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Former Butler Mayor Dies

Posted By: Kayla Molczanon: June 21, 2018In: Featured News

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

BC3 Budget Includes Slight Tuition Hike

Posted By: Kayla Molczanon: June 21, 2018In: Featured News

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

Butler Patient Signs Final Beam For New Local Cancer Center

Posted By: Kayla Molczanon: June 20, 2018In: Featured News

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

Bears In Butler: Game Commission Official Tells Residents To ‘Bear-Proof’ Their Homes

Posted By: Kayla Molczanon: June 20, 2018In: Featured News

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

Security Updates Underway At Butler High Buildings

Posted By: Kayla Molczanon: June 20, 2018In: Featured News

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

BASD Launches New Site

Posted By: Kayla Molczanon: June 20, 2018In: Featured News

The Butler Area School District is launching a new website on Wednesday. The web address is the same, www.basdk12.org, but the district says visitors to the site will find it […] Read more

Some Pa. State Police Wearing Body Cameras

Posted By: Kayla Molczanon: June 20, 2018In: Featured News

The Pennsylvania State Police says some troopers are now wearing body cameras in a pilot program that will last through the end of the year. Troopers in Troop B in […] Read more

Man Dies After Swimming Pool Accident At Mercer County Hotel

Posted By: Bob Cuppon: December 02, 2019In: News

A man from New York died over the weekend after diving into a swimming pool at a Mercer County hotel. State police say they were called to a hotel on […] Read more

Cyber Monday Sales Expected To Soar

Posted By: Bob Cuppon: December 02, 2019In: News

Millions of Americans will be scouring websites today during the annual online shopping holiday known as Cyber Monday. Experts believe Americans will make $9.4 billion in purchases this Mond... Read more

Grove City Police Investigating Attempted Break-In

Posted By: Bob Cuppon: December 02, 2019In: News

The Grove City Police are investigating an attempted break in at a South Broad Street business that occurred last week. Authorities say that sometime during the overnight hours last Monday [... Read more

State Game Commission Releases Early Bear Season Statistics

Posted By: Henry Ibinsonon: December 01, 2019In: News

Pennsylvania hunters have harvested nearly 1,500 bears through the first three days of bear season. The state game commission says that’s a decrease of about 300 bears compared to the [... Read more

YMCA to Celebrate “Giving Tuesday”

Posted By: Henry Ibinsonon: December 01, 2019In: News

Local residents are invited out to the YMCA in downtown Butler this week for a daylong celebration. On Tuesday (December 3rd) the YMCA on North Washington Street will welcome residents [... Read more

Annual Red Ribbon Monologues to be Held at SRU

Posted By: Henry Ibinsonon: December 01, 2019In: News

Today is World AIDS day and a Slippery Rock University group is holding an informational program tomorrow to mark the occasion. SRU’s Office for Inclusive Excellence will hold the 9th annual... Read more