Tag: Butler

$3.4 million project to close Butler County Regional Airport for weeks

May 31—Butler County Regional Airport-Hogan Field runway is scheduled to be closed for six weeks beginning next week, June 3, for a resurfacing project, according to county officials. It is the first time the airport — located in Hamilton on Airport Drive — has been resurfaced in more than a quarter of a century, said […]

Butler Township police warn residents of bear sighting

Butler Township police are warning residents that a black bear and three cubs were spotted in the September Drive area. Channel 11 received a photo of an adult bear and three cubs from a viewer on September Drive. The bears were spotted in the viewer’s yard. Residents in the Dutchtown Village area should move bird […]

Man dies after being stabbed while stealing car in Butler County

A man is dead after being stabbed while stealing a car in Butler County, according to a spokesperson from the Hamilton Police Department. The Butler County Coroner’s Office identified the man as Roger D. Cole, 29, of Hamilton. >> Police presence reported in Montgomery County neighborhood Hamilton police said Cole was stabbed during an altercation […]

Singh found guilty in Butler County quadruple homicide trial

May 10—Three Butler County judges found Gurpreet Singh guilty Friday of four counts of aggravated murder with a death specification for killing his wife and three other family members in 2019 in their West Chester Twp. apartment. He will now face the death penalty in the sentencing phase of the trial, which will begin Monday. […]

Motions hearing in Butler Township teen homicide continued

May 9—WILKES-BARRE — A motions hearing for homicide suspect Alan Jay Meyers was continued Thursday as a recently retained attorney added to the defense team claimed there is “outstanding evidence” that needs to be reviewed. Attorney Theron Solomon joined Attorney Matthew T. Muckler in defending Meyers, 18, for the fatal shooting of Kassadey Matulevich, 17, […]

Over 40 vehicles broken into in Butler Co., 3 arrested

Three people were arrested after 40 vehicles were broken into in West Chester Township. Around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday three suspects used a window punch to break the windows and enter 40 vehicles parked in seven different hotel parking lots, West Chester Township police told our news partners at WCPO. The hotels were all in the […]

Man recovering after being shot by Butler County deputy

May 6—A 46-year-old man is recovering from a gunshot wound to the shoulder after being shot by a Butler County sheriff’s deputy after the man allegedly broke into Liberty a Twp. apartment complex clubhouse Saturday morning. Family members called dispatchers about 11:10 a.m. concerned about the welfare of James Huff, who was hallucinating while going […]