Butler County Special Olympics has suspended all trainings due to concerns surrounding the coronavirus. This affects the basketball, bowling, equestrian, gymnastics, swimming, track and tenn... Read more
Multiple sources are reporting that a bullet hit a school van earlier this morning in Lawrence County. The incident happened just before 9 a.m. in the area of Ellwood Road and the Route 422... Read more
Amid statements from Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves that he would cut 1,500 jobs at AK Steel in Butler if the United States doesn’t revise a trade policy, the Butler County Commissi... Read more
A local township has again received regional recognition at a ceremony held earlier this month. Cranberry Township was one of 74 regional municipalities to be named Banner Communities by the... Read more
The City of Butler Parks, Recreation Grounds, and Facilities Authority has approved the creation of a new position and will be bringing some young people on board to help with games at Miche... Read more
A group plans to project messages onto a Cranberry Township building tonight in an effort to remove a local lawmaker from a leadership position. The Better Path Coalition and local partner o... Read more
Although he has not yet received a response to the letter that he sent to the White House about AK Steel, local Congressman Mike Kelly is moving forward with speaking with people who can hel... Read more
The Butler VA is adopting a new entry policy in order to protect its staff and Veterans against the coronavirus. The VA announced the decision earlier this morning that they will be screenin... Read more
The CEO of the company poised to close on AK Steel later this week told lawmakers that unless his company receives tariff relief, he will be forced to close the plant in Butler. Cleveland-Cl... Read more
The return of Daylight Saving Time may affect drivers and pedestrians as they return to work and school. Kathleen Zinszer of AAA says the loss of an hour of sleep over the weekend could resu... Read more
Cranberry Township is the latest municipality to join a project aimed at studying solutions to flooding issues in southern Butler County. Township supervisors confirmed their participation t... Read more
Two people were killed over the weekend in a crash involving an Amish buggy and a logging truck. The fatal accident happened Sunday afternoon around 3 p.m. on Clintonville Road in Irwin Town... Read more
A popular Cranberry Township event has been postponed due to concerns about coronavirus. CranFest had originally been scheduled to be held in April, however the decision has been made to pos... Read more
Two Butler City residents are in jail following a drug bust at their home on the Island. Police arrested Tywann Windham and Kari Summerville inside their home in the 500 block of Virginia Av... Read more
The first reported cases of the coronavirus have now come to Pennsylvania. Governor Tom Wolf addressed reporters earlier today. “We received confirmation of two presumed cases of COVID-19 or... Read more
It’s time to spring ahead this weekend. Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00 Sunday morning as we turn the clocks ahead by an hour. The thought behind the annual time hop is to provide energy... Read more
We are coming to the end of National Consumer Protection Week and officials at Slippery Rock University are advising students of possible employment scams. SRU’s First National Bank Office o... Read more
Several people are recovering following an accident in Middlesex Township Thursday afternoon. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center shortly after 3 p.m. for a multiple vehicle cras... Read more
Butler Health System is preparing for the spread of coronavirus to the Butler County area through new intake procedures as well as regular communication with health authorities. In the medic... Read more
A candidate for Congress in the 17th District has dropped out of the race. Jesse Vodvarka withdrew his name from the Republican primary after a legal challenge was made to his nominating pet... Read more
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