Butler County News

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.

Emerald Ash Borer beetles have been found in Milford Township, Juniata County, bringing to 11 the number of Pennsylvania counties where the ash tree-destroying pest has been identified, acting Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding said today.

Pennsylvania is making a new push to get federal approval for tolls on Interstate 80.

Mark A. Ciavarella , leaving court in Scranton in February. Only about 100 of his cases from 2003 to mid-2008 remain eligible to be retried after the state Supreme Court's action yesterday.

Pennsylvania American Water, announced today that it has acquired the Saxonburg Area Authority's water system in Butler County.

Allegheny County is recording more cases of H1N1 flu than any other county in Pennsylvania, according to new numbers from the state Department of Health .

At the end of October, fall foliage blazes its brightest throughout Western Pennsylvania in shades of yellow, orange and red.

State police at Butler are looking for Shawn Aaron Hobel, 27, of Ellwood City, Lawrence County, in connection with a robbery in Butler County.

Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced the filing of criminal charges against a Butler County man accused of using his position as a doctor to sexually assault two teenage boys who were supposed to be receiving medical treatment.

Police and firefighters in Butler County are searching from the ground and the air for a missing man Tuesday night.

The Pennsylvania 4-H Horse Show turns 50 this year, and 4-H'ers, volunteers and leaders will celebrate throughout the three-day event, Oct.

By Brian C. Rittmeyer , VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH Saturday, October 17, 2009 Last updated: 10:56 am Two Butler County natives with extensive backgrounds in law enforcement are vying to be the county's first new sheriff in nearly three decades.

The juvenile justice system in Luzerne County failed on many levels, leading to a scandal that resulted in two judges facing criminal charges for sending children to a detention facility in which they had a financial interest, the head of a commission reviewing the case said yesterday.

State police say two men died and two others were injured in a single-car crash near Portersville, Butler County.

State police say two people are dead and two are injured from a single-car crash in western Pennsylvania.