The Butler A.M. Rotary has started a campaign to renovate the playground at Butler Memorial Park. The ‘Save The Playground’ campaign has hopes of raising $100,000 to facilitate a two-year [... Read more
Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives have voted overwhelmingly to pass a $32 billion state budget for the next fiscal year. The budget’s key elements are no new taxes [... Read more
Former Butler Mayor Dick Schontz has died. Schontz was born in Butler and retired from Butler Armco as a foreman. He served as mayor from 1986 to 1990, and then […] Read more
The Butler County Community College board of trustees has approved a budget for next fiscal year that includes a slight tuition increase. Starting July 1, tuition will increase $5 to [... Read more
A Butler County man is among 28 people charged with drug trafficking in connection with a Pittsburgh street gang. Raymond Chrzanowski, 50, of Zelienople was named in the second of […] Read more
Officials say construction on a new multi-million-dollar cancer center in Butler is on target. The final steel beam completing the structural framework of the Allegheny Health Network Cancer... Read more
A motorcyclist was hospitalized after a crash with an SUV Tuesday in Penn Township. The accident happened about 2 p.m. on Route 8 in front of Diehl Automotive and involved […] Read more
There have been numerous bear sightings around Butler County in recent days. Chip Brunst, information education supervisor for the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Northwest Region, says bears... Read more
Several Butler County students will receive scholarship money from Central Electric Cooperative. The 2018 Good Neighbor Scholarship winners were chosen based on students’ volunteer work in t... Read more
The Butler School District is using the summer to make additional security updates to its Intermediate and Senior High School buildings. Superintendent Brian White says new fencing will esse... Read more