A Butler County man is accused of trying to run his estranged wife off the road. State Police arrested 47-year-old Gregory Beer of Center Township on Wednesday after the alleged altercation... Read more
After months of planning, the county commissioners have created the Butler County Infrastructure Bank to help municipalities finance projects. “I’m glad to see this come to fruition,” Commis... Read more
Butler City Council Adopts Budget With Tax Cut
For the first time in four years, Butler City Council will not need to raise taxes in order to achieve a balanced budget for next year. Property taxes are expected to decrease in 2018 by 1 m... Read more
We still don’t know how much damage was done when a broken sprinkler head flooded a portion of the Butler County Government Center over the weekend. At a meeting Wednesday, Director of Facil... Read more
Olympian To Speak At SRU
Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas will be at Slippery Rock University on Thursday. SRU students were polled earlier this semester on potential campus speakers and they selected Douglas as... Read more
Pennsylvania House Speaker To Run For Governor
Pennsylvania’s Republican House Speaker Mike Turzai will run for governor. 58-year-old Turzai told the Associated Press on Tuesday that he will seek the Republican nomination in May’s primar... Read more
Mayor-Elect Asks Council To Hold On Off Taking Action With Open Fire Chief Position
Butler City Council is expected to postpone advertising to fill the position of fire chief until the new city administration takes offices in January. At Tuesday night’s Butler City Council... Read more
A Butler County man is accused of dragging an off-duty police officer with his car. Lee Rapsinski, 20, of Penn Township is in the Butler County Prison on $50,000 bail on felony assault and o... Read more
Woman Charged With Arson In Kittanning Fire
A Kittanning woman is in jail on charges she intentionally set a house on fire. Rebicca McElroy, 32, is in the Armstrong County Jail. The fire started Saturday afternoon at a home on Hard Ta... Read more
Winter road maintenance will look a little more “colorful” this year. PennDOT got local students involved in their first-ever “Paint The Plow” contest where student artists literally decorat... Read more