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Burrell grad Zach Miller plays role perfectly in helping IUP baseball team reach World Series
IUP baseball coach Steve Kline remembers the encounter with Zach Miller well. Kline was entering his second year as the Crimson Hawks’ baseball coach, and Miller approached him in an on-campus parking lot. Miller, a Burrell grad, spent his initial college days at Cal (Pa.) but never took the field for the Vulcans, instead taking a redshirt and spending the year watching.
Alleged 'cereal bandit' facing charges after breaking into Butler County home
BUTLER, Pa. — A Butler County woman called police after she said a stranger walked into her bedroom while eating her cereal. Authorities were called to a home on Eau Claire Street in Butler around 4:40 p.m. May 25for a person who was trespassing. At the home, they spoke...
A-K Valley Senior Spotlight: Burrell’s Allison Smola
In last year’s PIAA track and field championships, Burrell’s Allison Smola got hurt in the preliminaries for the 100 hurdles. This year, she was looking for redemption and it started with her offseason training. “I know she did a lot of lifting at the local gym, and that...
Acclaimed senior class accomplished plenty for North Allegheny baseball
The worst day for any high school baseball coach is cut day, says North Allegheny’s Andrew Heck. That’s when the roster gets whittled down before the season opener. But in his mind, there is also a close second. That’s whenever the season ends short of the state finals. For North Allegheny, that day came June 3 as the WPIAL champion Tigers lost 2-0 to Wilson of PIAA District 3 in the first round of the state playoffs.
Beloved 73-year-old Butler Township McDonald's employee retires after 31 years
BUTLER TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) -- After almost 31 years of serving the people of Butler Township their burgers and fries with a side of smiles, 73-year-old Martha Kennedy is hanging up her apron.Kennedy says at the McDonald's in the Greater Butler Mart, it's always been about the people. "I like people, I like people," she said. "You can think it but you can't say it! You know, if somebody is being mean to me, you don't want to know what I'm thinking, but I'm smiling at them!"No matter how she may feel that day, she leaves her emotions at the door...
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