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The Harmony Fire District received an extension to repay a $2.8 million loan note that was used to build its fire station in Zelienople. The Butler County General Authori...
February 04, 2026 Government
MARS — The borough has chosen its third new council member of 2026, as Jana Snavely has been appointed to fill a vacancy left after a January resignation. Snavely, a Mars...
February 03, 2026 Local News
Butler County Emergency Services said residents can now sign up for Regroup, the newly launched, high-speed community emergency alert system. In December, county commissi...
February 02, 2026 Local News
Butler County commissioners increased rental fees for some shelters at Alameda Park about a month before shelter reservations open. At their meeting Wednesday, Jan. 28, c...
February 01, 2026 Local News
Balancing the 2025 county budget will require less money from the fund balance than officials predicted. Budget director Ann Brown told county commissioners Wednesday, Ja...
January 29, 2026 Government
Elizabeth Koromaus said she’s tired of her neighbors and community members being grabbed off the streets and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement with the help...
January 29, 2026 Government
Butler County commissioners on Wednesday, Jan. 14, approved construction change orders and provided updates for water and sewer projects in the north and the Butler Seni...
January 15, 2026 Government
Due to a series of retirements and turnovers in the most recent election, nearly every municipality in the southeastern and south central part of Butler County is experie...
January 15, 2026 Government
With officials from Adams Township and Mars discussing a possible merger, there’s undoubtedly plenty of conversation ahead on how to integrate the two municipalities. Th...
January 09, 2026 Government
FORWARD TWP — A month after supervisors voted to approve a 2026 budget, the township’s newly constituted board voted to reopen it during its first meeting on Thursday nig...
January 09, 2026 Government
Adams Township and Mars announced on Wednesday, Jan. 7, that they will hold a joint public meeting to discuss a potential merger between the two municipalities. The meeti...
January 08, 2026 Government
Playoff football has caused at least one municipality in Butler County to alter its meeting schedule. Adams Township has approved a resolution to move its supervisors mee...
January 08, 2026 Government
Connoquenessing Township supervisors adopted a 2026 budget that does not include a tax increase. In a 2-0 vote Dec. 29, supervisors approved a balanced $1.2 million spend...
January 04, 2026 Local News
David Johnston was sworn in Friday, Jan. 2, as the new mayor of Saxonburg by an old friend. In one of his last acts as a full-time Butler County Common Pleas Court judge ...
January 03, 2026 Local News
Two new Common Pleas Court judges, a new coroner and clerk of courts and an incumbent sheriff and controller were sworn into their offices Friday during Butler County’s a...
January 02, 2026 Local News
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