Work on the 2018 Butler City budget continues but it will include at least a small measure of relief for taxpayers. Director of Accounts and Finance Councilman Mike Walter announced during T... Read more
Butler City Council is expected to approve a contract with a new garbage collector. Waste Management submitted a lower bid for garbage and recyclable collection than the city’s current contr... Read more
A Slippery Rock University student is facing drug charges after police say he walked onto a road and into the side of a car. Daniel James Harper, 19, of Pittsburgh is facing drug possession,... Read more
No one was injured in a rollover crash in Butler Township on Monday afternoon. The crash happened about 3:15 p.m. on Route 422 westbound just before the Lyndora exit and only involved one ve... Read more
Local officials met with PennDOT representatives on Monday to discuss future projects that are needed but not yet funded. Among those projects is paving a 3.5-mile portion of Route 68 that p... Read more
A man was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital early Tuesday following a crash just east of the Butler County line in Armstrong. The crash between a tractor trailer and a car happened about 5:45 a... Read more
Nearly 600 Butler County children have learned how to prevent a house fire or how to respond in the event of one through a program coordinated by Butler County Community College. The trainin... Read more
The teen who allegedly went on a stabbing spree at a Westmoreland County High School pleaded guilty today. Alex Hribal, now 20, was 16 years old when he used two eight-inch kitchen knives to... Read more
Gas prices in western Pennsylvania only dropped a penny this week. The average price in the region is $2.72 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. In Butler, prices ar... Read more
A Concord Township road has reopened following a bridge replacement. PennDOT says Hooker Road reopened Friday afternoon after the bridge over Bear Creek was replaced. The road had been close... Read more
