There were five new COVID-19 cases reported Tuesday for Butler County. This comes along with 182 negative tests, giving today’s report a 2.6 percent positivity rate. That continues a trend o... Read more
Governor Tom Wolf is calling on the legislature to legalize recreational marijuana. He posted on social media earlier today saying that the revenue would go toward small business grant fundi... Read more
The Moniteau School District is moving their first day of school. The board voted last night to make Wednesday, September 9th the first day of school for students. Originally, school was to... Read more
One woman was injured Tuesday morning after an accident in Middlesex Township. The crash happened around 8:45 a.m. in the 300 block of Route 228—which is also known as Glade Run Road. Emerge... Read more
An East Brady man is in jail after he allegedly threatened to shoot someone with a crossbow. Police say it happened just after midnight Sunday. They were called to a home in the 200 block of... Read more
Our “Back to School” series focusing on school’s efforts to reopen continues today as we highlight AC Valley. It’s a unique district that spans four counties—the only one like that in Pennsy... Read more
Local small businesses have another resource available during these challenging times. The nonprofit Pennsylvania 30 Day Fund is offering forgivable loans of up to $3,000 to small businesses... Read more
A local lawmaker is joining several colleagues in an attempt to dissolve what he believes to be an abuse of emergency powers by Governor Tom Wolf. Republican State Representative Daryl Metca... Read more
A pair of food distributions are set for Tuesday. The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank will be hosting a drive thru food distribution from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Big Butler Fairgroun... Read more
A data revision by the state Department of Health has reduced Butler County’s COVID-19 case count by one. Coming out of the weekend, the total number of cases was 746, but as of noon Monday—... Read more
A portion of Route 8 in Penn Township has reopened following a shut down due to an accident Monday morning. The crash happened just before 8 a.m. when a box truck carrying bags of ice flippe... Read more
A portion of Route 8 in Penn Township is shut down following an accident this morning. Dispatchers say a box truck flipped over at the intersection with Dinnerbell Road around 7:50. The truc... Read more
A 72-year-old man died in a motorcycle crash over the weekend in Oakland Township. This accident happened Friday afternoon around 2:30 p.m. along Chicora Road. Police say Arthur Amsler of Ev... Read more
Our “Back to School” series continues today as we highlight school districts in Butler County and their efforts to get back to class. At the Karns City, teachers have already begun their sch... Read more
Renovations to the Harrisville Borough Park could be coming quicker than anticipated. County commissioners approved a measure that will move leftover funds from a project to renovate sewer l... Read more
St. Vincent de Paul will be hosting a food drive tomorrow with frozen meat available. The organization said someone donated livestock from the Farm Show to their food bank and they have to m... Read more
One man died in a motorcycle accident over the weekend in Clay Township. It happened just after midnight Saturday when 26-year-old Keith Beatty of West Sunbury was driving east on Euclid Roa... Read more
Butler County had six new COVID-19 cases reported over the weekend, according to the state Department of Health. It comes with 243 negative tests, giving the weekend report a 2.4 percent pos... Read more
Butler County is among 16 western and central Pennsylvania counties which were placed under a drought watch by the Department of Environmental Protection yesterday. Armstrong and Indiana C... Read more
There were three new COVID-19 cases reported Friday for Butler County. That marks eight consecutive days with single digit positive tests. Also, today’s report indicates a 1.3 percent positi... Read more
Copyright © Copyright All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy EOE     WISR Public Files