There are hundreds of linemen working in Butler County Monday to restore power to West Penn Power customers. “We’re fully engaged today,” West Penn’s Todd Meyers said in an interview late Mo... Read more
CEC Update: Monday’s Plan Is To Restore Power To Areas With Most Outages First
Officials at Central Electric Cooperative say Monday’s plan is to get power restored to the areas that are seeing the largest outages. “The game plan is just to continue to try to restore ou... Read more
One Week Out From Pa. Deer Season
The state game commission says Pennsylvania’s coming firearms deer season looks as promising as ever. Hundreds of thousands of hunters are expected to take to the woods a week from today- on... Read more
A Slippery Rock man is facing several charges following a bizarre burglary and attempted home invasion over the weekend. State Police say Dustin Miller, 26, broke into a vehicle and then tri... Read more
Six people were displaced after a weekend fire in Washington Township, Butler County. North Washington Volunteer Fire Department Chief Bruce Confer said the fire was caused by a fireplace in... Read more
Residents Take To Warming Shelters
Some people spent time this weekend at one of the several warming shelters open throughout the county as residents still deal with the power outages. The Red Cross opened an overnight shelte... Read more
Linemen have come from other states- and other parts of Pennsylvania- to help restore power to Butler County residents. Close to 500 linemen are now here helping, according to West Penn Powe... Read more
Schools Close Due To Lingering Outages
The continuing power outages are causing some issues at local schools. The Butler and Moniteau school districts are closed on Monday. Karns City and South Butler districts are operating on a... Read more
Thousands Still Without Power
Several thousand residents in Butler County are still without power following the winter storm last Thursday. West Penn Power was still reporting over 3,000 outages in the county on Monday a... Read more
CEC Releases Update
Central Electric Cooperative is continuing to restore power to approximately 10,000 customers who were without service as of Sunday morning. Officials say that six outside crews from other P... Read more