Local News
The regal metal bald eagle, whose 13-food wingspan graced the top of the Wings of Peace Veteran’s Memorial in Penn Township, will rest once again on its lofty perch.
The ...
May 09, 2024
Local News
A more accessible trail could be added at Alameda Park in Butler Township later this year.
At a Wednesday, May 8 meeting, the Butler County Commissioners awarded the up t...
May 09, 2024
Local News
Motorists in Penn Township are advised the timeline for the planned Dodds Road realignment project has been moved four days earlier due to a change in circumstances.
Star...
May 09, 2024
Government
On Tuesday, May 7, the Mars Area School District’s board was presented with a proposed budget for 2024-25 school year that included a 3.474 millage tax increase. The prop...
May 08, 2024
Local News
Four broadcast journalism students at Chapman University in California will screen their independent film about Marc Fogel on Wednesday, May 8 in efforts to spread awaren...
May 08, 2024
Local News
The 2024 Can-Am Police-Fire Games that will be hosted in Butler County is drawing near, and first responders, retired first responders and first responder family members ...
May 08, 2024
Local News
Students built and raced their own miniature hydrogen-powered cars at Haine Middle School on Tuesday, May 7.
The Horizon Hydrogen Grand Prix XPR race followed a visit fro...
May 08, 2024
Local News
CENTER TWP — Aiden Lutz never earned the rank of Eagle Scout, so his troop mates are finishing his Eagle Scout project for him.
Aiden died on Oct. 20 at Allegheny General...
May 08, 2024
Local News
HARMONY — Several residents who live on Monroe Street were at the Tuesday, May 7, council meeting to express concerns about the two floods in April.
“Once you’ve been th...
May 07, 2024
Local News
The Cranberry Township supervisors on Thursday, May 2, approved a contract with Metarko Excavating to perform work on the Burke Road Water Main Loop project.
The project...
May 07, 2024
Local News
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is inviting high school students from District 10 — which includes Butler, Armstrong, Clarion, Indiana and Jefferson countie...
May 07, 2024
Government
The Cranberry Public Library will host local author Sherry Cormier at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 14. To register for free, visit cranberry.librarycalendar.com or call 724-776...
May 07, 2024
Local News
The Cranberry Township supervisors on Thursday, May 2, approved a conditional use request for Clearview Federal Credit Union, 2085 Mackenzie Way, Suite 200.
The 1,920-squ...
May 07, 2024
Local News
Five openings remain in the first free Butler County Community College EMS Academy, where 12 adults can earn a $520 weekly stipend by reaching benchmarks as they pursue t...
May 07, 2024
Local News
MARS — Borough council voted to put a former church building at 524 Pittsburgh St. up for sale during its meeting Monday, May 6.
The borough spent years trying to find a ...
May 06, 2024
Religion
A Middlesex Township man was charged Monday, May 6, in relation to a March incident during which he allegedly barricaded himself in his home and threatened to kill office...
May 06, 2024
Crime & Courts
A male driver was transported to a hospital after a rollover crash around 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning, May 5 on White Water Drive in Adams Township.
According to reports, th...
May 06, 2024
Local News
JACKSON TWP — Three people were taken to Allegheny Health Network’s Wexford Hospital after a four-vehicle accident on Perry Highway near the Jackson’s Pointe commercial a...
May 06, 2024
Local News
Headed to nationals
FRANKLIN TWP — When it came down to do or die on Sunday, Franciscan University’s Ultimate Frisbee team thrived.
Zelienople resident Matthew Gregor, a ...
May 06, 2024
Sports
EVANS CITY — Sarah Boyle was dressed to the nines on Saturday night, May 4, wearing the perfect wide-brim hat to match her dark navy blue dress. The silk frills mounted p...
May 05, 2024
Local News
A 39-year-old driver died on Saturday night, May 4, when his ATV rolled over during a sharp turn on Chicora Fenelton Road in Donegal Township.
The driver was identified a...
May 05, 2024
Local News
The county has filed a lawsuit in Common Pleas Court seeking to vacate an April arbitration award that gave a union employee a job the county claims he is not qualified f...
May 04, 2024
Crime & Courts
FORWARD TWP — There are still pieces of the exhaust from Tyler Coon’s motorcycle on Mars-Evans City Road near the entrance of the Dollar General.
A wooden cross surround...
May 04, 2024
Local News
A Cranberry Township man was accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in a van last year, according to charges filed by township police Thursday, May 2.
Dakota B. D...
May 04, 2024
Crime & Courts
Five Mars Area Centennial School students helped decide the best book of the year at the 2024 Children’s Choice Awards hosted earlier this month by Allegheny Intermediate...
May 04, 2024
Education
On Thursday, May 2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced over $152 million in funding to help Pennsylvania identify and replace lead service lines, preventi...
May 04, 2024
Local News
Mars Area High School is ranked No. 18 in the state, according to the “U.S. News & World Report.”
In addition, Mars Area High School is ranked No. 6 in the Pittsburgh Met...
May 04, 2024
Local News
Allegheny Health Network announced its Allegheny Valley, Forbes, Grove City and Wexford hospitals have received ‘A’ grades in the Leapfrog Group’s spring 2024 Hospital Sa...
May 03, 2024
Local News
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP — Drivers may soon be given an extra reminder if they are speeding, thanks to a new policy the township has adopted.
On Monday, May 2, supervisors una...
May 03, 2024
Local News
A year and a day after Heather Pressdee killed a 43-year-old man at a Butler Township nursing home, the former nurse was sentenced to life in prison without the possibili...
May 02, 2024
Crime & Courts
