For something so admired, so synonymous with merit, the concept of intelligence is remarkably poorly understood. Our society operates on the assumption that people with g...
In the name of saving $56 million a year, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has stopped making pennies. Many articles and editorials have been written about this, so fa...
Regarding last week’s letter to the editor (“Military attacks on boats called illegal,” Nov. 16, Page A4): There is a big difference between fishing boats and drug-runnin...
This week, March of Dimes, a nonprofit dedicated to helping the health of mothers and infants, released a distressing report card on the state of maternal health in the U...
I would like to express my appreciation for a newspaper that does it right.
I'm so impressed with the extent of effort the Butler Eagle puts in to pertinent local and gl...
The crisp, short days and the multicolored leaves fluttering down mark a time of year that for me always means two things — one happy, one sad.
The happy one is our famil...
We’re one week away from one of the most distinctly American holidays of the year — Thanksgiving.
We’ll gather with family to recall the blessings we’ve received over the...
This month, I went to school for parent-teacher conferences. My second-grader’s self-evaluation form listed several categories: “I follow directions,” “I understand math,...
The announcement of the merger of Independence Health System with West Virginia University Health System on Wednesday morning, just two years after a 2023 merger created ...
Something really special happened on South Main Street in Butler Saturday morning.
A DG Market — offering fresh produce, meat and an expanded grocery section — opened its...