🌱 Why a former Mars sports official’s charges were just held for court

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• Why a former Mars sports official’s charges were just held for court

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Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 53 and low of 36 degrees.
• Friday: Snow showers; windy, colder, temps: high: 39, low: 20.
• Saturday: Cloudy, with a high of 47 and low of 31 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Charges held after 4th boy accuses former Mars sports official of indecent assault (butlereagle.com) — Evans City readers should know that a local district judge has ordered charges to proceed against a former Mars youth sports official after a fourth boy testified about alleged indecent assaults at sleepovers. The defendant, who has ties to area emergency services and youth football, now faces multiple felony and misdemeanor counts across two related cases involving several boys.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Evans City

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday December 21

• 4th Annual Batavia Studios Cookie Walk
  Batavia Music Studios, HERITAGE SQUARE PROFESSIONAL BUILDING, 7031 Crider Rd, Mars
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday December 23

• Babies & Toddler Story Time
  204 S Jackson St , Evans City
  3:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Summit Candy Gram Sales
  Summit Elementary School
  8:30 am
• Birds & More Nature Walk
  Succop Nature Park , 185 Airport Rd , Butler
  9:00 am
• Preschool Open Gym
  Township of Pine Events - Wexford PA 15090
  10:30 am
• City of Butler Council Meeting
  Butler City , 140 W North St , Butler
  7:00 pm
• 6th Grade Chorus Concert
  Butler Area SD Butler, PA 16001
  7:00 pm

Friday December 19

• IHS Spirit Week- Ugly Holiday Sweater
  Butler Area SD Butler, PA 16001
• YULE TV's Greatest Hits
  The Strand Theater , 119 N Main St , Zelienople
  7:00 pm
• Late Night Paint Night
  Steele’s Brushes and Ceramics , 1631 N Main St Ext , Butler
  7:30 pm
• The Nutcracker: New Game – A Holiday Reboot
  Succop Theater , 107 College Dr , Butler
  7:30 pm
• The Clintones
  Jergel's Rhythm Grille , 103 Slade Lane , Warrendale
  8:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Crews battled an overnight house fire in Buffalo Township that left the home deemed a likely total loss, with one person taken to the hospital.
  4:42AM on Dec 16: A fire in Buffalo Township, Butler County, early Tuesday morning resulted in one person being taken to the hospital, with crews… (Nextdoor )

• KIK Custom Products posted a job opening for Machine Operator 1 in Mars. Apply here.
• McDonald's Restaurants posted a job opening for Janitor in Butler. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Evans City here.

🗞 Nearby News

Zelienople

• Harmony Inn Yule Log tradition celebrates the season (butlereagle.com)
• Photo Gallery: Dec. 17, 2025 (butlereagle.com)
• Lancaster Township keeps property taxes steady in 2026 budget (butlereagle.com)

Butler

• McDonalds Donates To Local High School Athletics (butlerradio.com)
• Butler birdwatchers keep track of population with longstanding study (butlereagle.com)

Cranberry

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