A New Castle volunteer firefighter has been charged with helping set a vacant house on fire in Lawrence County. According to the Butler State Police Fire Marshal, 19-year-old Darrin Haught h... Read more

Butler Area School District is spending some of the money collected in athletic activity fees so far this year. At their meeting Monday night, the school board gave approval to the purchase... Read more

The Butler Area School District is moving ahead with plans to give their S.T.E.A.M. labs the newest technologies. At their meeting Monday night, the school board approved purchase of a CNC (... Read more

The Butler Area School District is purchasing two new vans. The 2016 Ford Transit vans will be purchased from Baierl Ford at a price of nearly $23,000 each. One will be used by the Center Av... Read more

(8:05 a.m.) Saxonburg fire and rescue crews are on the scene of a single car crash. The accident was reported just before 8 a.m. along Fraser Road, near Dinnerbell Road. At least one woman i... Read more

  A Slippery Rock man who died Friday when two tractor trailers collided in Beaver County died of a heart problem. 50-year-old Joseph Lively died of a cardiac event and not as a result of th... Read more

Central Electric Cooperative members are asked to conserve energy again today. A Peak Alert is in effect for all CEC customers until 6 p.m. because of today’s hot and humid weather. You’re a... Read more

State Police are investigating a theft where vehicle parts were stolen. According to authorities, at the very beginning of August (between 7/30-8/5), someone removed aluminum wheels, transmi... Read more

Butler County will donate a used car from the county’s motor pool to the Blind Association of Butler. The county’s used Chevy Impala has about 76,000 miles on it. The association will use it... Read more