The Butler Area School District will not raise taxes above the level set by the state inflation index. At a meeting Monday, the board voted to not increase the tax by more than 3.2 percent,... Read more
Butler County Community College has received a couple of significant donations from two area companies. NexTier Bank and Snyder Associated Companies have each contributed $50,000 to the Pion... Read more
Crews are on the scene of a crash in Prospect Monday afternoon. The accident was reported just minutes after noon on New Castle Road (Route 422) in Franklin Township (near The Atrium). Repor... Read more
Following a rare Sunday night session, the Senate adjourned without voting on a budget. The session lasted four hours, but less than 25 minutes was spent in the open. Members recessed on two... Read more
Police are investigating after 14 vehicles had their side mirrors damaged over the weekend in Slippery Rock. State Police in Butler say all 14 passenger cars had their side mirrors removed f... Read more
No one was injured in a chain reaction crash last Thursday. Around 1:30pm, police say 59-year-old Lawrence Durnell, of Portersville, was driving east on New Castle Road when he failed to sto... Read more
New Castle Road in Butler Township was closed on Saturday due to an accident that involved a vehicle that rolled over. According to Butler Township Police, 52-year-old Gary Ashcraft, of Butl... Read more
A Pittsburgh man has been identified as the person who stole a credit card from an unlocked car in the Butler area earlier this year and then used it. Butler Township police say 25-year-old... Read more
Crews are on the scene of a rollover vehicle crash on Interstate 79 in Worth Township Monday morning. The crash happened just before 8 a.m. on I-79 northbound near mile marker 100. The vehic... Read more
A Portersville manufacturer has been cited by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 15 safety and health violations. Portersville Sales and Testing Inc. on Route 19 w... Read more
