Students and parents in the Mars Area School District continue to express frustration with the amount of bullying they say is happening in their schools. About 75 people attended Tuesday nig... Read more

A local woman was killed Tuesday in a motorcycle crash in southern Butler County. State Police in Butler say 63-year-old Donna Bachman of Butler was traveling north on Saxonburg Road in Jeff... Read more

The Butler Area School Board has appointed a local business owner and former teacher to fill the remainder of a vacant term. Mary Waggoner was one of nine candidates vying to be considered f... Read more

The Butler Area School Board has approved a proposed final budget for next school year that does not include a tax increase, but one could be added before the final vote next month. The late... Read more

VA Butler Healthcare will have a new interim director starting next week. Alan Petrazzi will take over for Patricia O’Kane, who was appointed to the job in January when previous director Dav... Read more

The Butler School District will offer full-day kindergarten beginning this fall. The school board voted unanimously to approve the move at Monday’s meeting. Butler’s superintendent proposed... Read more

Firefighters from eight departments battled a house fire on Monday in Karns City that ended up destroying at least half of a duplex. The fire started about 12:30 p.m. at a home on Main Stree... Read more

The woman accused of killing her boyfriend by dragging him behind her van during a domestic dispute was in court Friday. Investigators said 28-year-old Jessica Royall of Cranberry Township w... Read more

The deadline for applying for and submitting absentee ballots for the May 15 primary election is tomorrow. Jonathan Marks- commissioner of the bureau of commissions, elections and legislatio... Read more