Friday Update: Seven New Cases
There were seven new COVID-19 cases for Butler County Friday. It comes with 230 negative tests, giving today’s report a three percent positivity rate. As of Wednesday morning, Butler Memoria... Read more
Arrests Made In Downtown Shooting
Two teenagers are in custody for the shooting of an 18-year-old that happened in downtown Butler earlier this week. Butler City Police arrested two teenage boys—a 15 and 16 year-old—for the... Read more
Nextier Donates To BC3 Programs
A large donation from a local bank will allow Butler County Community College to continue educational programs for students of all ages. NexTier Bank recently made a $20,000 gift through Pen... Read more
Cranberry Twp. Farmer’s Market Open Friday
Local farmers and merchants are again reaching out to the Cranberry Township community through the return of a popular family event. The Grand Reopening of the Cranberry Township Farmer’s Ma... Read more
More than 5,000 Butler County residents are still without power Friday morning after strong storms rolled through the area last night. The first severe thunderstorm hit the downtown Butler a... Read more
Mars Moves Back First Day Of School
The Mars Area School District is pushing back the first day students will be in class. At a special meeting on Thursday, the board voted to make Tuesday, September 8th the first day of schoo... Read more
There were three new cases of COVID-19 for Butler County reported by the Pennsylvania Department of Health on Thursday. There were also 120 negative test results reported, giving the most re... Read more
Police Seek People Stealing Political Signs
Police are looking for the people responsible for stealing political signs in neighboring Mercer County. According to Grove City Police, a resident in the 400 block of Liberty Street informe... Read more
Local police are asking for help with their investigation into a recent shooting in downtown Butler. According to Butler City Police, that shooting occurred just after midnight Thursday morn... Read more
Accident
We’ve had word to our news room about an accident at Lions Park Road and Benbrook Rd. involving a tractor trailer. We are unsure of the exact time of the accident, although the information... Read more