A state lawmaker representing a portion of Butler County is again calling for the impeachment of Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto. State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe has been at odds with Peduto over his... Read more
One of the country’s largest pizza chains is planning to close many dine-in restaurants in order to focus on their delivery and carryout business. Pizza Hut announced they will close about 5... Read more
Renovations to the Mars Area Middle School in southern Butler County are continuing on schedule and within budget. Crews are working this week installing floor tiles, lights and plumbing, as... Read more
The City of Butler continues to explore options for replacing their firefighting ladder truck. Part of that process is taking a look at demonstration trucks that are being shown in the area,... Read more
A Butler man was killed in a crash this past weekend in central Pennsylvania. Bryan Edmundson Jr., 27, was killed in a one-vehicle crash early Friday in Lycoming County, according to reports... Read more
The City of Butler will pay to have repairs made to the elevator in the Tier Parking Garage on West Cunningham Street. At a Butler City Council meeting on Tuesday, council accepted a bid fro... Read more
An Evans City woman is facing charges after a conflict with police. Evans City-Seven Fields Regional Police were dispatched on Sunday to a domestic incident in progress. The boyfriend of 60-... Read more
A Butler County couple has filed a federal lawsuit against three Pennsylvania State Police troopers alleging use of excessive force during an arrest. According to the suit- which was filed T... Read more
A local man has been charged following accusations that he provided drugs that resulted in an overdose death. According to a criminal complaint filed by the Adams Township Police Department,... Read more
An investigation into a stolen vehicle eventually led police to find a woman who had a warrant out for her arrest and possession of cocaine. Butler Township Police were called to investigate... Read more
Slippery Rock University’s online nursing program has been ranked the best in the state. The nursing advocacy organization RegisteredNursing.org did the rankings using data from several sour... Read more
New Pennsylvania State Representative Marci Mustello has had a busy first couple of months in office. “I was sworn-in on June 4,” Mustello told Butler Radio in a sit-down interview Monday. “... Read more
Local police officers across the country- and here in Butler County- will get out of their cruisers this evening and socialize with the people they serve. It’s the annual ‘National Night Out... Read more
Elected officials in Pennsylvania are reacting following the mass shootings that left a total of 30 people dead in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. Governor Tom Wolf issued a statement sayin... Read more
A portion of Route 228 East in Middlesex Township was closed for a couple hours Monday morning after a car left the road and hit a pole. The crash happened at 8 a.m. in the 400 block of Glad... Read more
No one was reportedly seriously injured in a crash Sunday evening in the city of Butler involving two motorcycles. The accident happened around 8 p.m. in the 500 block of North Main Street,... Read more
At least one of the victims from the weekend deadly mass shootings in Texas and Ohio was from western Pennsylvania. Nicholas Cumer is from Washington County and graduated from Washington Hig... Read more
The biggest event of the year mixing local agriculture, food and fun is back this week. The 71st anniversary of the Butler Farm Show officially kicks off Monday and runs through Saturday. Th... Read more
The borough of Mars has been awarded a $1 million state grant to go towards the construction of a public Mars and NASA education facility. “My first reaction was ‘Wow- we did it’,” Mars Mayo... Read more
The Butler County Beer Circuit is expanding. The circuit encourages visitors to experience a variety of breweries within the county by taking themselves on a self-guided tour of local brew p... Read more
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