Schools
Third-grade students in Amanda Morello’s third-grade class at Mars Area Elementary School in the Mars Area School District answered the question “What makes your mom the ...
May 09, 2024
Special Sections
Students in Andrea Tigano’s third-grade class at McQuistion Elementary School in the Butler Area School District, answered the question “What makes your mom the best?”
“M...
May 09, 2024
Special Sections
ADAMS TWP — Cole Yoshioka does not hear his name called during games nearly as much as those of his teammates playing near the opposing net, but his play is just as vital...
May 09, 2024
Sports
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
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
WEST MIFFLIN — Butler was prepared for a meet that could come down to the very last event, but it was decided long before that.
The Golden Tornado boys track and field te...
May 07, 2024
Sports
BUTLER TWP — North Catholic’s baseball team vows to not take any team lightly this postseason. Foes will surely not be overlooking the Trojans.
Having already locked up t...
May 07, 2024
Sports
The annual Mancini Award nominees have been released, and Butler County students dominate the list.
The award program, which is named for composer, conductor, arranger an...
May 07, 2024
Community
Seneca Valley Senior High School student Jo Fernandez-Jenkins placed 2nd out of 73 entries from Pennsylvania’s 16th Congressional District in the 2024 Congressional Art C...
May 07, 2024
Arts & Entertainment
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 Area Elementary School fourth-grader Ellie Spaulding placed in the top ten female finishers at the Pittsburgh UPMC 5K on Saturday.
The student had a placed with a ti...
May 06, 2024
Sports
Students in Carrie Wilson’s third-grade class at Chicora Elementary School, in the Karns City Area School District, responded to the query “What makes your mom the best?”...
May 06, 2024
Special Sections
Mars’ Grieco becomes lax program’s all-time leader in points
Mars’ Grieco becomes lax program’s all-time leader in points
May 06, 2024
Sports
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
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
JACKSON TWP — Having just punched out Canon-McMillan’s Kiersten Williams to put an exclamation point on a Friday no-hitter, a stone-faced Lexie Hames turned around, picke...
May 04, 2024
Sports
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
Mikayla Tillery, a 2020 Seneca Valley Senior High School graduate, has been named a recipient of the 2024 Truman Scholarship for her commitment to housing and energy just...
May 04, 2024
Community
JACKSON TWP — Seneca Valley’s Nick Parrotto stayed in the strike zone.
Butler wasn’t so consistent.
Behind the senior hurler’s complete-game, 99-pitch effort and a numbe...
May 03, 2024
Sports
David C. Huseman, a professor and employee of Butler County Community College for nearly 57 years, will deliver the keynote address in his final commencement at BC3 and D...
May 03, 2024
Education
Planets top Latrobe, 3-1
ADAMS TWP — One streak is over for Mars’ boys volleyball team, but a much more important one is alive and well.
The Planets dropped a set for the first time this season b...
May 03, 2024
Sports
Mars Area High School students earned multiple awards in the district’s 2024 Spring Art show, held April 26 at the high school:
Intermediate/Advanced
Drawing
Sydney ...
May 02, 2024
Education
Seneca Valley School District will host its inaugural Best Buddies Walk on Saturday, June 1, at North Boundary Park in Cranberry Township.
The event is open to the public...
May 02, 2024
Education
An after-school physical activity program hosted at Slippery Rock University for children with special needs provides experiential learning opportunities for SRU students...
May 02, 2024
Education
BUTLER TWP — The North Catholic girls track and field team includes a number of great athletes, but could the Trojanettes hang with a perennial WPIAL power like Butler?
N...
May 02, 2024
Sports
Seneca Valley School District’s Spring Thespians Play will take place at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 3 and 4, in the senior high school auditorium.
The play featurin...
April 30, 2024
Education
CRANBERRY TWP — When Elana Kriess, a Spanish teacher at Connoquenessing Valley Elementary School, visited El Salvador over spring break, she didn’t expect to meet her gra...
April 30, 2024
Local News
Football teams at Mars Area High School will conduct a shoe drive from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at the Adams Township Municipal Building.
Donations of new or gentl...
April 30, 2024
Education
The 2023-24 Slippery Rock Area High Prom Court has been announced.
Prom queen candidates are Meghan Bencic, Lillian Swigart, Kaitlyn Parson, Libby Campbell and Allie Pop...
April 29, 2024
Community
Rowan Elementary School in the Seneca Valley School District recently received national acclaim as a Green Ribbon School.
The designation, which recognizes “innovative e...
April 29, 2024
Education
