A new bill aims to help bring more teachers into Pennsylvania. Senator Carmen Bartolotta (R-Beaver, Greene, Washington) says the proposed law would make the process for teachers who earned t... Read more

Students at a local school will be participating in a national event to bring learning to life in the classroom. Mars Area Elementary School students and teachers are taking part in the annu... Read more

A Parker man could be facing charges after he left the scene of a crash over the weekend. State police say 37-year-old Keith McNaughton was driving on south Parker Pike around 10 a.m. Saturd... Read more

The Butler Transit Authority is slowly rebounding from a severe driver shortage and route disruption. According to Authority Executive Director John Paul, local route weekday service will be... Read more

A major accident shut down a stretch of I-79 in Jackson Township for hours Tuesday. It happened around 10 a.m. on the southbound lane near the Evans City exit ramp. Dispatchers say six vehic... Read more

Several local school bus drivers are being recognized for providing years of safe travel for students. Five drivers for the Seneca Valley School District recently received Safe Driver Awards... Read more

It’s now the time of the year when drivers will see more deer on the road. According to AAA, the number of accidents involving deer start to increase this month, before peaking in November a... Read more

The park naturalist at a local state park will welcome guests at an event later this week that will focus on the owls who reside in Pennsylvania. On Thursday an “Owl Prowl” will take place a... Read more

Police are searching for a stolen motorcycle. Police say the blue and white Suzuki motorcycle was taken from a home on Lilac Lane in Slippery Rock Township earlier this month. The motorcycle... Read more

Several local children were named winners of Butler Township’s annual Fire Prevention Poster Contest. Commissioner Jim Lokhaiser Jr presented trophies to winners in kindergarten through four... Read more

A portion of I-79 southbound is shut down after a multi-vehicle crash involving an ambulance. It happened around 10 a.m. in the southbound lane near mile marker 83—which is near the Evans Ci... Read more

With cooler temperatures slated for this week, experts say the region will start to see fall foliage hit its peak. Currently, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources lists Butle... Read more

Officials from PennDOT will be participating in a virtual panel with Slippery Rock University this week. Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Transportation Yassmin Gramian will be among the guests f... Read more

Central Electric Cooperative is looking for members to serve on an advisory committee. The cooperative says that they need residents for its Member Aware Advisory Committee. The group helps... Read more

State police are providing more information on a pair of crashes that backed up traffic on I-79 Southbound Monday. The first happened in Worth Township just after 8 a.m. near mile marker 101... Read more

We’ve been reporting on the critically low shortage of blood supply since the beginning of the pandemic, and a nonprofit service is doubling down on that message. Vitalant operates hundreds... Read more

Gas prices have made another substantial jump both locally as well as across western Pennsylvania as a whole this week. According to AAA’s weekly gas price report, the average price for a ga... Read more

Students are getting involved in the race for the Mars School Board by hosting a candidate night. The high school’s enrichment club will be sponsoring a candidate question and answer forum T... Read more

Many Butler Township residents continue to take advantage of the recycling of electronics and hazardous household waste. Butler Township Manager Tom Knights provided Township Commissioners w... Read more

A local driver will face charges following an incident that occurred over the weekend in neighboring Mercer County. According to the Grove City Police, 32-year-old Michael Whitling of Butler... Read more