A new bill will increase penalties if someone who is sick spits on a police officer. According to the bill introduced by Blair County Republican Lou Schmitt, anybody who knowingly has a comm... Read more

Butler Health System will soon be changing hours at their COVID-19 testing site in Butler. The hospital says starting next Monday, the testing collection location on Delwood Road will be ope... Read more

There were 91 new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths for Butler County over the weekend. That brings the running total number of cases over 15,000 for the county since the beginning... Read more

Authorities are continuing their search for two suspects accused of an assault that happened over the weekend in Slippery Rock. According to Slippery Rock University’s student newspaper, the... Read more

Butler Health System says their COVID-19 vaccine supply continues to increase. We reported last week that the hospital was expecting a steadier shipment of vaccine over the next month. With... Read more

There were 74 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death for Butler County Friday. That now brings the death toll to 384 since the beginning of the pandemic. Hospitalizations locally hav... Read more

There were 74 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death for Butler County Friday. That now brings the death toll to 384 since the beginning of the pandemic. Hospitalizations locally hav... Read more

Butler County will be receiving $37 million through the American Rescue Plan. The latest relief package will see the county receive more than double the amount of money the first CARES Act p... Read more

Slippery Rock University is moving forward with an in-person commencement ceremony this year. The university will be having the ceremony spread over the course of two days—April 30th and May... Read more

The City of Butler has again rejected a revised plan that would sell a portion of the parking in the downtown area. By a 3-2 margin, City Council rejected an updated term sheet with a compan... Read more

Both parties now have their official candidates for the upcoming special election in the 60th legislative district. Local Democrats have chosen a familiar name as their candidate as Buffalo... Read more

It’s been a blustery Friday in Butler which resulted in dozens of calls for down wires and trees throughout the county. Incidents have been reported all day long including… Rowan Road in Cra... Read more

There have now been over one million cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic according to the latest update from the state Department of Health. The milestone comes 12 months a... Read more

With the Butler Health System moving their vaccination site to the Clearview Mall, there is now no expectation for any state sponsored mass vaccination clinic to come to Butler. The county’s... Read more

Crews from multiple departments were called out to battle a garage fire in East Butler Wednesday afternoon. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center around 6:30 p.m. for smoke and fla... Read more

Police are looking for a missing woman from Slippery Rock. 57-year-old Reginna “Jeanne” Fornadley went missing from her home last Saturday around 6 p.m. State police say Fornadley left home... Read more

As more steady COVID vaccine shipments come to Butler Health System, officials say there are now many more appointments available in April. In the past, the vaccine registration site posted... Read more

A couple of fundraisers will benefit the fire companies that responded to the downtown Butler fire and the businesses that suffered damage two months ago. The Venue on Main is hosting a take... Read more