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...
Ryan Roberts never sees an end to the amount of training the Saxonburg Volunteer Fire Company needs to do. Covering three townships and a borough makes lacking any partic...
Ed Steinmetz’s career in public safety may have begun on the playground, but it has crescendoed into a respected position as an officer with the Cranberry Township Police...
As a child growing up in West Sunbury, Jordan Smith had one goal: to be a state trooper.
“I knew a former trooper, he got me interested … he was a friend of my grandfath...
CHICORA — For Cody Craig, firefighting runs in the family.
Craig, chief of the Chicora Volunteer Fire Department, is a fourth-generation firefighter who entered the profe...
Kevin Smith’s entire world is firefighting, from serving as deputy fire chief of the Butler Township Volunteer Fire District or training young firefighters while serving ...
Nineteen years is a long time, but for Patrick Walker, it goes quickly when you enjoy the work you do.
Walker began his career in law enforcement with the Butler County ...