Mars Area School District
The annual Butler County Band Festival highlighted the halftime shows of area high school marching bands on Tuesday, Sept. 30.
Trumpets blared and drums kept the beat as...
October 01, 2025
Local News
ADAMS TWP — Members of the Mars Area High School girls tennis team stepped out onto a gleaming blue surface for the first time on Friday, Sept. 26, as the district offici...
September 29, 2025
Local News
The 2025 Mars homecoming parade will be at 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 3, in downtown Mars, followed by the Fightin’ Planets homecoming football game against the Knoch Knights...
September 28, 2025
Community
The Mars Area School District board has appointed Hope Schreiber as the new assistant principal at Mars Area High School.
Schreiber succeeds Doug Skelley, who resigned af...
September 27, 2025
Local News
Mars Area High School students volunteered their time outside the classroom to tackle one of the world’s biggest needs: battling hunger.
Students took part in the eighth...
September 26, 2025
Local News
BUFFALO TWP — Mars girls volleyball had swept its way to four straight WPIAL Section 2-3A victories and appeared to be headed for a fifth.
The Planets grabbed the first t...
September 23, 2025
Sports
The Mars Sports Hall of Fame will induct its 2025 class during a banquet Saturday at Mars Middle School. The group includes nine athletes, one coach, two contributors and...
September 23, 2025
Sports
Students at Mars Area School District could soon tee off with some new interactive technology.
Officials are in the early phases of acquiring a golf simulator to place in...
September 06, 2025
Local News
UPDATE: On Saturday, Sept. 6, state police said Nathan Workmen Mitchell, 51, of Adams Township, has been charged with sexual assault by sports official, indecent assa...
September 05, 2025
Local News
BUTLER TWP — Tuesday’s loss to North Catholic after being up two sets to none was a tough pill to swallow for Mars girls volleyball.
The Planets used Thursday’s non-secti...
September 04, 2025
Sports
