Authorities say a prisoner serving a life sentence killed a Pennsylvania state prison guard who’d confiscated a towel being used to conceal the view of his bunk. Correctional Officer Sgt. Ma... Read more
A Pittsburgh Steeler is at the center of a lawsuit over a social media video he took inside a Butler County restaurant. Safety Sean Davis was waiting for food at the Chick-fil-A in Cranberry... Read more
The architectural firm hired by the Butler Area School District is in the process of assessing district-owned facilities to determine the best way to spend money recently borrowed by the sch... Read more
The first look at the 2018-19 school year preliminary budget for the Butler Area School District does not include any program reductions, faculty furloughs, a tax increase or the use of rese... Read more
A Center Township home has been completely destroyed by a fire. Firefighters spent four hours battling the flames Monday night at the Unionville Road home and another three hours this mornin... Read more
Two young women were named the 2018 Little and Junior Miss Butler County over the weekend. Arianna Seth, a 9-year-old student at McQuistion Elementary School in Butler, was crowned Little Mi... Read more
A Grove City man was arrested for allegedly putting a camera in the women’s bathroom of a convenience store. Kyle Leppert, 23, is accused of placing a battery operated digital camera inside... Read more
If you haven’t filed your taxes yet, you may be able to get them done for free through a Butler County program. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program- also known as VITA- is back again... Read more
Buffalo Township Police plan to charge a 16-year-old Freeport High School student with making terroristic threats. District officials sent a letter to parents Friday, detailing that a studen... Read more
An additional school police officer has been temporarily added to the school police unit overseeing security at the South Butler County School District after several incidents last week. Sup... Read more
