Butler Township will continue to wait before possibly changing their zoning ordinance involving oil and gas drilling. At a meeting Monday night, the Butler Township commissioners, agreed wit... Read more

Butler Township officials continue to consider a change to their rules about regulating noise. Township Zoning Officer Jesse Hines spoke at Monday night’s meeting about the research he has d... Read more

Butler Township has decided how funds will be distributed to their three volunteer fire departments this year. At a meeting Monday night, the Butler Township commissioners voted to keep the... Read more

A 20-year-old was charged after security officers found a loaded gun in her carry-on luggage at Pittsburgh International Airport. Police say Jessica Poage of Oklahoma was arrested after she... Read more

Two Pittsburgh men are in the Butler County Prison after a routine traffic stop led to drug charges. Wallace Goldston, 21, and 30-year-old Kelan Johnson, 30,were pulled over by Butler City P... Read more

A 60-year-old Butler man is facing charges after he was found lying on a Butler Township roadway. Butler Township Police say they found Jeffrey Fink lying alongside Whitestown Road just befo... Read more

Butler Area School District officials say they district is now hitting the time limits they have been targeting in terms of transporting students to and from school. According to District Su... Read more

An 11-year-old has been charged for bringing two knives to Friday’s Butler High School football game. The Butler Township Police Department described the weapons as “large folding knives.” O... Read more

A Butler man will spend some time in prison for a fight over a cell phone. Michael Karch, 36, was sentenced Thursday to serve 6 to 23 and a half months in prison and 50 hours of community se... Read more