Residents waiting for federal stimulus checks should be aware of possible delays depending on how they had their taxes prepared. According to Attorney General Josh Shapiro, tax preparation c... Read more
Slippery Rock University is unveiling their new COVID-19 testing plan in hopes of bringing students back to campus. Testing will begin in the next few weeks for both residential students and... Read more
A man recently arrested for a threatening post on social media has now been banned from entering a local campus. Earlier this week, police charged 24-year-old Ryan McConnell of Butler with t... Read more
There were 92 new cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths for Butler County Thursday. That now brings the death toll to 299 for the county since the beginning of the pandemic. As of Wedn... Read more
A new election review commission for Butler County aims to improve elections in the future. The county commissioners voted to establish the commission at Wednesday’s public meeting. Accordin... Read more
Our newsroom reported last year that a scholarship had been started at Butler County Community College in honor of former Butler County Commissioner Dale Pinkerton. Now, that scholarship fun... Read more
Some students at Butler Catholic School will move to remote learning because of positive COVID-19 tests. The Diocese of Pittsburgh announced that students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades will pa... Read more
With Pennsylvania now expanding the number of people eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, county leaders are urging people to be patient with the process. The Butler Health System said... Read more
Firefighters worked to battle a blaze in Cranberry Township Wednesday evening. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center around 6:30 p.m. for two vehicles on fire that had spread to a... Read more
Butler County Emergency Services is no longer experiencing a phone outage which means the public should once again be able to call 9-1-1. The 9-1-1 outage impacted Butler residents and 12 ot... Read more
South Butler County School District administrators have decided to move older students to remote learning as of tomorrow (Thursday). In a letter to families on Wednesday, South Butler Superi... Read more
There were 94 new cases of COVID-19 and seven additional deaths for Butler County Wednesday. That now brings the death toll for the county to 297 since the beginning of the pandemic. There h... Read more
Another pharmacy is teaming up with the state to help vaccinate members of long-term care facilities. The Department of Health announced yesterday that Rite Aid will be joining the effort to... Read more
There are only a few more spots left for next week’s food distribution in Butler County. The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank will be hosting the drive-thru distribution next Tuesday a... Read more
Gas prices continue to rise 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 regular, unleaded,... Read more
Congressman Mike Kelly is doubling down on his efforts to challenge Pennsylvania election law, arguing that it is unconstitutional. Kelly penned an op-ed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette yeste... Read more
Pennsylvania is expanding who is now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. Deputy Secretary of Health Cindy Findley said at a press conference today that people over the age of 65 and those wit... Read more
There were 97 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death reported by the state for Butler County on Tuesday. The total number of deaths for the county since the beginning of the pandemic... Read more
Butler Health System continues to receive a lot of questions about the COVID-19 vaccine, especially when it comes to who is eligible. Right now, officials at Butler Health System say they ar... Read more
Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine will be nominated to be the next Assistant U.S. Secretary of Health. President-Elect Joe Biden made the announcement Tuesday morning. Levin... Read more
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