The state Department of Health says they are including more locations in the vaccine rollout plan. Health officials say smaller medical practices will be getting more doses of the COVID-19 v... Read more

Motorists in Butler Township should be aware of roadwork planned for this week which will result in road closure. The Butler Township Public Works Department will close Litman Road to all th... Read more

The Butler Area School District has taken the next step in the process of an addition to Senior High School facilities. Following a presentation by representatives of the district’s engineer... Read more

After being canceled last year as a result of COVID restrictions, the Memorial Day parade in downtown Butler will return this year. It’s not going to be the traditional parade that people ar... Read more

The National Weather Service late Tuesday afternoon confirmed that a “very brief, weak” tornado touched down Monday evening 5 miles northwest of Portersvillle, in eastern Lawrence County nea... Read more

Pennsylvania plans to lift all COVID-related mitigation orders with the exception of masking at the end of this month. A recent announcement from the state Department of Health and the Wolf... Read more

There were 40 new cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths for Butler County Tuesday. That now brings the death toll in the county to 408 according to the Department of Health. As of Mond... Read more

Governor Tom Wolf is continuing his push to get more people vaccinated. Wolf spoke in Philadelphia Monday and said the vaccine is the best way to get back to normal. “Every single Pennsylvan... Read more

Butler City Police are no longer searching for a local man accused of an alleged assault last week.  According to Butler City Police, 29-year-old Danielle Frazier of Butler turned himself in... Read more

Motorists in southern Butler County should be aware of a PennDOT bridge project beginning tomorrow. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, the project will focus on brid... Read more

Mars Area School District is the latest to say they’re taking this year’s senior prom outdoors. The prom will be this Friday from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Mars Athletic Complex. Only students and... Read more

A pair of familiar faces appear to be gearing toward a Senate run in 2022. After facing off in the battle for the 17th Congressional District, Politico reports that Democrat Conor Lamb and R... Read more

Gas prices have remained mostly steady both locally as well as across western Pennsylvania as a whole this week. According to AAA’s weekly gas price report, the average price for a gallon re... Read more

There were 20 new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths for Butler County Monday. That comes after a weekend report of 78 new cases and one death—which now brings the county death toll... Read more

Police are searching for a missing man from Clarion County. According to state police, 20-year-old Colt Snyder went missing last Friday after they found his vehicle abandoned near the Emlent... Read more

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Did you get COVID after receiving your first shot of the vaccine? If so, you might be wondering when you should return to get your second shot. Initially, you were told to wait 90 days befor... Read more

After moving next door, Eat’n Park is getting ready to open again. The Butler Township eatery will be opening their new facility Wednesday morning. After remaining in the same location for m... Read more

We continue to look at the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths at Butler Memorial Hospital over the past few months to see if the trends are increasing or decreasing. We look at d... Read more

Monday is the final day to register to vote in the upcoming primary. You can visit the election office inside county government center in downtown Butler or register online by going to Votes... Read more