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Butler Area School District Works To Clarify Policies For Visitors And Volunteers

Posted By: Ryan Saeleron: October 17, 2017

The Butler Area School District will work to clarify the administrative procedures required for school visitors and classroom volunteers. After hearing from numerous parents that the policie... Read more

Inmate Sues Over Excessive Force

Posted By: Ryan Saeleron: October 16, 2017

The City of Butler is among the defendants named in a lawsuit filed by a Butler County Prison Inmate. James Cogley of Butler alleges he was subjected to “an invasion of privacy and use of ex... Read more

Cranberry Fire Station Expansion Moving Forward

Posted By: Ryan Saeleron: October 16, 2017

A plan to expand the Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Station is moving forward. “We’re basically out of space,” Ed Hestin, fire company president, told our newsroom. “We’ve outgrown the bu... Read more

State Police To Target Drivers Who Are Passing School Buses

Posted By: Henry Ibinsonon: October 15, 2017

Police will begin two initiatives this week with a goal of keeping young people safe. State Police at the Butler barracks will begin what they are calling “Operation Safe Stop” in an effort... Read more

Construction On Downtown Hotel Nearly Complete

Posted By: Ryan Saeleron: October 13, 2017

City officials now say the new hotel under construction in downtown Butler will be finished Nov. 1. The Marriott Springhill Suites, which is being built at the corner of South McKean and Eas... Read more

First Responders Called To Two Different Local Crashes With Injuries

Posted By: Ryan Saeleron: October 11, 2017

Emergency crews were busy Wednesday afternoon with a couple of vehicle crashes with injuries in the Butler County area. The first call came into the Butler County 911 Center just after 1 p.m... Read more

Butler Township Crash Results In At Least One Injury

Posted By: Ryan Saeleron: October 10, 2017

At least one person has been injured as a result of an accident Tuesday afternoon in Butler Township. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center just after 3 p.m. for the two vehicle cr... Read more

Woman Flown to Hospital After Crash

Posted By: Anthony Willisonon: October 08, 2017

State police, EMS and a medical helicopter were called to the scene of a one vehicle crash in Sandy Creek Twp., Mercer County Saturday morning. According to the police report, 35-year-old Ma... Read more

Police Investigate Burglary

Posted By: Anthony Willisonon: October 08, 2017

The State Police in Kittanning are searching for a suspect who broke into a church. According to the police report, sometime during the evening on Friday October 6, 2017 someone broke a glas... Read more

Charges to be Filed Against Man Who Hit Pedestrian on Parkway North

Posted By: Anthony Willisonon: October 07, 2017

One person was killed on Thursday while changing a tire on the side of the Parkway North, and the driver is facing charges. According to triblive.com, 65-year-old Lynn Nystrom of Pittsburgh,... Read more

Fire Hits Butler Township Complex

Posted By: Ryan Saeleron: October 06, 2017

Several residents of a Butler Township apartment complex were displaced following a Friday afternoon fire. Firefighters were called to Old Plank Estates off Old Plank Road about 2:15 p.m. Th... Read more

Butler’s Credit Rating Downgraded, Again

Posted By: Ryan Saeleron: October 06, 2017

The City of Butler’s General Obligation Credit Rating has once again been downgraded by S&P Global Ratings. The lowering of ratings on two general obligation 2015 bonds two notches from... Read more

Vague Threat Discovered At South Butler Middle School

Posted By: Ryan Saeleron: October 05, 2017

A South Butler County School District student discovered a vague threat Thursday afternoon. According to an email sent out by the district, a middle school student in a classroom discovered... Read more

Some Progress Made Between South Butler, Teachers

Posted By: Ryan Saeleron: October 04, 2017

Some progress has been made between the South Butler School Board and the teachers’ union but the sides are still very far apart on some major issues. “The parties have made a little progres... Read more

Police Investigating Cranberry Township Robbery

Posted By: Henry Ibinsonon: October 01, 2017

Police are investigating a robbery that occurred on Saturday night in the southern part of the county. Our news partners at WPXI say that around 7pm Saturday, Sally’s Beauty Salon at the Cra... Read more

New Buses Arrive At Butler Transit Authority

Posted By: Ryan Saeleron: September 25, 2017

A decade long effort is finally paying off for the Butler Transit Authority as four new Compressed Natural Gas fueled buses arrived Monday. The delivery of a fifth compressed natural gas MCI... Read more

Local Portion of Turnpike to Reopen Monday

Posted By: Henry Ibinsonon: September 24, 2017

A nearby section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike will reopen to motorists on Monday after being closed this weekend for a bridge replacement. Crews have been working on replacing a bridge in th... Read more

Vehicle Crash in Downtown Butler Friday Night

Posted By: Anthony Willisonon: September 23, 2017

Two people were involved in a one vehicle crash Friday night in downtown Butler. According to Butler County Emergency Services, the driver hit a parked car on East Wayne Street and their veh... Read more

Local Recovery Center Unveils New Addition Focused On Treatment For Women

Posted By: Ryan Saeleron: September 22, 2017

The need for addiction rehabilitation in our area continues to increase and as a result, a local drug and alcohol treatment center is expanding. Ellen O’Brien Gaiser Center Board member Jerr... Read more

BASA Says Smell Is Due To Combination Of Weather, Old Plumbing

Posted By: Ryan Saeleron: September 22, 2017

The cause of a sewage smell in some areas of downtown Butler is a combination of weather and old plumbing, according to the Butler Area Sewer Authority. The authority has received numerous c... Read more