No agreement has been reached but negotiations between the Mars Area School District and the union representing their support staff are ongoing. According to District Solicitor Tom Breth, th... Read more

A New Castle man faces a laundry list of charges after he was arrested following a standoff with police on Friday. According to our news partners at WPXI, Fredrick Lee Bowen was arrested fol... Read more

A woman from Grove City, PA is facing charges after writing multiple bad checks. According to the police report, 31-year-old Jami Kendall is accused of writing 40 bad checks to the County Ma... Read more

State police were led on a chase on I-79 in Mercer County following a traffic stop on July 2, 2017. During the stop, 25-year-old Jacob Rodriguez of Erie, PA provided police with false inform... Read more

Only minor injuries resulted from a truck crash Thursday afternoon in Jackson Township. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center just after 1 p.m. for an accident in the 100 block of... Read more

The state Department of Labor & Industry has appointed a fact-finder to help resolve the bargaining issues between the South Butler County School District and its teachers union. Jane De... Read more

A rap battle in Slippery Rock earlier this week ended in violence and charges against a Westmoreland County man. According to a criminal complaint, just after midnight early Monday morning S... Read more

Multiple fire departments assisted in battling a hay trailer on fire Wednesday afternoon in Washington Township. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center at 2 p.m. for the blaze off B... Read more

Motorists will pay more to travel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike next year. The turnpike commission on Tuesday voted for the rate increase that will take effect Jan. 7. A typical fare for a pa... Read more

At least one person has been injured as a result of an accident Tuesday afternoon in Cranberry Township. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center just after 1:30 p.m. for the crash on... Read more

The Butler BlueSox and the City of Butler donated over $2,700 to help the victims of the floods that damaged homes and businesses on the West End of the city of Butler earlier this month. Th... Read more

The new hotel in downtown Butler has pushed back its opening date, again. According to a letter presented to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Butler, the new Marriott Springhill Su... Read more

Nearly 500 Butler County residents are without power after another round of storms with strong winds and rain swept through the area Monday afternoon. According to West Penn Power, the major... Read more

The South Butler County Education Association has requested that a state-appointed fact-finder take part in the contract negotiation process with the school board. The teachers union made th... Read more

The Red Cross will be moving their base of operation for those needing assistance and relief from last week’s flooding in the city of Butler. According to Dan Tobin, the Director of Marketin... Read more

Authorities have arrested one person believed to be involved in an armed robbery Saturday night in the city of Butler. According to our news partners at WPXI, the robbery occurred at the E-Z... Read more

The Butler City Fire Department battled a fire around 2 am Saturday Morning at 332 East Brady Street. According to Butler City fireman Jim Kaufman the blaze was in a vacant building and dama... Read more

The Pennsylvania State Police are currently investigating a retail theft that took place Friday night in Pine Twp. According to the police report, 49-year-old Ronda Sue Jones of Greenville,... Read more

With more rain possibly looming in our forecast, one of the topics at Thursday afternoon’s Butler City and County emergency management meeting was making sure there is not more flooding. Acc... Read more

A man from the central part of the state is facing charges following an incident at a local establishment. Butler Township Police were called to the Lyndora Hotel just after 6 p.m. July 4th... Read more