BUTLER TWP — Graduates of Butler County Community College's education programs will be among panelists July 17 when BC3 hosts its first Spotlight on Careers in Education from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Student Success Center on BC3's main campus.

The free event begins at 5:30 p.m. with refreshments and check-in.

Spotlight on Careers in Education will introduce prospective students and general studies majors on BC3's main campus or at its five additional locations to BC3's five transfer or career programs in education and to future employment options, said Amy Pignatore, BC3's dean of admissions and the college's registrar.

Those who attend can ask questions of BC3's education faculty members and will be entered to win an iPad. Games will also be played.

STAFFORD SPRINGS, Conn. — A recently reopened mill in Connecticut is helping the military bring back old-school Army uniforms by providing the high-quality woolen fabric used in their manufacture.American Woolen Co. in Stafford Springs is gearing up to provide high-end wool to make the army green uniforms that will be worn by soldiers and officers, and that echo similar outfits worn by the military more than a half-century ago.Jacob Harrison Long, chief executive officer of the company, said the idea of the new uniform is to boost morale by harkening back to a time when military men and women were “very well-dressed.”Long said he bought the 19th century mill in 2014 after the previous owner closed down, and has hired back many of the previous owner's workers.

PHILADELPHIA — The largest oil refinery on the East Coast is extending the termination date for employees by another six weeks to better prepare the property for “possible sale and restart” following a devastating fire, the company said.Philadelphia Energy Solutions confirmed Wednesday that the termination date for workers will be Aug. 25 rather than July 12, a decision relayed in a meeting with officials of United Steelworkers Union Local 10-1 and first announced by U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa.Company spokeswoman Cherice Corley said in an email that Philadelphia Energy Solutions was “continuing its efforts to secure the facility in anticipation of potentially rebuilding the damaged infrastructure, and preparing for a possible sale and restart.”Five days after the June 21 fire, which remains under investigation, Philadelphia Energy Solutions sent a notice to state labor officials that it will shut the plant down and lay off about 1,020 workers there in the next two weeks after that. The fire significantly damaged equipment and systems at a complex that was already struggling financially, the company said.The 150-year-old complex processes 335,000 barrels of crude oil daily into gasoline, jet fuel, propane, home heating oil and other products, according to the company. It started as a bulk petroleum storage facility in 1866 and began refinery operations in 1870.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania officials are accusing a medical marijuana growing company of failing to follow regulations that require it to keep records about the plants it grows.The state Health Department said Tuesday it ordered Carmichaels-based AGRiMED Industries of PA to stop harvesting or destroying plants outside the presence of an agency inspector. The department says it found during an inspection on June 6 that AGRiMED couldn’t produce records about the plants it has destroyed, or required security footage of any plants being destroyed.A company spokesman says it has identified “numerous inaccuracies” in the findings and takes compliance matters seriously.The state says the company can grow marijuana but can’t remove anything from the plants without an inspector watching nor turn off security equipment without written permission.From staff and wire reports