Local State Rep. Aaron Bernstine said he will do what he cans to stop the state House from voting on anti-gun legislation that he believes would violate the Pennsylvania constitution. The fr... Read more
A Butler tradition- the Rodfathers Car Club’s Cruise-A-Palooza- welcomed Butler County residents over the weekend…but plans didn’t go as originally planned. The event- scheduled for Saturday... Read more
Mars High School has named their valedictorian and salutatorian for the Class of 2018. Deepayan Patra, 16, was top of his class, as well as president of the Mars STEM Club; finalist for in t... Read more
The Mars School Board has hired a new director of special education for the district. Travis Mineard will begin on July 1. He’ll be paid a salary of $118,000. Mineard is currently the direct... Read more
The Butler County Infrastructure Bank- created to help municipalities finance projects- is getting ready to award its first funding dollars. Six projects are under consideration, according t... Read more
The Butler County Community College board of trustees has approved a budget for next fiscal year that includes a slight tuition increase. Starting July 1, tuition will increase $5 to $113 pe... Read more
The Mars School Board passed a final budget on Wednesday that does not include any cuts to the district’s music program. Several parents and students had been attending recent school board m... Read more
A Butler County man is among 28 people charged with drug trafficking in connection with a Pittsburgh street gang. Raymond Chrzanowski, 50, of Zelienople was named in the second of two relate... Read more
Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives have voted overwhelmingly to pass a $32 billion state budget for the next fiscal year. The budget’s key elements are no new taxes or fee... Read more
The Butler A.M. Rotary has started a campaign to renovate the playground at Butler Memorial Park. The ‘Save The Playground’ campaign has hopes of raising $100,000 to facilitate a two-year re... Read more