The Butler Area school board is moving ahead with a new drug policy at the district that would stipulate random drug testing for some students. The board unanimously approved the first readi... Read more
The Butler Area School District approved a budget for next school year that does not include a tax increase. The $102 million budget- which will maintain the current millage rate of 101 mill... Read more
Shots were fired Monday afternoon in the city of Butler. Police believe 36-year-old Allen Franklin of Butler fired six shots from a handgun into the air around 1 p.m. in the area of Negley A... Read more
An elderly Butler County woman died Sunday following a motor vehicle accident. Olga Kocon, 90, of Saxonburg, died at a hospital on Sunday, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’... Read more
Last week’s death of popular Olympic skier Bode Miller’s young daughter due to drowning has been a grim reminder to some people of the dangers that come with children and swimming pools. Aqu... Read more
There’s still time to sign up for the Butler Road Race this weekend. The race is Saturday, June 23 and includes two races- a 5-mile run and a 2-kilometer run and health walk. Both begin at 9... Read more
Butler County is under an Air Quality Alert. The code orange alert was issued Monday morning by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Air pollution concentrations within t... Read more
The first reading of a new drug policy at Butler Area School District is expected to take place at Monday’s school board meeting. The policy is modeled after other county public school distr... Read more
A fire badly damaged a home in Winfield Township on Sunday. The fire started about noon at a two-story house on Christmas Lane, according to the Butler County 911 Center. A couple and their... Read more
A member of the Slippery Rock University track team is going to run from San Francisco to New York City. Ellie Pearson of Elk County will participate in 4K For Cancer, which is an annual sum... Read more