Governor Tom Wolf has vetoed a bill that would have changed the current seniority-based layoff system used by public school districts. The bill would have required districts making layoffs t... Read more
A development planned for Middlesex Township at the intersection of Routes 8 and 228 is moving forward. The Middlesex Township Board of Supervisors approved preliminary land development plan... Read more
Several staff members of an Emlenton youth home were hurt Wednesday after a riot broke out. The incident happened about 5 p.m. at the Mid Atlantic Youth Service Center in Allegheny Township,... Read more
Reports of smoke in the Allegheny Valley School in Slippery Rock turned out to be nothing serious Wednesday afternoon. Slippery Rock Volunteer Fire Company Chief Ken Taggart told our newsroo... Read more
A Mercer County man is facing numerous charges after an investigation into a kidnapping and rape earlier this month. According to State Police, 26-year-old Kyle Watt of Greenville allegedly... Read more
Several local lawmakers are among those who have signed and sent a letter to President Obama about the use of bathrooms in public schools by transgender students. Representative Daryl Metcal... Read more
The city of Butler will offer free parking beginning this evening to help ease the pain of the Main Street paving project. Beginning Wednesday at 5 p.m., all metered and garage parking will... Read more
The city of Butler will offer free parking beginning this evening to help ease the pain of the Main Street paving project. Beginning Wednesday at 5 p.m., all metered and garage parking will... Read more
Two suspected squatters are accused of operating a methamphetamine lab out of a vacant Butler house. Ronald Tejchman, 33, and Nikki Jo West, 33, who also uses the alias last names of Hall an... Read more
Forty high school cross country runners in Butler County are receiving scholarships courtesy of the Butler Road Race. The road race board considered the students’ grade point average, cross... Read more
