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Fire destroys Hovis Truck Services

Fire departments from Butler County and four other counties responded to a three-alarm blaze at Hovis Truck Services in Emlenton, Venango County on Sunday. Emlenton Fire...

January 10, 2022 Local News

Huddle up for the coach

Friends of Butler youth football leader host benefit for his cancer treatment Friends and family of Butler Area Midget Football League coach Dave Patton held a fundraiser...

January 10, 2022 Local News

Theater group not deterred by vandalism

Recent vandalism at the Penn Theater in Butler hasn't deterred a group that is reviving its efforts to reopen the shuttered theater. The Butler Redevelopment Authority, ...

January 08, 2022 Local News

Departments appreciative of local tax

Slippery Rock Volunteer Fire Company Ryan Hanchosky, chief of Slippery Rock Volunteer Fire Company, said the department began approaching municipal leaders about fire t...

January 08, 2022 Local News

Fire department call log

Number of calls responded to in 2021: Slippery Rock Volunteer Fire Company responded to: • 491 fire calls • 1,339 EMS calls Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company resp...

January 08, 2022 Local News

Be prepared for icy roads

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is advising motorists to monitor weather forecasts and postpone unnecessary travel during an anticipated storm in...

January 08, 2022 Local News

Butler's first birth of 2022 home and healthy

Margaret and James Free's first child was due for delivery Jan. 14, but Margaret's co-workers joked that she would end up giving birth on New Year's Day. “Not possible,...

January 08, 2022 Local News

COVID-19 REGIONAL DATA

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 Co...

January 08, 2022 Local News

Diocese requires masks at churches

Bishop David Zubik announced Friday that priests, deacons, everyone handling communion, servers, greeters, ushers, lectors and cantors must wear masks during the celebra...

January 08, 2022 Local News

Virus cases rising at schools

Struggles with substitutes, contact tracing continue As predicted, cases of COVID-19 are on the rise in school districts throughout the county, and superintendents contin...

January 08, 2022 Local News

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