Several recent tests of water in the South Butler County School District have caused administrators to take action. According to Superintendent Dr. David Foley, a test of 27 samples for lead... Read more

The South Butler County School District has decided to once again modify the plan concerning how students are educated. The new Phased Reopening Plan approved by a school board vote of 6 to... Read more

There were 24 new COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday for Butler County. The PA Department of Health also added two more deaths for Butler County. The COVID death toll is now at 21. The most r... Read more

It’s the first day of school for students in Moniteau. Originally, Moniteau was going to start the Tuesday after Labor Day, but Superintendent Tom Samosky said the district wanted to give te... Read more

A section of a local road will be closing for a day later this week to allow for repairs to be made. Winfield Road will be closed to all vehicular traffic on Thursday from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m... Read more

The City of Butler is continuing the process to replace their firefighting ladder truck. At their regular meeting on Tuesday, City Council approved a motion to look into obtaining quotes for... Read more

A local man is accused of stealing a large amount of money while he was an employee of Walmart. According to the Butler Township Police, 20-year-old Samrajya Khadka of Butler was charged las... Read more

No one was injured when a car crashed into a Cranberry Township restaurant Tuesday night. The accident happened just after 11:30 p.m. at the Jimmy Wan’s on Route 228. Our news partners at WP... Read more

There was one new case of COVID-19 for Butler County on Tuesday, although overall testing results were low across the state. The state Department of Health reported only 54 negative tests fo... Read more

New data released by the CDC shined a light on how much people with comorbidities are at risk of contracting serious cases of COVID-19. Butler Health System’s top infectious disease speciali... Read more

Restaurants will soon be allowed to increase indoor capacity to 50 percent, Governor Tom Wolf announced. The new rule will go into effect September 21st, but Wolf says restaurants must stric... Read more

Extra money will now be available to unemployed workers in Pennsylvania. State Labor Secretary Jerry Oleksiak says eligible unemployed workers will receive an extra $300 per week beginning t... Read more

There were nine new COVID-19 cases for Butler County on Monday. It comes with 65 negative tests, giving it a 12 percent positivity rate. The recent surge in county cases can also be linked w... Read more

Two more Butler County school districts head back to class today. Mars and Freeport students have their first day of school. And of course, it’s not business as usual, as new safety protocol... Read more

Crews quickly knocked down a fire at a home in the City of Butler Monday. It happened just before 2 p.m. at a home in the 400 block of Mercer Street. Units reported that the fire was under c... Read more

With the high school football season scheduled to start this Friday for many teams, athletic directors are cautioning parents that the new guidelines may not necessarily mean fans will be in... Read more

Butler County is accepting applications from non-profit organizations and small businesses as part of coronavirus relief funding. They have allotted nearly $2.5 million for the program—howev... Read more

Today is Labor Day and here’s a rundown of what’s closed. All offices at the municipal, county, state and federal level are closed today, including Butler City Hall and the Butler County Cou... Read more

There were 37 new COVID-19 cases for Butler County over the weekend. The uptick in cases over the past few days has led to an increase in the county’s positivity rate. According to the state... Read more

There were 12 new cases of COVID-19 for Butler County on Friday. It comes with 191 negative tests, giving the report a 5.9 percent positivity rate. As of Friday morning, Butler Memorial Hosp... Read more