There were 77 new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths for Butler County Thursday. Hospitalizations again continue to remain stable locally. As of Wednesday morning, Butler Memorial Ho... Read more

Butler County Commissioners approved five new projects to be funded with help from the county’s infrastructure bank. Approximately $23 million in loans were approved to help municipalities f... Read more

Governor Tom Wolf was near Pittsburgh yesterday providing the latest of the vaccine rollout. Wolf said that the state Department of Health has been working on helping vulnerable populations... Read more

The State House narrowly passed a bill that offers protections for businesses for COVID related lawsuits. It’s a bill similar to one vetoed by Governor Tom Wolf last fall. Advocates for the... Read more

The old Mercer Road Volunteer Fire Company building will likely be repurposed following a decision by the Butler Township Zoning Hearing Board. After hearing an appeal made by the perspectiv... Read more

The Butler Township Zoning Board has decided that a larger version of a housing development planned for the Highfield area does not comply with the ordinances of Butler Township about densit... Read more

It was demolition day at a longtime Butler restaurant yesterday. Crews spent Tuesday taking down the Eat n’ Park on New Castle Hill across from the Point Plaza. Employees and community membe... Read more

There were 70 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death reported by the state for Butler County on Wednesday. That brings the death toll for the county to 389 since the beginning of the... Read more

As the VA expands who is eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, officials say they have the capacity to continue accepting more appointments. Dr. Aref Rahman is the Chief of Staff at th... Read more

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

A teenager was seriously injured as a result of a motorcycle accident Tuesday afternoon near Portersville. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center shortly before 5 p.m. for a 14-year... Read more

The Butler Township Planning Commission has approved a revised recommendation for a housing development in the Highfield area. After hearing from developer Jerry Oliver of the 39 acre Highfi... Read more

Multiple crews responded to the scene of woods on fire Tuesday afternoon in Jackson Township. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center shortly after 4 p.m. for a fire in the 100 block... Read more

There were 55 new cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths for Butler County Tuesday. That now brings the death toll in the county to 388 since the beginning of the pandemic. As of Monday... Read more

Multiple crews were on the scene of a house fire Tuesday morning in Jackson Township. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center around 10:45 a.m. for a fire at a single story home on T... Read more

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives have passed a bill that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent. Now, a law would still have to be passed by the U.S. Congress for this to go into... Read more

According to the state Department of Health, Butler County now has over 63,000 people in total that have received at least one shot of the coronavirus vaccine. Of that number, nearly 45,000... Read more

Gas prices have continued to inch downward 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 gallo... Read more

The Pennsylvania Game Commission says this past hunting season saw the biggest deer harvest in 15 years. Officials say just over 435,000 deer were harvested this hunting season—which is up a... Read more