Government
Freedom Road in Cranberry Township will close from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily between Haine School and Lovi roads through June 17, according to the state Department of Trans...
May 18, 2024
Business
DHS visits Lifesteps in Armstrong County, discusses governor’s 2024-2025 budget
DHS visits Lifesteps in Armstrong County, discusses governor’s 2024-2025 budget
May 17, 2024
Government
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
May 10, 2024
Local News
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, ...
May 10, 2024
Government
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...
May 09, 2024
Government
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is inviting high school students from District 10 — which includes Butler, Armstrong, Clarion, Indiana and Jefferson countie...
May 07, 2024
Government
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 ...
May 06, 2024
Religion
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...
May 04, 2024
Crime & Courts
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...
May 02, 2024
Government
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...
April 30, 2024
Government
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...
April 30, 2024
Government
Seven property owners suing Butler County over its property assessment appeals system are seeking class action certification for the suit.
Butler attorney William Rodgers...
April 29, 2024
Crime & Courts
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...
April 25, 2024
Government
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...
April 25, 2024
Government
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...
April 24, 2024
Government
County Treasurer Diane Marburger said she believes the Game Commission’s new antlerless deer hunting license sales schedule is intended to avoid overloading the online sa...
April 22, 2024
Government
A concurrent resolution calling for Butler native Marc Fogel’s release from a Russian prison advanced from the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations earlier last week.
Sp...
April 20, 2024
Government
As of this week, Middlesex Township has opened up the pavilion at its community park, located on Browns Hill Road, to rental from the public.
The pavilion will be availab...
April 19, 2024
Community
PENN TWP — The county Airport Authority opened four bids Wednesday, April 17 ranging from over $500,000 to more than $1 million for replacing a paved apron where airplane...
April 18, 2024
Government
Two thermal body scanners purchased for the county prison are overdue, but officials anticipate they will be delivered this week.
The county used a $337,000 federal grant...
April 17, 2024
Government
A county judge ruled the court does not have the jurisdiction to resolve a suit filed by the Butler County Republican Committee against the Republican Party of Pennsylvan...
April 17, 2024
Government
The April 23 ballot will look similar to the ballot voters saw in the 2020 primary election, as state Rep. Marci Mustello, R-11th, is facing another challenge from Butler...
April 15, 2024
Government
Remaining supervisors looking for replacement
Remaining supervisors looking for replacement
April 12, 2024
Government
Meridian Road bridge overhaul delayed until late 2025
Meridian Road bridge overhaul delayed until late 2025
April 11, 2024
Government
