Butler News

People pass the signs telling of a requirement for voters to show an acceptable photo ID to vote as they head into the the PennDOT Drivers License Center in Butler, Pa.

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Two counts each of homicide and aggravated assault against 38-year-old Scott Black of Butler were bound to court following a preliminary hearing in front... Pennsylvania Facts - PA is the Keystone State.

May 14, 2013- A Butler County man was bound over to Forest County court today, charged with the stabbing deaths of a Tionesta couple.

Driver Frank Schaffner, 59, of Butler was charged today with homicide by vehicle, aggravated assault by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter, recklessly endangering another person, reckless driving and vehicles required to stop at railroad crossings.

The hearing for a man accused of killing two people in Tionesta late last month has been re-scheduled for next week.

Westminster College students Lance Jubic and Tyler Umstead will be presented an award by Dominion and the Pennsylvania Environmental Council at the May 23 Western Pennsylvania Environmental Awards Dinner and Ceremony in Pittsburgh .

Born Aug. 15, 1927, in Butler, Pa., he was the son of the late Howard A. Parks and Anna S. Parks.

Co-star of GAC's "Farm Kings" Joe King taught students how to obtain a natural and sustainable business in the Eisenberg Classroom Building Monday night.

The Greek Catholic Union Helping Hands Day Program provides additional funding to GCU Lodges to assist with planting, cleaning, weeding, landscaping, and other cleanup efforts from April through October each year.

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Westminster College's Environmental Programs hosted a Datashed Training Workshop April 19 at the Westminster Field Station.

William Ainsworth, 55, pretended to be teenaged boys to garner the trust of more than 600 unsuspecting teens in Beaver, Butler and Allegheny counties.

An autopsy is scheduled Sunday in a double murder that happened just after 1:00 AM Saturday in Tionesta, Forest County.

Borough police are investigating the vandalism of a statue in front of a church sometime between April 20 and 21.

An elderly woman died and several people were injured Friday when a freight train hit a small bus that was carrying passengers to a program for people with developmental disabilities.

Emergency crews say at least 10 people have been hurt in a crash between a rural transit bus and a freight train in western Pennsylvania.