The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Butler will have repairs made to the Penn Theater in downtown Butler following damage done by an unknown individual last month. The authority was i... Read more

A recent investigation by State Police into possible threats at Slippery Rock Middle School will not result in any charges. Pennsylvania State Police were called to the school on both Wednes... Read more

The city has asked the court to dismiss two lawsuits filed by a former Butler City Police Chief and former Deputy Chief. On Wednesday, the city filed preliminary objections to the complaints... Read more

The Senate approved a “Farming First” legislative package this week that will help promote and support Pennsylvania’s agriculture industry, according to Senate Agriculture & Rural Affair... Read more

After a couple back-to-back nice weather days, rain and storms are expected Thursday. “Periods of rain are expected today with the potential for multiple rounds of heavier rain Thursday even... Read more

The South Butler School Board does not have any immediate plans to begin a construction project as board members work their way through information from a recent study. The board received th... Read more

The Mars Area School Board does not anticipate the need to raise taxes in order to meet their 2019-20 school year budget. This year’s general fund budget of $52.2 million is about $2.3 milli... Read more

Butler County Community College is getting ready to graduate its largest class of the century. BC3’s Class of 2019 will include 599 graduates, including 32 student-veterans. The oldest gradu... Read more

The South Butler School Board has approved a preliminary budget for the 2019-20 school year with no tax increase, but no tax decrease either. During a school board meeting Wednesday night, o... Read more

A Butler County couple is now facing animal cruelty charges for allegedly abandoning six cats in woods behind their home in Cabot. Kevin Delehanty of Cranberry Township and his girlfriend Ta... Read more

Funeral services will be held Wednesday for a Butler native and her husband who died in a small plane crash last week in central Pennsylvania. Valerie Bernardo, 54, and Joseph Bernardo, 55,... Read more

Work for next year’s census will begin soon and workers are needed to help with getting the most accurate count possible. A representative from the U.S. Census Bureau spoke to Butler City Co... Read more

A project to improve the sidewalks at the Tier Parking Garage in downtown Butler is moving forward. A contract for just over $28,000 from the parking budget has been awarded by Butler City C... Read more

A local legislator has introduced a bill that would make sexual extortion against the law. State Representative Tedd Nesbit (R-Butler, Mercer) says House Bill 1402 would make it illegal to c... Read more

Two Butler County residents are among the latest graduating cadet class from the Pennsylvania State Police Academy. Sean Gercken and Douglas Orloski Jr. are among the 104 new troopers who re... Read more

The City of Butler is once again considering the possibility of selling or leasing their parking to a third party company. Butler City Council voted unanimously during a meeting Tuesday to h... Read more

An agreement has been reached in an ongoing dispute over money between the City of Butler Parks, Recreation Grounds, and Facilities Authority and the former owners of the Butler BlueSox. The... Read more

A Franklin man has filed a federal lawsuit claiming Butler City police officers used excessive force when they let their trained police dog chew him up when he attempted to run during a traf... Read more

A local business has made a donation to improve education in the Butler Area School District. MSA donated $10,000 to the Golden Tornado Scholastic Foundation through the Educational Improvem... Read more

Several months after changing the name of its facility to honor its founder, a local health care organization is giving her another honor. The Board of Directors of the Jean B. Purvis Commun... Read more