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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...
May 16, 2024 Government
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts: Adams Twp April 22 — Marshall W. Grubb, 28, of Pittsburgh, was charged with ...
May 16, 2024 Crime & Courts
BUTLER TWP — David Pingree usually gets around in a wheelchair, but he was able to complete the 2-kilometer walk around VA Butler Healthcare on Wednesday, May 15, thanks ...
May 16, 2024 Local News
One of the missions of the Penn State Master Gardeners is to educate people on good plant-growing practices, and one of the best places for them to do that is the annual ...
May 16, 2024 Local News
Nationally known recording artists Ron Thomason and the Dry Branch Fire Squad will perform their blend of humor and bluegrass music inside the Historic Harmony Barn at 30...
May 16, 2024 Local News
The Rotary Club of Cranberry Township will be hosting a suicide prevention and awareness walk along with a butterfly release from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Pit...
May 16, 2024 Local News
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 ...
May 16, 2024 Government
PENN TWP — One of the official mottos for the Rotary International is “Service above Self” and on Wednesday, May 15, two Butler residents who exemplified what it means to...
May 15, 2024 Local News
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...
May 15, 2024 Government
A former co-defendant of a man found guilty of homicide in the June 2022 death of an Ohio man in Muddy Creek Township was sentenced Wednesday to prison. Nicole Schwartz, ...
May 15, 2024 Crime & Courts
Cranberry’s annual Memorial Day remembrance ceremony is set for 1 p.m. May 26 at the Veterans Memorial in North Boundary Park. The ceremony is presented by the Veterans o...
May 15, 2024 Local News
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 ...
May 15, 2024 Government
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...
May 15, 2024 Education
Treatment systems that prevent mine pollution from entering streams in northern Butler County are about 25 years old, and a grant of more than $250,000 from the Pennsylva...
May 15, 2024 Local News
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts: Adams Twp April 21 — Victoria L. Elwood, 33, of Valencia, was charged with f...
May 15, 2024 Crime & Courts
State Rep. Stephenie Scialabba, R-12th, announced she will be hosting her first Family First Initiative event from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 16 at the Steamfitters ...
May 15, 2024 Local News
The Butler Transit Authority board voted Tuesday, May 14, to implement a policy that would ban people who do not pay the full fare from riding the bus. John Paul, executi...
May 15, 2024 Local News
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...
May 15, 2024 Education
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...
May 15, 2024 Government
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 ...
May 15, 2024 Government
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...
May 15, 2024 Government
FRANKLIN TWP — There was much for the Butler County Family YMCA to celebrate during it’s annual meeting on Tuesday, May 14. Last year the nonprofit saw a net revenue of $...
May 14, 2024 Local News
A Leechburg woman was found dead in her Armstrong County home following a house fire Tuesday morning, May 14, according to the Armstrong County coroner’s office. Betty Ba...
May 14, 2024 Local News
Crews were called to a rekindled fire at a home in Marion Township early Tuesday morning, May 14, hours after they extinguished the flames the day before. Dispatchers re...
May 14, 2024 Local News
A Chicora man died after crashing a tri-axle dump truck into a wooded area last week in Sugarcreek Township, Armstrong County, police said. Randy L. Toy, 53, was found un...
May 14, 2024 Local News
BUTLER TWP — Community Partnership in Butler made quick work of sorting food donations yielded from the U.S. Postal Service’s Stamp Out Hunger campaign Saturday, May 11, ...
May 14, 2024 Local News
Butler is looking for a consultant to help outline goals for the mayor and members of city council in their plan to undergo training from the Pennsylvania Department of C...
May 14, 2024 Local News
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...
May 14, 2024 Government
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...
May 14, 2024 Government
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 ...
May 14, 2024 Amateur
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