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
Gas prices in western Pennsylvania have stabilized following a sharp increase last week before the Thanksgiving holiday. According to AAA’s weekly gas price report, the average price for a g... Read more
A group of local students is asking for donations to help kids and families in our community this holiday season. The German Honor Society at Mars Area High School is […] Read more
A man from New York died over the weekend after diving into a swimming pool at a Mercer County hotel. State police say they were called to a hotel on […] Read more
Millions of Americans will be scouring websites today during the annual online shopping holiday known as Cyber Monday. Experts believe Americans will make $9.4 billion in purchases this Mond... Read more
The Grove City Police are investigating an attempted break in at a South Broad Street business that occurred last week. Authorities say that sometime during the overnight hours last Monday [... Read more
Pennsylvania hunters have harvested nearly 1,500 bears through the first three days of bear season. The state game commission says that’s a decrease of about 300 bears compared to the [... Read more