Freshmen applications are up at Slippery Rock University. School officials say the roughly 3 percent increase in applications for SRU’s summer and fall 2016 terms over the previous year is l... Read more
Now is the time to pick up any artwork you may have left at the Butler Art Center or it will become part of an upcoming auction. The Associated Artists of Butler County will hold an auction... Read more
The defamation case against former Butler County Commissioner Jim Eckstein is expected to head to trial Wednesday. Eckstein is being sued in two separate lawsuits but they are being tried at... Read more
About 2,000 Central Electric Cooperative customers in the Saxonburg area experienced power outages Tuesday night. CEC officials say about 9 p.m., the Saxonburg substation experienced a power... Read more
Firefighters are battling a vehicle fire early Wednesday morning that is threatening a structure. Crews were called to the 800 block of Bonniebrook Road in Summit Township (near Steve Kirk T... Read more
Gas prices in the area are up nine cents. According to AAA, the average price for a gallon of regular, unleaded, self-serve is $2.28 a gallon. In Butler County, the average price is a cent h... Read more
Students at Mars Area Primary Center collected nearly 10,000 diapers as part of the school’s ‘Stuff The Bus’ diaper drive to benefit local families in need. Diapers were collected last week... Read more
A Spring Job Fair will be held Wednesday in Butler. The fair runs from 9:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Butler Days Inn on Route 8 in Butler Township. Over 50 employers are expected to be in at... Read more
The Butler Area School District will be providing AK Steel with a partial refund of real estate taxes due to a recent court decision. Officials say $30,000 will be withdrawn from the distric... Read more
The Butler Area School District is purchasing new elementary math and social studies textbooks for their secondary schools. The school board approved spending nearly $900,000 on the new book... Read more
