A young staffer for a new state Senator died in a car crash Friday. Brian Swatt, 21, of Lackawanna County was killed in a crash in East Franklin Township, Armstrong County, near the intersec... Read more
A local bank is expanding into another community. NexTier Bank will open a full service branch location today in Ford City. A ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday morning will kick-off a week-long... Read more
The top administrator of the Butler School District is recommending a reorganization plan that would close the Butler Middle School at some point in the future. Superintendent Dr. Brian Whit... Read more
No children were seriously injured when an SUV allegedly sideswiped a school bus Friday in Oakland Township. The crash happened around noon on Chicora Road (Route 68), near Grant Avenue Exte... Read more
The next time you’re on Main Street in Butler- you might notice something new. Local artists recently came together to turn a vacant space on Main into a pop-up art gallery. Outside of the s... Read more
The Cranberry Township Community Chest has announced the 2020 Project of the Year will be improvements to the Rotary Amphitheatre in Community Park. All of the project’s details have not yet... Read more
A local dentist is once again teaming up with a non-profit organization to provide free services at an event planned for this weekend. The sixth year of Keelan Dental’s “Dentistry From the H... Read more
It was a beautiful evening on Thursday when 495 Butler High School graduates closed one chapter, and began another. The school’s 129th commencement ceremony took place outside at Art Bernard... Read more
Several streets in downtown Butler- including Main Street- will be closed on Friday night as the annual Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival begins. Hundreds of jeeps are expected to drive into dow... Read more
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has appointed a new member to the Slippery Rock University council of trustees. Dylan Colcombe has been sworn-in and is participating in his first council of t... Read more