CONNOQUENESSING — Borough council voted at their monthly meeting on Tuesday night, May 7 to commit to using their share of American Rescue Plan Act funding for improvemen...
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is inviting high school students from District 10 — which includes Butler, Armstrong, Clarion, Indiana and Jefferson countie...
MARS — Borough council voted to put a former church building at 524 Pittsburgh St. up for sale during its meeting Monday, May 6.
The borough spent years trying to find a ...
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — The township is considering a new municipal building and is seeking a Local Share Amount grant from the state to fund its planning, design and const...
The county has filed a lawsuit in Common Pleas Court seeking to vacate an April arbitration award that gave a union employee a job the county claims he is not qualified f...
ADAMS TWP — The building at 145 Grand Ave. in Mars currently houses a NexTier Bank branch. In a few years, that address may be the new home of the Mars Area Public Librar...
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — The municipal building was packed Wednesday evening, May 1, with many of the attendees calling for the resignation or removal of the chairman of the...
FORWARD TWP — The township’s planning commission granted final approval on Tuesday evening, April 30, to a sports complex proposed by the Cashdollar family which could be...
Two county residents claim in a suit filed Monday, April 29, the Butler County Board of Elections rejected the mail-in ballots they submitted for the April 23 primary and...
Seven property owners suing Butler County over its property assessment appeals system are seeking class action certification for the suit.
Butler attorney William Rodgers...
Findings of fact regarding a proposed cold-mix asphalt plant in Slippery Rock Township state the plant complies with the township’s zoning ordinance regarding heavy manuf...
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation issued a news release Friday, April 26, highlighting numerous infrastructure improvement projects which were nearing complet...
The county commissioners on Wednesday, April 24, approved an application for a grant of up to $2 million for work at the planned Butler County Aging and Veterans Resource...
The county commissioners on Wednesday, April 24, agreed to buy a handheld device prison guards, deputy sheriffs, probation officers and police can use to detect and ident...
ADAMS TWP — Residents no longer have to look over their shoulders for loose cattle prowling their yards.
At a supervisors meeting on Monday evening, April 22, board chair...
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — The township voted to foot the $4,600 bill to repair a faulty drainage system on North Creek Road which is spilling wastewater onto residents’ lawns.
...
County Treasurer Diane Marburger said she believes the Game Commission’s new antlerless deer hunting license sales schedule is intended to avoid overloading the online sa...
A concurrent resolution calling for Butler native Marc Fogel’s release from a Russian prison advanced from the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations earlier last week.
Sp...
For more than a year, the Saxonburg Area Rotary Club has been working toward a goal of building a new playground in Saxonburg.
At a borough council meeting on Tuesday nig...
As of this week, Middlesex Township has opened up the pavilion at its community park, located on Browns Hill Road, to rental from the public.
The pavilion will be availab...
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority announced on Thursday, April 18 that Armstrong Telecommunications has received about $12.47 million in Broadband Infrastr...
PENN TWP — The county Airport Authority opened four bids Wednesday, April 17 ranging from over $500,000 to more than $1 million for replacing a paved apron where airplane...
Two thermal body scanners purchased for the county prison are overdue, but officials anticipate they will be delivered this week.
The county used a $337,000 federal grant...
FRANKLIN TWP — The township’s supervisors could potentially seek out a partner to lease out 80-acres of farmland on Prospect Road, which the township has owned since Sept...
A county judge ruled the court does not have the jurisdiction to resolve a suit filed by the Butler County Republican Committee against the Republican Party of Pennsylvan...
SAXONBURG — The borough is in talks to potentially hand operational control of the Saxonburg Museum to the Friends of Saxonburg Museum, a 501(c)(3) charitable organizatio...
The April 23 ballot will look similar to the ballot voters saw in the 2020 primary election, as state Rep. Marci Mustello, R-11th, is facing another challenge from Butler...
FRANKLIN TWP — Township supervisors will vote next month on whether to eliminate a large portion of an ordinance regarding property maintenance.
At their meeting Monday, ...
BUFFALO TWP — Supervisors voted 2-1 to approve a conditional-use permit for a home dog grooming business on Beale Road, operated by Robert and Jacqueline Micholas.
Howev...
