Some local students are participating in theme days during this week. Mars Area Centennial School will hold their Spring Scholastic Book Fair Wednesday through Friday. Students will have the... Read more

A new support group for those with arthritis is launching tomorrow. Tri-Rivers is joining with the Arthritis Foundation Connect Groups to provide a peer-led support group for people living w... Read more

All community members are invited to attend a lunch and learn program later this week. The Butler County Community Support Program/Networking Coalition is hosting a gathering with the topic... Read more

Gas prices continue to rise both locally as well as across the western Pennsylvania region as a whole over the past week. According to AAA’s weekly gas price report, the average price for a... Read more

Butler City Council has approved payment to a local business for providing snow removal assistance during the big January snowfall. At their meeting Monday night, council authorized payment... Read more

A Parker man is in the Butler County Prison after he allegedly fired a shot in an Allegheny Township home. It happened Monday around 3 a.m. when police were called to a home on the 200 block... Read more

Butler City Council has approved a new contract with the local firefighters’ union. The three-year agreement with the International Association of Firefighters, Local 114, is retroactive fro... Read more

A Valencia man accused of harassing a neighbor in Middlesex Township has been placed in the Butler County Prison. Police say 62-year-old Albert McKelvey was charged with stalking, harassment... Read more

The Butler City Police Department and the United States Postal Inspection Service will be hosting a scam educational presentation later this week. The presentation will focus on A.I. scams t... Read more

Nearly 100 employers will be at Butler County Community College tomorrow for a career fair. The event happens Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. While the event is for BC3 students, other coll... Read more

A traffic alert for drivers in Butler Township. Crews will be doing stormwater work on Kohler Avenue in the Lyndora area. The work will run each day this week through Friday. Traffic will be... Read more

Butler County Community College has reached a new agreement with its administrative assistants. The four-year deal includes a 3 percent increase in three out of the four years of the deal. T... Read more

State Police are alerting residents to an ongoing scam happening in the area involving PennDOT. An unknown number will send a message claiming the receiver needs to pay for their vehicle reg... Read more

The Mars Area School District will be a part of an education job fair later this week. The fair will be held at the Monroeville Convention Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. District representati... Read more

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has announced that funding is available for small meat and poultry processors. Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding has announced that $500,000 in... Read more

Congressman Mike Kelly is proposing a bipartisan bill that aims to protect whistleblowers to the IRS. The proposed bill would strengthen the whistleblower program and protect the awards prog... Read more

Crews battled a fire at a barn last night in Cherry Township. The call came into the Butler County 911 Center around midnight for a barn on fire in the 200 block of Hungarian Road. Crews got... Read more

A mobile home was destroyed in a fire over the weekend in Middlesex Township. The fire broke out around 2:30 p.m. Saturday at a mobile home on Brook Lane in the Sandy Hill Estates. When crew... Read more

Motorists should be aware of a local road closure planned by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. According to PennDOT, a portion of Medical Center Road in Donegal Township will be... Read more

Some Mars Area School District students are fundraising while the High School Guidance Office is offering financial aid assistance. The Mars High School Law Enforcement Club is holding a raf... Read more