Photo gallery for Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018

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Cantor Michal Grey-Schafer dresses Ben Vincent for the Purim holiday at B'Nai Abraham synagogue in Butler on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. Over time Purim customs have become intertwined with the holiday including drinking wine or other alcoholic beverages, wearing of masks and costumes, and public celebration.JUSTIN GUIDO/Butler Eagle

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Freeport’s Jalen Brown works against South Fayette defenders in a WPIAL Class 4-A boy’s basketball first-round playoff game at North Catholic High School in Cranberry Township on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. South Fayette won, 48-45.DAVE PRELOSKY/butler eagle

Freeport’s Ben Beale, right, works against South Fayette’s Drew Franklin in a WPIAL Class 4-A boy’s basketball first-round playoff game at North Catholic High School in Cranberry Township on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. South Fayette won, 48-45.DAVE PRELOSKY/butler eagle

Freeports Ben Beale shoots a foul shot against South Fayette in a WPIAL Class 4-A boy’s basketball first-round playoff game at North Catholic High School in Cranberry Township on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. South Fayette won, 48-45.DAVE PRELOSKY/butler eagle

Freeport’s Isiah Bauman is surrounded by South Fayette’s Noah Plack, Braden Hoy and Tim Locher in a WPIAL Class 4-A boy’s basketball first-round playoff game at North Catholic High School in Cranberry Township on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. South Fayette won, 48-45.DAVE PRELOSKY/butler eagle

Bill Bittner talks about the Rev. Billy Graham during a meeting of the Butler Christian Ministries group Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. Graham, 99, died Wednesday.JUSTIN GUIDO/BUTLER EAGLE

Former state Sen. Tim Shaffer donated $1 million to Butler County Community College for a proposed $10 million building for its nursing program. He was thanked during a luncheon at Founders Hall on the campus Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018.JUSTIN GUIDO/BUTLER EAGLE

Donna Stover, a lay member of the group from Zion United Methodist Church in Sarver, talks about the Rev. Billy Graham during a meeting of the Butler Christian Ministries group Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. Graham, 99, died Wednesday. Stover said she watched Graham preach on TV while growing up. She said she was always impressed by his integrity.JUSTIN GUIDO/BUTLER EAGLE

The Rev. John Pistorius, pastor at St. John Reformed Church in Chicora, talks about the lessons learned from the Rev. Billy Graham during a meeting of the Butler Christian Ministries group Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. Graham, 99, died Wednesday.JUSTIN GUIDO/BUTLER EAGLE

State police used a pursuit intervention technique to force this vehicle off Interstate 79 and end a chase that lasted for about 20 miles Wednesday morning, Feb. 21, 2018, ending in Worth Township in Butler County.submitted photo

Cantor Michal Grey-Schafer dresses Ben Vincent for the Purim holiday at B’Nai Abraham synagogue in Butler on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. Over time Purim customs have become intertwined with the holiday including drinking wine or other alcoholic beverages, wearing of masks and costumes, and public celebration.JUSTIN GUIDO/Butler Eagle

Ben Vincent dresses in costume for the Purim holiday at B’Nai Abraham synagogue in Butler on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. Over time Purim customs have become intertwined with the holiday including drinking wine or other alcoholic beverages, wearing of masks and costumes, and public celebration.JUSTIN GUIDO/Butler Eagle