The Butler Area School District could be the first district in the county to create a Municipal School Police Force. By unanimous vote by school board members during a meeting on Monday nigh... Read more
The opioid addiction crisis in Pennsylvania has forced more people to seek treatment, which has also led to more treatment scams popping up. Officials say scammers are targeting Pennsylvania... Read more
Jeeps Come From Far & Wide For Annual Jeep Fest
Thousands of both Butler County residents and visitors took part in the annual Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival this weekend. More than 2,300 Jeeps registered for the event, with activities tak... Read more
Car Crashes Into Butler Twp. Business
A car crashed into a Butler Township restaurant over the weekend. According to Butler Township Police, Joshua Space, 25, of Butler, was driving a Chevy Cobalt north along Route 8 (Pittsburgh... Read more
Slippery Rock University is asking for approval from the state system of higher education to offer four new degree programs. The degrees are in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, cyb... Read more
An early Monday morning crash in Prospect injured one person and backed up rush-hour traffic. Chief of the Prospect Volunteer Fire Department Ken Wilson said the crash between a car and a tr... Read more
Final Day of Jeep Festival Set for Sunday
Sunday marks the final day of the 2018 Bantam Jeep Festival, which continues at Cooper’s Lake Campground in Slippery Rock. The three day event began on Friday with The Jeep Invasion on Main... Read more
Two people from Oklahoma have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly running a prostitution ring out of a Cranberry Township hotel. Oscar Carter III, 34, and Shelby Brown, 27, b... Read more
Another Celebrity Suicide Reminds Those Struggling That They’re Not Alone, Official Says
Anthony Bourdain, a chef, author and television personality, has died at the age of 61 by taking his own life. This marks the second celebrity suicide in one week. Fashion designer Kate Spad... Read more
Starting in August, Pennsylvania will begin enforcing tougher air pollution standards on its natural gas industry. Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration said Thursday that it will begin requiring t... Read more