A former assistant county prosecutor will return to the courthouse in January, picking up the gavel in the Butler County Common Pleas courtroom once occupied by recently retired Judge Noah Powers II.

Two Butler County women — Barbara Carter and Melena Siebert — are vying to be the Republican nominee for judge in the District 12 Court of Appeals.

Commonwealth Court judges concluded that Butler County erred by not counting provisional ballots submitted by two mail-in voters.

In front of a packed Butler County courtroom, a judge denied Joshua Rivera’s request for nominal bond Thursday, ordering him to remain in jail.

In front of a packed courtroom, a judge ordered a man to remain in jail as he faces charges in the death of Aiden Lutz, who was struck while riding his bike.

All nine justices agreed to uphold a previous ruling by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court regarding provisional ballots.

A family packed a Butler County courtroom on Wednesday for a bail hearing of a man accused of hitting and killing a teenager in 2023.

Mar. 8—Two Butler County women — Barbara Carter and Melena Siebert — are vying to be the Republican nominee for judge in the District 12 Court of Appeals. The Twelfth District Court of ...