FORWARD TWP — The board of supervisors approved a motion Tuesday, May 14, to send a proposal letter to Seneca Valley School District asking for a “student adviser” from t...
MIDDLESEX TWP — Nearly one year after beginning the process to update the township’s comprehensive plan, supervisors held a public hearing on Wednesday night, May 15, on ...
FORWARD TWP — A sports complex featuring four pickleball courts, two pole vaulting tracks and two soccer fields — one outdoor and one indoor — is coming to Forward Townsh...
FORWARD TWP — During their meeting Tuesday, May 14, the township supervisors discussed the possibility of the township entering into the blight mitigation program run by ...
KARNS CITY — The Karns City Area School Board approved a preliminary 2024-25 budget that does not include a tax increase, but residents in the Butler County portion of th...
KARNS CITY — The Karns City Area School Board closed Sugarcreek Elementary School and received an update on the $24 million expansion project at Chicora Elementary School...
Local law enforcement officials said Tuesday, May 14, the new distracted driving bill expected to be signed this week could be easier to enforce than other bans.
Senate B...
KARNS CITY — Borough council hired a contractor Tuesday, May 14, to patch and seal coat roads, and is working on getting its playground in shape for the summer.
Phillips ...
ADAMS TWP — After months of back-and-forth between Adams Township’s supervisors and planning commission, supervisors granted final major subdivision approval for the Mand...
Clinton Township will apply for a $50,000 grant from Butler County to aid in replacing the deck of the Victory Road bridge.
Supervisors voted to seek the grant during th...
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced on Monday, May 13, that the closure of Stevenson Road for construction, planned for Tuesday, has been delayed to a...
ADAMS TWP — Supervisors Chairman Russell Ford announced Monday night, May 13, that the township had reversed its decision to install a controversial synthetic surface at ...
Traffic cones are popping up across Butler County, signaling the debut of roadwork season, the period that stretches through the warmest months of the year addressing iss...
Paving will commence for the Three Degree Road intersection project in Middlesex and Adams townships starting Monday, May 13, and will last through the end of the month, ...
Motorists in Penn Township are advised the timeline for the planned Dodds Road realignment project has been moved four days earlier due to a change in circumstances.
Star...
CONNOQUENESSING — Borough council voted at their monthly meeting on Tuesday night, May 7 to commit to using their share of American Rescue Plan Act funding for improvemen...
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is inviting high school students from District 10 — which includes Butler, Armstrong, Clarion, Indiana and Jefferson countie...
MARS — Borough council voted to put a former church building at 524 Pittsburgh St. up for sale during its meeting Monday, May 6.
The borough spent years trying to find a ...
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — The township is considering a new municipal building and is seeking a Local Share Amount grant from the state to fund its planning, design and const...
The county has filed a lawsuit in Common Pleas Court seeking to vacate an April arbitration award that gave a union employee a job the county claims he is not qualified f...
ADAMS TWP — The building at 145 Grand Ave. in Mars currently houses a NexTier Bank branch. In a few years, that address may be the new home of the Mars Area Public Librar...
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — The municipal building was packed Wednesday evening, May 1, with many of the attendees calling for the resignation or removal of the chairman of the...
FORWARD TWP — The township’s planning commission granted final approval on Tuesday evening, April 30, to a sports complex proposed by the Cashdollar family which could be...
Two county residents claim in a suit filed Monday, April 29, the Butler County Board of Elections rejected the mail-in ballots they submitted for the April 23 primary and...
Seven property owners suing Butler County over its property assessment appeals system are seeking class action certification for the suit.
Butler attorney William Rodgers...
Findings of fact regarding a proposed cold-mix asphalt plant in Slippery Rock Township state the plant complies with the township’s zoning ordinance regarding heavy manuf...
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation issued a news release Friday, April 26, highlighting numerous infrastructure improvement projects which were nearing complet...
The county commissioners on Wednesday, April 24, approved an application for a grant of up to $2 million for work at the planned Butler County Aging and Veterans Resource...
The county commissioners on Wednesday, April 24, agreed to buy a handheld device prison guards, deputy sheriffs, probation officers and police can use to detect and ident...
ADAMS TWP — Residents no longer have to look over their shoulders for loose cattle prowling their yards.
At a supervisors meeting on Monday evening, April 22, board chair...
