It’s time to buy the bird for Thanksgiving next week, but some people are wondering if there will be a shortage of turkeys this year. Carol Bitter, owner of Friedman’s Freshmarkets, says the... Read more
Butler’s Main Street will be lit up Wednesday for the holiday season. Volunteers will hang over 50 large snowflakes up and down Main. Armstrong Cable provides six bucket trucks at no cost to... Read more
The city of Butler is moving ahead with a plan to dissolve the parking authority. An ordinance will be proposed at Thursday’s regular meeting of Butler City Council to eliminate the authorit... Read more
The city of Butler anticipates likely having to raise their tax millage rate for 2016. At their agenda setting meeting Tuesday night, Butler City Council discussed voting on a 3 mill increas... Read more
The city of Butler is selling a longtime vacant property. An appraisal of the former Zeigler Avenue playground on Butler’s South Side places a value of $75,000 on the 1.7 acre property. The... Read more
An investigation is underway into a Tuesday evening shooting in Butler City. The incident allegedly happened around 5:30 p.m. in the 300 block of Wagner Avenue. Authorities believe several s... Read more
Butler City Police are asking for the public’s help locating a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run crash into a house. The crash happened Saturday evening in the 200 block of Ridge Avenue. Pol... Read more
For the first time in six years, the top elected and appointed officials in state government won’t be getting automatic pay raises. A 1995 law authorizes annual raises for hundreds of office... Read more
The Drug Enforcement Administration released a report Tuesday analyzing the drug overdoses in Pennsylvania in 2014. The report is being called the first of its kind. Information from 62 of t... Read more
A second homeless shelter recently proposed for Butler has been put on hold. According to Butler County Human Services Director Joyce Ainsworth and volunteer organizer Dana Perkins, plans fo... Read more
