Butler County News

One man died and two other people were badly hurt Friday afternoon when a septic pumping truck crashed on McCalmont Road.

Police in Butler County, Pennsylvania, killed a man after standoff in a residential neighborhood.

Seven former managers of a Butler architecture firm are accused in a federal lawsuit of diverting millions in revenue from the firm's Middle East offices into businesses they secretly controlled, while enriching themselves with hundreds of thousands of dollars in bonuses and perks.

A federal appeals court said a western Pennsylvania woman isn't entitled to a new trial on her claim that an accounting error by Ernst & Young cost her $103 million.

The release of the "last, best offers" by the South Butler County School Board and the South Butler County Education Association opens a 10-day period during which the public may comment on the offers, with comments being considered by the three-member arbitration panel.

A Butler County woman pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh to stealing money from the Postal Service.

A dairy's accounting system can provide the data for making sound financial management decisions.

Union members at a Butler County nursing home hope that cost-cutting measures they accepted in a new contract will encourage county officials to continue to operate the facility.

A Butler County woman, acquitted on charges that she murdered a New York socialite in Panama two years ago, returned to the United States Thursday night.

Share + Nov 10, 2009 4:48 pm US/Eastern 1 of 1 Scientists work in a lab at Vitrology Biotech Company on April 30, 2009 in Clydebank, Scotland.

A Butler County woman has been acquitted on charges that she murdered a friend in Panama City, Panama, two years ago.

A Butler County woman who was accused two years ago of murdering a Staten Island socialite in Panama City was found innocent during a recent trial, according to her family.

The Allentown Morning Call has a good profile today of state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, a Republican from Butler County who has irked numerous minority groups during his ten years in elected office.

Police are searching for a 21-year-old man who they said led them on a chase through Brady Township, Butler County, early Thursday morning.

A Butler County man pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges of bank and wire fraud and two counts of mail fraud.

Share + Nov 6, 2009 1:09 pm US/Eastern HARRISBURG The Internal Revenue Service owes refunds totaling over $3.7 Million to more than 3,000 taxpayers in Pennsylvania.

An Evans City woman, whose husband already is awaiting trial on sex assault and bestiality charges involving a 14-year-old girl, faces a preliminary hearing this month in connection with the case.

A very low voter turnout was reported after Election Day Tuesday in the Pittsburgh area.

Republicans took nearly every contested race in Butler County in Tuesday's election.

Three months after turning her husband in on child pornography charges, a Butler County woman was the one being arrested by police.