Mars News

On this date in 1964, the United States launched the space probe Mariner 4 on a course to Mars: Nov.

Many Americans still didn't know what to make of airplanes in 1909, six years after the Wright brothers' first successful flight.

'Backpacks to Briefcases' will be held Nov. 20 for students and alumni at Stone Pepper's Grill in Mars, Pa.

Creativity and fun defined Nick Mitchell, whether it was making up games to play with his older sister or founding new companies.

A Mars Snackfood US facility in Lancaster County, Pa., was fined by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for exceeding allowed operation time on two cocoa bean roasting systems between 2005 and 2008, the department announced Tuesday.

Because only a fraction of struggling middle-grade readers sign up for summer school, Pittsburgh Public Schools officials are trying something different to lure them in next year.

A Butler County man pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges of bank and wire fraud and two counts of mail fraud.

Jeff Turner had always longed to go on a grand adventure, and to do it with his son Taylor before he went off to college.

About 20 demonstrators made up of current and former workers of the Mars Home for Youth and labor union representatives lined up along Route 228 Thursday afternoon to show their solidarity for five employees who they believe were fired for engaging in union organizing activities.

The Mars Area School District is looking for a few good crew members. Superintendent William Pettigrew said last night that he met with representatives of the Three Rivers Rowing Association, who want to recruit Mars Area students in grades 7 through 12.

After his son was killed in Afghanistan in 2008, it would have been easy for Bob Girdano to shut himself off to the world, his friend Al Pulice said Sunday.

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A Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate surprised Pitt officials during a visit to Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum in Oakland on Tuesday when he offered them help in securing federal money for "centers of excellence for veteran student success." "Would you like that?" Rep.

Emphasis will be on robotics. Michael Burns is the director of the youth programs at the Franklin institute: "NASA, the jet propulsion laboratory sent us a replica of the Mars rover.

The sudden death of a gentle and beloved police chief has staggered the emergency medical community in southwestern Butler County.

A Gifted Advisory Group meeting will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept.

Brian C. Rittmeyer can be reached via e-mail or at 724-226-4701. A worker was injured when fire broke out Thursday at the Pitt Penn Oil warehouse in East Deer.

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Mars and its police department agreed to pay a former Mars Area High School principal $250,000 to settle her lawsuit claiming they conducted a malicious prosecution against her and violated her constitutional rights.

Nearly two years before George Sodini opened fire in a Collier gym, he signed a will naming his alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh, as the sole beneficiary of his estimated $225,000 estate.