Photo gallery for Thursday, March 1, 2018

2018-03-01 00:00:00

Edward Stack, CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods, based in Findlay Township, Allegheny County, announced Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, that assault-style rifles will no longer be sold at any of the company's 35 Field & Stream stores nationwide.The weapons were removed from all Dick's stores after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012 but continued to be sold at Field & Stream, which is owned by Dick's. Dick's Sporting Goods has a store in Butler Township.JUSTIN GUIDO/Butler Eagle

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Jon Kiriakou, a former CIA officer and New Castle native, talked about his experiences Wednesday night, Feb. 28, 2018, at Slippery Rock University’s Swope Music Hall. He became the sixth whistle-blower indicted by the Barack Obama administration under the Espionage Act.NATHAN BOTTIGER/BUTLER EAGLE

Mars’ Tai Johnson works her way past Oakland Catholic’s Alexis Sestric in a WPIAL semifinal girls basketball playoff game at North Hills Middle School on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. Oakland Catholic won, 48-44.DAVE PRELOSKY/BUTLER EAGLE

Mars’ Alek Johnson works her way past Oakland Catholic’s Jayde Boyd in a WPIAL semifinal girls basketball playoff game at North Hills Middle School on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. Oakland Catholic won, 48-44.DAVE PRELOSKY/BUTLER EAGLE

Mars’ Bella Pelaia tries to get past Oakland Catholic’s Jayde Boyd n a WPIAL semifinal girls basketball playoff game at North Hills Middle School on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. Oakland Catholic won, 48-44.DAVE PRELOSKY/BUTLER EAGLE

The female driver of this Jeep was injured in a two-vehicle crash in Center Township on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. Emergency crews had to remove the driver’s side rear door to free the driver.ANDREW CARR/BUTLER EAGLE

A crew from the state Department of Transportation patches potholes Tuesday morning, Feb. 27, 2018, along Route 19 in Cranberry Township.J.W. Johnson Jr./Butler Eagle

Ryan Bigler smokes a cigarette outside district court in Saxonburg on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, after waiving his preliminary hearing on charges he tried to run over a homeowner in Winfield Township on Feb. 17, 2018Jim Smith/Butler Eagle

Police and fire units respond to #1 Cochran Subaru in Butler Township on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, where two people were injured when a woman drove her car into the showroom.Joe Genco/Butler Eagle

Customers shop in the gun department at the Field & Stream store in Cranberry Township last year. Edward Stack, CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods, based in Findlay Township, Allegheny County, announced Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, that assault-style rifles will no longer be sold at any of the company’s 35 Field & Stream stores nationwide.The weapons were removed from all Dick’s stores after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012 but continued to be sold at Field & Stream, which is owned by Dick’s. Dick’s Sporting Goods has a store in Butler Township.JUSTIN GUIDO/Butler Eagle