Local businesses are thankful to their loyal customers and clients for voting for them as the best in their fields in the Butler Eagle's annual Readers' Choice Awards contest.

For the ninth consecutive year, the Eagle conducted a survey of its readers to determine the top businesses in 181 categories in Butler County.

Readers cast 51,845 votes and all of the results are laid out in the Winner's Circle, a special 48-page section in Thursday's edition of the Eagle.

This is an excerpt of an article where we talk with some of the winners — pick up Thursday's Butler Eagle or subscribe online to see all the winners.