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
Governor Tom Wolf is weighing in on the latest election reform bill proposed by Pennsylvania Republicans. It’s a long list of changes that includes major overhauls to the mail-in ballot proc... Read more
The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Butler will receive state grant funding in order to make repairs at a building containing rental apartments. The Authority was awarded a $500,000 P... Read more
The YMCA is currently addressing some issues within their building today but they are open for business. The organization is dealing with a waterline break and won’t be able to accommodate s... Read more
Main Street in downtown Butler is expected to close for a few hours on Friday for the Jeep event. Starting at 3pm Friday (6/11/21), Main Street will be closed to thru traffic and isn’t expec... Read more
A recall has been put out for a yogurt snack. The company, Clio Snacks, is initiating a voluntary recall on certain packages of their Greek yogurt bars because they say certain lots of produ... Read more
There is still time for local residents to participate in four public hearings next week about another proposed rate increase requested by Columbia Gas. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commi... Read more
A couple of Butler County residents have received federal prison time for their role in embezzling over $1 million from Butler Health System. A federal judge sentenced former BHS chief opera... Read more
Many residents in the City of Butler are cleaning up after flooding that occurred Wednesday afternoon. Heavy rains rolled through the area around 4 p.m. resulting in a significant amount of... Read more
PennDot will be opening the westbound lanes on Route 422 that were part of the Walls Memorial Bridge Epoxy Overlay Project today and will start back to work on the project on Tuesday, June 1... Read more
A community in southern Butler County has temporarily closed a pool after several children who recently swam there became ill. According to a posting on the Adams Ridge website, eight childr... Read more
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