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School closings and delays for Dec. 2, 2025
The following Butler County schools are operating on adjusted schedules for Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025: Butler Area School District - 2 Hour Delay Freeport Area Sch...
Mars expected to approve event policy later this month
MARS -- A comprehensive event policy for the borough is expected to be voted on and approved at a borough council meeting Dec. 15. The passing of the event poli...
Evans City approves 2026 budget with no tax increase
EVANS CITY — During a meeting on Monday, Dec. 1, members of borough council unanimously approved the 2026 budget without a tax increase. The millage rate remain...
Jackson Township eyes stormwater improvements as part of 5-year capital plan
Jackson Township officials are planning for more than $2 million in stormwater improvements over the next five years as part of the Southwest Butler Stormwater ...
Snow expected Tuesday morning for Butler County
While there have been minor flurries over the past two weeks, Butler County should receive its first significant snowfall of the season starting Tuesday morning...
School closings and delays for Dec. 2, 2025
School closings and de...
Mars expected to approve event policy later this month
Mars expected to appro...
Evans City approves 2026 budget with no tax increase
Evans City approves 20...
Jackson Township eyes stormwater improvements as part of 5-year capital plan
Jackson Township eyes ...
Snow expected Tuesday morning for Butler County
Snow expected Tuesday ...
The Latest
It was a cold morning on Black Friday this year, but that didn’t stop Matt Thurner and his wife from standing in the parking lot of the Five Below in Butler Commons for h...
December 01, 2025 Local News
Christmas tree farms in Butler County were bustling on Black Friday and through the weekend with people who revel in the smell and the holiday atmosphere that emanates fr...
December 01, 2025 Local News
Borough welcomes winter with annual light-up night
November 30, 2025 Local News
A person was shot and killed by police following a chase on Interstate 279 in Allegheny County on Sunday, Nov. 30. According to KDKA in Pittsburgh, a section of the south...
November 30, 2025 Crime & Courts
ZELIENOPLE — Although Heather Shriver’s children saw many toys and items they wanted for Christmas on Saturday, Nov. 29, Shriver encouraged them to look for gifts they co...
November 29, 2025 Local News
Local News
A line wrapped around Target in Butler Commons before 6 a.m. on Friday morning, Nov. 28, while others stood at the doors of nearby Walmart and Lowe’s in hopes of finding ...
November 28, 2025 Local News
One person was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital Thanksgiving evening, Nov. 27, following a crash along Route 228 near Adams Area Fire District. The crash was reported short...
November 28, 2025 Local News
A former security guard facing charges for allegedly sharing nude photos of a female Seneca Valley High School student and inappropriately touching another female student...
November 28, 2025 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Cold winds and a little snow did not deter nearly 1,000 people from gathering in Graham Park on Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 27, for the annual Turkey Chase...
November 27, 2025 Local News
Emergency crews responded Wednesday morning, Nov. 26, to an accidental chemical spill at a business on Commonwealth Drive in Cranberry Township. Cranberry Township firefi...
November 26, 2025 Local News
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Sports
Mars fans should get a good look at Austen Wroblewski this high school basketball season. ...
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The 2025-26 high school girls basketball season will include the return of established...
November 25, 2025
The high school basketball season is nearly here. As with every year, the faces have chang...
November 24, 2025
The first college signing period of the school year began Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. Butle...
November 24, 2025
Dorothea Epps is no stranger to preparing a team to compete in the WPIAL’s highest classif...
November 21, 2025
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Community
Women-founded organization commemorated 25 years as a group
 
Nonprofit leaders share what makes an event sensory-friendly
November 19, 2025
CRANBERRY TWP — Brandon Szuch has always been a good swimmer, and he runs track and cross ...
November 17, 2025
Adagio Health reaffirmed its ongoing commitment to serving women veterans through the Wome...
November 17, 2025
SUMMIT TWP — The tall grass in a field off Hinchberger Road was still Saturday, Nov. 1, bu...
November 12, 2025
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Special Sections
Overseas importer turned business-owner opens newest branch in Seven Fields
November 26, 2025 Special Sections
Matt Diesel opened his sports performance facility off Route 19 in Cranberry Township to try and fix something he believed had gone sideways in youth ...
November 26, 2025 Special Sections
Veterinary hospital, pet salon spreads cheer with specialized care, photos with Santa and seasonal safety tips
November 26, 2025 Special Sections
The population growth in southwestern Butler County is leaving some of the area’s boroughs feeling squeezed as a result. For example, Zelienople is bo...
November 11, 2025 Local News
Cranberry Township works to preserve longtime farm
November 07, 2025 Progress
Digital Divide
HARRISBURG — In the coming years, Pennsylvania will receive more than $1 billion in federal funding to bring high-speed internet access to everyone in...
August 30, 2023 Pennsylvania News
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority is asking for the public’s opinion until Friday, March 10 on two potential action plans for wider int...
February 27, 2023 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Pennsylvania is set to get a piece of $42.5 billion in federal money to help expand broadband internet access to underserved areas. On...
February 17, 2023 Business
The state of broadband across a 10-county region in southwestern Pennsylvania, including Butler County, will be the topic of an event Thursday in Cran...
February 11, 2023 Local News
Part-time wedding photographer Margie Mackrell needs hours to upload wedding photos at her Muddy Creek Township home, an assignment that, by contrast,...
February 09, 2023 Local News

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