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William Pitts
Eagle Staff Writer
William joined the staff of the Butler Eagle in April 2023 after spending a year and a half as staff writer for the Independent Messenger newspaper in Emporia, Va. Prior to this, he worked for the Maryland Independent newspaper in La Plata, Md., as well as several online sports publications. He holds a masters' degree in Journalism from the University of Maryland, as well as a bachelors' degree in communications from Goucher University. William has spent most of his life in Dover, De., but now resides in Butler.

Latest Articles

Adams Township and Mars are not the first pair of municipalities in Butler County to have considered joining forces. In November 2010, a referendum on a potential merger...
April 02, 2026 Government
Connoquenessing Township will be hosting multiple cleanup and recycling events in May. On May 9 and 16, the township will host recycling days in partnership with Connoque...
April 02, 2026 Community
Adams Township and Mars Borough, which have publicly announced a proposal for merging into one township, are far from the only pair of municipalities in Pennsylvania that...
April 02, 2026 Local News
The start of a scheduled preservation project for the Shearer Bridge in Butler and Summit townships, which carries Route 422 over Connoquenessing Creek, has been pushed b...
April 02, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Allegheny Health Network has announced its plans for providing health resources for the hundreds of thousands of visitors who are expected to enter the Pittsburgh area fo...
April 02, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Four years after opening its doors to the public in June 2022, Totalus Cafe — a locally-owned boba tea cafe on East Jefferson Street — announced through Facebook on Satur...
April 01, 2026 Business
CRANBERRY TWP — Butler County’s budding baseball superstars may soon have another opportunity to hone their skills all year long. D-BAT, a nationwide chain of indoor base...
April 01, 2026 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Residents of the Meeder planned residential development in the township got a look at what could be the next phase of construction during the township’s p...
April 01, 2026 Local News
Speaker of the House has until April 10 to make decision
Speaker of the House has until April 10 to make decision
April 01, 2026
CRANBERRY TWP — Another coffee chain might be headed toward Cranberry Township in the near future, and it isn’t Dunkin’ or Starbucks. The township’s planning advisory com...
March 31, 2026 Local News