The Butler community is mourning the loss of a two-year-old child who died in a house fire last week. Tristan Oesterling was killed in the fire that happened at a home in the 100 block of Kn... Read more

Vaccines are rolling out to healthcare workers and nursing home patients. But you may be wondering when the general population will have access to the vaccine. Butler Health System’s Chief M... Read more

An easing of restrictions in Pennsylvania starts at 8 a.m. Monday. Governor Tom Wolf announced that he would lift the ban on indoor dining and other restrictive measures late last week. Whil... Read more

If you’re heading onto the Pennsylvania Turnpike today without an EZ Pass, you’re in store for a major toll hike. Starting this past weekend, tolls for drivers without an EZ Pass increased b... Read more

There were 385 new cases of COVID-19 and nine additional deaths for Butler County since last Thursday. According to the Department of Health there have now been 203 total deaths in the count... Read more

Several closures should be noted due to New Year’s Day today. Government offices at the local, county, state and federal level will be closed.  This includes district courts and the Butler C... Read more

A winter weather advisory has been issued for tomorrow morning. The National Weather Service has put the advisory in effect from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday. Freezing rain is expected, which cou... Read more

There were 170 new cases of COVID-19 and nine additional deaths for Butler County on Thursday. That now brings the county’s death toll to 195 since the beginning of the pandemic. There were... Read more

A child died in a house fire Thursday afternoon in the City of Butler. The fire broke out just before noon at a home on Knox Avenue on the city’s west end. Crews from Butler City quickly arr... Read more

Butler Health System’s chief medical officer says the vaccination of frontline healthcare workers has gone well so far. Dr. David Rottinghaus says that the delivery and distribution of the v... Read more

State police are asking people stay safe as they ring in the New Year. Even though places like bars and restaurants are closed, police are still expecting more people on the roads. “With COV... Read more

PennDOT Driver License and Photo Centers will be closing early for New Year’s Eve. All centers across the state will be closing at 12:15 p.m. and will be closed all day Friday. You can still... Read more

The state Department of Health is revealing their new tool to track vaccinations across Pennsylvania. Governor Tom Wolf spoke about the new vaccine dashboard yesterday. “Right now we are pri... Read more

The final round of county coronavirus relief funding for municipalities has been approved. 32 townships and boroughs are scheduled to receive their second CARES Act payments soon, after gett... Read more

December has become the deadliest month for the Butler Memorial Hospital due to COVID-19 since the pandemic began. As we close out December, our records indicate 37 people have died from COV... Read more

Governor Tom Wolf announced that the ban on indoor dining and other temporary restrictions will be lifted on January 4th. Wolf says there has been encouraging trends in the number of coronav... Read more

There were 188 new cases of COVID-19 and six additional deaths for Butler County Wednesday. That now brings the death toll due to COVID in the county to 185. The daily report also comes with... Read more

The Butler Health System testing facility will be closing early for New Year’s Eve. The drive-thru testing site on Delwood Road will be open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday. The site will... Read more

The FBI is warning about new scams involving the COVID-19 vaccine. Scammers are producing ads or offers about an early vaccine for a fee or paying money to get on a vaccine waiting list. The... Read more

With the new coronavirus relief package now law, the state’s Labor and Industry department is ramping up its efforts to distribute unemployment compensation. Acting Secretary Jennifer Berrie... Read more