Extra funds would help support fire department
CRANBERRY TWP — Township residents may see a small increase in their property tax in 2016 to help support the volunteer fir...
MARS — Veterans Day Wednesday was an important day in the borough for two reasons.
First, veterans from Mars VFW Post 7505 distributed 100 green light bulbs to businesse...
Baseball, softball are up next
BUFFALO TWP — About 25 residents and high school students attended the Freeport School Board meeting Wednesday to make their case for turf ...
PITTSBURGH — A 12-year-old boy whose right arm was severed by a tractor mechanism was doing well after surgery to reattach it, but the extent of his recovery won’t be kn...
Dreary weather Wednesday couldn't hold off hundreds of residents and veterans from turning out to see Butler's Veterans Day Parade.
The hour-long parade on Main Street i...
ZELIENOPLE — The borough may be receiving electricity from a greener source in the future.
Borough council Monday voted to send a letter to the New York Power Authority...
He recommends advanced French, German classes
ADAMS TWP — Two advanced language classes could be added at Mars High School next year, and physical education classes could...
Academic improvement earns national honor
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two administrators with the Slippery Rock School District got a unique opportunity this week to meet and talk...
Army capt. wounded in Afghanistan in 2013
SLIPPERY ROCK — A Slippery Rock University professor received a Purple Heart on Wednesday at the university’s annual Veterans Da...
Former sheriff served on sub
SLIPPERY ROCK — Former Butler County Sheriff Robert “Pete” Watson credits his time in the U.S. Navy to his successful career at home later in...
