Medicare recipients can now access more free at-home COVID tests. As part of new federal policy, all Medicare Part B beneficiaries can get up to eight over-the-counter COVID tests every mont... Read more
Slippery Rock University is recognizing student employees with an awards ceremony and presentation later this week. The SRU Payroll and Student Employment Office will hold Student Employee A... Read more
A unique upcoming event will offer those attending a closer look at the path taken through our area by the country’s first president. This year’s Washington’s Trail 1753 Summit is planned fo... Read more
You may have to dig around the couch cushions a little more this year as the country deals with a shortage of coins in circulation. A variety of businesses and trade associations said in a j... Read more
One student was injured in a shooting at Erie High School earlier today. Officers were called for a shooting victim around 9:30 a.m. at the city-based high school. Authorities say the victim... Read more
The Pennsylvania State Senate didn’t get enough votes to override a move by Governor Tom Wolf to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The program is also called “RGGI” and it aims to... Read more
A group of local state lawmakers are set to meet later this week in Butler for the annual Legislative Update Breakfast. The event is sponsored by the Butler County Chamber of Commerce and is... Read more
Gas prices have stayed the same locally but dropped slightly across western Pennsylvania as a whole over the past week. According to AAA’s weekly gas price report, the average price for a ga... Read more
Our newsroom has confirmed that this morning’s accident in Slippery Rock Township is a fatal crash. The accident involved a logging truck and passenger vehicle at the intersection of Route 8... Read more
Multiple crews are on the scene of a house fire in the City of Butler. The first call came into the Butler County 911 Center just before 7:30 a.m. for a house fire in the 500 block of Bredin... Read more