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Preliminary Mars borough budget increases water fees, property tax

The preliminary Mars borough budget approved at a meeting on Thursday night has an increase of 1.5 mills in property taxes for 2022.

12/4/2021 Cranberry Local News

Union seeks to block mandate

Nursing assistants at a Zelienople personal care community asked a federal court Friday to block a vaccine mandate.

12/4/2021 Cranberry Local News

Jobless rate down to 4.9%

County residents finding work, leaving labor force

Butler County's jobless rate fell nearly a full percentage point in October to 4.9%, aided in large part by both a smaller labor force and more people within the workforce finding a job.

12/4/2021 Cranberry Local News

Student Directory

JACKSON TWP — Seneca Valley High School senior Jada Nabry “cheered up” SV’s athletic director by taking the lead on a very special project.

12/4/2021 Cranberry Local News

UPMC: COVID cases up in area

Hospitalizations highest since winter

During a news conference Thursday, Dr. Erin McCreary, of UPMC, said COVID-19 cases are climbing across all of the communities that the health care system serves.

A UPMC official said hospitalizations for COVID-19 in the health care system are at the highest level since last winter.

12/3/2021 Cranberry Local News

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Sports

Big Man, Big Legacy

Dave McElhinny joins Mars Hall of Fame

Former Mars star athlete Dave McElhinny (55) is about to sink a basket during a WPIAL boys basketball playoff game against Freedom in 1987. McElhinny turned into a consistent double-double threat on the hardwood and once held Mars' record in the high jump. He was inducted into the Mars Athletic Hall of Fame in September.

This is the eighth in a series of articles profiling the Mars Athletic Hall of Fame's Class of 2021.

11/30/2021 Cranberry Local Sports

Virdon a man of character

Bill Virdon was a professional in every sense of the word.

11/29/2021 Cranberry Local Sports

SRU's Kuhn finalist for Upshaw Award

Slippery Rock University defensive end Chad Kuhn has been named one of eight national finalists for the Gene Upshaw Division II Lineman of the Year Award.

11/29/2021 Cranberry Local Sports

SRU women's hoops rallies for comeback win

Rock men fall to Charleston

SLIPPERY ROCK — Trailing by 11 in the third period, the Slippery Rock University women's basketball team rallied for a 77-71 overtime victory over Notre Dame (Ohio) Saturday at Morrow Field...