Butler Township Police are looking for a male who smashed four mailboxes with a shovel- apparently at random. The incidents happened about 4 a.m. Sunday on both Holland Drive- which is in Du... Read more
Officials will consider a special request to operate a group home for female veterans in a residential area of Butler. Robinwood Development would like to operate the transitional home at 40... Read more
Butler County got snow on Sunday, just not as much as was originally expected. A Winter Weather Advisory went into effect in the county at 11 a.m. Sunday with initial expectations of 2 to 6... Read more
A longtime professor at Slippery Rock University has passed away. Dr. Walter Powell taught political science at SRU for 44 years, serving for a time as department chair and for many years as... Read more
A new report from Pennsylvania’s Auditor General seeks to shed light on the rising cost of prescription drugs. The report outlines how manufacturers’ rebates don’t amount to savings for cons... Read more
The Butler boys’ basketball team fell to Mt. Lebanon on Saturday in the WPIAL 6A championship game. The Golden Tornado lost by five points in the game held at the Petersen Events Center in P... Read more
Butler City Council is exploring alternatives to the current arrangement of how those big banners are hung across North Main Street Hill. Mayor Ben Smith explained during a council meeting T... Read more
One current Butler City Council member intends to run for re-election, while another will not. City councilmen Mike Walter and Corey Roche are nearing the end of their first terms on after b... Read more
Local law enforcement apprehended a juvenile that escaped from custody on Thursday in the City of Butler. The teenage male was a detainee of a youth treatment facility when he got away from... Read more
West Penn Power is still working to restore service to about 100 Butler County residents. Early Friday, about 80 Middlesex Township residents were in the dark; along with about 25 residents... Read more

