Aside from higher gas taxes in the New Year, driving the Pennsylvania Turnpike is about to get more expensive, as well. Tolls will go up six percent on Sunday, Jan. 8, which marks the ninth... Read more
A Butler County man who fell to his death while hiking in Switzerland last week was due in court today on child pornography charges. Patrick Harper, 52, of Penn Township was hiking on the Ma... Read more
George Kosana, who played the sheriff in the cult zombie film Night of the Living Dead, has died. Longtime friend and co-writer of the movie John Russo said Kosana was found dead Friday in h... Read more
Gas prices in Western Pennsylvania increased by twelve cents in the last week and are now averaging $2.60 per gallon. A large part of that jump is attributed to an increase in the state gaso... Read more
A lottery ticket worth $3.2 million was sold at a Butler County store. The Match 6 Lotto jackpot in Monday’s drawing was sold at Par Mar on South Pike Road in Sarver, according to Pennsylvan... Read more
A new legislative session gets underway in Harrisburg Monday. Fiscal issues are expected to dominate this new session with the state running a $500 million budget deficit this fiscal year, w... Read more
Anyone interested in getting their taxes done for free can begin making appointments today. The VITA Program- which stands for Volunteer Income Tax Assistance- is run by the Center for Commu... Read more
The people behind the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival say it’s not too early to plan for this year’s event. Camping reservations can now be made online if you would like to stay at Cooper’s La... Read more
2017 has arrived and with it, a renewed commitment in Harrisburg. Governor Tom Wolf says he wants to continue working toward improving education in Pennsylvania and he doesn’t want to lose m... Read more
The Butler County Commissioners’ meetings will be on a bit of a different schedule this year. The commissioners will continue to meet twice per month. Both meetings will be held on Wednesday... Read more
