FEMA aiding COVID-19 funeral expenses

Applicants can receive as much as $9K

Bruce Vasey, funeral director at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home in Butler, stands in the entrance of the casket display room. Those who paid for funerals for loved ones who died of COVID-19 or from its complications are now eligible to receive financial compensation from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

FEMA is offering financial compensation for funerals held for individuals who died of COVID.

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Church turned opera house razed by fire

McKean Street building succumbed to flames in fall of 1891 disaster

Picture of the old Opera House after it burned on Sept. 26, 1891.

A fire at the Opera House, which had been a church, occurred 50 years after the building was erected.

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'Pink hat lady' must explain online video

Rachel Powell, a Mercer County woman indicted in connection to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, is facing heat from a federal judge for not complying with a court order.

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Walk Around Mars gearing up for Martian Week

Business sponsors for the Where's the Martian Walk Around Mars fundraiser pose for a photograph with their inflatable Martians in downtown Mars. The program benefits the Mars Planet Foundation.

Mars Planet Foundation is in the middle of its Walk Around Mars campaign.

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Macoskey Center offers tips for Earth 'month'

Corie Eckman explains how to make a do-it-yourself veggie dip in a video made for a week of Earth Day activities in 2020 at Slippery Rock University's Macoskey Center.

The Macoskey Center is encouraging the use of sustainable products through daily social media challenges.

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Mustello holds amendment forum

Explains issues on the ballot

State Rep. Marci Mustello, R-11th, discusses proposed amendments to the state constitution during a forum with state Sen. Scott Hutchinson, R-21st, at the 11th Frame Bar and Grill in Butler.

State Rep. Marci Mustello hosted a forum on Saturday at the 11th Frame restaurant in Butler Township regarding the constitutional amendment questions that will appear on the ballot in the May 18 primary election.

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Half of adults have received COVID shot

50.4% are at least partially vaccinated

WASHINGTON — Half of all adults in the U.S. have received at least one COVID-19 shot, the government announced Sunday, marking another milestone in the nation’s largest-ever vaccination campaign but leaving more work to do to convince skeptical Americans to roll up their sleeves.

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Attorney apologizes for assault accusation against NFL star defensive lineman Donald

PITTSBURGH — The attorney for a man who accused NFL star Aaron Donald of assaulting him at a Pittsburgh nightclub last weekend has apologized, saying it was a case of mistaken identity.

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1 charge dropped against man accused of breaking into golf course

BUTLER TWP — An Ohio man accused of breaking into the Krendale Golf Course while high and naked will have one less felony charge moving forward.

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Spiders, while gnarly, are good for gardens

Are you an arachnophile? Or, are you an arachnophobe?

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Camp Cranberry open for summer

Cranberry Township’s summer youth camps aims to be bigger, better and safer than ever.

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Chow & Browse festival canceled

The third annual Chow & Browse Festival planned April 24 at Alameda Park has been canceled.

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USDA reopens coronavirus food assistance program

Gives direct financial relief to producers

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency announced Monday that signup has reopened for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) as part of the Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative.

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Pandemic has been boon for the bicycle industry

PITTSBURGH — Bicycles continue to spin out of stores in record numbers.

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Supporting military families

Butler Catholic School students, faculty and staff wore purple Thursday as part of Purple Up! Day. Held each April 15, Purple Up! For Military Kids was started by the Department of Defense to support and thank military children for their strength and sacrifices.

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$300K secured for runoff project

Adams Township got a $300,000 DEP Growing Greener grant for an MS4 project.

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Fire erupts at Hunter Truck Center

Damage around $1M; no injuries were reported

At least 11 fire departments responded to a fire at the Hunter Truck Center garage on Friday afternoon. No injuries were reported in the blaze.

A fire cost an estimated $1 million in damages to a truck body and collision garage in Summit Township Friday afternoon.

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FBI interviewed FedEx shooter last year

INDIANAPOLIS — The former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis was interviewed by FBI agents last year, after his mother called police to say that her son might commit “suicide by cop,” the bureau said Friday.

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A Master of Inks

Butler tattoo artist injects heart into art

Brett Sciullo of the Ink Vault Tattoo and Piercing Shop inks a tattoo of an owl on the forearm of Devin Sabin of Butler.PHOTOGRAPHY BY Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle

Brett Sciullo, 31, of Butler works in a house of beauty and pain.

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Leader named for new teaching program at BHS

Dr. Michael Fiorina has been named vice president of medical education by the Butler Health System. Fiorina, a longtime family practice physician in Butler, will head up the creation and implementation of the medical residency program now being finalized by BHS officials.

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Home construction jumps to fastest pace since 2006

WASHINGTON — U.S. housing construction rebounded strongly in March to the fastest pace since 2006 as home builders recovered from an unusually frigid February that shut down projects.

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Russia to expel 10 U.S. diplomats in response to Biden

MOSCOW — Russia on Friday responded to a barrage of new U.S. sanctions by saying it would expel 10 U.S. diplomats and take other retaliatory moves in a tense showdown with Washington.