The sale of a still unfinished hotel in downtown Butler continues to move forward and the buyer has been revealed. The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Butler has approved the sale of... Read more

The Butler Area School Board has approved a new contract with teachers. Al Vavro was one of the members of the board’s negotiating committee, “Obviously this was a compromise. It’s not exact... Read more

Two motorists have died in a two vehicle accident in Armstrong County on Friday afternoon. The Kittanning State Police say that shortly before 5:00 pm on Friday, 86-year-old T. Lowell Dean o... Read more

A couple of accidents with injuries affected traffic around the southern Butler County area Friday afternoon. The first call came into the Butler County 911 Center shortly after 2 p.m. for a... Read more

The unfinished hotel in downtown Butler will soon be sold. The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Butler is expected to take action early next week on the closing of the sale of the Marr... Read more

A Knoch High School student has been charged with taking a picture of another student in the bathroom. Caleb Haines, 18, has been charged by State Police for invasion of privacy and disorder... Read more

A lawsuit filed by a former student against the Butler Area School District has been dismissed. Robert Wellman Jr filed the suit in United States Court of Appeals after he suffered a concuss... Read more

Officials are investigating an early Sunday morning fire in Summit Township. Calls came into the Butler County 911 Center around 12:45am this morning for the fire at 112 Dittmer Road, which... Read more

A total of three people were taken to a Pittsburgh hospital after a duplex caught fire in the city of Butler early Saturday morning. Calls came into the Butler County 911 Center shortly befo... Read more

The Butler City Fire Department responded to a structure fire early Saturday morning. According to Lieutenant Crawford the fire was in a duplex on Carbon Street. The call came in at 12:48 am... Read more

An elementary school in the Butler Area School District that has been closed due to unsafe water may reopen after Winter Break. In a letter sent to parents on Friday, Superintendent Dr. Bria... Read more

An elderly couple escaped a house fire safely Friday afternoon in Butler City. According to Butler County Emergency Services, the call came into Butler County 911 at 3:52 p.m. for a fire at... Read more

State police in Butler are investigating an assault that took place at Switchback Racetrack on North Main St. in Clay Twp. According to the police report, on November 5, 2017, 39-year-old Ma... Read more

Parents of South Butler School District were sent an alert on Thursday of what the school district called a ‘low level threat.’ The district would not specify what the threat entailed but di... Read more

A North Hills tree service contractor accused of defrauding clients in Allegheny County now faces charges in Butler County. According to our news partners at WPXI, Jeremiah Cubarney is accus... Read more

A suspect has been named in the case involving a fallen Westmoreland County police officer who had local connections. On Friday night, 26-year-old Brian Shaw from the New Kensington Police D... Read more

The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a Flood Watch until 3 AM Sunday Morning. The expected rainfall totals could cause area streams and creeks to overflow their banks, as we... Read more

Police were called to Playthings Etc. in Butler on November 2, 2017 in response to a man urinating on toys in the store. According to our news exchange partners at WPXI, 74-year-old David Pa... Read more