A longtime Butler party business is closing its doors next month. Mary’s Cake and Candy announced on Facebook last week that their location at the Bon Aire Plaza will be closing in mid to la... Read more

The state Department of Health and Education are updating their in-school guidance to bring it more in line with the Centers for Disease Control recommendations. “Students must now be at lea... Read more

March 31st marks the final day in which Governor Tom Wolf wants everyone in Phase 1A to get scheduled for a COVID-19 vaccine. Wolf said that his administration is planning to hit President B... Read more

Multiple fire departments were called to the scene of a brush fire that eventually destroyed one trailer in Brady Township Tuesday afternoon. The call came in to the Butler County 911 Center... Read more

Saxonburg based II-VI has acquired a west coast laser-company named Coherent in a deal valued just shy of $7 billion. II-VI had competed in a bid for Coherent along with two other companies,... Read more

President Joe Biden is scheduled to stop in Pittsburgh Wednesday to unveil his infrastructure package. It’s his first presidential visit to the region after making a number of stops in Weste... Read more

There were 75 new cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths for Butler County Tuesday. That now brings the death toll to 386 for the county according to the Department of Health. As of Mon... Read more

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that the moratorium on evictions for multifamily housing residents has been extended. According to the United State... Read more

A tractor trailer accident on I-79 caused significant delays in Cranberry Township Tuesday morning. It happened in the southbound lane near the Cranberry Township exit on I-79 around 6:15 a.... 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

According to the latest information from the state Department of Health, Butler County is now approaching nearly 60,000 people who have received the COVID-19 vaccine. The latest information... Read more

A couple of pets died in a house fire Monday afternoon in the city of Butler. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center shortly before 3 p.m. for a two story structure on fire in the 1... Read more

There were 41 new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths for Butler County Monday. It comes after a weekend of 91 new cases—which now puts Butler County over 15,000 total cases since the... Read more

A vote is scheduled for Monday night in Zelienople that would determine whether or not you can have alcohol in public areas. The proposal would see all alcohol banned from public streets, si... Read more

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