Government
About 24,000 of the dogs in Butler County, about 45%, are not licensed, but the county and its dog warden are hoping to change that this month during the Pennsylvania Bur...
February 15, 2026
Local News
Butler County attorneys represent state GOP
Butler County attorneys represent state GOP
February 14, 2026
Local News
FORWARD TWP — Township supervisors have a finished budget to work with for the 2026 fiscal year.
The township’s original 2026 budget was finalized and approved in Decemb...
February 13, 2026
Government
An election polling place change in Zelienople and the consolidation of two Butler precincts into one were discussed at a Butler County commissioners meeting Wednesday, F...
February 13, 2026
Local News
Residents spoke Wednesday, Feb. 11, at the Butler County commissioners meeting for and against an agreement Sheriff Mike Slupe signed in July to assist the U.S. Immigrati...
February 12, 2026
Government
CRANBERRY TWP — Township supervisors, during a meeting Thursday, Feb. 5, unanimously passed motions to approve five separate equipment purchases.
The first of those was f...
February 07, 2026
Government
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
Pennsylvania is looking to add 1,200 truck parking spots statewide before the end of 2026. According to a news release from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation,...
January 29, 2026
Government
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
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
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
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
Cranberry Township and Seven Fields are in line to receive a combined $295,670 from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Green Light Go grant program.
Green Li...
December 31, 2025
Local News
The arrangement of Butler County Common Pleas Court judges will have a few changes in 2026 when two newly elected judges begin their 10-year terms in office.
The court is...
December 29, 2025
Local News
Butler County Commissioners changed public emergency alert providers after a nationwide cybersecurity incident impacted the vendor that operated the former system.
The co...
December 24, 2025
Government
The county commissioners awarded a bid for electrical upgrades in Alamada Park after the bid was scrutinized.
The $308,000 bid was awarded at the Wednesday, Dec. 17, comm...
December 22, 2025
Government
County commissioners revised the 2026 budget introduced in November to eliminate what would have been an $11.76 million deficit.
Commissioners met with department heads, ...
December 17, 2025
Government
Adams Township residents can rest assured their local tax rate will remain intact for at least one more year.
At a special meeting Monday, Dec. 1, the township’s board of...
December 09, 2025
Finance
The Butler County commissioners approved a service agreement Wednesday for logic and accuracy testing and Election Day support staff for the election bureau.
The commissi...
December 04, 2025
Government
The Butler County commissioners will need to use about $3.5 million of the county’s $7.8 million fund balance to pay for the 2026 budget, which does not include a tax inc...
December 03, 2025
Local News
The Butler County Computation Return Board on Friday, Nov. 7, began the painstaking process of counting write-in votes and provisional ballots that were submitted for Tue...
November 08, 2025
Elections
Butler County Sheriff Mike Slupe was presented Thursday, Oct. 16, with the American Constitutional Conservative Rights Union’s Defender Award for supporting U.S. Immigrat...
October 17, 2025
Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — The 107-day-old impasse in adopting a state budget was the first of many topics state legislators discussed Wednesday at the Southern Butler County Busine...
October 15, 2025
Local News
At least one municipality located within the Seneca Valley School district is raising the alarm about the district’s proposed construction project for the intermediate hi...
October 11, 2025
Education
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