Local students from Butler County Community College and Slippery Rock University will be in Harrisburg this week advocating for increased educational funding. Five BC3 students are among tho... Read more
Gas prices keep going up and up…and this past week was no different. The average price of gasoline across western Pennsylvania jumped 11 cents, now averaging $2.91 per gallon, according to A... Read more
The state attorney general has charged 25 people in an insurance fraud sweep. The cases span fraud charges related to false claims filed with car insurance agents, life insurance companies,... Read more
Monday marks 18 years since a tragedy in Slippery Rock Creek took the lives of two men trying to rescue a kayaker. To honor rescuers Tony Murdick and Scott Wilson, the Harris Bridge- located... Read more
As lawmakers continue to consider Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf’s proposal to raise the state’s minimum wage, a new poll sheds some light on what residents think. The Franklin and Marshall... Read more
The CEO of Panera will be on the Grove City College campus today. Blaine Hurst will talk to students this evening as part of a speaker series that brings in successful business people with t... Read more
Several hundred bears, especially in the northern portion of Butler County, are now becoming active after winter hibernation. Early to mid-April is the time of year when the bears start emer... Read more
Parking on Butler’s Main Street was limited Monday morning to allow for volunteers to do some clean-up work. The Butler City Shade Tree Commission was out cutting branches, fluffing the mulc... Read more
A Cabot teenager is continuing to recover after he was burned by a flare gun. Police are investigating the incident and could possibly charge another teen with reckless endangerment. Accordi... Read more
The secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will be at Jennings Environmental Center near Slippery Rock on Saturday to discuss park infrastructure need... Read more