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Bill would make fentanyl test strips legal for personal use

A bill that would make fentanyl test strips legal for personal use is pending in the state House of Representatives. House Bill 1393 would amend the Controlled Substance,...

January 13, 2022 Local News

Snow expected to hit region, but accumulation is still up in the air

Butler County residents will likely wake up Monday morning to a brand new blanket of snow. The Weather Channel predicted Thursday that snowfall in the region could reach ...

January 13, 2022 Local News

COVID Box

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

January 13, 2022 Local News

Cell phone services ending 3G networks begins next month

Mobile phone customers who haven’t upgraded their phones recently might have to do so because major carriers are retiring their 3G networks this year to accommodate the m...

January 13, 2022 Local News

Student loan servicer Navient to pay $1.85 billion in settlement

Thousands of Pennsylvania student loan borrowers will receive restitution or debt cancellation after loan servicer Navient paid $1.85 billion to settle a nationwide lawsu...

January 13, 2022 Education

Supreme Court halts Biden’s vaccine mandate

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has stopped a major push by the Biden administration to boost the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination rate, a requirement that employees at large...

January 13, 2022 Government

VNA nurses bring vaccine to seniors

800 doses distributed over year

January 13, 2022 Local News

New charge added for 20-year-old accused of sex with minor

CHICORA — A 20-year-old Clay Township man had a new felony charge added Tuesday related to his relationship with a 15-year-old girl. Trevor Donaldson pleaded not guilty a...

January 13, 2022 Crime & Courts

Man accused of charging at police during domestic

A man allegedly yelled and charged at Butler Police officers during a domestic incident early Thursday. Nicholas A. Edwards, 27, of Butler, was arrested at his home on th...

January 13, 2022 Crime & Courts

Man accused of abusing girlfriend sees bond increased

SAXONBURG — Bond for a Lyndora man accused of abusing his girlfriend increased after new information came to light at a preliminary hearing Wednesday morning. Bradley Bo...

January 13, 2022 Crime & Courts

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