A Butler County High School student will head to Australia next month after being selected for the Sea Cadet Exchange Program. Mars Area freshman Ian Sleigh is one of two cadets from the Uni... Read more
Butler Township Police Seek Hit-And-Run Driver
Butler Township Police are asking for help looking for a driver involved in a hit-and run Monday evening. Police say a newer blue sedan was traveling southbound on Old Plank Road about 5:45... Read more
Geneva College Accepting Lawn Soil Samples
Those wondering about the chemical makeup of their lawn can have soil samples tested beginning Tuesday. Geneva College is accepting the first 100 garden or lawn samples they receive between... Read more
CEC Scholarship Deadline Is Tuesday
Tuesday is the deadline to apply for a scholarship offered by Central Electric Cooperative. This is the eighth year that the Parker-based company has offered the Good Neighbor Scholarship Pr... Read more
A doctor with local connections has been promoted within the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Timothy Burke will serve as the new Chief Medical Officer of VISN 4, which includes most of P... Read more
The Butler Area School District survey for parents, staff and community members will open later this week. The three separate surveys will be able to be accessed online through the district’... Read more
Residents in parts of Butler County should plan to be without power for several hours later this month. According to West Penn Power, customers in parts of Buffalo, Clinton, and Winfield Tow... Read more
Lack Of Substitutes Worries School District
Butler Area School District administrators are concerned about a shortage of substitute teachers in the Western Pennsylvania area. Assistant Superintendents Dr. Mary Wolf and Dr. Brian Slame... Read more
A judge has ruled in favor of the Butler Area School District in a large tax appeal case. Judge S. Michael Yeager found the value of the property owned by Armco Advanced Materials Corporatio... Read more
A Butler County woman was found dead in her Duquesne University dorm room Sunday. Cheyenne Warner, 22, of Slippery Rock was a graduate student studying to be a teacher. She was pronounced de... Read more