Northern Butler County has been placed under a severe thunderstorm warning.
The alert was issued at about 4:45 p.m. Thursday, April 16.
According to the National Weather Service of Pittsburgh, a severe thunderstorm with gusts reaching 60 mph was located near Slippery Rock and Grove City. The warning is currently set to expire at 5:30 p.m....
A mother and her two children died in an overnight house fire Thursday, April 16, in Mercer County, according to the Mercer County coroner.
Malinda Abrams, 48,...
Had the NFL draft taken place in Pittsburgh 10 or more years ago, Ralph McElhaney would have been in attendance.
Now? The former Butler high school assistant fo...
A Harrisville councilwoman whose seat was nearly filled erroneously in January was removed from a borough council meeting in handcuffs Monday evening.
Mary Ann ...
The hard work and heroism of two local dispatchers were recognized by the City of Butler and the local firefighters union after they helped firefighters locate ...
Custom-made bicycles get people with disabilities on the move
Custom-made bicycles g...
3 killed overnight in Mercer County fire
3 killed overnight in ...
Penn Theater event brings the NFL draft atmosphere to Butler
Penn Theater event bri...
Harrisville councilwoman handcuffed, removed from meeting by police
Harrisville councilwom...
City of Butler recognizes dispatchers for helping save girl in house fire
Armstrong Comfort Solutions of Renfrew — which provides residential heating, cooling, plumbing and electric solutions — has a new president.
Michael Sanjek has been named...
Armco Credit Union of Butler is hosting a homebuyers workshop at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, in the business and workforce building at Butler County Community College’s m...
Whether you’re planning to make the trek to Pittsburgh for the 2026 NFL Draft between April 23 and 25 or looking to enjoy the spectacle closer to home, it can be benefici...
Butler Township will be replacing a stormwater pipe on Kohler Avenue in Lyndora on Monday and Tuesday, April 20 and 21.
The road will be closed to through traffic from 9 ...
BUTLER TWP — For more than 20 years, Joni Vogel was the backbone of the Butler Football Hometown Heroes program.
In a sense, she died a hero herself.
Vogel served as trea...
In town for the NFL draft? Looking for experiences outside of the happenings in downtown Pittsburgh?
Experience Butler County has curated a “playbook of iconic stops not...
With more than 500,000 people expected to be in Pittsburgh for the 2026 NFL Draft April 23 to 26, transportation and parking aren’t anticipated to be easy.
Here’s what t...
There still are places to stay overnight in Butler County for those who want to travel to Pittsburgh for the NFL draft, but as the day nears, it could be costly.
Next we...
The replica of the Brooklyn Bridge in Saxonburg’s Roebling Park is scheduled to be lifted by a crane out of the park on Friday, April 17.
The bridge has to be moved so re...
It’s kind of an unspoken rule in the jungles of academia for students within a certain age range that math and science aren’t the cool things to be in...
In an 8-1 decision last week, the Supreme Court struck down a Colorado law that prohibited so-called conversion therapy aimed at changing the gender e...
The staff of the Tamarack Wildlife Center in Crawford County deserve praise for their successful efforts to heal an injured bald eagle found last fall...
NEW YORK — The owner of home shopping network pioneer QVC — which for years garnered the attention of millions of TV viewers looking for a deal on bau...
NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market hit a record Wednesday after adding to its two-week rally built on hopes the war with Iran won’t create a worst-case ...
NEW YORK — It's officially Tax Day in the U.S. And if you’ve waited till the last minute to file your 2025 return, don’t panic. You still have time to...
NEW YORK — A jury has found that concert giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had a harmful monopoly over big concert venues, dealing the...
Due to an ongoing $9 million building renovation project, the drive-through at Armco Credit Union’s Butler branch will be temporarily closed for const...
NEW YORK — Lena Dunham said she struggled to work with “genius” Adam Driver on “Girls” when the hulking former Marine got upset.
Driver, who stands around 6 feet and 3 in...
LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears has entered a substance abuse treatment facility just over a month after she was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alco...
NEW YORK — More than a thousand movie stars, writers, directors and other Hollywood professionals announced their “unequivocal opposition” to the proposed Paramount merge...
NEW YORK — Sid Krofft, the Canadian-born entertainment wizard who teamed with his brother and fellow puppeteer Marty Krofft to create such cult favorites as children's 19...
Sadie Sandler starring in the Netflix comedy “Roommates” and fresh tunes from Zayn Malik are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near yo...
Vendors and exhibitors scheduled to appear at this year’s Butler County Home Show include:
Agway Water Treatment of Western PA
Alex Restoration & Masonry Repairs
ARK Base...
When something in the house stops working or needs to be replaced, the first impulse of many people is to call a contractor or comparison shop online. Others have the min...
Many consumers are guilty of filling drawers or closets with old laptops, cellphones, fitness trackers and other electronic devices once they are no longer needed. It’s h...
Every morning Irena Tkachenko starts her day the same way: by telephoning her relatives and friends in Ukraine to see if they are still OK.
Tkachenko,...
Three young Ukrainian families who escaped their war-torn hometown of Kharkov think the American holiday of Thanksgiving is a good time to say they ca...
CRANBERRY TWP — Huge, steaming pots of homemade food and endless carafes of coffee and tea sustain 11 adults and children seeking refuge at the crowde...
When it comes to helping those in need, Butler County residents have proven their generosity again and again by donating amounts large and small strai...
Two young Ukrainian families are relieved to be watching the deer and chipmunks frolic on their hosts’ Cranberry Township lawn, and not wondering wher...
HARRISBURG — In the coming years, Pennsylvania will receive more than $1 billion in federal funding to bring high-speed internet access to everyone in...
The Biden administration on Monday continued its push toward internet-for-all by 2030, announcing about $667 million in new grants and loans to build ...
STATE COLLEGE — Before Pennsylvania can spend an almost $1.2 billion windfall of federal funding for high-speed internet, it must figure out how to us...
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority is asking for the public’s opinion until Friday, March 10 on two potential action plans for wider int...
CRANBERRY TWP — Pennsylvania is set to get a piece of $42.5 billion in federal money to help expand broadband internet access to underserved areas.
On...
