Some local residents are dealing with no power this Thanksgiving morning after high winds knocked out electricity overnight. According to West Penn Power, a total of 48 customers are without... Read more

Butler County residents, motorists, and emergency crews were busy dealing with the effects of high winds around the area Wednesday afternoon. Calls came into the Butler County 911 Center for... Read more

Butler Memorial Hospital could see additional patients due to the fact that the Ellwood City Medical Center is temporarily shut down. According to our news partners at WPXI-TV, emergency roo... Read more

A local man is recovering following an accident in East Butler last weekend. According to State Police, a vehicle driven by 54-year-old David Lattanzio of Butler was traveling on Grant Avenu... Read more

A new law will permit hunting on certain Sundays following a signature by Governor Tom Wolf. “There are people who are busy and can’t get out the first day of deer season, can’t get out to h... Read more

New reforms to Pennsylvania’s child abuse laws were officially signed into legislation this week. Governor Tom Wolf signed the bill into legislation at Muhlenberg High School in Reading, whi... Read more

Today is expected to be the busiest travel day of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. With heavy traffic expected, PennDOT has tools available to see regional, up to the minute color coded map... Read more

Today is the first Flexible Instructional Day for students and staff in the Butler Area School District. Students have received a take home kit of work required to be completed in order to g... Read more

A woman is in the Butler County jail after she allegedly assaulted another woman with a screwdriver. Butler City Police arrested 57-year-old Rachelle McMillan on charges of felony aggravated... Read more

The son of Butler County’s president judge has entered a guilty plea to most of the felony possession of child pornography charges against him. According to the Office of the Pennsylvania At... Read more

The Moniteau School District has officially hired a new superintendent. The school board unanimously approved Tom Samosky as the district’s superintendent. Samosky comes from Trinity School... Read more

Gas prices have soared in Butler over the past week thanks to a variety of reasons according to AAA. The average price for a gallon of unleaded self-serve in Butler is $2.80. That’s up 16 ce... Read more

The minimum wage in Pennsylvania is set to increase over the next few years. A bill passed by the state senate would eventually make the new minimum wage $9.50 per hour—but that rate wouldn’... Read more

The VA is warning veterans about a nationwide phone scam. Callers are telling veterans that there is a new type of benefit related to home loans—and officials say that the scammers often lea... Read more

A three vehicle accident in Forward Township caused delays during the Monday morning commute. The crash happened just before 6:00 a.m. on Evans City Road near the intersection with Ash Stop... Read more

Authorities say a Slippery Rock University student died following a hunting accident over the weekend. According to our news partners at WPXI, 19-year-old Jacob Smith of Linesville was hunti... Read more

Governor Tom Wolf is expected to sign a bill into law that would raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco and e-cigarettes in Pennsylvania. The new law requires you to be 21 or older to buy... Read more

Motorists traveling on a portion of Interstate 79 in Jackson Township on Monday could encounter rolling roadblocks in order to allow for the filming of a movie. According to PennDOT, the clo... Read more

The MSA Thruway project in Cranberry Township is officially moving forward after receiving approval from the township’s Board of Supervisors. The $12 million project will connect Interstate... Read more