Class of 2020 serious, vigilant about virus

Butler Area High School senior Gabby Lucas worked four days on an inspirational video for her classmates and teachers to help them get through the coronavirus pandemic.

It's late at night and Gabby Lucas is staring, bleary-eyed, at her computer screen.

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State cases soar

BHS treating 11 in-patients

As of Sunday, Butler Health Systems was actively treating 11 in-patients for corona virus-like symptoms.

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Butler County residents among new state troopers

Graduating class of new troopers includes 2 from Butler County

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Man jailed after crash; police say drugs found

Driver accused of having drugs after crash, later in prison

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Woman, dogs unharmed in fire

Volunteer firefighters assess the damage to a ranch-style house on Bear Creek Road in Winfield Township that caught fire shortly after 3 p.m. Sunday. A woman who lives there got out safely with her two dogs. The cause of the blaze, which is not suspicious, remains under investigation, fire officials said.

Woman, dogs unharmed in Winfield house fire

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Police calls drop amid less traffic, stores closed

The shutdown of so-called “nonlife sustaining businesses” and a statewide stay-at-home order during the coronavirus pandemic has had an impact in cases filed by police departments in Butler County.

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Police say suspect wanted on warrant resisted arrest

Traffic stop ends with driver jailed for resisting arrest, other charges

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Shopping gets more serious

A masked shopper looks for her car in the Butler Walmart’s parking lot on Saturday evening. Walmart recently began limiting shoppers, shortening store hours and having shoppers line up outside with appropriate social distance spacing when the store reaches capacity.

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MEETING THE NEED

3D printer used to produce face shields

Device offers morticians some protection from COVID-19

Butler County resident Richard Dudley assembles his new Original Prusa i3 MK3s 3D printer to print face shields (top photo) for local people working in high-risk professions to use during the pandemic.

County man works to print face shields for local funeral director with a 3D printer.

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Police: Claiming virus, 2 cough on others

GREENSBURG — Charges are planned against two people accused in separate incidents of purposely coughing on a fast-food restaurant worker and staff members at a doctor’s office while saying they have the coronavirus, state police in Western Pennsylvania said.

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Report: Alarms ignored nearly 2 months

WASHINGTON — As the first alarms sounded in early January that an outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China might ignite a global pandemic, the Trump administration squandered nearly two months that could have been used to bolster the federal stockpile of critically needed medical supplies and...

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POLICE REPORTS

These items have been collected from various police department.

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'Be strong, and we will strengthen one another'

While Butler's Congregation B'nai Abraham sanctuary remains closed due to statewide stay-at-home orders, Cantor Michal Greay-Schaffer has started holding the congregation's weekly Friday evening services via Zoom video stream from her home.

As clergy we are accustomed to seeking guidance from our sacred texts. In my case, those are our Torah (first five books of the "Old Testament") and Tanahk (Hebrew Bible). Several narratives have come to mind.

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In Memoriams, Birthday Tributes & Cards of Thanks

Tuesday through Thursday, the deadline is 2 p.m. for publication in the next day’s newspaper. To be placed in Sunday and Monday’s Butler Eagle, items must be received by 1 p.m. Friday.

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Spanish Flu Facts

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website, the virulent Spanish flu was an H1N1 variety that spread across the globe in 1918 and 1919.

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Pandemic course mixes past, present

SRU class takes on importance due to outbreak

The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 is a topic in a class now offered by Slippery Rock University called “Spotlight on the Past: Pandemic� that was designed last year but now, coincidentally, ties appropriately to the current coronavirus pandemic.

When incoming freshmen at Slippery Rock University signed up for a new course called “Spotlight on the Past: Pandemic,” they had no idea the spring semester class would also shine light on the very real present, with the coronavirus outbreak resulting in a global pandemic.

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In Brief

Officials at Grove City College have decided to postpone the date when students will return to face-to-face classes from April 13 to the end of the semester. Online learning will continue until that time.

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Learn from past, analyze, prepare for future

The worldwide responses to — and changes resulting from — COVID-19 may have you feeling as if you’re suddenly living in one of those post-apocalyptic books where the author assumes a disaster and imagines how the world will cope in the aftermath.

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9-month program set for high school students

Butler County Community College and Penn United Technologies will offer a program in September for high school students offering manufacturing credentials.

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Gov. Wolf urges residents to wear masks in public

Gov. Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania speaks at a new conference at Pennsylvania Emergency Management Headquarters where he said he was ordering schools and other facilities to close in a suburban Philadelphia county, Montgomery County, that has been hard-hit by the COVID-19, Thursday, March 12, 2020 in Harrisburg, Pa.

Pennsylvania residents should wear a cloth mask in public to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, the governor said Friday, as the state recorded another single-day high in new cases and passed 100 deaths.

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3 municipalities declare COVID-19 emergencies

Cranberry Township and Evans City both declared disaster emergencies Thursday, joining neighboring communities including Mars, Seven Fields and Zelienople.

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Cranberry borrows $5M for MSA Thruway

Cranberry borrows $5M for MSA Thruway project

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6 more COVID-19 cases reported

Broad Street chosen for off-site facility

As Butler County sees another rise in COVID-19 cases, officials have selected a location for Butler Health System's off-site facility.

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Seniors Stalled

Slippery Rock High School senior Nate Gill dresses in his cap and gown while wearing a protective mask outside of Slippery Rock High School. Nate has resigned himself to the fact school will be closed for the rest of the year.

The coronavirus pandemic has altered and upended every part of existence, from the way people work and play to even the way in which people interact. For high school seniors — 17- and 18-year-old young adults — the break in routine has been felt even more deeply.