The City of Butler is applying for grant money in order to make improvements to a local park. City Council passed a motion Thursday night to authorize a commitment letter for the Butler Co... Read more
One new death and seven new cases of COVID-19 were reported today for Butler County. According to the state Department of Health, that now marks 15 total deaths in Butler County due to COVID... Read more
A “ghost bike” that memorialized a young man who died in an accident two years ago is now back at its location after it went missing last week. Cranberry Township Police returned the bike to... Read more
Slippery Rock University’s president says that a majority of classes this fall will now be done online. Dr. Bill Behre said in an email to students earlier this week that the trajectory of t... Read more
Crews were on the scene of an accident for over two hours last night in Butler. The one vehicle crash happened around 7:30 in the 800 block of Center Avenue. Reports say a truck went into a... Read more
A local organization is once again accepting much needed donations. Donation Day at the Victim Outreach Intervention Center, or VOICe, will run from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the drop off locat... Read more
Long-term care facilities across the state will have access 24/7 to call centers providing clinical and operational support to fight COVID-19. In order to protect residents and staff from in... Read more
Pennsylvania farmers and other landowners could soon have more time to address problems posed by Canada geese. The state Board of Game Commissioners recently approved a measure that would al... Read more
There were nine new COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday for Butler County by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. There were also 353 negative tests announced for the county—which means the... Read more
An Ohio man is facing charges after he allegedly fought security guards at a drive-in theater while naked. It happened Sunday night around 9 p.m. at the Starlight Drive-In Theater on Route 8... Read more
The American Red Cross says they are looking for people who have fully recovered from COVID-19 to donate their convalescent plasma. The organization says the demand for the plasma has more t... Read more
All residents and staff at nearly 700 skilled nursing facilities across the state have been tested at least once for COVID-19 since the beginning of June. “This was an essential step to ensu... Read more
It’s a bizarre scam circulating nationwide that has people receiving unsolicited and mislabeled seeds by mail. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture says that people across the country... Read more
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation would like to know about driving behaviors of motorists state-wide. PennDOT is seeking drivers’ input through a brief, online Highway Safety Sur... Read more
There were 15 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday reported in Butler County by the state Department of Health. The positive tests come along with an additional 485 negative tests, which works out to... Read more
A food distribution will take place Tuesday at the Big Butler Fairgrounds. The Pittsburgh Food Bank will be hosting the drive thru distribution from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Organizers say to enter... Read more
Police are investigating a recent case involving the pet of a Chicora woman. According to the Pennsylvania State Police, at least one unknown person shot and killed the victim’s black cat on... Read more
Restaurant and bar owners are set to testify before Pennsylvania House Republicans on Tuesday. They are expected to explain how hard Governor Wolf’s latest restrictions are hurting their ind... Read more
Gas prices both locally as well as across western Pennsylvania once again declined slightly this week. According to AAA’s weekly gas price report, the average price for a gallon regular, unl... Read more
Although the area got some brief showers over the last 24 hours, Butler County is well behind pace when it comes to rain. Right now the county is classified as having “dry conditions”—which... Read more
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