The Mars Borough has a new council member. Christine Clutter was previously elected this past fall; however, she was recently hired as the borough Secretary and Treasurer. On Monday night, t... Read more

A local U.C. Congressman is holding a telephone town hall tomorrow to help with the upcoming tax season. Representative Mike Kelly will be joined by officials from the IRS and Office of the... Read more

Evans City Borough has delayed the approval of a preliminary design for a major road project along Route 68. According to Evans City, the current culvert that sits on Route 68 (West Main Str... Read more

State officials are recognizing March as Problem Gambling Awareness Month. A variety of state departments are teaming up to increase the public’s understanding of gambling disorders. It come... Read more

Local police are investigating after several residents reported fraud. Butler City Police were recently informed that some Electronic Benefit Transfer cards belonging to local people had min... Read more

Butler Township continues to move forward with plans to finish the land development at the Pullman Business Park recreation property. After hearing from Butler Township Manager Tom Knights a... Read more

Mars and Callery Borough may soon enter into an agreement that will have one person oversee emergency management in both municipalities. Currently Christine Clutter, the Mars Secretary and T... Read more

A Butler man has been charged after being accused of driving nearly double of the speed limit and was over three times the legal limit in Center Township. In May of last year, police were ca... Read more

A Mars man is in the Butler County Prison after he exposed himself and urinated in the back of police cruiser in Adams Township. On Monday, police were called to the GetGo in the 100 block o... Read more

Firefighters were called to Northwest Elementary School for a possible chimney fire last night. Crews received the call just before 9 p.m. after a neighbor saw black smoke coming from the ch... Read more

March means high school musical season is in full swing with another local school raising their curtains over the next few days. Bye Bye Birdie at Karns City High School officially opens at... Read more

A local school district is spreading a message of inclusion through an observance today. As part of National Spread the Word Day, all students and staff members of the Mars Area School Distr... Read more

Gas prices have decreased slightly 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... Read more

The Soroptimists are honoring a local woman for her dedication to community service. Roseanne Natili is being recognized by the group as their Community Ruby Award winner. Natili is a very a... Read more

Pennsylvania has started a statewide women public survey and listening tour. The inaugural study that launched in 1966 and most recently happened in 2024, looks to provide information on how... Read more

Grove City College has selected a senator from Kentucky to serve as this year’s commencement speaker. Republican Senator Rand Paul will give the keynote address at the college’s 146th commen... Read more

The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue continued 2026 with tax collections totaling $3 billion last month. Revenue from sales tax in February totaled $1.1 billion while personal income tax w... Read more

A poll location for select voters in Zelienople is moving. The Zelienople 2 precinct is moving from the American Legion to the Zelienople Library. Officials say the voters have been made awa... Read more

The state is launching a new program that aims to help people better navigate artificial intelligence. The state announced the new AI Literacy Toolkit, which is a collaborative effort to hel... Read more

A leading technology company is investing $2 billion into Butler County-based Coherent. Nvidia announced the major investment into Coherent, which was formerly known as II-VI (Two-Six). The... Read more