Saturday is National Drug Take Back Day and two local townships will be participating. Butler Township is hosting their event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Walmart inside the Butler Commons.... Read more

A drive thru food distribution will be held in downtown Butler on Friday. The Salvation Army on West Cunningham Street will be hosting the distribution from 1 to 3 p.m. or until the food is... Read more

Legislators all across Pennsylvania will be accepting a pay freeze for the upcoming year. Governor Tom Wolf signed the legislation earlier this week, which will halt the cost of living incre... Read more

Governor Tom Wolf has proposed a waiver of the standard liquor license fees for 2021. The proposal is designed to provide relief to roughly 16,000 hotels, restaurants, bars, and clubs hit ha... Read more

There were 41 new cases of COVID-19 for Butler County on Thursday. That comes with 215 negative tests, giving the daily report a 16 percent positivity rate. Statewide, there were 2,063 new p... Read more

An override attempt of Governor Wolf’s veto of a bill that sought to loosen restrictions on restaurants in Pennsylvania has failed. Those who voted against the override said it wasn’t in the... Read more

A Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Fighter has been recognized for helping to save a life. Spencer Shea recently received the Company’s Merit Award for his actions last month. On September... Read more

Butler VA Health Care System administrators have made the difficult decision to postpone an upcoming event. The annual Whole Health Fair had been planned for Tuesday (10/27) but has now been... Read more

A Butler County municipality will receive funding assistance from the state to help pay for a major wastewater treatment project. Marion Township has been awarded a $2.7 million grant along... Read more

If voter registration is any indication, interest is high in the 2020 election. The PA State Department says they have over 9 million voters registered for the fall election, which is the mo... Read more

There were 25 new cases of COVID-19 for Butler County on Wednesday. That comes with 141 negative tests, giving the daily report a 15 percent positivity rate. As of Wednesday morning, Butler... Read more

Governor Tom Wolf is asking state residents to increase their efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as the number of cases increase across Pennsylvania. “The fall resurgence is here, and... Read more

We’re learning more about an accident that killed a student from Knoch High School last weekend. Our news partners at WPXI report that 17-year-old Robert Kotchey was riding ATVs with his bro... Read more

A former Butler restaurant that caught on fire more than a year ago has been officially demolished. Crews were working earlier this week to take down the former Pizza Hut that was on Route 8... Read more

State agriculture officials announced that Pennsylvania has confirmed its first COVID-19 positive cat. It was a 16-year-old cat from Cumberland County that lived in a house with multiple peo... Read more

The City of Butler will purchase a new ladder truck for the fire department but has not yet finalized a payment option. At their meeting Tuesday night, City Council approved an agreement wit... Read more

Administrators and school board members with the Butler Area School District are asking state lawmakers to make a change that would allow former teachers to return more easily. Butler Superi... Read more

There were 20 new cases of COVID-19 for Butler County Tuesday. That comes with 155 negative tests, giving today’s report an 11.4 percent positivity rate. As of Monday morning, Butler Memoria... Read more

Butler County is enhancing their staff handling phones at the election bureau. Officials say they’ve been slammed with phone calls over the past months, with questions about the mail-in ball... Read more

Residents of Butler Township continue to take advantage of a township service included with the current waste disposal contract- free recycling of electronics and hazardous household waste.... Read more