The City of Butler is selling a piece of property that used to be the Southside Playground. At their Tuesday meeting Council voted to finalize an agreement with Berean Bible Chapel to purcha... Read more

The City of Butler is selling a piece of property that used to be the Southside Playground. At their Tuesday meeting Council voted to finalize an agreement with Berean Bible Chapel to purcha... Read more

Pennsylvania’s Auditor General says that he’s finding inconsistencies in the business waiver process a part of Governor Wolf’s closure order. Democrat Eugene DePasquale said that his office... Read more

The Butler County Infrastructure Bank is opening its next round of funding for this fiscal year. The bank was established to help subsidize infrastructure projects in municipalities around t... Read more

The Mars Area School District has been notified that a high school student has tested positive for COVID-19. The district did not identify the student but did say that this student is a nint... Read more

Police are looking for a suspect who broke into a home in Center Township. State police say it happened 4 p.m. Sunday at a home in the 100 block of Pine Drive. Employees from Safeguard Prope... Read more

There were 14 new cases of COVID-19 for Butler County on Tuesday. It comes with 142 negative tests, giving the daily update a 9 percent positivity rate. As of Monday morning, Butler Memorial... Read more

A portion of Route 422 is now reopened following an accident that happened earlier this morning in Summit Township. The two vehicle crash happened in the westbound lane around 6:30 near Geib... Read more

Governor Tom Wolf is making a change to gathering limits across the state. Wolf and Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine announced that the new order will base crowd limits on the venue’s maxi... Read more

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and a downtown Butler recovery center is once again planning to hold a ‘Remembrance & Celebration of Life Rally’ to mark the occasion. The publi... Read more

All Regal Cinemas across the country will be temporarily closing later this week—and that includes the one here in Butler. The parent company of Regal made the announcement yesterday saying... Read more

No one was injured in an accident on I-79 Monday evening. The crash happened just after 7 p.m. in the northbound lane of I-79 when 79-year-old William Hewlett was trying to take the exit ram... Read more

The Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School has confirmed its first case of COVID-19. A news release Monday states that a phone message with that information was released to the schoo... Read more

The dates on which sentences will be handed down to a local couple have been moved to next month. Stephanie and Scott Roskovski were originally scheduled to be sentenced in early October but... Read more

There were seven new COVID-19 cases reported Monday for Butler County. Today’s report comes with 98 negative tests, giving the daily update a 6.7 percent positivity rate. According to the st... Read more

A Harrisville woman is facing charges after she allegedly stole thousands of dollars from a Slippery Rock based company. State police say 42-year-old Courtney McFeaters stole $5,000 from a c... Read more

Butler County’s Community Development Corporation is on the hunt for an urban architect to help with downtown planning. The county has allotted money to seek an RFP for an architect in an ef... Read more

A variety of local officials will be on hand later this week to mark the 37th annual National Night Out in Butler Township. On Tuesday, township officials will welcome community members on H... Read more

One person died in a crash in Franklin Township over the weekend. State police say the one vehicle accident happened on Route 422 around 2 a.m. Saturday morning. Few details were available a... Read more

There were 27 new cases of COVID-19 reported for Butler County over the weekend. That comes with 213 negative tests, giving the weekend report an 11.3 percent positivity rate. Overall, the s... Read more