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Residents show up to support Sheriff Slupe, others to oppose ICE contract at Wednesday county commissioner meeting
A group of people who attended the county commissioners’ meeting Wednesday, July 23, carried red signs and bared stickers saying “We support our sheriff” in sup...
Slippery Rock school administrator addresses parents’ questions, stands behind new principal
PROSPECT — Despite an order to reinstate the former principal of Moraine Elementary School, the Slippery Rock Area School District administration doesn’t intend...
21-year-old Kittanning woman dies after collapsing at Erie half marathon
Toby Atwood was cocaptain of the women’s tennis team at Thiel College
Butler County musicians react to death of metal legend Ozzy Osbourne
As fans across the nation mourn and remember Ozzy Osbourne following his death, Butler County musicians in the metal scene share their own personal stories, and...
Butler Township planning more athletic fields at Pullman Recreation Complex
LYNDORA — With the blue field at Pullman Recreation Complex open, Tom Knights has plans for more. Knights said more fields will be built to expand the complex b...
Residents show up to support Sheriff Slupe, others to oppose ICE contract at Wed...
Residents show up to s...
Slippery Rock school administrator addresses parents’ questions, stands behind n...
Slippery Rock school a...
21-year-old Kittanning woman dies after collapsing at Erie half marathon
21-year-old Kittanning...
Butler County musicians react to death of metal legend Ozzy Osbourne
Butler County musician...
Butler Township planning more athletic fields at Pullman Recreation Complex
Butler Township planni...
Top Headlines
A garbage truck caught fire shortly before noon on Wednesday, July 23 in Mars. The incident occurred near the intersection of Crowe Avenue and Clark Street. Members of th...
July 23, 2025 Local News
A Cranberry Township learning center employee was charged Wednesday, July 23, with assaulting a 2-year-old girl, resulting in a fractured elbow. Cranberry Township polic...
July 23, 2025 Local News
SLIPPERY ROCK — Residents of a Main Street apartment building won’t be able to stay in their homes overnight after an electrical fire caused significant indoor smoke dama...
July 23, 2025 Local News
A Buffalo Township man was spraying weed killer to keep trails clear at a camp in Armstrong County when the quad he was driving flipped after hitting a ravine, according ...
July 23, 2025 Pennsylvania News
An Evans City man was charged after allegedly throwing bricks at two vehicles in Forward Township. George Louis Talbot, 57, was charged Tuesday, July 22, with two misdem...
July 24, 2025 Local News
News
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Adams Twp July 17 — Brandon T. Koch, 21, of Beaver, was charged with two misdemean...
July 24, 2025 Local News
A Monroeville man is accused of failing to return a rented interstate dump trailer to a Jackson Township business. Jonathan James Bracy, 27, was charged Monday, July 21,...
July 24, 2025 Local News
A Butler woman is accused of kicking a female officer in the crotch while being arrested in Summit Township, state police said. Tasha N. Darrah, 47, was charged Monday, ...
July 23, 2025 Local News
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Adams Twp July 15 — Jordan M. Truman, 38, of Mars, was charged with felony retail ...
July 23, 2025 Local News
WEST SUNBURY — Donning sunglasses and white shirts, children participating in the summer reading program at the North Trail Public Library set out to complete the obstacl...
July 23, 2025 Local News
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Community
The Harmony Evangelical Presbyterian Church has been in two locations in its 225-year hist...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
MUDDY CREEK TWP — When kayaking, you’re most likely to fall into a body of water when ente...
July 23, 2025
BUTLER TWP — Members of the J Hopkins volleyball team called out humorous nicknames to com...
July 22, 2025
The Grove City Area Historical Society will welcome Gibsonia native Ginny Campbell to its ...
July 22, 2025
Mental health speaker jam features stories of recovery
July 21, 2025
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Sports
Joey Jones, the Welsh soccer hero who won two European Cups with Liverpool and was dubbed ...
 
LATROBE — Omar Khan grabbed both sides of the dais and paused. The Pittsburgh Steelers gen...
July 23, 2025
PITTSBURGH — Spencer Horwitz hit his first career grand slam, and Bailey Falter matched a ...
July 23, 2025
BUFFALO TWP — Carson Macedo took the lead on the initial turn of the first lap of Tuesday ...
July 22, 2025
Even when not pitching his college’s football program, Nick Stazer sounds like a brochure ...
July 22, 2025
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Editorial
The official opening of Butler County Community College’s new location in Lawrence County, featured in the Monday, July 21, edition of the Butler Eagl...
July 24, 2025 Our Opinion
July 24, 2025 Cartoons
July 23, 2025 Cartoons
Often much is made and memorialized about the impact an individual has made on a community through a lifetime of dedication. Usually it is tied to tha...
July 23, 2025 Our Opinion
The controversy over the mysterious “Epstein Files,” which President Donald Trump’s administration first pledged to release and then decided not to, h...
July 23, 2025 Other Voices
Business
With the hopes of growing its presence in Butler County, Diehl Automotive opened its new Diehl Volkswagen location in June, and while some of its gran...
July 24, 2025 Business
Here’s the good news: The Hershey Co. says it’s not raising prices for Halloween candy this year. But here’s the bad news: Hershey and other chocolat...
July 23, 2025 Business
The Visiting Nurses Association of Western Pennsylvania has received a $30,000 grant from the Sedwick Foundation to fund technology upgrades. Grant mo...
July 23, 2025 Business
NEW YORK — As the stock market pushes into record territory and bargains become harder to find, investors are once again turning to some of Wall Stree...
July 22, 2025 Business
Coca-Cola said Tuesday it will add a cane-sugar version of its trademark cola to its U.S. lineup this fall, confirming a recent announcement by Presid...
July 22, 2025 Business
Weekend Entertainment
Butler Township will be bringing Christmas home a few months early on Saturday, July 26, in its third annual Christmas in July craft and vendor show. A release by the tow...
July 24, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — British musician FKA twigs has settled the sexual battery lawsuit she brought against ex-boyfriend Shia LaBeouf in 2020 and is seeking to dismiss all her claim...
July 24, 2025 People
It took 40 years, but Pee-wee’s bike is now at the Alamo. Just not the basement. The Alamo announced last week it had acquired and would display the iconic bike from the ...
July 22, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Emma Stone, Dwayne Johnson, Adam Sandler and Idris Elba are just some of the celebrities headlining films at this year’s Venice Internation...
July 22, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice — and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id — of h...
July 22, 2025 National News
NEW YORK — Aaron Phypers is claiming that Denise Richards manufactured allegations of abuse as a means to distract from an affair that he uncovered earlier this year. Les...
July 22, 2025 People
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Special Sections
UNITED STATES President Donald J. Trump, R Address: The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20500 Telephone: 202-456-1111 T...
July 23, 2025 Special Sections
Public schools ∎ Allegheny-Clarion Valley School District Address: 776 Route 58, Foxburg, PA 16038 Phone: 724-659-5820 Fax: 724-659-4774 Website: w...
July 23, 2025 Special Sections
BIRTH/DEATH CERTIFICATES Certifications of birth and death records can be obtained for Butler County residents between 1893 and 1905 from the Register of Wills and Clerk...
July 23, 2025 Special Sections
Butler County Chamber of Commerce Butler office: 130 S. Main Street, Butler, PA 16001 Cranberry Township office: 2525 Rochester Road Suite 203, Cranberry Townshi...
July 23, 2025 Special Sections
∎Alliance for Nonprofit Resources Address: 127 S. Main St., Butler, PA 16001 Contact: Chris Lunn, executive director Telephone: 724-431-3663 Website...
July 23, 2025 Special Sections
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Seeking Refuge
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,...
February 24, 2023 Local News
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...
November 23, 2022 Local News
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...
July 16, 2022 Local News
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...
June 20, 2022 Local News
Two young Ukrainian families are relieved to be watching the deer and chipmunks frolic on their hosts’ Cranberry Township lawn, and not wondering wher...
June 18, 2022 Local News
Digital Divide
HARRISBURG — In the coming years, Pennsylvania will receive more than $1 billion in federal funding to bring high-speed internet access to everyone in...
August 30, 2023 Pennsylvania News
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 ...
August 22, 2023 National News
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...
July 18, 2023 Pennsylvania News
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority is asking for the public’s opinion until Friday, March 10 on two potential action plans for wider int...
February 27, 2023 Local News
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...
February 17, 2023 Business

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