For the first time in four years, Butler City Council will not need to raise taxes in order to achieve a balanced budget for next year. Property taxes are expected to decrease in 2018 by 1 m... Read more

One person was hurt in a crash Wednesday afternoon at a busy intersection in Butler Township. According to Butler Township Police, 53-year-old Tracy Tucci of Butler was traveling westbound o... Read more

A local man is facing charges following a robbery in the city of Butler. Christian Snyder, 57, of Butler is accused of walking into the A-Plus convenience store on West Jefferson Street late... Read more

We still don’t know how much damage was done when a broken sprinkler head flooded a portion of the Butler County Government Center over the weekend. At a meeting Wednesday, Director of Facil... Read more

Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas will be at Slippery Rock University on Thursday. SRU students were polled earlier this semester on potential campus speakers and they selected Douglas as... Read more

Pennsylvania’s Republican House Speaker Mike Turzai will run for governor. 58-year-old Turzai told the Associated Press on Tuesday that he will seek the Republican nomination in May’s primar... Read more

The Butler Transit Authority has begun to enter into park and ride agreements in anticipation of starting a service to Pittsburgh. According to Executive Director John Paul, verbal agreement... Read more

Butler City Council is expected to postpone advertising to fill the position of fire chief until the new city administration takes offices in January. At Tuesday night’s Butler City Council... Read more

A Butler County man is accused of dragging an off-duty police officer with his car. Lee Rapsinski, 20, of Penn Township is in the Butler County Prison on $50,000 bail on felony assault and o... Read more