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
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. [... Read more
Friday is the first full day of summer. What kind of weather can we expect this season? National Weather Service Meteorologist Paul Head says it looks like it will be […] 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
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
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
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 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
Officials say construction on a new multi-million-dollar cancer center in Butler is on target. The final steel beam completing the structural framework of the Allegheny Health Network Cancer... Read more
There have been numerous bear sightings around Butler County in recent days. Chip Brunst, information education supervisor for the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Northwest Region, says bears... Read more