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An Ellwood City man will serve up to 10 years in state prison following his sentencing Thursday, May 21, on felony charges of robbery and aggravated assault. Dylan Jesse...
May 21, 2026 Local News
A Butler County prosecutor asked a judge Thursday, May 21, to reverse his decision dismissing charges of simple assault and harassment that were filed against a former Kn...
May 21, 2026 Crime & Courts
A Butler County Common Pleas Court judge will order an attorney, who was appointed as receiver of business records from the closed nonprofit Grace Youth and Family Founda...
May 21, 2026 Crime & Courts
A homeless man who threatened the president, federal officials and law enforcement was sentenced to serve up to 23.5 months in Butler County Prison — and banned from soci...
May 21, 2026 Local News
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts: Butler May 9 — Vahan Nishan Hovsepian, 70, of Butler, was charged with misdem...
May 21, 2026 Local News
The attorney defending a Butler man charged with homicide in the 2024 shooting death of another man wants prosecution witnesses to provide expert opinions summarizing the...
May 21, 2026 Crime & Courts
A Butler teenager is accused of driving a stolen vehicle around the city, including on railroad tracks and through grassy areas, Wednesday, May 20, and failing to stop fo...
May 21, 2026 Local News
A Butler woman is charged following two altercations last Thursday and Friday, May 14 and 15, Butler police said. Cierra Rose Hefferan, 23, was charged with misdemeanor d...
May 21, 2026 Local News
A Butler woman is being charged with felony voluntary manslaughter and other charges after police say a man overdosed from drugs she sold. Katelyn Joy Messer, 30, was cha...
May 21, 2026 Crime & Courts
A Butler man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Butler County Common Pleas Court to aggravated assault charges accusing him of pointing a shotgun at a woman and firing it after sh...
May 20, 2026 Local News
An Evans City woman is accused of leading police on a short chase Friday night along Route 422 through Clearfield and Summit townships, according to state police. Nicole...
May 18, 2026 Local News
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts: Adams Twp May 5 — John Theodore Elliott, 57, of Mars, was charged with one mi...
May 16, 2026 Local News
New unit has the sole purpose of investigating threats against public officials
May 15, 2026 Local News
A Red Lion, Pa., man is accused of assaulting a man at a Taco Bell in Slippery Rock. Christopher Lee Powell, 22, was charged Wednesday, May 13, by Slippery Rock police w...
May 14, 2026 Local News
A North Apollo man is accused of harassing a Buffalo Township business. Spencer Thomas Baker, 21, was charged Monday, May 11, by Buffalo Township police with one misdeme...
May 14, 2026 Local News
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