Butler County will be making contributions to local volunteer fire companies and EMS agencies before the end of the year. County commissioners say first responders have been hit hard financi... Read more

There were 212 new cases of COVID-19 for Butler County over the weekend. That comes with 416 negative tests, giving the Department of Health’s report a 33.7 percent positivity rate. There we... Read more

Two people are in police custody following a drug bust at a Butler City home early Friday morning. Shortly after 6 a.m. City Police and officers with the Butler County District Attorney’s Dr... Read more

There were 113 new cases of COVID-19 for Butler County on Friday. That comes with 165 negative tests, giving today’s report a 47.8 percent positivity rate. Butler Memorial Hosptial says they... Read more

As coronavirus cases continue to grow, health officials are again asking people to wear their masks. Chief Medical Officer of the Butler Health System Dr. David Rottinghaus says that as time... Read more

It’s been a whirlwind of a year for news to impact the stock market, but as local financial advisor Howie Pentony explains it hasn’t had a negative impact on Wall Street. “If we go to the en... Read more

The Mars Area School District is staring down a projected $1.3 million deficit is in its general fund budget for the current school year. District Business Manager Jill Swaney says the prima... Read more

Butler City Council is planning a temporary small increase to real estate taxes in order to meet their 2021 budget. The total balanced budget currently sits at just over $11 million with a o... Read more

Butler County has approved a new land bank that will go under the direction of the county’s Redevelopment Authority. County commissioners voted unanimously to establish the program that they... Read more

One man is dead following a house fire yesterday afternoon in Jefferson Township. Crews arrived to an active fire around 3 p.m. at a home in the 100 block of Rockdale Road. Upon arrival, the... Read more

There were 95 new cases of COVID-19 for Butler County on Thursday. That comes with 238 negative tests, giving today’s report from the Department of Health a 28.5 percent positivity rate. The... Read more

A waterline in Boyers will soon be replaced after years of temporary repairs. Officials say there have been numerous patches put on the waterline since it was first installed in the 1970s, a... Read more

Butler County’s Area Agency on Aging is reminding seniors that they have meals that can be delivered to your home. Currently, the program—which also has grab-and-go meals—serves over 300 hom... Read more

Butler County is expanding the number of areas for shelters for the homeless this winter. The county will be using two additional apartments to go with the facilities they already have. Huma... Read more

A Butler County based attorney has been disbarred. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court made the order public today, saying that R. Bruce Ralston was disbarred after submitting a Statement of Resi... Read more

Butler Health System says they have been receiving a number of requests to send food to the hospital staff over the past few weeks. They have now set up a website that gives community member... Read more

Police believe a woman was under the influence of a controlled substance during a crash that sent a young boy to the hospital. The two vehicle accident happened just after 4 p.m. Wednesday o... Read more

There were 110 new cases of COVID-19 for Butler County on Wednesday. That comes with 331 negative tests, giving the Department of Health’s daily report a 24.9 percent positivity rate. As of... Read more

Police are looking for more information about an extortion case that happened in Butler. It happened earlier this month, and police say a 30-year-old Butler man lost $900 through Venmo—which... Read more

State health officials are revising their guidance for out-of-state travel. They are encouraging people to limit their travel out to other states as coronavirus cases surge across the countr... Read more