to AAA’s weekly gas price report, the ave... Read more

Butler County will receive less money from natural gas drilling this year than years prior. According to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the county will receive nearly $1.5 milli... Read more

Butler County is closing in on having 100,000 residents receive at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. According to the latest data from the state Department of Health, more than 86,000... Read more

Butler Area School District staff and administrators will continue to work on a required Health and Safety Plan before requesting board approval next week. Superintendent Dr. Brian White pre... Read more

Taxes are going up in the Freeport School District, but by how much depends on where you live. TribLive is reporting that the district’s school board voted to raise taxes by 3 percent in But... Read more

The Seneca Valley School District will be removing all Native imagery from their schools. According to our news partners at WPXI, the board voted unanimously to retire all of the Native Amer... Read more

A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until later on tonight. The National Weather Service says that Butler County is under a severe thunderstorm watch through 6 p.m. tonight. The watch c... Read more

More than 200 homes were without power this morning in Butler Township due to scheduled maintenance. According to First Energy, the work took place on near McQuistion Road, which resulted in... Read more

We’re into the second week of the state’s new unemployment compensation system, and leaders say some of the issues have now been fixed. The Department of Labor says there were problems with... Read more

There were nine new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths for Butler County over the weekend. This continues a steady decline in the number of local coronavirus cases—with daily case co... Read more

Hunting licenses are now on sale. A general license for state residents is just over $20, but is available at a discount price for seniors. Game Commission officials are expecting more inter... Read more

State police say the number of DUIs in Pennsylvania went down last year. Overall, police made over 18,000 arrests for driving under the influence in 2020—that number is down about 17 percent... Read more

A member of the state Senate is encouraging the system of higher education to put a pause on integrating six universities. Senator Jim Brewer of Allegheny County wants a two-year pause on th... Read more

Just a handful of homes are without power Monday morning in Butler County following severe weather yesterday. The National Weather Service placed the county under a severe thunderstorm warni... Read more

Main Street in downtown Butler is expected to close for a few hours today for the Jeep event. Starting at 3pm, Main Street will be closed to thru traffic and isn’t expected to reopen until a... Read more

We’ve heard many stories in the past many months on how different industries have been affect by supply and demand issues and have not yet returned to a pre-pandemic normalcy. Our newsroom w... Read more

Two of the smaller pools at the YMCA are reopened after closing Thursday. The organization dealt with a waterline break yesterday and had to close their pools. As of this morning, Pool 2 and... Read more

A bill that would ban “vaccine passports” has passed the state Senate. The proposal would impact places that fall under state guidance—like municipalities, counties, school districts, or uni... Read more

A local building with historical significance is scheduled to be demolished in three months unless a person or organization steps forward to save it. During their meeting last night, Butler... Read more