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

Following an initial report over the weekend that Senator Pat Toomey would not run for re-election in 2022, he made it official Monday morning. “I will not be running for re-election in 2022... Read more

With Governor’s Wolf request for a stay of his order implementing crowd restrictions being allowed, that means local school districts are revising their plans for attendance at Friday night’... Read more

Butler Health System is reporting an increase in coronavirus hospitalizations Friday. According to officials, Butler Memorial Hospital is treating four patients for the coronavirus, none are... Read more

The Spirit of Christmas Parade is latest event in Butler to be canceled due to the coronavirus. Event organizers decided not to hold the in-person nighttime parade this year out of an abunda... Read more

Connoquenessing residents will have more room to stretch their legs next year. The walkway around the borough’s park on Constitution Avenue will be undergoing a rehab project next year. Ther... Read more

Freeport High School football will not be playing tonight after one of their coaches tested positive for COVID-19. District officials say this will not have any impact on classes, but the fo... Read more

Monday is the final day to fill out the census. Even though experts were unsure of return rates for the census in the midst of the pandemic, Butler County’s Chief of Economic Development Mar... Read more

Butler County will now be accepting another round of CARES Act funding for municipalities. County officials say that there is still $3.2 million set aside for municipalities that they can us... Read more

Restrictions on crowd size implemented by Governor Tom Wolf could temporarily return following a ruling by a federal appeals court. On Thursday afternoon, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appea... Read more