The Butler Area School District will borrow nearly $10 million to facilitate several capital projects. Several school board members pointed out the lack of a viable alternative as they voted... Read more
More water testing is needed at Butler Area School District’s Summit Township Elementary School before district administrators can begin planning to return students to the facility. The Butl... Read more
State police say it’s possible that there were multiple shooters in the Armstrong County double homicide that happened earlier this week. The bodies of 29-year-old Dawayne Klingensmith and 2... Read more
VA Butler Healthcare’s Community Living Center will be officially named after a local Vietnam veteran on Monday. The Sergeant Joseph George Kusick VA Community Living Center will be formally... Read more
Tree Will Be Cut Down By Kelly Automotive Park
A large and old tree in Butler will soon be cut down. The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Butler made the decision to cut down the tree near the entrance to Kelly Automotive Park afte... Read more
The North Country Brewing Company in Slippery Rock has issued a voluntary recall of some of its canned products. The products were packaged between July 1 and September 15. The company annou... Read more
Sprinkler Floods Commissioners Meeting Room
A malfunctioning fire sprinkler caused some problems inside the Butler County Government Center in downtown Butler over the weekend. Butler City firefighters were called to the building abou... Read more
Crews Battle Sunday Night House Fire
A home in Chicora caught fire Sunday night. Firefighters from several departments were called to the house in the 500 block of North Main Street about 8:45 p.m. Seven people lived inside the... Read more
Fuel Spill ‘Ignited Basement On Fire’
About an hour after Slippery Rock firefighters left the fire scene near Rock Falls Park on Friday morning, they were called to another house fire. This blaze started about 10:30 a.m. on Rout... Read more
Mercer Co. Man Killed In Thursday Crash
A Mercer County man was killed in a chain reaction crash Thursday morning. According to State Police in Mercer, the crash occurred on Route 62 Sharon Mercer Road in East Lackawannock Townshi... Read more