Threat at KC school not credible

Reports of threats against Karns City High School were investigated by authorities and found to be not credible.

11/16/2019 Local News 0 comments

Pa. jobless rate up; labor force, payrolls hit record highs

HARRISBURG — The state Department of Labor and Industry said Friday that Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate rose two-tenths of a percentage point to 4.2 percent. It hit a four-decade low of 3.8 percent earlier this year.

11/16/2019 Pennsylvania 0 comments

Bowling for Dollars

Amy Wonderling of Butler takes her turn at Family Bowlaway Fun Center, 540 Fairground Hill Road, during the Butler County Community College’s Bowling For Scholars fundraiser Nov. 8. Twenty lanes hosted the 95 bowlers participating.

11/16/2019 Local News 0 comments

Donated venison for dinner

From left, Jan Stirling-Kelly, Lynne Updegraff and other volunteers serve up donated ground venison macaroni made by First United Methodist Church chef Ray Christy at the church's weekly community dinner Friday night.

11/16/2019 Local News 0 comments

Plan to fix VA run-off involves piping, trees

CENTER TWP — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection received plans Friday for a water run-off fix at the Abie Abraham VA Health Care Clinic on Duffy Road.

11/16/2019 Local News 0 comments

ANR gets $2.5K grant for 'Seed to Supper'

Urban gardens program's focus

Hope is taking root in Butler County.

11/16/2019 Local News 0 comments

TIMELINE

2017

11/16/2019 Local News 0 comments

Motive a mystery in school shooting

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — A 16-year-old boy planned the attack that killed two students and wounded three others at a Southern California high school, but investigators were so far unable to find out why he brought a gun to campus and opened fire, authorities said Friday.

11/16/2019 National 0 comments

Repeat DUI offender sentenced to prison

A Karns City man was sentenced to two prison sentences Wednesday for his third and fourth DUI, with one involving a two-car crash.

11/16/2019 Local News 0 comments

POLICE REPORTS

Butler Police

11/16/2019 Police Reports 0 comments

Hit-and-run leads to 4th DUI arrest

A Jefferson Township man with three DUI convictions was arrested again for suspected drunken driving — this time for allegedly being more than three times the legal limit for alcohol following a hit-and-run crash.

11/16/2019 Local News 0 comments

Corporation holds annual meeting

The East Brady Area Development Corporation held its annual meeting Nov. 13.

11/16/2019 Local News 0 comments

Teacher investigated for shooting remark

HARRISBURG — Harrisburg School District chief operating officer Chris Celmer posted a letter to parents and staff Thursday saying the district is extremely concerned by “what appears to be highly inappropriate and inexcusable judgment” on the part of the seventh grade teacher at...

11/16/2019 Pennsylvania 0 comments

Bridge crash causes Rt. 8 closure; driver injured

Emergency crews rescue a woman injured about 7 a.m. Friday when the pickup truck she was driving struck the side of the Route 8 bridge in Butler. The woman suffered an apparent dislocated knee, authorities said.

Route 8 bridge crash injures driver

11/16/2019 Local News 0 comments

Doctor announces '20 bid for House 11th district seat

The state House district most central to Butler will be contested again in 2020.

11/16/2019 Local News 0 comments

D.A.seeks to record account

Fear for witness' health the reason

Prosecutors told a Butler County judge Friday they worry that a key witness in the Bosko murder case is at risk of dying from a heroin overdose, and that the testimony would be critical for an eventual trial.

11/16/2019 Local News 0 comments

Multi-alarm fire in Penn Twp.

Commercial building's roof collapses

Crews from at least seven area fire departments battle a blaze Saturday night at 103 Hicks Road in Renfrew.

PENN TWP — Several area fire departments were on the scene of a massive blaze in Penn Township Friday night.

11/16/2019 Local News 0 comments

Learning to collaborate, care

Mother, daughter share their struggles in a program to help college students

Jennifer Bruno talks about the challenges of raising a blind, autistic child in a presentation to students at an interdisciplinary studies event at Slippery Rock University.

In the same way a person can sense a storm coming, a mother knows when something is wrong with her child.

11/16/2019 Local News 0 comments

Former aide sentenced for assault

Client's father not notified in related cases

A Butler County court judge sentenced a man Wednesday to two years of probation for abusing a mentally handicapped man.

11/15/2019 Local News 0 comments

Write-in votes tallied; many races resolved

Several posts filled in process

The Butler County Bureau of Elections has counted the write-in votes from the Nov. 5 election resolving many borough and township races that no candidates entered.