Residents of surrounding municipalities are invited to take advantage of a glass recycling program beginning this weekend in Butler Township. Butler Township Manager Tom Knights explains why... Read more

Pennsylvania’s Attorney General says there was systematic failures by the government to protect Pennsylvanians from the effects of fracking. Democrat Josh Shapiro released a report on his fi... Read more

The Clearview Mall now has a new owner. The Kohan Retail Investment Group officially took over the Center Township based mall earlier this week. Company CEO Mike Kohan says his group has bee... Read more

Three new COVID-19 cases were announced today for Butler County by the state Department of Health. Statewide there were 579 new cases, but health officials also announced a significant numbe... Read more

The Butler Area Public Library will be opening beginning next week. This upcoming Monday, the library will reopen their doors, although hours will be limited Monday through Saturday. The lib... Read more

Butler County is scheduled to receive funding to help offset the cost of the coronavirus pandemic. Commissioners approved a resolution to seek nearly $17 million from the state’s county reli... Read more

The Mars Area School District is moving forward with an Athletics Health and Safety Plan to provide a protective environment for all participants in the district’s athletic programs. As part... Read more

Butler Township restaurants are being given a chance to get creative as they work to welcome back patrons. At a special meeting Wednesday night, the Butler Township Commissioners approved a... Read more

A new program will help households who weren’t able to pay rent because of the financial impact of the coronavirus. Butler County Commissioners moved to adopt the Rent Relief Program, which... Read more

Federal officials say they’ve dismantled a drug ring in Butler County after announcing the indictment of nine people yesterday. The 27-count indictment charges the group with conspiring to d... Read more

Federal officials say they’ve dismantled a drug ring in Butler County after indicting nine people earlier today. The 27-count indictment charges the group with conspiring to distribute 40 gr... Read more

Four new COVID-19 cases were reported in Butler County Wednesday. That brings the combined total to 277 since the first case was reported in late March. Butler Memorial Hospital is treating... Read more

The Carnegie network of museums in Pittsburgh are getting ready to reopen. Places like the Carnegie Museum of Art and Natural History, the Science Center, and Andy Warhol Museum will allow m... Read more

Governor Tom Wolf is thanking food banks for helping feed Pennsylvania families during the pandemic. Wolf said food banks and their volunteers were immensely important during the past few mo... Read more

The Mars Area School District has renegotiated the contract with the Adams Township Police Department to provide school security. At their Tuesday night meeting, the board approved a revised... Read more

Even with an expected shortfall in revenue due to COVID-19 circumstances, the Mars Area School Board will not raise taxes in order to meet their 2020-21 school year budget. Next year’s gener... Read more

Butler City Council has given approval for a couple of clinics to be held at the City Farmer’s Market that will benefit local animals. The first event to be held on Thursday, August 6th is a... Read more

Two new cases of COVID-19 were reported for Butler County today, bringing the total to 273. Statewide there were 510 new cases reported, along with 38 new deaths due to the coronavirus. Just... Read more

The Pennsylvania Turnpike has reopened after an accident involving a tractor trailer Tuesday morning. Our partners at WPXI-TV say the crash happened around 9 a.m. on the Beaver Ridge Bridge... Read more

A food distribution is being held Tuesday at the Big Butler Fairgrounds. It runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will serve up to 700 vehicles. Each car will receive at least 50 pounds of food. Y... Read more