ADAMS TWP — Over 100 Mars Area School District teachers lined up outside the administration building, stood with picket signs along Route 228 and packed a schoo...
Jason Thompson guided Mars varsity baseball to four WPIAL playoff appearances in five years, including a pair of semifinal games.
But the Planets will have a ne...
Mother of boy dies in Sunday collision
Two women, including the mother of a boy, died following a head-on crash Sunday, July 26, along Route 8 in Butler Townsh...
A charge of felony aggravated assault against a Pittsburgh police detective who lives in Adams Township was withdrawn Wednesday, July 22, after a witness refused to testi...
State police had to deploy a tire deflation device to stop an Ohio man Saturday, July 25, after he made police believe he would stop then continued fleeing at 120 mph.
C...
CRANBERRY TWP — Cranberry Township’s planning advisory commission denied Skill Games 777’s request for a conditional use application for an amusement arcade during its me...
ZELIENOPLE — At Monday’s meeting, borough council voted unanimously to authorize GFT Infrastructure to design storm sewers in the western part of the borough.
The move is...
ADAMS TWP — The township board of supervisors cleared one last, unexpected hurdle on the road to letting its residents decide on a proposed municipal merger with the boro...
At Mars Pizza, the most popular order is still the simplest one.
Cheese pizza remains the customer favorite, followed closely by pepperoni. But Mike Porreca, who has owne...
Although nearly every township or borough in Butler County has a municipal park or recreation complex of some kind, few — if any — can boast of one quite as expansive as ...
The new Butler Senior Center will become a central hub for services for older residents when it opens in September.
The center and several Butler County offices are shari...
When voters in Adams Township and Mars Borough head to the polls on Election Day, Nov. 3, they will decide whether to approve the proposed merger of the two municipalitie...
On Nov. 3, residents of Adams Township and Mars borough can expect a question on their Election Day ballots to determine the future of the two municipalities.
The questi...
The relief the state budget impasse was solved in only two weeks this time was short-lived, at least here in Butler County.
That’s because for the sec...
Pennsylvania has a budget for the upcoming fiscal year passed earlier this month, “just” 12 days late; but to make that happen required the members of...
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $5.5 billion to tie up remaining lawsuits that claim its talc products caused ovarian cancer.
The drugmaker, which...
NEW YORK — Elon Musk’s social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, launched its own bank account-like product where users can send money to one...
Senior living community Newhaven Court at Clearview in Center Township has earned an honor from its senior living operator.
Newhaven won IntegraCare’s...
WASHINGTON — Americans’ confidence in the economy fell this month as gas prices resumed their climb after the U.S. and Iran stepped up their fighting....
Stocks on Wall Street drifted to a mixed close Monday as oil prices fell after the U.S. and Iran paused their attacks while work resumed on restarting...
Butler County Symphony Orchestra will take audiences to the movies with an August concert.
The concert is dedicated to the music of films from every era, including classi...
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The “Purple Rain” musical will finally hit Broadway in 2027. But it won’t be the same version that made its world premiere last November at the State Th...
NEW YORK — Singer Carly Simon has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and was recently treated for skin cancer, the singer shared in a statement provided to the Assoc...
PHILADELPHIA -- Classics scholar Emily Wilson was in Greece’s Costa Navarino last year when she heard the news that would change her life: Filmmaker Christopher Nolan was...
PHILADELPHIA — LeBron James is set to film a documentary tracking his final seasons in the NBA, according to Marc Stein of The Stein Line.
James has already been shooting...
“The Odyssey” continued to exert a mighty hold on moviegoers in its second weekend in North American theaters, with $87 million in ticket sales, according to studio estim...
NEW YORK — Do your hands hurt when you use your phone? All that texting and scrolling might be stressing out your fingers.
The term texting thumb can describe a wide ran...
Most people may never have heard of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome, or CKM, which makes sense, considering the condition was only identified and named in 2023. ...
As yet another heat dome settles over part of the U.S., a depressingly predictable news cycle is unfolding. This week, the headlines will warn of dangerously high tempera...
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026.
Below are the even...
Every morning Irena Tkachenko starts her day the same way: by telephoning her relatives and friends in Ukraine to see if they are still OK.
Tkachenko,...
Three young Ukrainian families who escaped their war-torn hometown of Kharkov think the American holiday of Thanksgiving is a good time to say they ca...
CRANBERRY TWP — Huge, steaming pots of homemade food and endless carafes of coffee and tea sustain 11 adults and children seeking refuge at the crowde...
When it comes to helping those in need, Butler County residents have proven their generosity again and again by donating amounts large and small strai...
Two young Ukrainian families are relieved to be watching the deer and chipmunks frolic on their hosts’ Cranberry Township lawn, and not wondering wher...
HARRISBURG — In the coming years, Pennsylvania will receive more than $1 billion in federal funding to bring high-speed internet access to everyone in...
The Biden administration on Monday continued its push toward internet-for-all by 2030, announcing about $667 million in new grants and loans to build ...
STATE COLLEGE — Before Pennsylvania can spend an almost $1.2 billion windfall of federal funding for high-speed internet, it must figure out how to us...
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority is asking for the public’s opinion until Friday, March 10 on two potential action plans for wider int...
CRANBERRY TWP — Pennsylvania is set to get a piece of $42.5 billion in federal money to help expand broadband internet access to underserved areas.
On...
