Scott Garing News Today

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No one was injured after a vehicle rolled over “multiple times” on the northbound lane of Interstate 79 in Cranberry Township, according to Scott Garing, chief of fire and emergency services for the t...

Nearly 3 feet of water surrounded Ed Harlon’s home near Evans City on Monday afternoon, which house sits on a hill right next to the Connoquenessing Creek. Not one to let the flooding deter him from ...

WINFIELD TWP — People across Butler County burned some of their trash Monday, March 25, taking advantage of the good weather. But the conditions also were ripe for wildfires, and two people on opposit...

CRANBERRY TWP — On Thursday, Feb. 1, the board of supervisors voted unanimously to approve more than $1.3 million for the purchase of a new firetruck for the Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Company....

The driver of a Toyota electric vehicle escaped injury Tuesday, Jan. 30, after the vehicle’s battery caught fire while he was driving on St. Francis Way in Cranberry Township. According to Scott Garin...

CRANBERRY TWP — Everything about Cranberry Township is growing every year, so it stands to reason the workload for the township’s emergency services would grow with it. In 2023, the Cranberry Township...

Firefighters were able to prevent a vehicle fire from spreading to the nearby house early Thursday morning, Jan. 11 in Cranberry Township. A Chevrolet pickup truck was destroyed, but the fire was quic...

Seven departments responded to a kitchen fire Saturday, Dec. 16, that left one Zelienople resident injured. “He did get transported to the hospital for smoke inhalation,” said Chief Scott Garing, Harm...

LANCASTER TWP — Nine fire departments responded to a chimney fire in the 100 block of Stone Church Road on Saturday, Nov. 25, after a resident noticed smoke upstairs. “The wife was at home and she was...