Mandy Cousins, community outreach coordinator with Cranberry Township EMS, said she began her career at 16 years old — and hasn’t lost her passion for it.
“That was a lon...
Kory Fleming, a Butler City police officer, finds his current job is a natural progression from the four years he spent in the United States Marine Corps.
Fleming, a seve...
Nathan Blackwood often has to bring work home with him.
There have been a few occasions when the Butler County 911 Center dispatcher has fielded a call about an emergency...
At 70 years old, Pat Kelly has spent 32 years serving her community as a deputy chief/paramedic with 28 of them at Quality Emergency Medical Services in Adams Township. H...
“If you pricked his finger, he’d probably bleed Evans City.”
Lee Dyer, membership chairman of the Keystone Rotary Club, said he’s never known someone more committed to co...
Talk to the people who know him best, and they’ll tell you that it’s not a surprise that Matt Springer was named a Hometown Hero.
Springer is a volunteer firefighter and ...
After almost 25 years of working in emergency medical services and with a passion for helping her community, 57-year-old Cindy Speer called receiving a Hometown Hero awar...
After more than 15 years volunteering with Herman Volunteer Fire Company, Larry Shuler transitioned to the Butler Bureau of Fire in June 2019.
The move to a different de...
Long before the Hometown Hero awards were created, Chuck Lewis is a name that many in the community likely would have recognized as a Hometown Hero.
At 64 years old, Lew...
When an emergency strikes, Jeremy Nickl, 48, of Mars, steps up to help and has been doing so for more than three decades.
He is a full-time 911 dispatcher for Butler Cou...