Governor Tom Wolf says the state has increased the number of tests that are being performed. “We’ve increased our testing capacity from just over 50,000 in the last week of April... Read more
The Pennsylvania State House of Representatives has passed a temporary budget that would provide funding for the next five months. House Bill 2387 does include some 12 month appropriations i... Read more
While the Diocese of Pittsburgh announced they will soon be allowing attendance at Masses, the Butler Area Catholic Churches will be holding off for a while. According to a release, the chur... Read more
The City of Butler is making a few adjustments to rules about park activities based on the latest recommendations from the Pennsylvania Recreation and Parks Society. The first change is that... Read more
Even with an expected shortfall in revenue due to COVID-19 circumstances, the Mars Area School Board will not raise taxes in order to meet their 2020-21 school year budget. Next year’s gener... Read more
A McKees Rocks man is in the Butler County Prison facing attempted homicide charges after an assault over the weekend in Jackson Township. It happened just before 6 p.m. Saturday according t... Read more
No new cases of COVID-19 were announced for Butler County today, keeping the case count total at 220. Overall the department of health reported less than 500 new cases statewide. The death t... Read more
The Pittsburgh Zoo is officially reopening to the public. The beginning of March marked the first day the public could visit the zoo since early December. Currently, there is a limited capac... Read more
Butler County Community College is celebrating the success of two students who were named to the All-Pennsylvania Academic team. Jaysa Ditty, of Kittanning, and Sydni Smith, of Cranberry Tow... Read more
Those interested in connecting with Slippery Rock University have a new opportunity to do so through a recently released podcast. According to the university’s website, the first “Hello SRU”... Read more
The Butler City Police have introduced officer body cameras beginning last week. According to Chief Bob O’Neill, two cameras have been received from AXON as part of a trial run while he cont... Read more
The Butler County Sheriff is warning of another scam circulating the area. Mike Slupe says that his department has been made aware that scammers are using the Sheriff’s fax number to spoof c... Read more
There were 59 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death for Butler County over the weekend. That now brings the death toll to 369 for the county. Statewide hospitalizations continued th... Read more