Butler County News

A man was killed when the tractor he was driving overturned on his property in Cranberry Township, Butler County.

Two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday on the 15th Street Hill in Sandycreek Township.

Every rush hour, motorists sit through lengthy traffic lights on Route 228 in southern Butler County, especially in Cranberry and Seven Fields.

A memorial ceremony will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday on the road where two Butler County boys appeared to have been killed by a hit-and-run motorist six years ago.

A Chicora woman died Saturday when her motorcycle was struck by a sport utility vehicle driven by a 17-year-old Butler County girl, according to state police.

A Butler County fitness club filed an appeal Monday asking that Commonwealth Court reconsider a lower court decision to toss out a lawsuit that claimed the YMCA is engaged in unfair business competition.

One person was killed in a house fire in Muddy Creek Township, Butler County. Authorities said the blaze began at about 6 a.m. Monday at a house along Stone Church Road.

A Butler County woman is dead following an accident in Chicora on Saturday afternoon.

Firefighters from Sarver needed to repel down to save a man injured after falling off a bridge in nearby Buffalo Township, Butler County.

A teenager who state police said drove over a motorcyclist on Saturday could face charges.

Adams Township officials are not commenting on whether they rented a pavilion at a public park to an alleged white supremacist group attempting to link itself to State Rep.

Hampton police say Waits stole personal checks from a home in the 3000 block of Wildwood Road Extension on May 27.

Crime victims in Butler County can now be notified within five minutes when a county jail inmate is released from jail.

Damage from the weekend fire at the Excell Minerals fertilizer plant in Clinton Township runs into the millions of dollars, officials in Butler County said Monday.

If an inmate is released from Butler County Prison at 3 a.m., his victims will get a phone call at 3:05 -- thanks to an automated telephone system.

Crews from across the area spent the day battling a stubborn fire at a mineral plant in Butler County.The fire started after 1 p.m. at the Excell Minerals plant in Clinton Township on Saxonburg Boulevard.

As countywide labor contract negotiations begin, Butler County Commissioners are considering the switch from self-insuring employees to using a health insurance carrier.

A fire ignited at the Excell Minerals Plant in Clinton Township, Butler County on Saturday afternoon.

A Butler County man died yesterday in a three-car crash on Route 66 in Clarion County, authorities said.

About 100 firefighters from 20 volunteer fire companies battled a fire Saturday that destroyed a Butler County fertilizer plant.