Friday’s update from the state Department of Health showed that Butler County continues to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Only three new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Butler County... Read more

The shutdown of casinos all across the state has led to a significant increase in online gambling. March brought in a record amount of wagers and revenue for online casinos. Pennsylvanians p... Read more

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf gave an address Friday afternoon asking that residents “stay the course” in the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Wolf did not give specific steps of his reopening proc... Read more

The Butler Health System continues to remain focused on treating residents and developing plans to protect the community during this ongoing public health crisis. Infectious disease medical... Read more

A couple of local schools are pitching in with the effort to use 3D printing machines to make personal protective equipment to help medical workers. One of the groups pitching in with this e... Read more

The Butler Health System leadership team will begin initial discussions about how the hospital can begin to resume services. Officials say planning will begin tomorrow about how and when the... Read more

The rate of new COVID-19 cases in Butler County continues to slow as four confirmed cases were announced by state officials Thursday. That brings Butler County’s total number of confirmed ca... Read more

A couple of local institutions of higher learning are providing the chance for continued instructional opportunities online this summer. Butler County Community College is moving all their f... Read more

The Butler Area School District will receive some help feeding local students and community members this week from a new partnership. Thanks to a $1 million donation from the PNC Foundation,... Read more

School districts all across the county are combining their efforts to help healthcare workers on the front lines. The districts are donating hundreds of packages of personal protective equip... Read more

A new order will require most customers and employees to wear masks inside businesses all across the state. The order will go into effect Sunday night at 8 p.m. according to Governor Tom Wol... Read more

The Pennsylvania state house has passed a bill that would reopen many businesses across the Commonwealth. Senate Bill 613 would require the Governor to readjust the list of life-sustaining b... Read more

As unemployment numbers continue to rise in Pennsylvania, the state is ramping up its operations trying to process all the claims. Jerry Oleksiak is the state’s Secretary of Labor and Indust... Read more

According to the state Department of Health’s daily update, there are seven new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Butler County. That brings the total in the county to 150. Meanwhile, there wer... Read more

A local airport is one of many to receive federal funding to help deal with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport in Penn Township will receive $69,000... Read more

The Mars Area School District is pausing their budget process until they receive more information about how much revenue will be affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic crisis. According t... Read more

Butler Health System announced Tuesday that an important milestone has been reached in the local road to recovery from COVID-19. The first local patient to be discharged after spending time... Read more

Lines for the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank distribution were so long this morning at Alameda Park, that organizers began giving away food an hour early. Hundreds of vehicles lined up this mo... Read more

One more person has died in Butler County from coronavirus symptoms, according the state’s Department of Health. This brings the total number of deaths in Butler County due to COVID-19 to fi... Read more

A generous donation will go a long way in helping the community dinner program in Butler. Walmart announced earlier today they are donating $20,000 to First English Lutheran Church—which com... Read more