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 […] 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 […] 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 [... 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 [... 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 […] 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 [... 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 [... Read more
Former Butler Mayor Dick Schontz has died. Schontz was born in Butler and retired from Butler Armco as a foreman. He served as mayor from 1986 to 1990, and then […] Read more
The Pennsylvania State Police says some troopers are now wearing body cameras in a pilot program that will last through the end of the year. Troopers in Troop B in […] Read more