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State black bear harvest 5th highest

Scouting, a friendly farmer and some luck combined to make a successful black bear hunt for Wayne Van Dyke of Marion Township. A friend of his found signs of a bear in a ...

February 07, 2022 Local News

A member of a drug dealing crew based in Butler sentenced in federal court

A convicted drug dealer from Philadelphia who moved to Butler was sentenced in federal court to prison for distributing fentanyl and heroin. Dwayne Smallwood, 43, was sen...

February 07, 2022 Local News

Hundreds celebrate winter at Moraine

MUDDY CREEK TWP — Hundreds of people took to cross country skiing, snowshoeing, ice fishing, dancing, eating and playing at Moraine State Park for WinterFest on Saturday....

February 07, 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 Thursday are: Butler ...

February 05, 2022 Health

$2.5M in state clean energy grants available

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry will make available five grants of $500,000 to workforce development boards for projects to support at least 25 local or r...

February 05, 2022 Local News

Seneca Valley senior chosen for scholar program

Daniel Spear, a senior at Seneca Valley Senior High School, has been chosen for the 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. More than 5,000 U.S. high school seniors are ...

February 05, 2022 Education

Families to train families in mental health condition communication

The National Alliance on Mental Illness Butler County is offering a weekly Family-to-Family educational course from March 9 through April 27. This free educational progra...

February 05, 2022 Local News

Cranberry firefighter announces state District 12 bid

This story was updated Feb. 7 to reflect the new districts for the state legislature adopted Friday by the Legislative Reapportionment Commission. CRANBERRY TWP — Nu...

February 05, 2022 Local News

Hours of behind the scenes prep goes into every emergency response

First in a series about life in the city of Butler. Tim Iman never knows if he’ll spend his day in the bull pen or rushing to an emergency. When the city resident ar...

February 04, 2022 Local News

To address staffing shortages, BHS lessens insurance costs for employees

Amid nationwide staffing shortages in health care, Butler Health System is trying approaches old and new to recruit and retain staff. BHS announced at the end of January ...

February 04, 2022 Health

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