🌱 How you can help stock Butler’s downtown winter warming center tonight
Morning Butler! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How you can help stock Butler’s downtown winter warming center tonight
- How a Butler trucker’s Route 38 mishap snapped a utility pole
- Did Butler County’s lawsuit rely on fake, AI-generated legal cases?
Also on today's calendar: Butler WIC Kids in the Kitchen and 2 more events.
📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Butler? Post it to Butler photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️
Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 42 and low of 28 degrees.
- Thursday: Fog in the a.m., then breezy, temps: high: 51, low: 31.
- Friday: Snow showers; windy, colder, with a high of 38 and low of 18 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
📰 News we're reading
• Downtown Warming Center In Need Of Items - WBUT 1050 AM - Butler, PA (wbut.com) — A downtown Butler overnight warming center is urgently asking residents for donations to support neighbors experiencing homelessness. Glade Run’s Winter Warming Center on East Diamond Street needs laundry pods, bedding, snacks, and grocery gift cards, with access managed through vouchers from Catholic Charities or the Center for Community Resources. The center operates nightly through March 31. 
• Truck Driver Cited After Striking Utility Pole on Route 38 in Eau Claire (explorevenango.com) — A Butler man was cited after his commercial truck left Route 38 in Eau Claire Borough and snapped a utility pole in half, though power lines stayed intact. The Saturday morning crash brought out state police from Butler and West Penn Power, but no one was injured and the truck was moved to a nearby parking lot.
• Judge questions potential use of ‘AI Hallucinations' in legal brief filed for Butler County lawsuit (wpxi.com) — A Commonwealth Court judge is scrutinizing whether attorneys in a Butler County-backed lawsuit used bogus, possibly AI-generated case citations while challenging state protections for gay and transgender residents. The Knoch School District and other plaintiffs deny using AI “hallucinations,” and their ethics counsel insists every cited case is real as they prepare a formal response to the judge’s inquiry.
📸 Around Butler
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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It's a Wonderful Life | Countdown To Christmas Movie Series
The Penn Theater, 149 N Main St, Butler
6:00 pm
Sunday December 21
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Other local events
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Summit Candy Gram Sales
Summit Elementary School
8:30 am -
City of Butler Council Meeting
Butler City , 140 W North St , Butler
7:00 pm -
Butler WIC Kids in the Kitchen
323 Sunset Dr , Butler
10:00 pm -
Dancing Queen
The Penn Theater , 149 N Main St , Butler
7:00 pm
Thursday December 18
Monday December 22
Saturday December 27
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Summit Candy Gram Sales
Summit Elementary School
8:30 am -
Butler Workshop - December 17
Heritage Elder Law & Estate Planning, LLC , 318 S Main St , Butler
2:00 pm -
Silent Book Club: Paint & Listen Edition
Steele’s Brushes and Ceramics , 1631 N Main St Ext , Butler
6:00 pm -
Summit Altitude Jump Party
Altitude Trampoline Park, Clearview Mall
6:00 pm -
IHS Spirit Week- Holiday Headwear
Butler Area SD Butler, PA 16001 -
City of Butler Council Meeting
City of Butler Council Meeting , 140 W North St , Butler
7:00 pm -
IHS Spirit Week- Ugly Holiday Sweater
Butler Area SD Butler, PA 16001
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- To the guy in the Kabota tractor on Rockdale Road.
Thank you so much for plowing my driveway I can’t believe it. I came out to shovel it was already done. you were there and gone before I even knew it… (Nextdoor Brownsdale/Dinnerbell) - How much do you tip your hair dresser for Christmas?
Is there a rule of thumb? I do not remember what I have done in the past and I have a new one who is really good and very nice. Suggestions! (Nextdoor Shanor-Northvue)
- Rural King Supply posted a job opening for Cashier in Butler. Apply here.
- Walmart posted a job opening for Produce Associate in Butler. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Butler here.
🗞 Nearby News
Evans City
- Westminster College Honors Student Research And Creative Works At 18th Student Symposium On The Environment (blogspot.com)
Harmony
- Snow creates headaches for plows, power companies, schools (butlereagle.com)
- More than 4,000 without power Monday morning in Butler County (butlereagle.com)
Mars
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-- The Patch AM Team
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