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Multiple People Injured In Route 8 North Accident

Posted By: Tyler Frielon: June 17, 2020In: Featured News

Multiple people were seriously injured as a result of a collision between a truck and a motorcycle on Route 8 North Tuesday afternoon. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center around... Read more

Butler Woman Arrested For Fatal Stabbing

Posted By: Tyler Frielon: June 16, 2020In: Featured News

A Butler woman is behind bars after she allegedly stabbed and killed her boyfriend over the weekend. Police say 31-year-old Shaina Grush is facing homicide charges for the death of 43-year-o... Read more

Butler Health System Makes Staff Cuts

Posted By: Tracey Morganon: June 16, 2020In: Featured News

Butler Health System is making staffing cuts as a result of financial stress caused by the coronavirus pandemic. A news release from the health care provider Monday afternoon says that 57 em... Read more

Butler Approves Reopening Plan For Schools

Posted By: Tyler Frielon: June 16, 2020In: Featured News

The Butler Area School District now has a reopening health and safety plan in place but administrators expect changes to continue to be made through the summer months. Superintendent Dr. Bri... Read more

Water Line Break Causes Downtown Disruptions

Posted By: Tyler Frielon: June 16, 2020In: Featured News

A major water line break caused problems on North Main Street in Butler around 7:30 last evening. The break, which resulted in a large geyser of water shooting up into the air, occurred in t... Read more

Accident Leaves 1 Injured

Posted By: Tracey Morganon: June 16, 2020In: Featured News

A motorcyclist was seriously injured Monday afternoon on Interstate 79 near Slippery Rock. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center shortly before 5:30 p.m. for a motorcyclist laying... Read more

Body Of Missing New Castle Man Found; Two In Custody

Posted By: Tyler Frielon: June 16, 2020In: Featured News

The body of a missing New Castle man was found last night. Our news partners at WPXI report that a police officer found the body of 19-year-old Amari Wise beside a creek in Shenango Township... Read more

Rep. Thompson Introduces Bill To Bring Back Whole Milk To Schools

Posted By: Tyler Frielon: March 16, 2021In: News

Local Congressman Glenn “G.T.” Thompson is making a push to bring back whole milk to cafeterias. Thompson says a federal policy requiring schools to serve skim or one percent milk may be cos... Read more

Cranberry Twp. Named Banner Community

Posted By: Tyler Frielon: March 16, 2021In: News

Cranberry Township is once again celebrating being named a banner community. The award is given by Allegheny County and the Allegheny League of Municipalities. This is the ninth consecutive... Read more

Gas Prices Inch Upward

Posted By: Tyler Frielon: March 16, 2021In: News

Gas prices are continuing to inch higher locally as well as across western Pennsylvania as a whole this week. According to AAA’s weekly gas price report, the average price for a gallon regul... Read more

Butler Twp. Commissioners Approve Lot Consolidation At Highfield

Posted By: Tyler Frielon: March 16, 2021In: News

The Butler Township Commissioners have approved one part of a property realignment proposal in the Highfield area but will wait before considering the main development portion of the plan. A... Read more

Monday Update: 11 New Cases

Posted By: Tyler Frielon: March 15, 2021In: News

There were 11 new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths for Butler County Monday. That comes after a weekend of 93 new cases. That brings the running total number of cases to 14,445 in... Read more

Unemployment Rate In PA Slightly Rises In January

Posted By: Tyler Frielon: March 15, 2021In: News

Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate rose in the month of January. The state released the figures late last week, which showed the rate at 7.3 percent—which is up two-tenths a percentage since D... Read more