A Butler Area School District elementary teacher has won a state award for making a difference in the lives of students. Second grade McQuistion Elementary teacher Patricia Johnson has recei... Read more
If you would like to participate in local government, Butler City Council is continuing to accept letters of interests from residents interested in serving on an authority. There is an open... Read more
It’s a scenario we’ve experienced several times since the start of 2018: wake up, see snow and hear about school delays and cancellations. Light snow started falling late Monday afternoon an... Read more
It’s a scenario we’ve experienced several times since the start of 2018: wake up, see snow and hear about school delays. Light snow started falling late Monday afternoon and it continued to... Read more
A local state lawmaker has joined with 26 other government officials to ask the governor why the state has changed the wording on birth certificates. Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, who leads the 12th... Read more
Butler County Community College is launching an initiative to educate the community and help combat the opioid addiction. The new initiative is called “Reset Your Brain” and will include a f... Read more
Butler City Council Talks Finances
Butler City Council is considering amending the 2018 budget and re-raising a tax that was supposed to be decreasing this year. Council voted in December to adopt a budget that reduced the ci... Read more
Nation Honors Martin Luther King Jr.
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which means many places are closed. Local government offices, including the Butler County Government Center, Butler Courthouse and district courts are cl... Read more
More snow is expected today after Butler County residents got their fill of winter weather over the weekend. The latest winter storm hit our area on Friday and with it came flooding, then fr... Read more
Water rescue crews went house-to-house in Renfrew Friday morning checking to make sure residents were OK due to widespread flooding. “These people can teach us a few things about being in fl... Read more