PHOTO GALLERY

2020-01-11 00:00:00

Luke the English Mastiff listens to McQuistion Elementary students read Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, during the school's read to a dog day with volunteers from the Butler Dog Training Association.

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Three-year-old Luca Colella, left, and his brother Vito, 2, work on a puzzle in the children’s section of the Cranberry Public Library on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020.Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

Route 228 in Middlesex Township has reopened after a three-vehicle accident required its closure for about an hour Friday morning, Jan. 10, 2020.Tanner Cole/Butler Eagle

Luca Colella, 3, right, and Owen Pawlowicz, 4, work on a puzzle in the children’s section of the Cranberry Library on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020.Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

Sharon and Dean Snow, owners of the Rummy Mart in Chicora, are selling lettuce, tomatoes, peppers and other fresh items to augment the diets of residents, many of whom live on food from the local dollar store now that the former Friedman’s Freshmarket has been closed for two years.Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle

Sara Donaldson, the manager of the Butler County Historical Society’s collection of documents, photographs and objects, said she will spend a good part of 2020 cataloging the society’s possession using a computer program. See the story in the Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, edition of the Butler Eagle.Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle

Robert and Dawn Ecklund’s dog Merry shakes hands with McQuistion Elementary students during the school’s read to a dog program Friday, Jan. 10, 2020.Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

Betty Scarnato’s shih tzu sits quietly while students from McQuistion Elementary School take part in the school’s read to a dog program with the Butler Dog Training Association on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020.Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

Merry the golden retriever and owner Dawn Eckland greet students from McQuistion Elementary before the school’s read to a dog day with therapy dogs from the Butler Dog Training Association on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020.Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

State Police dispatched multiple units to an unspecified location on Schantz Road off Route 422 in Prospect on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. The Butler County SWAT team also was dispatched to the scene.Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle

Jennifer Ford, the new executive director of the Butler County Historical Society, said her first item of business is taking stock of the society’s large collection of objects, letters and photographs. See the story in the Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, edition of the Butler Eagle.Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle

Sing Hosanna! “The Mice and the Manger” cast includes, from left, Tommy Lynn Kilian, Simon Archer (seated), Leah Harris, Than Archer, Olivia Slater, Alayna Bestwick (kneeling), Jordan Davis and Kyleigh Spink. The dinner theater is planned for noon Jan. 18, 2020. Reservations are due Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020.Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

Butler County Historical Society, with its headquarters at the Senator Lowrie House, has a new executive director, Jennifer Ford. See the story in the Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, edition of the Butler Eagle.Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle

Seneca Valley’s Mason Bush (21) reaches for a layup after a drive past North Allegheny’s Grant Timmerson (13) on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020.Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle