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National Weather Service issues flood warning

The National Weather Service issued a flood warning for most of Butler County that is in effect until 1:30 a.m. Friday. Urban area and small stream flooding caused by exc...

February 17, 2022 Local News

COVID Update

The following numbers on the coronavirus pandemic were compiled from news releases from the state Department of Health. COVID-19 statistics from Tuesday are: Butler C...

February 17, 2022 Health

Conservation grant money available for Buffalo Creek watershed property owners

Farmers and forested property owners in the 171-square-mile Buffalo Creek watershed can apply for federal grant money providing partial reimbursement for planting cover c...

February 16, 2022 Local News

County plots job fair after XPER layoff

Butler County officials prepared a job fair in the wake of XPER’s closure and subsequent layoff of its more than 200 employees. Employers at the fair, which will be held ...

February 16, 2022 Local News

Support personnel still needed at Butler school district

Theresa Cherry, principal of Center Township Elementary School, said a shortage of school support personnel is affecting students for multiple reasons. She told the Butle...

February 16, 2022 Local News

Life flight called for 2-vehicle crash in Washington Twp.

WASHINGTON TWP — A woman was transported to the hospital by helicopter after a crash between her vehicle and a semi-truck on Oneida Valley Road on Wednesday afternoon in ...

February 16, 2022 Local News

Family escapes Winfield Township fire

WINFIELD TWP — Firefighters were at the scene of a house fire at 237 Clearfield Road for nearly two-and-a-half hours Wednesday afternoon. Rob Shuler, assistant chief of H...

February 16, 2022 Local News

Man charged in relation to shooting at Slippery Rock apartment complex

Investigators released new information as they filed charges against a New Castle man who allegedly fired a gun last month at The Grove Apartments in Slippery Rock. Donal...

February 16, 2022 Crime & Courts

Butler County Ford sold to #1 Cochran

Butler County Ford, an automotive institution in downtown Butler for more than 100 years, is being sold to #1 Cochran. The dealership will officially change hands after t...

February 16, 2022 Local News

County crash claims 1

Butler County Coroner William F. Young III confirmed Wednesday that there was a fatal vehicle crash around 6:40 p.m. on Portman Road near Route 422 in Summit Township. A ...

February 16, 2022 Local News

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