HERMAN — It was the Saturday before Christmas when friends and relatives of the Lovich family gathered in holiday costumes outside illuminated by a roaring fire...
SAXONBURG — The word “dozen” was interpreted generously Saturday at the Knoch Music Boosters’ fourth annual Cookie Walk fundraiser at the Saxonburg Volunteer Fi...
With time running out to send mail and have it arrive before Christmas, the Andrew Gomer Williams Post Office Building is seeing its usual uptick in letters and...
Zac Turberville joined rare Slippery Rock company Saturday.
The senior middleweight won his 100th career match early on during the Sharpsville’s David Walla...
Nine separate municipalities and agencies in Butler County will receive funding from Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Financing Authority through its Local Share Acc...
Lovich family lights up Christmas for family, friends
Lovich family lights u...
Knoch Music Boosters cookie sale benefits students, residents
Knoch Music Boosters c...
Postal Service manages mail rush before holidays hit
Postal Service manages...
Slippery Rock wrestler Zac Turberville becomes 4th Rocket to reach 100 career wi...
Slippery Rock wrestler...
9 Butler County projects receive Local Share Account grant funding
During their final meeting of the year on Thursday, Dec. 18, Jackson Township supervisors adopted the 2026 budget, a move that keeps the real estate tax rate unchanged bu...
Change is coming to two Butler County lumber stores at the start of 2026.
Both H.P. Starr Lumber Company locations, which can be found in Middlesex and Jackson townships,...
The owner of Oilology in Cranberry Township had a sixth criminal case filed against him in 26 days related to deceptive business practices.
Keith Randall Smith, 69, of Cr...
A Butler man is accused of coercing a 15-year-old girl into sexual activity by threatening to tell her mother she was sneaking out of the house to see a friend, according...
State police filed six summary traffic citations against a Butler man for striking a tree on Osche Road in Clearfield Township and abandoning his disabled pickup truck at...
Property owner expresses desire to purchase instead
Karns City Area School District is preparing to demolish the former Sugarcreek Elementary School next year for new ath...
Property owners in the city of Butler can expect to see a lower tax bill this coming year after a 25% decrease to the municipal tax rate was finalized.
City council voted...
A GoFundMe has been set up to support the Stover family of Buffalo Township, who lost their home on Sarver Road in a fire on Tuesday morning, Dec. 15.
The fundraiser, whi...
Sen. Chuck Schumer demands that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth share video footage and explain why a second military strike was needed on a boat said t...
As a history buff I have enjoyed reading the America 250 series of articles. As an “old newsman,” I know that a guiding principle is to always “look ...
I am not a resident of the Karns City Area School District but I read in the Butler Eagle that the Sugarcreek Elementary School building was to be dem...
A Butler native had a firsthand encounter with danger and heroism recently, and his rescue is a reminder of the people who are out there to protect us...
If Christmas feels like it’s getting earlier every year, so is the getaway as Americans are unwrapping their holiday travel plans ahead of schedule an...
SAN FRANCISCO — TikTok has signed agreements with three major investors — Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX — to form a new TikTok U.S. joint venture, ensur...
The Butler County Chamber of Commerce is taking inspiration from a national TV show to spur innovation and promote new business activity in the county...
OMAHA, Neb. — The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads has lost the support of two unions that represent more t...
The Tri-County Workforce Investment Board has named its Employer of the Year Awards in Butler, Armstrong and Indiana counties.
Adams Manufacturing, a ...
The Cranberry Men’s Chorus will cap its year with a holiday performance on Thursday, Dec. 18.
The performance of Christmas and holiday songs takes place at 7 p.m. at Cros...
SpongeBob SquarePants just wants to be a big guy. For our bubble blowing, Bikini Bottom resident (voiced by Tom Kenny), that means reaching the coveted height of 36 c...
Tis the time of year for making merry, and also for changing seasons. That’s what we’re doing at 9:03 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 21, the moment of the winter solstice, the firs...
When I came down with a cold the day after I saw the third and latest “Avatar” film, “Fire and Ash,” I half-wondered if I had picked it up on Pandora.
The promise of Cam...
BALTIMORE — Cyclist Barnaby Wickham has collected more than 700 lost hubcaps, mostly on bike rides around Baltimore. They have inspired a quest to turn litter into art, i...
NEW YORK — Christine Baranski was in the playground outside St. Matthew’s Church in Bedford, New York, about three years ago when she came across Matthew Guard, artistic ...
This holiday season, some shoppers are looking beyond traditional wrapped gifts — the kind that sometimes end up forgotten in the back of the closet — and choosing instea...
The following is a list of church services to be held in Butler County and the surrounding area on or around the Christmas holiday.
Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh
Catholi...
1. 1971
2. Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar
3. Tiny Tim in “A Christmas Carol”
4. John Boy and Grandpa Walton
5. Jimmy Buffett
6. A Hula-Hoop
7. Paul Giamatti
8. New York C...
With the holidays just around the corner, Santa Claus and his army of helpers have come to town.
One such helper is Al Mazuch, who has acted as Santa’s eyes and ears at M...
Every morning Irena Tkachenko starts her day the same way: by telephoning her relatives and friends in Ukraine to see if they are still OK.
Tkachenko,...
Three young Ukrainian families who escaped their war-torn hometown of Kharkov think the American holiday of Thanksgiving is a good time to say they ca...
CRANBERRY TWP — Huge, steaming pots of homemade food and endless carafes of coffee and tea sustain 11 adults and children seeking refuge at the crowde...
When it comes to helping those in need, Butler County residents have proven their generosity again and again by donating amounts large and small strai...
Two young Ukrainian families are relieved to be watching the deer and chipmunks frolic on their hosts’ Cranberry Township lawn, and not wondering wher...
HARRISBURG — In the coming years, Pennsylvania will receive more than $1 billion in federal funding to bring high-speed internet access to everyone in...
The Biden administration on Monday continued its push toward internet-for-all by 2030, announcing about $667 million in new grants and loans to build ...
STATE COLLEGE — Before Pennsylvania can spend an almost $1.2 billion windfall of federal funding for high-speed internet, it must figure out how to us...
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority is asking for the public’s opinion until Friday, March 10 on two potential action plans for wider int...
CRANBERRY TWP — Pennsylvania is set to get a piece of $42.5 billion in federal money to help expand broadband internet access to underserved areas.
On...
