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.
Of the 57 municipalities in Butler County, 10 — six townships and four boroughs — voted to raise taxes for 2026.
One of the steepest tax increases by percentage occurred ...
Butler County is still shoveling its way out of the snow that buried communities in a Sunday storm.
It’s been several days since the storm passed by Butler County but som...
The motto long associated with the United States Postal Service, “Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of t...
WINFIELD TWP — A conditional use hearing to operate a small storage facility on a residential-zoned property drew a large-than-usual crowd of concerned residents to a tow...
ZELIENOPLE — Not even the severe winter weather deterred the small businesses of the borough’s Main Street from stepping up on Tuesday night, Jan. 27 to support a 10-year...
In October, Dave and Dawn Mock experienced a major personal loss when the milk barn at their farm in Penn Township burned to the ground. Butler County’s agricultural comm...
The last class graduated from Chicora High School in 1959 before the school closed its doors and consolidated into Karns City Area Junior/Senior High School. Nearly seven...
ADAMS TWP — Supervisors tabled a vote to grant tentative approval to plans for the Matilda Fields residential development during their meeting on Monday night, Jan. 26.
T...
On Friday, Jan. 23, Gov. Josh Shapiro declared a “disaster emergency” for the entire Keystone State, as the western part of the state braced for its most severe snowstorm...
A project to improve a section of State Route 228 in Buffalo and Clinton townships has received $7 million in federal Community Project Funding grants.
The project is aim...
