The first onslaught of winter weather this season kept students home from school, resulted in 100 calls to 911 in the span of four hours and caused many vehicles, including an ambulance, to get stuck in the snow Tuesday afternoon.

The National Weather Service told the Butler Eagle towns throughout Butler County received between four and five inches of snow from over night and into late morning Tuesday, Dec. 2.

“Through the course of the morning, we’ve seen over four inches in much of the county’s area. It’s mostly been evenly packed out through the area,” meteorologist Jason Frazier said.

The National Weather Service said the Butler Township neighborhood of Meridian had the highest snowfall in the Pittsburgh region, with 5.1 inches reported around 8 a.m.

Neighborhoods southeast of Butl

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