If the extreme cold weather has you worried about how you’ll pay your heating bills, a state program can help. The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, helps low-income fami... Read more

The newly-seated Butler City Council voted Tuesday to reopen the city’s 2018 budget. Mayor Ben Smith said the budget might not necessarily be changed, but he would like to give the new city... Read more

A Butler County elementary school that had been closed for nearly a year due to lead-tainted water reopened its doors on Wednesday. Students walked through the doors at Butler Area School Di... Read more

Thanks to the efforts of a local company, Butler could be the first place in the state to legally dispense medical marijuana. “We were the first to get approval through the state for our gro... Read more

The region is experiencing dangerously cold temperatures for another day. Temperatures were near zero most of Tuesday morning and a wind remained- making the air feel even colder. The Nation... Read more

Butler City emergency crews braved the below-zero temperatures to aid two drivers involved in a vehicle crash early Wednesday. A reported two-vehicle accident happened about 6:30 a.m. at the... Read more

A lot of people spend part of their New Year’s Day every year plunging into icy cold water and even the extremely cold weather didn’t stop them. In Parker, the annual Polar Bear Plunge conti... Read more

A Butler High School graduate who died in a vehicle crash on Friday will be laid to rest this week. Austin Grupp, 21, of Connoquenessing Township was killed after crashing on Route 422 eastb... Read more