Police officers from around the country gathered in Westmoreland County Wednesday morning to pay their respects as fallen Officer Brian Shaw was laid to rest. Thousands of officers, first re... Read more
Students at a local school are once again coming together to make the holiday season a bit brighter for troops overseas. A total of 178 care packages were assembled into boxes and loaded ont... Read more
A West Virginia man was killed in a crash early Sunday morning in Butler County. Craig Cole, 29, of Moundsville lost control of his vehicle about 3:30 a.m. while traveling on Route 422 in Su... Read more
Butler Township residents will likely not see a tax hike next year. That will mark the seventh consecutive year that taxes have remained stable in the township at 11.25 mills. That means a h... Read more
The Thanksgiving holiday travel period is expected to get underway today. The Pennsylvania Turnpike is projecting three-and-a-half million cars and trucks will travel the toll road between T... Read more
The Butler Area School District has settled with its former insurance company regarding legal fees incurred over exposure to lead and copper at one of the district’s elementary schools. The... Read more
Police say a driver was confused when she traveled for several miles on Interstate 79 in Cranberry Township in the wrong direction. The incident happened just before 9 a.m. on Saturday morni... Read more
An 80-year-old woman was killed in a car crash in Lawrence County on Sunday afternoon. The crash happened just before 3 p.m. on Interstate 376 in Neshannock Township (just north of New Castl... Read more
The Butler County commissioners have appointed two new members to Butler County Community College’s board of trustees. Butler Health System CEO Ken DeFurio and former chief academic officer... Read more
The fallen New Kensington police officer had several connections to Butler County. Brian Shaw, 25, was a graduate of Slippery Rock University with a degree in criminal justice. While at SRU,... Read more