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
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
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
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
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
Warming centers continue to operate this weekend as residents throughout the county are without power. A current list of warming centers with overnight coverage include: The Butler Middle S... Read more
There are still more than 20,000 West Penn Power customers without power on Suday. “It’s hard to follow the bouncing ball exactly, because we still are getting new outages. Trees are continu... Read more
Western Pennsylvania is not immune to winter storms. Why was Thursday’s event different than others? “Our meteorologist described it as ‘death by a million cuts.’ If this type of storm would... Read more
More than 8,000 Central Electric Cooperative customers in Butler County are still in the dark. That’s more than 85 percent of all of their customers in Butler. CEC’s Ken Maleski says power a... Read more