'A mission to serve'

Katie's Kitchen manager retiring after 25 years helping those in need

Katie's Kitchen director Loretta Bachman, left, shares a laugh with longtime volunteer Raylene Jindra while serving chili at Thursday night's community dinner at St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Bachman plans to retire Thursday after five years as director of the church's free community meal. She started volunteering there in 1994.PHOTOGRAPHY BY Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

Loretta Bachman's faith was the focus of her life during 25 years of serving free meals.

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Butler Italian Festival is bigger, better this year

Last year's Butler Italian Festival drew more than 25,000 people. Organizers hope this year's festival, which runs through Sunday in downtown Butler, will attract twice that many attendees.

The streets of downtown Butler will be awash in green, white and red this weekend as the Butler Italian Festival promises pleasant afternoons filled with Old-World cuisine, music and culture.

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Feds ask child sex victims to speak up

Ex-Cranberry resident awaiting trial in Phila.

The FBI is seeking potential victims of a former Cranberry Township man accused of sexual assault.

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2 men, teen accused of damaging park

Trio charged with tagging Butler park, causing more than $16,000 in damage

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State police increase DUI arrest numbers

Butler troop posts 3rd most

Butler-based troop ranks third in DUI arrests statewide

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Butler man, 58, arrested after alleged gun threat

Hearing set for man charged with shooting threat

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YMCA hosts free event Friday to give school supplies to kids

Seeing area children coming to the Butler YMCA every day during the summer made membership director Heidi Nicholls Bowser realize that some children’s needs stretch beyond summer break.

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Butler man sentenced for sending sex videos to girl

A Butler man was sentenced Thursday to a year or more in prison and 115 months of probation for sending videos of a sexual nature to a 14-year-old girl online and urging her to leave her Texas home and visit him.

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Driver caught after chase

Police: Speeds top 100 mph

Police chase hits 100+ mph; suspected drugged driver arrested

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Roche resigns seat on council

Replacement sought in Butler

A member of Butler City Council announced his resignation at Thursday's meeting.

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More than 1,400 new students move in at SRU

Andrew Auth, a sophomore from Pittsburgh, was one of 400 volunteers helping freshmen and transfer students move in Thursday at Slippery Rock University.

SLIPPERY ROCK — Excited for new beginnings, a fresh group of Slippery Rock University freshmen and transfer students moved into their dormitories on Thursday.

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Mustello welcomes visitors to New Castle Road office

BUTLER TWP — The office hosting Butler's most central state House district opened its doors for a meet and greet Thursday afternoon.

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Expert: Accused rapist needs education on law

Judge to rule on future trial

A Butler man being held in Butler County Prison for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl multiple times last summer has a mild intellectual disability and must be educated in the legal process in which he now finds himself entangled, according to expert testimony presented in court Wednesday.

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Are you ready for some Football?

Football at Butler Area High School has a whole new look with upgrades to the locker rooms and field. Emerson Douthett, 17, a senior kicker and punter for the Golden Tornado football team uses his new locker.

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Piece of the Pie

Butler band shows off new uniforms

Senior Lea Codispot, a co-captain of the Butler High School Sequinettes dance team, waves to the crowd as she was recognized during the halftime show performance Wednesday night.

Cherries and chocolates and citrus pies too, the Butler High School Golden Tornado Marching Band welcomed back its fans with its annual Pie Festival on Wednesday evening.

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Bills spark debate about school vaccinations

1 would make schools post numbers on web

Two bills introduced this week to the state House of Representatives could change the rules on exemptions from school vaccination schedules and how schools report vaccination rates.

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Shower solution OK'd to curb jail MRSA

New inmates at the Butler County Prison will now be treated with an anti-MRSA solution upon entering the jail.

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Church locked down

Man accused of terroristic threat

Victory Family Church in Cranberry Township was placed on lockdown Wednesday after a man allegedly made reference to mass shootings during a service there. Edwin G. Leech, 43, of Zelienople was charged in connection with the incident. No one was injured.

A man is accused of making terroristic threats at a Cranberry Township church.

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Lambing trial stays in county

Local jurors to be called in January

Jury selection will begin in early January for the trial of a 22-year-old Butler man accused of raping a child and causing his death after a judge ruled the case will remain in Butler County.

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Butler gets spiffy sports upgrades

New lockers, turf, other improvements funded

Butler athletic director Bill Mylan shows off the school district's remade baseball field. The field is one of several athletic facility improvements completed over the summer.

A locker room upgrade completed last week is already getting used by the Golden Tornado football team.

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Doctor pleads guilty to illegally prescribing drugs

PITTSBURGH — A New Castle man pleaded guilty in federal court in Pittsburgh on Wednesday to charges of unlawfully prescribing and distributing controlled substances.

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TOWN CRIER

The Lancaster Township board of supervisors took the following official actions at Monday night’s meeting:

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Trump flip-flops on tax cuts, citing nation’s ‘strong economy’

WASHINGTON — A day after considering cutting taxes to promote economic growth, President Donald Trump on Wednesday changed course and said he would abandon the idea because the nation already had “a strong economy.”

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HOT, HOT, HOT

County temps spike in July

Earth experiences record heat wave

Lifeguard Jackson Humes, 17, of Evans City watches swimmers cool off in the EDCO Park pool in July. Local temperatures were higher than average, according to the National Weather Service's Pittsburgh office, but didn't quite match the global climate peak.

July heat set global records, and both Butler County and the Pennsylvania felt a considerable, albeit lesser, burn as well.

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GOP retains seat in special election

HARRISBURG — Republicans easily won a special election to retain a seat in the state House of Representatives in a GOP-leaning district in central Pennsylvania.