Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf plans to create a Commonwealth Civilian Coronavirus Corps to help with preparations for the possible return of COVID-19 this fall. Wolf explains more about wha... Read more

The annual North Washington Rodeo is the next event to be canceled due to concerns about COVID-19. The decision was made by the event committee to protect the community and because selling t... Read more

The state department of health is reporting less than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases again across Pennsylvania today. 888 new cases were announced by officials on Wednesday, bringing the state’s t... Read more

With May’s arrival, most would assume that high temperatures would bring to mind blooming flowers and sunshine. But a stretch of cold weather has hit the Butler area and isn’t expected to le... Read more

The search continues for the body of a hiker presumed drowned when he fell into Slippery Rock Creek at McConnell’s Mill State Park last Saturday afternoon. Searchers worked once again yester... Read more

Employees and administrators at the South Butler County School District will accept a special delivery today that will be distributed to graduating students later this week. A shipment of ca... Read more

The annual Fall Festival in downtown Butler is the next event to be suspended due to the uncertainty of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A Facebook post from organizers states that the decisio... Read more

The annual Cruise-a-Palooza in downtown Butler is joining the growing list of events being canceled because of the coronavirus. The festival celebrates antique vehicles and brings in numerou... Read more

Local lawmakers and politicians are expressing frustration with the decisions made by and communication with officials in the administration of Governor Tom Wolf. Butler County Commissioners... Read more

The death toll due to COVID-19 in Pennsylvania is now over 3,000, according to the state’s department of health. Officials say the over 500 newly reported deaths are a result of data accumul... Read more

Today is a special edition of Giving Tuesday, where people are encouraged to donate to organizations impacted by the coronavirus. “It is a new way to ask people to give around the pandemic t... Read more

Even as many Butler Township residents continue to take advantage of recycling services offered by the Township’s waste services provider, the township would like to prevent people from dump... Read more

Butler Township Commissioners are making their opposition known to a proposed utility rate increase. The Commissioners have authorized a letter to be sent from them to the Pennsylvania Publi... Read more

Pennsylvania continues to prepare for an election in which many people may choose to vote by mail. According to Governor Tom Wolf, even though this election has been pushed back once already... Read more

A local lawmaker sees progress in the latest development surrounding cheap foreign products undermining components produced at AK Steel. According to United States Representative Mike Kelly,... Read more

There are now officially over 50,000 COVID-19 cases in Pennsylvania. But, according to the state department of health, Butler County has gone three straight days without any new confirmed ca... Read more

Another popular summer event in Butler has been canceled as a result of the coronavirus. The Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival is officially cancelling this year. Originally, organizers had plan... Read more

One of the most important parts to the lifting of COVID-19 related Stay-at-Home orders is the wide-spread availability of testing. Butler Health System Infectious Disease Medical Director Dr... Read more

The Butler County Commissioners are evaluating their next steps after the county wasn’t included among those that had their stay-at-home orders lifted on Friday. The commissioners hosted a c... Read more

There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported in Butler County over the weekend. That keeps the number of confirmed cases at 180 according to the state’s department of health. Across Pennsylv... Read more