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 $113 pe... Read more
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
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
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
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 easier to navig... Read more
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 Uniontown, Troop J in Avon... Read more
Two people were killed in an accident Tuesday morning in Butler Township. Crews were called to the intersection of South Benbrook Road and Greenwood Drive at 7:30 a.m. and found both vehicle... Read more
The Carnegie Science Center is asking the public for help as they begin a campaign to refurbish their miniature railroad and village. The 100th Anniversary campaign to support upkeep of the... Read more
Just before 11 PM this past Thursday, 27-year old Bowen Bly of Chicora crashed his 2005 Dodge Dakota on Chicora Road in Oakland Township. When state troopers arrived on the scene, it was de... Read more
This past Thursday, February 27 at around 5 PM, 19-year old Lucas Laughner crashed his 2007 Chevy cobalt on Saxonburg road. Laughner was driving too fast for road conditions, when he lost c... Read more
Of course there’s a scientific reason why February 29th appears on the calendar every four years. It has to do with the earth’s rotation around the sun. We’re taught that it takes 365 days f... Read more
A group of local high school students are being honored for using problem-solving, creative, and strategic-thinking abilities to solve a real-world problem. A team of students from the Senec... Read more
It’s the first Friday in Lent—which means it’s time for fish fries. It’s a tradition that is quite popular in the area and around Pittsburgh. The 9th annual Zelienople Fish Fry benefit will... Read more