Butler Adding More Act 80 Days
The Butler Area School District is changing the school calendar so that three previously normal school days will now become ACT 80 days to allow more time for grading and teacher preparation... Read more
Weekend Backpack Program Receives Grant
The Butler Area School District has received a grant to help support the Kids Weekend Backpack Program. The district recently applied for and received a $20,000 grant from the national No Hu... Read more
COVID Alert PA App Over 320,000 Downloads
State health officials are encouraging residents to download the COVID-19 Alert app. So far, over 322,000 people have downloaded the app that lets you know that you may have been exposed to... Read more
A divided U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that will allow ballots to be counted as late as November 6th. Meanwhile, Governor Tom Wolf was hoping to reach an... Read more
Butler Health System Moving COVID Testing Site
The Butler Health System will be moving their COVID-19 testing site. Effective Monday, October 26th, the testing site currently located in a tent at the Brady Street parking lot of the Butle... Read more
State police are investigating a case of fraud that left a man out tens of thousands of dollars. The incident was reported to police over the weekend. Police say an unnamed 67-year-old man f... Read more
Butler City Police responded to a call for an alleged domestic incident at a home earlier this morning in the South Hills area of Butler. It happened just after 9 a.m. in the 100 block of Ea... Read more
There were five cases of COVID-19 for Butler County on Monday. That comes after 48 positive cases were announced by the state Department of Health over the weekend. There was also an additio... Read more
The South Butler School District community is mourning the loss of a high school student who died over the weekend. Robert Kotchey died in an accident over the weekend. The details surroundi... Read more
Crews Put Out Early Morning Vehicle Fire
Multiple fire departments were needed early Monday morning to help put out a vehicle fire. Dispatchers made the call around 6:45 a.m. for a West Penn Power vehicle that caught on fire on New... Read more