Slippery Rock University has issued a Campus Safety Alert following an incident that occurred over the weekend. A sexual assault is alleged to have happened on Saturday evening behind Ginger... Read more
A Special Election has been scheduled to fill the seat vacated by State Rep. Brian Ellis’s resignation earlier this week. The election to fill the state’s 11th Legislative District seat will... Read more
The man found shot to death in Oakland Township Wednesday morning has been identified. Our news partners at WPXI-TV are reporting that the victim is 23-year-old Maximilian Halterman. Authori... Read more
Cleanup continues at Butler Township’s Preston Park following a very difficult several months of weather-related damage. Even before the November ice storm that damaged many trees around the... Read more
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is in the middle of a five-year effort to assess the effects of tick-borne illnesses in the state- including Lyme Disease. The surveil... Read more
The public hearing to discuss plans by Sheetz to sell alcohol at another one of its stores in Butler Township has been delayed. Officials with the gas station and convenience store were unab... Read more
A three-person board has decided to allow a group home for female veterans to operate on East Pearl Street in the city of Butler. Two conditions were placed on the decision including an eigh... Read more
A controlled grassland fire is planned for Tuesday for Pennsylvania Game Lands in Butler County. Weather permitting, the burn will take place on State Game Lands 95, which is in the area of... Read more
A woman was flown by medical helicopter to a hospital in Pittsburgh on Monday afternoon after driving her car off Route 8 in northern Butler County. The wreck happened just before 3 p.m. nea... Read more
Pennsylvania State Representative Brian Ellis has resigned, effective immediately. Ellis- of Butler- who represented the state’s 11th House district- submitted a letter of resignation to the... Read more