Inaugural Dance

Students ready to perform in new space

Slippery Rock University's Dance Department will be holding their first performance in the renovated Miller Theatre on Oct. 23 at 7:30 p.m.

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Task force searches Chestnut Street house

Police find cash, suspected drugs

A drug bust late Tuesday night in Butler yielded more than 12 bricks of suspected heroin or fentanyl and charges against three people.

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Woman gets jail for crash

2 friends killed in 2020 wreck

A Valencia woman was sentenced Thursday in Common Pleas Court to serve 36 to 72 months in state prison after pleading guilty to two counts of homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence in the deaths of two of her friends in May 2020.

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GOP officials encourage local involvement

The Butler County Republican Committee had its annual dinner Thursday

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5 Mars School Board candidates debate

Event organized by student group

ADAMS TWP — At an event organized by the Mars High School Enrichment Club Thursday afternoon, five candidates running for the four open Mars Area School Board seats discussed election issues and their motivations for running and answered questions submitted by district families.

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Two vying for Franklin Twp. supervisor

In the upcoming Franklin Township election, Republican Nathan Wulff and Democrat Keith Kaib will run against each other for the supervisor position.

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Panel upholds school mask rule

HARRISBURG — The statewide mask order for Pennsylvania schools does not need to be enacted through the state’s system of passing governmental regulations, as state House Republicans had sought, a panel decided Thursday.

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Butler Twp. police join drug take-back

Butler Township police will join other law enforcement agencies in accepting unwanted or unused medications during the annual drug take-back event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Walmart in Butler Commons.

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COVID-19 Regional Update

The following numbers on the coronavirus pandemic were compiled from regular news releases from the state Department of Health and Butler Health System.

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COVID boosters get CDC’s backing

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention backed COVID-19 booster shots from Moderna Inc. and Johnson & Johnson, a move that will allow recipients of all three shots cleared in the U.S. to receive a supplemental dose to bolster their immunity against the coronavirus.

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House sends Bannon matter to Justice Dept.

Trump ally defied subpoena

WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to hold Steve Bannon, a longtime ally and aide to former President Donald Trump, in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

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Higher wages, sick pay now attached to state’s incentives

HARRISBURG — In a stalemate with lawmakers over raising the minimum wage or requiring companies to have paid sick leave, Gov. Tom Wolf said Thursday he will impose those requirements on companies getting loans, grants or tax breaks from the state.

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FBI: Remains found in Florida park ID’d as Brian Laundrie

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The FBI on Thursday identified human remains found in a Florida nature preserve as those of Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the death of girlfriend Gabby Petito while the couple was on a cross-country road trip.

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Lorli von Trapp Campbell dies at 90

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Award-winning illustrator Pinkney dies

NEW YORK — Jerry Pinkney, a prize-winning children's book illustrator known for his richly textured images of Black life, fables and fairy tales in works ranging from “The Lion and the Mouse” to “The Sunday Outing,” has died.

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Former officer gets nearly 5 years in killing

Judge reduces prison sentence

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman after she called 911 to report a possible rape happening behind her home was sentenced Thursday to nearly five years in prison — the most the judge could impose but less than half the 12½ years he was sentenced...

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Moscow closing schools, businesses as virus surges

MOSCOW — Restaurants, movie theaters and many retail stores in Moscow will be closed for 11 days starting Oct. 28, along with other new restrictions, officials said Thursday, as Russia recorded the highest numbers of coronavirus infections and deaths since the pandemic began.

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STATE-OF-THE-ART

BC3 nursing, health students to get new home

Butler County Community College is beginning construction on a new nursing and allied health facility.

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Gaiser Center board talks treatment, programs

New programs and officials as well as longstanding tradition of great treatment were highlighted at the annual Helen O'Brien Gaiser Center community luncheon.

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Lawyer argues against masks

Parents seek relief from mandate

Acting state Secretary of Health Alison Beam's Aug.

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Former director praised

Gaiser Center grew under Franiewski

PENN TWP — The president of the Ellen O'Brien Gaiser Center's board extolled the hard work and accomplishments of the center's former executive director, Linda Franiewski, during the annual center's Community Luncheon Wednesday.

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BC3 data shows improved comfort level on campus

Butler County Community College Board of Trustees learned about positive metrics at its meeting Wednesday.

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Sen. Casey steers $268,000 to BHS for food program

Butler Health System will receive $268,000 through congressionally directed funding from U.S. Sen. Bob Casey through Senate 2022 appropriation bills.

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Grey Hawk development moves forward in Middlesex

Overbrook Road plan gets OK

The Middlesex Township Board of Supervisors approved the final plan for the long-discussed Grey Hawk Land Development Plan Phase 1 and 2 with added engineering conditions at a meeting on Wednesday night.

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Bill would fund research on disease afflicting deer, elk

U.S. Reps. Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-15th, and Ron Kind, D-Wis., on Tuesday introduced a bipartisan bill to research and manage the spread of chronic wasting disease.

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