PITTSBURGH — Mike Kilroy, a sports reporter for the Butler Eagle, was honored Thursday as a winner in the 2009 Golden Quill Awards.

Kilroy was named the top winner in column writing for newspapers with circulation of 45,000 or less.

The Golden Quills competition recognizes professional excellence in written, photographic, broadcast and online journalism in Western Pennsylvania.

Dr. Michele Mikolajczak was hired by the Butler Health System as a new hospitalist for Butler Memorial Hospital.A hospitalist is a doctor who treats and cares for patients in the hospital only. Most have been trained in internal medicine, family practice or pediatrics.Mikolajczak earned her bachelor's degree in biology and chemistry from Gannon University in Erie, her academic master's degree from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and her medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.She has worked in Lancaster and Farrell, as well as Youngstown, Ohio, and the Grove City Medical Center, ACMH Hospital in Kittanning and Butler Memorial.She is a member of the American Osteopathic Association, American Medical Association and several other professional organizations.