[naviga:h3]City residents urged to ring bells Sunday[/naviga:h3]

Butler Mayor Ben Smith is asking residents and churches to participate in Bells Across Pennsylvania at 7 p.m. Sunday.

The event is meant to recognize medical personnel, essential businesses that have remained open and their employees, first responders and other hometown heroes for serving on the front lines during the coronavirus pandemic.

Residents and churches are asked to ring bells, bang on pots and pans, or make noise for three minutes to support the hometown heroes, show solidarity with other Pennsylvanians battling the pandemic and to demonstrate determination that the virus will be conquered and businesses will reopen.

The Butler Township board of commissioners issued a similar proclamation last week and is asking residents to participate.

[naviga:h3]Grove City College boosts student aid[/naviga:h3]

Grove City College announced Thursday that it will increase financial aid awards available to students this fall citing the uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.

Grove City College will invest an additional amount of nearly $2.5 million from its endowment and other gifts to increase awards for the 2020-21 academic year. Sixty-six percent of the private Christian liberal arts college’s 2,300 students receive need- or merit-based financial aid from the College.

All need-based aid recipients should see a 20 percent increase in their scholarship amounts under the plan. The total amount of funded scholarships will exceed $10 million.