Nearly 200 residents and businesses in Butler Township are without power early Thursday. It’s unknown what caused the outage. West Penn Power says crews are on scene. The Butler County Commu... Read more
Portersville Christian School Presents Play
A local school is staging a theatrical presentation beginning this evening. Portersville Christian School will present Neil Simon’s ‘Fools A Comic Fable’ on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at... Read more
South Butler Hires Principal
South Butler has chosen a new principal for their Primary School. The South Butler School Board approved the hiring of Gregory Mandalas Wednesday night. Mandalas will make a salary of $93,00... Read more
Protests In Pa. Cities Over Trump Victory
Protestors took to the streets in cities around the United States Wednesday night in the wake of Donald Trump’s election to the presidency. Pennsylvania was no exception. About 1,000 marched... Read more
Autopsy Planned For Inmate Who Died At Prison
An inmate at the Butler County Prison died earlier this week despite rescue efforts of staff. Warden Joe DeMore told our newsroom…“They were calling him out of his cell for some programming.... Read more
Officials Warn Of Jury Duty Scam Sweeping Area
The U.S. Marshals Service is warning the public about a scam involving penalties for missed jury duty. This scam begins with a caller claiming to be with the US Marshals, court officers, or... Read more
Planned Outage At BASA Plant
A planned power outage later this week at the Butler Area Sewer Authority Sewage Treatment Plant could affect customers. According to the sewer authority, West Penn Power needs to replace el... Read more
A local man has been charged with stealing from an ambulance in downtown Butler. According to a criminal complaint, Butler City Police responded to a Butler Ambulance Service vehicle in the... Read more
Local Company To Demo All-Terrain Wheelchair
As part of Slippery Rock University’s efforts this month to recognize students burdened with disabilities, a demonstration of an all-terrain wheelchair will be held today. The chair is built... Read more
Pennsylvanians Helped Push Trump To White House
Donald Trump won nearly every battleground state in the country, including Pennsylvania. It wasn’t until just before 2 a.m. Wednesday that it was declared Trump won our state and the 20 elec... Read more