Slippery Rock University is debunking rumors that sex traffickers have been attempting to enter off-campus apartments. In an email to students and university staff Wednesday night, the schoo... Read more
The Butler Township Police are utilizing a new piece of equipment to help address roads with speeding problems. Officers provided a report to the Butler Township commissioners during a meeti... Read more
Synthetic drugs- which have sickened staffers at state prisons and county jails in Pennsylvania- have resulted in major changes to keep them from being smuggled in. The biggest change– annou... Read more
One more hot day is in store before forecasters with the National Weather Service say temperatures will start to decline. Temperatures on Wednesday are expected to again rise into the 90s. O... Read more
For the second day in a row, the Butler Area School District will dismiss students two hours early on Wednesday due to the high temperatures. All students in all district schools are affecte... Read more
Police do not suspect foul play after a body was found Tuesday inside an apartment near Slippery Rock University’s campus in Butler County. Slippery Rock Borough Police Chief Terry Fedokovit... Read more
Pipes were flushed and water fixtures changed over the long weekend inside Karns City School District buildings after elevated levels of lead and copper were found in the district’s water. I... Read more
September is Suicide Awareness Month and a local group is shedding a sobering light on the number of veterans who commit suicide. Volunteers have planted 660 American flags in the grass outs... Read more
The motive for this weekend’s shooting at a bar in Chicora remains unclear. According to court documents, it was about 1:45 a.m. on Sunday when someone called 911 to report a shooting had oc... Read more
More workers have gotten sick at area prisons. The Allegheny County Jail was put on lockdown on Sunday after 11 employees were sickened by an unknown odor or substance. The nine corrections... Read more