JACKSON TWP — Several 12th-grade students at Seneca Valley Senior High School were recognized by board directors for their academic performance in the 70th Annual Nationa...
October 12, 2024
Education
JACKSON TWP — Student safety and driver retention are some considerations a Valley Lines bus driver is taking with his proposal for higher compensation.
The Rev. James Bi...
October 12, 2024
Education
Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education is seeking a state funding increase for 2025-26 that would allow a tuition freeze for an eighth year at state-owned public...
October 11, 2024
Education
The Mars Planet Foundation is seeking a new board member and a secretary to assist the organization.
The new board member will help with teacher enrichment grants, studen...
October 11, 2024
Education
ADAMS TWP — Board directors of Mars Area School District unanimously agreed to join a class action lawsuit against Eli Lilly and Company over rising insulin prices.
The m...
October 09, 2024
Education
JACKSON TWP — Seneca Valley School District directors discussed several grant applications during a meeting Monday, Oct. 7.
One of the grants, for $232,668, would help pa...
October 09, 2024
Education
ADAMS TWP — Mars Area School District voted 7-2 to file a declaratory judgment action against the Pennsylvania School Board Association during a meeting Tuesday, Oct. 8.
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October 08, 2024
Education
St. Wendelin School students were among others across Butler County last week to gather items for victims of Hurricane Helene.
The donated supplies, which range from day...
October 08, 2024
Local News
JACKSON TWP — Students at Haine Middle School and Haine Elementary School have already begun to make use of an outdoor learning space this year, but plans to improve the ...
October 07, 2024
Education
The state Department of Transportation welcomes all students from around the state in grades nine to 12 to participate in the eighth annual PennDOT Innovations Challenge ...
October 05, 2024
Education
Two Seneca Valley High School seniors, Eric Chen and Ophelia Crano, have been named semifinalists in this year’s National Merit Scholarship Program.
This means the two wi...
October 05, 2024
Education
September 28, 2024
Local News
Mars Area School District’s Special Education Department will host the following Parent Advisory Council meetings in September:
– Wednesday, Sept. 25 — Gifted Education P...
September 21, 2024
Education
Mars Area High School will host its annual College & Career Fair from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26.
The event is open to the public, including parents and students f...
September 21, 2024
Education
The Seneca Valley Foundation recently celebrated a student-led fundraiser organized by senior Annika Batavia which generated over $11,000 for performing arts initiatives....
September 21, 2024
Education
Days after school threats posted on social media resulted in the lockdown and cancellation of classes at school districts in Butler County, District Attorney Richard Gold...
September 20, 2024
Crime & Courts
MARS — The Mars Area Public Library has a trick that can help reluctant and slower readers come out of their shells and embrace the written word, and that something is a ...
September 20, 2024
Education
JACKSON TWP — Karen Christy, a security officer in the Seneca Valley School District, was commended by the school board at a meeting Monday, Sep. 16, and recognized as an...
September 19, 2024
Education
BUTLER TWP — Officials of Butler County Community College are discussing the possibility of offering mental health services to students and staff with the help of externa...
September 19, 2024
Education
BUTLER TWP — Trustees of Butler County Community College approved a $617,000 proposal to strengthen network connectivity on BC3 campuses and replacing hundreds of outdate...
September 19, 2024
Education
Those recovering from addiction, trauma and mental health issues can attend free personal empowerment trainings offered by the Butler County Community College. People sup...
September 18, 2024
Education
Slippery Rock University will host events for students in observance of National Hispanic Heritage Month, with a kickoff celebration planned from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, ...
September 17, 2024
Education
JACKSON TWP — Seneca Valley School District superintendent Tracy Vitale thanked staff during a school board meeting, Monday, Sep. 16, for working with law enforcement to ...
September 16, 2024
Education
Following reports about vague threats connected to its secondary schools, Seneca Valley School District increased its police presence at the buildings Monday, Sept. 16, a...
September 16, 2024
Local News
The Butler Area and Slippery Rock Area school districts as well as numerous private schools canceled class Thursday, Sept. 12, with some listing threats or caution as the...
September 13, 2024
Crime & Courts
The Butler Area and Slippery Rock Area school districts as well as numerous private schools canceled classes Thursday, Sept. 12, listing threats or caution as the reason....
September 12, 2024
Breaking News
The Butler Area School District’s high school and intermediate high school operated on a modified lockdown Wednesday, Sept. 11 due to a vague threat posted on a social me...
September 11, 2024
Education
Students from the Pine-Richland/Mars Area U.S. Air Force JROTC plant 2,977 American flags along Route 228 outside Mars Area High School on Tuesday, Sept. 10 in remembran...
September 10, 2024
Local News
Seneca Valley has made a tradition of honoring veterans.
Although the football game between Seneca Valley and Pine Richland on Friday, Sept. 6, at the NexTier Stadium Fie...
September 07, 2024
Local News
In the first school board meeting since the start of Knoch’s school year, board members heard an update on the ongoing high school renovation and addition project.
While ...
September 05, 2024
Local News
