The state’s top auditor is taking steps that he believes will improve voting security in Pennsylvania before the 2020 election. Auditor General Eugene DePasquale says this all stems from a r... Read more
More homes, townhouses and apartments were built in Butler County in the last seven years than anywhere else in the state. According to recently released figures by the U.S. Census Bureau, B... Read more
The Butler Area School District could begin random drug testing of a large number of students as early as this fall. School board members and administrators discussed implementing a Substanc... Read more
The Butler Area School District could be the first district in the county to create a Municipal School Police Force. By unanimous vote by school board members during a meeting on Monday nigh... Read more
The opioid addiction crisis in Pennsylvania has forced more people to seek treatment, which has also led to more treatment scams popping up. Officials say scammers are targeting Pennsylvania... Read more
Thousands of both Butler County residents and visitors took part in the annual Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival this weekend. More than 2,300 Jeeps registered for the event, with activities tak... Read more
Slippery Rock University is asking for approval from the state system of higher education to offer four new degree programs. The degrees are in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, cyb... Read more
A car crashed into a Butler Township restaurant over the weekend. According to Butler Township Police, Joshua Space, 25, of Butler, was driving a Chevy Cobalt north along Route 8 (Pittsburgh... Read more
An early Monday morning crash in Prospect injured one person and backed up rush-hour traffic. Chief of the Prospect Volunteer Fire Department Ken Wilson said the crash between a car and a tr... Read more
Sunday marks the final day of the 2018 Bantam Jeep Festival, which continues at Cooper’s Lake Campground in Slippery Rock. The three day event began on Friday with The Jeep Invasion on Main... Read more