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.
Since 2017, March 29 has been recognized as National Vietnam War Veterans Day, and the VA Butler Healthcare System is holding two events this weekend to mark the occasion...
SLIPPERY ROCK — Fifteen months ago, John Clark spent his Christmas in a bed at UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, hooked up to multiple life-support machines. He had...
Dozens of Butler residents gathered at a city council meeting on Thursday night, March 27, to see what the future may hold for its former middle school, which has stood d...
The South Butler Community Library in Saxonburg will hold an estate planning workshop at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 31.
Among the subjects to be discussed are common estate ...
Buffalo and Clinton townships plan to form a joint tax collection district for the remainder of 2025.
The creation of the district was necessitated by the absence of Buf...
Multiple emergency crews responded to a fire at a business on Kittanning Street in Butler on Tuesday morning, March 25.
The fire, reported around 11 a.m., damaged the bui...
ADAMS TWP — Supervisors Monday night, March 24, voted to extend a temporary ban on burning which initially was put in place on March 12.
Township manager Gary Peaco sai...
A Butler woman is facing eight charges including a felony in connection with a January incident in which she reportedly drove into oncoming traffic and caused a head-on v...
ADAMS TWP — Township supervisors gave the final go-ahead to Mars Area Elementary School’s planned building expansion during their meeting on Monday night.
The planned exp...
Wilhelmina “Willy” Peluso survived the Nazi-occupied Netherlands and breast cancer, but like millions of Americans, the coronavirus was too much for her.
Peluso, who died...
