Doing more for the men and women who protect our country at home and abroad is what the Butler County Hometown Heroes is all about, and the organization did just that dur...
Conrad Pfeifer was teaching police officers before they finally convinced him to become one.
Pfeifer said years ago he was a public safety dive instructor instructing pol...
Brian Greenawalt is the kind of person you’re likely to meet on your worst day.
A paramedic for Harmony EMS for the last 15 years, it’s the nature of his job.
“We see peo...
A township supervisor, a software consultant and a master firefighter, Cranberry Township’s Bruce Hezlep is, at heart, a family man.
“My priorities are my God, my family,...
Vern Smith, of Butler, retired as 911 director of emergency services for Clarion County six years ago, but he's not letting his 50 years of emergency medical services exp...
The township’s Sunrise, Noon and Sunset Rotary Clubs gathered Sept. 1 for a ceremony exemplifying what the county’s Hometown Heroes program is all about.
“The Hometown He...
Melanie Hart is passionate about serving her community and rescuing animals. Sometimes, the two missions intertwine.
A member of the Zelienople Police Department for 25 y...
Karen Kennedy spent 35 years teaching in New Jersey before moving back to Pennsylvania. When she attended the Saxonburg Borough Police Department Citizen’s Police Academy...
Jeff Hollidge isn’t just the chief of the Harrisville Police Department. He practically is the police department.
As of September, Hollidge is one of only two officers on...
With a fireman for a grandfather, Robbie Keebler said he “kind of grew up in the fire house” in Collegeville, Pa.
A full-time undergraduate student studying environmenta...