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A Butler man claims in a lawsuit he sustained multiple bone fractures, left arm paralysis and has been in and out of intensive care due to a Jan. 19 collision with a stat...
August 21, 2026 Crime & Courts
State police found the body of a PennWest California University freshman soccer player in a vehicle parked near campus Thursday, Aug. 20. Karoline Jordyn Heintz, 18, of ...
August 21, 2026 Local News
A Philadelphia man is facing drug charges following an incident Friday in the parking lot of a hotel in Butler Township. Sebastyian Elquan Lebron, 36, was charged with a ...
August 21, 2026 Crime & Courts
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Butler Aug. 5 — Ivan Aponte Alicea, 60, was charged with misdemeanor DUI following...
August 21, 2026 Local News
A Butler man barricaded himself in a Mercer Street residence after pointing what police believed to be an AR-15-style rifle at a 5-year-old boy, which sparked a large pol...
August 20, 2026 Local News
A Connoquenessing Township man accused of threatening to kill his wife and four children multiple times from 2007 to 2026 had all charges held for court after his wife te...
August 20, 2026 Local News
A lawsuit filed last week against Kittanning-based school bus operator A.J. Myers and Sons marks the fourth suit filed as a result of a March 6, 2025, bus crash in Adams ...
August 20, 2026 Crime & Courts
A Jefferson County man is accused of attempting to assault a man with a chain saw Monday, Aug. 17, in Butler. Butler police charged Alan Richard Berkey, 37, Tuesday, Aug....
August 18, 2026 Local News
A man is accused of breaking into a Butler car wash and causing thousands of dollars in damage in late July. Aidan A. Hardisty, 34, was charged with a felony count of bur...
August 18, 2026 Local News
A Butler man had his neck cut after allegedly entering an apartment and physically attacking two people. Daniel G. Watters, 61, of Butler, is facing charges of felony cri...
August 18, 2026 Crime & Courts
A Lawrence County motorcyclist is now charged with DUI in a Jackson Township crash that sent himself and another woman to hospitals last month. Parker Lewis Lumley, 27, o...
August 18, 2026 Local News
A Jefferson Township couple is out almost $10,000 after paying for stone and siding work on their home that was never completed, according to Butler County detectives. L...
August 18, 2026 Local News
A visiting judge recused himself from the trial of a Butler man charged in the October 2023 death of a 15-year-old boy who was struck while he was riding his bike. The de...
August 17, 2026 Local News
A Penn Township woman who taught at Beaver Falls High School is accused of sending sexually explicit messages to a 16-year-old student. Sarah Jo Massa, 24, is accused of...
August 17, 2026 Local News
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