While most people retreat indoors during subzero cold snaps, Dan Hartzell heads out to his barn.
At Meadow Grove Farm in Slippery Rock Township, Hartzell and his family c...
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts:
Butler
Jan. 20 — James Angelo Freed, 68, of Butler, was charged with one misdemean...
CRANBERRY TWP — Township supervisors at a meeting on Wednesday approved a grant application tied to funding for the Cranberry Foundation’s 2026 Project of the Year, which...
A Freedom man was sentenced Thursday in Butler County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty to one of 432 child pornography charges.
John D. Lefler, 47, of Freedom, w...
BUTLER TWP — After increasing its budget by over 7.5% for the 2025-26 school year, the Butler Area Vocational-Technical School is aiming to keep increases lower in 2026-2...
Sam Zurzolo has accomplished much in his 86 years of life. Even after leaving the Butler Township Board of Commissioners, he said his work is far from over.
“I’m not goin...
The widow of a Cranberry Township man killed by an impaired driver in December 2022 told the defendant Thursday, Feb. 5, that his successful challenge of his original sen...
SOUTH BUFFALO TWP — Despite a prolonged rescue attempt, a man died on Thursday, Feb. 5, after falling into Buffalo Creek across from the Buffalo Creek Nature Park.
The fa...
A Butler woman accused of setting her house on fire with her children inside was sentenced Thursday, Feb. 5, to serve more than five years of probation after pleading gui...
OAKLAND TWP — St. Wendelin School students recognized the 100th day of the school year on Thursday, Feb. 5.
Teachers dressed as if they were 100 years old for the occasio...
