Local kids will have a chance to get started on summer reading with an annual initiative from the Butler Area School District this week. The BookStop will make its first runs through the com... Read more

The Butler Area School District has changed one school administrator and continues to look for someone to fill another position. During a school board meeting on Monday, members approved the... Read more

Police believe a driver fell asleep at the wheel before crashing on Sunday in Butler Township. 24-year-old McKenzie Lumley of Tarentum was traveling northbound on Pittsburgh Road- at the Gre... Read more

Officials in Cranberry Township are reminding drivers that it’s summertime- more kids are out playing- and they need to slow down and be alert. The “Cranberry Neighborhood Slow Down Campaign... Read more

A couple of men from out of town are facing charges following a traffic stop over the weekend in Butler County, which police allege uncovered drugs and a stolen weapon. State police troopers... Read more

A Butler man remains in jail after allegedly crashing his ATV into a Butler Township police cruiser. 23-year-old Daniel Morehead was arrested on Sunday following an incident on Route 8. Acco... Read more

The Slippery Rock University council of trustees took time at their quarterly business meeting on Friday to say goodbye to the university’s provost. Philip Way- SRU provost and vice presiden... Read more

Pennsylvania Senator-Elect Joe Pittman will be formally sworn into office on Monday. The ceremony will begin at 1 p.m. in the Senate Chamber of the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg.... Read more

A young staffer for a new state Senator died in a car crash Friday. Brian Swatt, 21, of Lackawanna County was killed in a crash in East Franklin Township, Armstrong County, near the intersec... Read more

A local bank is expanding into another community. NexTier Bank will open a full service branch location today in Ford City. A ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday morning will kick-off a week-long... Read more

The top administrator of the Butler School District is recommending a reorganization plan that would close the Butler Middle School at some point in the future. Superintendent Dr. Brian Whit... Read more

No one was reportedly injured in a weekend fire in Franklin Township. A mobile home on Golden Lane- inside Mount Chestnut Mobile Homes- caught fire around 9 p.m. Friday. The trailer was repo... Read more

At least one person was seriously injured in a vehicle crash that occurred earlier this weekend in Jefferson Township. Calls came into the Butler County 911 Center around 7:30am Saturday for... Read more

No children were seriously injured when an SUV allegedly sideswiped a school bus Friday in Oakland Township. The crash happened around noon on Chicora Road (Route 68), near Grant Avenue Exte... Read more

The next time you’re on Main Street in Butler- you might notice something new. Local artists recently came together to turn a vacant space on Main into a pop-up art gallery. Outside of the s... Read more

A local dentist is once again teaming up with a non-profit organization to provide free services at an event planned for this weekend. The sixth year of Keelan Dental’s “Dentistry From the H... Read more

It was a beautiful evening on Thursday when 495 Butler High School graduates closed one chapter, and began another. The school’s 129th commencement ceremony took place outside at Art Bernard... Read more

Several streets in downtown Butler- including Main Street- will be closed on Friday night as the annual Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival begins. Hundreds of jeeps are expected to drive into dow... Read more

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has appointed a new member to the Slippery Rock University council of trustees. Dylan Colcombe has been sworn-in and is participating in his first council of t... Read more