The first reading of a new drug policy at Butler Area School District is expected to take place at Monday’s school board meeting. The policy is modeled after other county public school distr... Read more
A fire badly damaged a home in Winfield Township on Sunday. The fire started about noon at a two-story house on Christmas Lane, according to the Butler County 911 Center. A couple and their... Read more
Butler County is under an Air Quality Alert. The code orange alert was issued Monday morning by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Air pollution concentrations within t... Read more
A member of the Slippery Rock University track team is going to run from San Francisco to New York City. Ellie Pearson of Elk County will participate in 4K For Cancer, which is an annual sum... Read more
Repairs have been made to the roof of downtown Butler’s iconic Penn Theater but plans for the future of the property remain stalled. Members of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of But... Read more
A program to help veterans become teachers in one year at Slippery Rock University has received additional state funding. The Pennsylvania Department of Education has received $1.6 million i... Read more
A salmonella outbreak that has affected people in 31 states- including in Pennsylvania- has been linked to Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal. The Kellogg Company said Thursday it was voluntarily... Read more
The four-year long contract dispute between the South Butler School District and its teachers did affect the school year for students. The teachers went on strike in March, which pushed the... Read more
Emergency responders in southern Butler County were busy with a couple of crashes Thursday afternoon. The first call came into the Butler County 911 Center shortly before 12:30 p.m. for an a... Read more
The long-going battle between the South Butler School District and its teachers ended on Wednesday, putting away a four-year long contract dispute which resulted in a teachers’ strike earlie... Read more