The Butler Area School District could choose to make adjustments if food service utilization does not return to pre-pandemic numbers next year. In a preliminary budget presentation from The... Read more

A New Castle woman has been indicted on charges of violating federal narcotics laws. U.S. Department of Justice officials say 46-year-old Deia Eggleston conspired to distribute drugs such as... Read more

There are now over 50,000 Butler County residents who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. That’s according to the state Department of Health’s latest update. The data also shows that over... Read more

There were 22 new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths reported by the state for Butler County on Monday. This comes after a weekend of 102 new cases and one death—which brings the dea... Read more

Everyone over the age of 16 in Pennsylvania can now receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Governor Tom Wolf and the COVID Task Force made the decision yesterday to move up the timeline. Wolf emphasize... Read more

A Butler County woman was caught with a loaded handgun at the Pittsburgh Airport. The unnamed Sarver woman was stopped by airport security early Monday morning after she was found to have a... Read more

Department of Health officials are encouraging people to keep practicing COVID safety protocols as the state sees a rise in the number of cases. Dr. Wendy Braund says it’s important to conti... Read more

There were 102 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death for Butler County over the weekend. That now brings the death toll to 390 according to the state Department of Health. Local hos... Read more

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