Butler City Council has finalized a new version of the 2018 budget that includes a tax adjustment and a wage freeze for most city employees. This new budget, with equal revenues and expenses... Read more
The South Butler teachers’ union has voted to authorize its leaders to call for a strike if negotiators are unable to reach a contract agreement with the school district. An exact strike dat... Read more
One Butler County public school district has teamed with Westinghouse Electric Company to mentor students with autism. The Seneca Valley School District will hold several after-school meetin... Read more
Pennsylvania’s House and Senate Republican leaders have submitted a new Congressional district map to the governor. The map was drawn over two days by House Speaker Mike Turzai and Senate Pr... Read more
A convicted bank robber from Slippery Rock who escaped from federal custody will spend another year in prison as a result. In 2016, 43-year-old Walter Tribble was in the middle of a three-ye... Read more
The Mars Area School Board is considering a couple options when it comes to making major improvements to the district’s Middle School. The board recently reviewed a report that detailed more... Read more
The Seneca Valley School Board will vote tonight on a proposal to rename the middle school after a graduate who was killed while fighting overseas. Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Gloyer was only 34 yea... Read more
Some residents in Butler County looked out the window early Monday and saw nothing- no rain, no snow and no problems on their local roads. For others, however, that wasn’t the case. A narrow... Read more
Slippery Rock University has further narrowed the list of candidates to be the next president of the school from 10 down to five. Those five candidates will visit the campus next week for pu... Read more
There is one athlete from western Pennsylvania that is competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. John-Henry Krueger, 22, grew up in Allegheny County skating at rinks across the r... Read more
