Gary McKinney, of Tarentum, lost his high school ring in the mid-1970s while he was hunting near the Heath Pump Station along the Clarion River. On June 19, 2009, Richard...
For Breakneck Beagle Club president Robert Dorsch, the opportunity to run his beagles in the trials is a passion.
Although a hunter in his younger years, the retired mech...
Hunter Speer, 7, of the Fisher Dairy Farm at Portersville, readies his cow Friday, July 1, 2011, for competition at the Big Butler Fair.
It was the first day of the Big...
More than 13 years ago, the members of the Rodfathers of Butler had already started their yearly Cruise-A-Palooza, entertaining car-lovers in the area by taking over Butl...
Tom Marak never told his customers what to put inside their customized time capsules.
The Muddy Creek Township man had run a business based on preserving the past for fut...
Century steelworkers put steel up Tuesday, June 14, 2016, for Marriott’s SpringHill Suites at the corner of Jefferson and McKean streets in Butler.
The $8.2 million, 76-r...
It was Weird Al Yankovic who first sparked Stephen Wuchina’s interest in playing the accordion. Five years later, it was classical and French music that kept him playing ...
The 2009 class of Leadership Butler County wanted to help in case of an emergency.
Each class of business leaders, who learn about county resources and organizations, is ...
The grass and playground equipment of the Butler Memorial Park were taken over May 20, 2011, by several hundred Emily Brittain Elementary School students participating in...
More than 1,000 students from Evans City elementary and middle schools on May 13, 2011, raised more than $10,000 for cancer research in memory of a former beloved teacher...
Ed Wahl, a young medic with the Army Air Corps’ 305th Bombardment Group stationed in Chelveston, England, during World War II, was returning to base from a nearby town wh...
Dr. Hunter “Patch” Adams toured the St. Barnabas campus April 29, 2010, spreading joy while proving that friendship, not laughter, really is the best medicine.
Adams, the...
Outdoor enthusiasts had a reason to check out Butler County Community College’s main campus after April 2013, when the college opened its 1-mile blacktop-covered Shaffer ...
Andy Potyka retired from Armco in 1996, but his hard hat was still in use in Butler Township more than 10 years later.
On April 15, 2010, Potyka’s hard hat was in a tree...
Butler County employees were running out of space in 2011.
With offices squeezed into the nooks and crannies of the government center and courthouse, workers were doublin...
Fourteen international students studied with trainers and instructors for a week at the Butler YMCA in March and April 2009.
Most of the students were from China Medical ...
Fran Draper’s recipe for Italian Easter bread had been passed down through the generations and served as an important family tradition.
Draper, who was 76 in 2010, still ...
In March, 2008, Michael Cichra, 13, of Butler Township, became the first Elite Athletic Center gymnast to win a state championship.
The Knoch Middle School seventh-grader...
The members of the Rock Dance Company, a group that formed in 2009 at Slippery Rock University, planned to travel to elementary schools and preschools to teach youngsters...
At 59 years old in February 2011, Randy Roth was going strong, educating all ages of drum students and playing with dozens of bands. In short, he made a living by making ...
To curb use of such products by children, the Butler County Drug and Alcohol Program in 2011 developed an educational program on how new smokeless tobacco products can ea...
There was a little too much snow in Butler County on Feb. 16, 2010, for area drivers and too little snow in Vancouver for Olympic athletes. However, it was just about per...
Bill Fay, of Chicora, had spent most of his life in bowling alleys and had racked up more strikes than gutters both on and off the lanes by Feb. 11, 2010.
That success tr...
To prepare for the 2009 Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Regional Barista Competitions, a handful of local baristas assembled for two consecutive weekends in January at Kiva Ha...
Karen McCloy, of Zelienople, angled a 19-inch rainbow trout from underneath a sheet of ice covering the lake at Zelienople-Harmony Sportsmen’s Club on Sunday, Jan. 30, 20...
Sue Weaver, program manager at the Lutheran Service Society, said the Evans City Senior Center line dance sessions began at the center in March 1977. She said benefits fo...
In its first year of operation, what was then known simply as the Community Health Clinic enrolled 600 county residents, saw more than 1,400 patient visits and hired five...
Brett Favre and Cal Ripken Jr. set historic streaks for endurance in football and baseball.
Bill Uram Jr. might be doing the same in golf.
His streak won't be as well kno...
Although the crowd of about 500 was smaller than event organizers had hoped for the 2008 Silvester, those who braved the blowing snow and below-freezing temperatures enjo...
