The 7th Annual Band Jam Grass Roots Music Festival was a great success, as many turned out to Cooper’s Lake Campground in Slippery Rock to celebrate local music. The two day event began on F... Read more

Butler City Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing teen. Catherine Lane, 15, was last seen on July 3. Police say she is not believed to be endangered. She may be in th... Read more

A project to improve a street near a local park is now complete apart from a couple minor finishing touches. The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Butler heard an update on Thursday abo... Read more

The Butler County Sheriff’s Office will use state grant money to help improve a database used by local police departments. Chief Deputy Mark Peffer says his office will use a $50,000 grant t... Read more

Butler County’s old voting systems won’t be able to be used by local high schools. Butler County Commissioner Kevin Boozel suggested the idea earlier this year after the county purchased a n... Read more

Cutting grass at Slippery Rock University is a little easier this summer. The university used a grant to purchase a robotic lawn mower. It will soon begin cutting the grass in the quarter-ac... Read more

No one was hurt in a house fire Thursday afternoon in Jackson Township. Firefighters from seven departments were called to the multi-family home on Lutz Road about 3 p.m. after someone saw s... Read more

Off-and-on storms moved through Butler County on Thursday morning. Following the storm which rolled through the city of Butler and surrounding areas about 10 a.m, power was knocked out to ne... Read more

Remember when national TV host “Dr. Phil” said he didn’t think a place like Slippery Rock University existed? You can now buy a shirt to remember the incident. Back in April, Phil McGraw of... Read more

The South Butler County School District needs to fill two major administrative positions this summer following a resignation and a proposed hire that fell through. During a school board meet... Read more

The South Butler County School District needs to fill two major administrative positions this summer following a resignation and a proposed hire that fell through. During a school board meet... Read more

A personal finance website has released a report that puts Pennsylvania at the top of a list on the states with the most student debt. WalletHub compared states across 12 metrics, including... Read more

Butler County will get federal grant money to help pay for the county’s new voting system. Through the Help America Vote Act of 2002, Butler County will receive federal financial assistance... Read more

Butler County is moving forward with installing bullet proof teller windows in all seven local magistrates’ offices. A company called “Ready Access” out of Chicago will supply the windows fo... Read more

The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Board of Governors approved a tuition freeze Wednesday. That means tuition and fees at all 14 state universities– which includes Slippery Ro... Read more

Some local residents experienced a power outage Tuesday night. Over 1,600 people were without power shortly after 8 p.m. with most of those in the city of Butler and Butler Township, as well... Read more

The Butler City Building sustained damage as a result of last weekend’s heavy rains. Butler City Councilman Jeff Smith said the city has been having roof work done on the building and unfort... Read more

The City of Butler is moving forward with a smaller project that could help reduce flooding issues while officials wait for state funding to complete a larger project. During a meeting Tuesd... Read more

A Butler woman was arrested after she allegedly fired a gun into the air on Tuesday. Butler City Police believe 25-year-old Brittany Green was under the influence of alcohol about 2 a.m. whe... Read more

Traffic was backed up on a busy Middlesex Township road Tuesday afternoon as a result of a multiple vehicle accident. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center around 2:30 p.m. for a c... Read more