New reforms to Pennsylvania’s child abuse laws were officially signed into legislation this week. Governor Tom Wolf signed the bill into legislation at Muhlenberg High School in Reading, whi... Read more
Today is expected to be the busiest travel day of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. With heavy traffic expected, PennDOT has tools available to see regional, up to the minute color coded map... Read more
Today is the first Flexible Instructional Day for students and staff in the Butler Area School District. Students have received a take home kit of work required to be completed in order to g... Read more
The Moniteau School District has officially hired a new superintendent. The school board unanimously approved Tom Samosky as the district’s superintendent. Samosky comes from Trinity School... Read more
Judges and lawmakers across the state will be receiving a pay raise in 2020. Salaries will increase by 1.9 percent—which is tied to a state law that bases salaries changes on the consumer pr... Read more
A Butler County native will be the new leader of the Pittsburgh Festival Opera. The city’s resident summer company named Knoch graduate Marianne Cornetti as its new artistic director. Cornet... Read more
Gas prices have soared in Butler over the past week thanks to a variety of reasons according to AAA. The average price for a gallon of unleaded self-serve in Butler is $2.80. That’s up 16 ce... Read more
The minimum wage in Pennsylvania is set to increase over the next few years. A bill passed by the state senate would eventually make the new minimum wage $9.50 per hour—but that rate wouldn’... Read more
The VA is warning veterans about a nationwide phone scam. Callers are telling veterans that there is a new type of benefit related to home loans—and officials say that the scammers often lea... Read more