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Hundreds rail against Trump, Musk at Butler Hands-Off! protest
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — Colorful handmade signs, raucous chants and deafening car horns — echoing both support and defiance — set the scene for Butler County’s Ha...
Anglers not deterred by wet day to catch first trout of the season
MIDDLESEX TWP — Water rose up to the grass surrounding Glade Run Lake on Saturday morning, April 5, but the pools of water and mud that formed around the feet o...
Butler native Marc Fogel throws out first pitch at Pirates’ home opener
The crowd packed into the sold-out PNC Park cheered Friday afternoon, April 4, as Butler native Marc Fogel stepped up to the pitcher’s mound to throw the ceremo...
Butler County Classic 2025: Tornado relays, Knoch’s Kara Fennell, Freeport’s Michael Braun highlight record-setting day
BUTLER TWP — Butler track and field’s boys relays picked up right where they left off following the indoor season. The 4x100, 4x400 and 4x800 squads nearly swep...
Former Iron Mountain employee sues company over termination after attending Trump rally
A former Iron Mountain employee is suing the company after being terminated for wearing a company visor at the July 13 campaign rally for President Donald Trump...
Hundreds rail against Trump, Musk at Butler Hands-Off! protest
Hundreds rail against ...
Anglers not deterred by wet day to catch first trout of the season
Anglers not deterred b...
Butler native Marc Fogel throws out first pitch at Pirates’ home opener
Butler native Marc Fog...
Butler County Classic 2025: Tornado relays, Knoch’s Kara Fennell, Freeport’s Mic...
Butler County Classic ...
Former Iron Mountain employee sues company over termination after attending Trum...
Former Iron Mountain e...
Top Headlines
Several staff entries from the Butler Eagle have been named as finalists in the 2025 Golden Quills competition. Each year, the Golden Quills honors journalists and news o...
April 05, 2025
The state announced $1,021,640 in newly awarded grants for veterans services Wednesday, April 2. Robin’s Home will receive $40,000 to provide transportation, household es...
April 05, 2025 Local News
Spotlight PA reported this story as part of The Road Ahead , an ongoing project by LehighValleyNews.com on traffic and transportation issues in Lehigh ...
April 06, 2025
A Butler County resident won $400,000 from the Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 and Quick Cash Jackpot. The winning ticket was sold Thursday, April 3, at Valero Neil Enterpris...
April 04, 2025 Local News
Two 20-year-olds who expect to graduate debt-free from Butler County Community College with associate degrees in May will receive full-tuition scholarships toward complet...
April 05, 2025 Local News
News
Greater Pittsburgh Civil War Roundtable will host a talk from Brad Gottfried, titled “A Comparison of Lee’s Two Invasions of the North.” The talk will be at 7 p.m. Monday...
April 05, 2025 Local News
A defense attorney for the defendant in a December 2021 homicide case argued that several pieces of evidence should not be admissible at trial during a hearing on Friday,...
April 05, 2025 Crime & Courts
A Butler man has been charged after Oakvale Boulevard had to be closed off and neighbors told to stay inside during his arrest. Tyler Robert Cannon, 28, was arrested Apri...
April 05, 2025 Local News
Amid recent tariff announcements, President Donald Trump’s plan to impos 25% tariffs on imported vehicles and auto parts could have cost ramifications for consumers. Acc...
April 05, 2025 Local News
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services recently announced the extension of the application deadline for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program from April 4 ...
April 05, 2025 Local News
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Community
NEW YORK — New York City’s “bodega cats” are beloved fixtures in the Big Apple — but they’...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
BUTLER TWP — Students walked through Butler County Community College’s main campus on Tues...
April 05, 2025
NEW YORK — An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with a body like a Venus f...
April 04, 2025
I am writing this column on the silliest holiday of all: April Fools’ Day. As someone who ...
April 03, 2025
Visitors to this year’s Butler Farm Show in Connoquenessing Township may notice something ...
April 02, 2025
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Sports
During a guide trip on the Allegheny River recently, my longtime guests Josh, Linda and I ...
 
The 58th class of the Butler County Hall of Fame is set to be inducted April 26 at Butler ...
April 04, 2025
Most children grow up with designs on an extravagant future. Some want to be astronauts, o...
April 04, 2025
Hardwood Cafe Mixed League April 3, Family Bowlaway Standings: Speidini 55-3...
April 04, 2025
ST. LOUIS — Robert Thomas scored a power-play goal in overtime, and the St. Louis Blues ti...
April 03, 2025
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Editorial
The DOGE-damners on Capitol Hill are going to hate Elon Musk’s latest target: Congressional wallets. Speaking at a town hall in Wisconsin on Sunday ni...
April 05, 2025 Other Voices
Pennsylvania is one of only three states that allow unlimited gifts to our legislators (Mississippi and Delaware are the others) and I think the statu...
April 05, 2025 Letters to the Editor
In 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sought to prevent war by appeasing a rising dictator. Adolph Hitler came to power vowing to restor...
April 05, 2025 Letters to the Editor
On behalf of the family of the late Wilhemina Peluso, who was featured in an article in the Tuesday, March 25, edition of the Butler Eagle, I extend m...
April 05, 2025 Letters to the Editor
When a Congressional representative's billboard declares that he is “fighting for our values,” it is a statement meant to resonate. The phrase “our v...
April 05, 2025 Letters to the Editor
Business
Peoples Natural Gas wants to remind homeowners, businesses and contractors to contact 811 before beginning any digging project, no matter the size, in...
April 05, 2025 Business
Uncertainty in the markets due to economic fluctuations, rising inflation and shifting global markets present unique financial challenges and opportun...
April 05, 2025 Business
First glass, then steel. These products powered Pittsburgh’s economy well into the 1970s. Now, some believe artificial intelligence will be the cataly...
April 05, 2025 Pennsylvania News
AARP Pennsylvania is alerting residents age 50 and older about a rise in scams involving criminals posing as IRS agents. These fraudsters aim to steal...
April 04, 2025 Business
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's expansive new tariffs flips on its head a decades-long global trend of lower trade barriers and is likely, econo...
April 03, 2025 National News
Weekend Entertainment
The Butler County Symphony Orchestra welcomes Maestro Daniel Wiley to the podium once again Saturday evening, April 12, for the orchestra’s next performance. “Fiddlin’ Ar...
April 05, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
Having it all means different things to everyone, but a rent-controlled apartment in Manhattan is probably pretty close to a universal dream — even for non-New Yorkers. I...
April 05, 2025 Reviews
The latest IP to be mined into a Hollywood blockbuster is appropriately a video game that celebrates digging: “A Minecraft Movie.” Like “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” and...
April 05, 2025 Reviews
Since late autumn, the great constellation Orion the Hunter has been gradually migrating westward across the Butler evening sky. His calling card is his bright belt of th...
April 05, 2025 Starwatch
LONDON — British police on Friday charged Russell Brand with rape and sexual assault following an 18-month investigation sparked when four women alleged they had been ass...
April 04, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
Three and a half decades ago, Christopher Gentile was part of a major contribution to 1980s and ’90s popular culture. Today, he’s contributing to Butler’s small business ...
April 04, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
March’s sudden snowfalls and overnight freezes shouldn’t discourage homeowners from preparing their flower and vegetable gardens and lawns for planting later this spring....
April 02, 2025 Local News
Attendees of the Butler County Home Show find fresh ideas and smart advice on home improvement, decorating and landscaping projects — all under one roof at the Family Spo...
April 02, 2025 Special Sections
More than 100 experts share advice, tips
April 02, 2025 Special Sections
New housing and shopping areas are often desirable improvements to any human community. But what benefits one species can be detrimental or devastating to others. Displac...
April 02, 2025 Special Sections
Most houseplants are tropical plants that require the warm, somewhat humid conditions of their natural habitat. In the home, many can become tired-looking, especially ove...
April 02, 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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