ADAMS TWP — During its work session meeting Tuesday, Mars Area School Board unanimously approved the final round of bond financing for ongoing elementary school renovatio...
Mars Area High School will have its homecoming parade at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, in Mars, preceding the football game against the Blackhawk Cougars at 7 p.m. at Mars Athle...
ADAMS TWP — Mars girls soccer never had a chance to finish strong the last time it faced Knoch three weeks ago.
That game was scoreless at halftime, and inclement weather...
ADAMS TWP — The first half of the WPIAL Section 3-5A girls volleyball slate is in the books, and North Catholic left no doubt as to which is the best team at the midway p...
Several Mars Area High School students were recognized at the 2026 Saxonburg Fine Art Show.
Juried art show winners include senior Anya Ignatuk, who received second place...
ADAMS TWP — Mars football needed heroics just to make it a game.
But the 18-point second-half comeback to tie things in the fourth quarter was not enough for a victory Fr...
ADAMS TWP — The circus came to town Thursday, Sept. 24.
At Mars Area Centennial School, a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performance kept the students enterta...
With fall and winter months not far away, Mars Area School District is sponsoring its “Bundle Up Butler” winter clothing drive through Friday, Oct. 2.
Donations of new a...
Jameson Garvin has played baseball since he was 5 or 6 years old.
In the spring, though, the Mars senior running back/linebacker — an outfielder on the diamond — gets...
Jade Breese didn’t sweat the rush of early commitments for the Class of 2028 that’s happened so far this season.
Instead, she “tried to take my time” as girls soccer ...
As Chase Rowe’s college baseball playing career was winding down, he was determined to stay involved in the sport in one way or another.
“It’s all I knew and I was lucky ...
Two students from Butler County districts are among the semifinalists for the 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program in Pennsylvania.
Grace Nam, from Mars Area High Sch...
ADAMS TWP — Mars beat the clock at the end of the first half.
The Planets could not catch the scoreboard in the second, dropping a 38-24 WPIAL Class 4A non-section footba...
Butler County Sheriff Mike Slupe is performing the ceremonial coin toss at tonight’s Mars Are High School Planet’s football game.
The nonprofit U.S. United is partnering ...
ADAMS TWP — Two Mars Area School District decisions led to an exchange between board members during the Wednesday, Sept. 9, meeting.
Decided by a 7-2 board vote, the dist...
ADAMS TWP — One decision made at Mars Area School District’s Wednesday board meeting was met with a resounding applause from a crowd of attendees that included members of...
JEFFERSON TWP — Mars couldn’t solve Knoch goalkeeper McKenna Jones.
Neither team could solve the weather.
Jones made two stellar saves in the first half — and got some he...
ADAMS TWP — Sebastian Fratangelo’s night started by learning he was making his first career varsity boys soccer start.
The Mars sophomore ended Tuesday night with a hat t...
ADAMS TWP — Mars Area School District teachers and officials may have an answer in the coming weeks on whether contract disputes will be resolved.
Members of the negotia...
ADAMS TWP — A.J. Myers & Sons, the transportation company that serves Mars and Butler area school districts, as well as others throughout the region, announced it is bein...
ADAMS TWP — Mars boys soccer’s rookie head coach Joe Haefner has yet to pick up his first win, but he also has yet to experience a loss.
Thanks to the new PIAA rule that ...
ADAMS TWP — Some members of Mars Area School District’s athletic department are looking to potentially restructure the district’s baseball program to expand opportunities...
ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals placed rookie infielder JJ Wetherholt on the 10-day injured list Sunday with right wrist tendinitis.
Wetherholt was hitless in his pas...
ADAMS TWP — Jake Donesec hadn’t played football in a while, so forgive him for his show of excitement.
Following a 3-yard second-quarter rushing touchdown on a pitch out ...
Mars High School Class of 1971 held a 55-year high school reunion Saturday, Aug. 22, at The Sports Grille in Cranberry Township.
More than 50 guests attended the event. T...
ADAMS TWP — Mars Area School District has joined the list of those in Butler County welcoming students back for a new academic year.
The district’s secondary school, Mars...
ADAMS TWP — Mars Area School District is moving forward with the purchase of a police car for additional security at a price tag of up to $30,000.
The school board approv...
A lawsuit filed last week against Kittanning-based school bus operator A.J. Myers and Sons marks the fourth suit filed as a result of a March 6, 2025, bus crash in Adams ...
First-year head coach Zachary Benedek is bringing a new energy to the Mars Fightin' Planets football program after they had another successful run to the WPIAL Class 5A p...
