Organizers of Butler’s first Italian Festival are happy with the overall success of the event and hope to continue next year with only minor changes. Festival organizers presented Butler Cit... Read more

Slippery Rock University has again broken its enrollment record. The Butler County institution enrolled 8,895 students for the fall semester, which is in increase of roughly .15 percent from... Read more

A Butler County park will be the location of a television show starting today. The show is called Fishing University and is a “how-to” fishing program that airs to a national audience on the... Read more

The floods that hit the West End of Butler City and parts of Butler Township in early July will cost the city tens of thousands of dollars and the bills are starting to roll in. According to... Read more

The Great Fall Cleanup will be held Saturday on Butler’s Main Street. Volunteers will meet at the parking lot in the 200 block of North Main Street across from the Burger Hut. The group will... Read more

No one was injured in a Monday afternoon fire that damaged a garage in Portersville. The fire started just before 4 p.m. in the 1200 block of Route 19, according to Portersville Fire Chief T... Read more

The Penn Theater in downtown Butler could see a rebirth a lot quicker than most thought. According to Penn Theater Performance Company President Dane Winkler, the group is in talks with the... Read more

Several western Pennsylvania counties, including Butler, are under an Air Quality Alert on Tuesday. This means the air quality will not be good for people who are sensitive to air pollutants... Read more

A couple of early Monday morning accidents are causing some problems out there on Butler County roads. A tractor-trailer rollover crash has reportedly shut down the westbound lane of Route 6... Read more

A nearby section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike will reopen to motorists on Monday after being closed this weekend for a bridge replacement. Crews have been working on replacing a bridge in th... Read more

Two people were involved in a one vehicle crash Friday night in downtown Butler. According to Butler County Emergency Services, the driver hit a parked car on East Wayne Street and their veh... Read more

Crews are on the scene of a vehicle crash Friday afternoon in Jefferson Township. The two-vehicle accident happened just minutes before noon near the intersection of Route 356 (North Pike Ro... Read more

Fall officially begins this afternoon, but it sure doesn’t feel like it. National Weather Service Meteorologist Tim Axford says temperatures are running 12 to 15 degrees above normal and wil... Read more

Butler County-based Westinghouse Electric is laying off more workers. The company announced Thursday it will cut 1,500 employees total as part of its reorganization, according to the Pittsbu... Read more

A free event this weekend promises plenty of fun for the whole family. The Butler County Parks and Recreation Department’s 20th annual Alameda Septemberfest begins at 10 a.m. Sunday and will... Read more

Nonunion employees who work for Butler County will get a pay increase next year. The approximately 150 workers will receive a 2.5 percent pay hike. They just received a 2.5 percent hike this... Read more

The cause of a sewage smell in some areas of downtown Butler is a combination of weather and old plumbing, according to the Butler Area Sewer Authority. The authority has received numerous c... Read more

Even if you don’t plan to travel the Pennsylvania Turnpike this weekend, you still might run into extra traffic due to an 80-mile closure on the toll road. The turnpike will be closed in bot... Read more