No one was injured in an accident on I-79 Monday evening. The crash happened just after 7 p.m. in the northbound lane of I-79 when 79-year-old William Hewlett was trying to take the exit ram... Read more
Police are looking for a suspect who broke into a home in Center Township. State police say it happened 4 p.m. Sunday at a home in the 100 block of Pine Drive. Employees from Safeguard Prope... Read more
The Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School has confirmed its first case of COVID-19. A news release Monday states that a phone message with that information was released to the schoo... Read more
The dates on which sentences will be handed down to a local couple have been moved to next month. Stephanie and Scott Roskovski were originally scheduled to be sentenced in early October but... Read more
There were seven new COVID-19 cases reported Monday for Butler County. Today’s report comes with 98 negative tests, giving the daily update a 6.7 percent positivity rate. According to the st... Read more
Following an initial report over the weekend that Senator Pat Toomey would not run for re-election in 2022, he made it official Monday morning. “I will not be running for re-election i... Read more
One person died in a crash in Franklin Township over the weekend. State police say the one vehicle accident happened on Route 422 around 2 a.m. Saturday morning. Few details were available a... Read more
The Slippery Rock University Council of Trustees will return to meeting in person later this week. Thursday’s schedule begins with the Academic and Student Affairs Committee at 1 p.m. follow... Read more
Adults- young and old- are welcome to enjoy an evening on the water at a local park this week. Moraine State Park is holding a “Hidden River Paddle” on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the McDan... Read more
Local business people are welcome to attend a networking event to be held later this week. The Butler County Young Professionals and Butler County Manufacturing Consortium May Mixer will tak... Read more
There were 25 new cases COVID-19 and two additional deaths for Butler County over the past two days. That now brings the death toll to 417 according to the Department of Health. As of Friday... Read more
PennDOT is working on a stretch of road that could impact commuters in Butler Township. Now through Thursday, patching work will be taking place on Route 68 Evans City Road each day from 6 a... Read more
The public can offer their feedback on the possible merger of six state universities next week. A virtual hearing is scheduled for next Wednesday and Thursday on the state’s plan to integrat... Read more