The Butler Area School District has collected some legal fee reimbursement but may need to take further legal action to get what they believe is owed. According to district solicitor Tom Kin... Read more
A Pennsylvania state school was in the national spotlight Sunday after a pop star sported a school T-shirt during a national awards show. Maroon 5’s frontman Adam Levine walked up on stage d... Read more
The Butler Area School District is making some changes to their annual commencement ceremony. District administrators notified the school board of their plans Monday night. The changes inclu... Read more
Governor Tom Wolf announced plans Monday to reduce the amount of classroom time student spend taking standardized exams. Beginning next spring, the testing time for the PSSA’s will be reduce... Read more
Donations from two families will fund an expansion project at Slippery Rock University’s Storm Harbor Equestrian Center. Gary and Anita Rathburn and Paul and Carolyn Rizza recently contribut... Read more
A traveling Vietnam memorial will stop in Butler County next week. The Butler County American Legion Riders will escort a 24-foot trailer holding the Americans Veterans Traveling Tribute, a... Read more
It’s now been one year since a new law took effect requiring all infants and children under two ride in a rear-facing car seat. Some officers may have been lenient to drivers not complying d... Read more
A portion of Route 422 in neighboring Lawrence County was closed overnight due to a fatal crash involving a pedestrian. It happened around midnight in Union Township. All lanes of Route 422... Read more
An end-of-summer mainstay in northern Butler County is back this week. The North Washington Rodeo kicks off with the annual parade Monday evening, followed by events Tuesday through Sunday.... Read more
Traffic is backed up for a couple of miles on Evans City Road (Route 68) in Connoquenessing Township Friday morning due to a crash. The accident happened just before 9 a.m. near the Butler F... Read more
