A Butler County nurse has been charged after she allegedly wrote prescriptions for herself. The state Attorney General’s Office has charged 56-year-old Mary Ann Knechtel of Penn Township wit... Read more
An investigation into cheating at the Pennsylvania State Police Academy has effectively forced out 29 cadets. State Police Commissioner Tyree Blocker addressed the scandal before the Senate... Read more
What are the people of Pennsylvania most concerned about? According to a recent Franklin & Marshall College poll, almost half of Pennsylvania voters think the government and politicians... Read more
A local school is holding an event to benefit a good cause. The Mars Area Middle School will hold their annual Pasta for Pennies fundraiser Friday. Students will be collecting spare change a... Read more
The curtain opens on a local all-school musical this weekend. The Seneca Valley School District is staging Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Intermediate High School Audito... Read more
Butler Meals on Wheels is looking for volunteers. The program has been operational in the Butler area for 45 years and is based out of St. Peter’s Anglican Church in downtown Butler. Volunte... Read more
Slippery Rock University unveiled their revised strategic plan. SRU President Cheryl Norton discussed how the plan uses input from the community in order to map out future priorities and act... Read more
Officials have not yet determined what killed an Emlenton 21-year-old in Pittsburgh. Chase Longo was pronounced dead Sunday morning at an Oakland home. Longo was a student at the University... Read more
Local residents have a better idea of what PennDOT is planning for a busy section of Route 228 after a public hearing Wednesday night. PennDOT representatives were on hand at the Middlesex M... Read more
(6 a.m.) About 130 Butler County residents are without power early Thursday. A downed tree near Crisswell Road in Butler Township is causing about 100 outages. A downed tree on Woodland Road... Read more
