The following Butler County schools are operating on adjusted schedules for Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025:
Butler Area School District - Closed
Freeport Area School Di...
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 — 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 officials are planning for more than $2 million in stormwater improvements over the next five years as part of the Southwest Butler Stormwater ...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Emergency crews responded Wednesday morning, Nov. 26, to an accidental chemical spill at a business on Commonwealth Drive in Cranberry Township.
Cranberry Township firefi...
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 ...
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...
HARRISBURG — In the coming years, Pennsylvania will receive more than $1 billion in federal funding to bring high-speed internet access to everyone in...
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority is asking for the public’s opinion until Friday, March 10 on two potential action plans for wider int...
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...
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...
Part-time wedding photographer Margie Mackrell needs hours to upload wedding photos at her Muddy Creek Township home, an assignment that, by contrast,...