Lillian Zolton, 106

Lillian Zolton, Passes At 106

Lillian Zolton, of Hermitage, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 18, 2018, at Nugent's Convalescence Home in Hermitage, following a brief period of declining...

Overnight Fiery Crash In Slippery Rock

One person was reportedly injured in an overnight crash on Interstate 79 in Butler County. The crash happened about 03:30 a.m. Tuesday on I-79 south...

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SRU Grad Promoted To Land Management Group Supervisor

A graduate of Slippery Rock University has been promoted to a new position within the Pennsylvania Game Commission. State Game Warden Darin Clark of Erie...

Ivey Engineering Awards $1,000 Scholarship to Pennsylvania High School Senior Marissa...

Ivey Engineering, Inc., (IEI), an engineering consulting firm, is pleased to announce that Marissa Fukas of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, is the winner of the winter 2018 bi-annual scholarship essay...

Tracy Geibel Honored With One Of Hearken’s National Champion Of Curiosity...

Former Butler resident Tracy Geibel was honored Tuesday with one of Hearken’s national Champion of Curiosity awards for answering a reader-submitted question about a...
John Kovalik

Former SRU Assistant In MLB

Former Slippery Rock University pitching coach John Kovalik has been hired by the Houston Astros to work with pitchers in their minor league system. Kovalik...

Man Convicted After New Trial In Connection With 2012 Fatal Shooting

A Swissvale man who had been granted a new trial after a third-degree murder conviction connected to a fatal shooting in 2012 has once...

It’s Graduation Weekend For 600 SRU Students

Nearly 600 Slippery Rock University students are set to graduate this weekend. The school’s Winter Commencement ceremony will take place on Saturday at 11:00 a.m....

SRU Begins Equestrian Center Expansion

Hold your horses everyone, Storm Harbor Equestrian Center at Slippery Rock University is about to have more space for foot traffic, and, of course,...

Crash Destroys Nativity

A local Christmas Nativity display was destroyed when a vehicle plowed into it during a crash this week in the city of Butler. Butler City...

SRU Cadets Receive National Ranking

Two Slippery Rock University ROTC cadets have been ranked in the top 10 percent and an additional two cadets were ranked in the top...

SRU Standouts Gaviglia & Hills Named AP All-Americans

Slippery Rock University offensive standouts Steve Gaviglia, a Seneca Valley graduate from Cranberry Township, and Wes Hills from Wildwood, New Jersey were named to...
Marianne Louise Luchkiw, 61

Marianne Louise Luchkiw Passes At 61

It is with great sadness that the family of Marianne Louise Luchkiw announces her passing, from natural causes, on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, at...
Wes Hills

Wes Hills Named D-II All-American

Wes Hills, a senior at Slippery Rock University and a 2013 Wildwood High School graduate, earned All-America honors Wednesday after the Associated Press Division...

SRU Investigating Death Of Student

Slippery Rock University police are investigating the death of a student found Wednesday morning at a baseball field on the campus. Authorities have not released...

Police Blotter

State Police, Mercer 2:10 p.m. Dec. 10 — Mark W. King, 69, of Slippery Rock drove onto Brent Road into the path of a car...
Dustin Miller

Homeowner Shoots Man Who Allegedly Used Boulder To Break Into Home

After ice and snow knocked out his power, the last thing a Pennsylvania homeowner was expecting was that his door would be bowled in...

Christopher Mesko To Perform At Slippery Rock University

An Edgeworth native who is studying music at Slippery Rock University will be among the performers Oct. 16 at a Slippery Rock University Symphonic...

Police Release Names Of 3 Hurt In Monday Crash

According to State Police, 40-year-old Patricia Huntington of Slippery Rock was driving south on Route 8 - near the Route 528 (Prospect Road) intersection...
Daniel Greenstein

Chancellor To Visit SRU

The new CEO of Pennsylvania’s 14 state universities will visit Butler County’s Slippery Rock University later this month. Daniel Greenstein will be in town on...

Off-Campus Party Ends With Man Arrested, Stolen Gun Confiscated

An off-campus party near Slippery Rock University ended with one person being arrested and a stolen gun taken into evidence. Police arrested Zaquan Jeter early Sunday...

3 SR Groups Back Pink

Three student organizations at Slippery Rock School District are planning to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Cheerleaders are planning to wear pink bows and use...

SRU Staff, Faculty Prepare For Emergencies

Slippery Rock University is encouraging its staff and faculty to participate in the university's first Professional Development Day focused entirely on campus safety. “Each year...

SRU Community Mourns Death Of Freshman

State police are investigating the death of a Slippery Rock University freshman. President William Behre said in an email to students Monday morning that Seth...

Slippery Rock Tops Mercyhurst

The Slippery Rock football team continued their hot start Saturday evening, topping Mercyhurst 41-21. Hickory grad Zach Cirillo got the Rock on the board first...