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Hundreds without power following Sunday’s storms in Butler County
Officials may visit area Tuesday for evidence of potential tornado
Seniors raise flag for flag day, America’s 250th
Community hosts sale to spruce up neighborhood for holiday
Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival brings more than just Jeeps to the party
WORTH TWP — Although the parking lots and trails at Cooper’s Lake Event Venue and Campground on Saturday, June 13, were filled with Jeeps, you did not need a Je...
Street Dog Coalition offers free vet services to area pets
Butler residents might have noticed a few more furry friends in the parking lot of First English Lutheran Church between 9 a.m. and noon Saturday, June 13. The ...
Pianist Vince Tavolario fills Butler symphony office with sound on Saturday
Echoes of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Music of the Night” reverberated in Butler County Symphony Orchestra’s Main Street office at noon Saturday, June 13. The phanto...
Hundreds without power following Sunday’s storms in Butler County
Hundreds without power...
Seniors raise flag for flag day, America’s 250th
Seniors raise flag for...
Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival brings more than just Jeeps to the party
Bantam Jeep Heritage F...
Street Dog Coalition offers free vet services to area pets
Street Dog Coalition o...
Pianist Vince Tavolario fills Butler symphony office with sound on Saturday
Pianist Vince Tavolari...
Top Headlines
Before Tim Fennell was Butler County’s Chief Detective, he thwarted a robbery of more than $12,000 in diamond rings from a Main Street jeweler. Another time, he investiga...
June 12, 2026 Local News
More than seven months after a fire destroyed Butler’s former Bantam Jeep building, the city’s mayor said he has heard no updates from the property owner about the future...
June 12, 2026 Local News
Butler residents with a sweet tooth will soon have a new way to satiate their cravings along Main Street. Jenn and Matt McConnell, co-owners of The Sweet Gremlin bakery,...
June 12, 2026 Business
The Butler Redevelopment Authority is receiving $250,000 from the Pennsylvania Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation Enhancement fund to establish a pilot program addr...
June 13, 2026 Local News
A Texas man allegedly reached around a shop counter in Summit Township and attempted to steal a gun while the clerk was distracted, state police said. Ricardo Abraham Va...
June 12, 2026 Local News
News
PennDOT announces $25 million in funding for initiative
June 15, 2026 Government
A strong thunderstorm blew through Butler County and the rest of Western Pennsylvania around 6 p.m. Sunday, June 15, leaving behind a trail of downed trees and wires. A B...
June 15, 2026 Local News
BUFFALO TWP — Kaylinh Lundell, 6, was listening to the radio in the car one day in December when she heard something unusual and heartbreaking — parents and children cryi...
June 14, 2026 Community
The National Weather Service Pittsburgh issued a severe thunderstorm warning Sunday, June 14, for parts of Western Pennsylvania including northern Butler County, which is...
June 14, 2026 Local News
The Butler County Coroner identified the victims of two deadly vehicle crashes that happened Friday, June 12. Butler County Coroner Korynne Young said Nickolas Patterson,...
June 14, 2026 Local News
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Community
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Joe Hardisky and Tammy Veloski trekked more than 14 miles through Clea...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
Butler Senior High School’s class of 2026 announced Rachel Arnovitz Dohme, of the Butler H...
June 12, 2026
The Scholastic Book Fair is a rite of passage for children across the country and the Sout...
June 12, 2026
Thomas Pearcy compiles data of Central American nation
June 12, 2026
Organizations schedule meals at different city parks
June 11, 2026
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Sports
The Butler Eagle has celebrated its top male and female athletes of the school year each o...
 
The adage “getting there is half the fun,” has philosophical meaning in regards to many of...
June 14, 2026
UNIVERSITY PARK — Josh Wilburn and his dad were shouting and jumping up and down on their ...
June 13, 2026
UNIVERSITY PARK — Grant Weaver loves the spin move. He’ll offer casual ones to weave his w...
June 13, 2026
The PIAA boys and girls lacrosse tournaments continue Tuesday, and Mars’ boys are hoping t...
June 13, 2026
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Editorial
June 15, 2026 Cartoons
Saturdays in Greenwich Village require contending with the lines. Starting at 9 a.m., you see blocks-long queues of people waiting for all sorts of t...
June 15, 2026 Other Voices
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has passed a bill to raise the minimum wage to $15/hour three times. The state Senate has failed to act. Ove...
June 13, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Channeling Dr. Seuss, here is a warning for old and young alike about the dangers of the upcoming holiday. If you look up at the sky For the fireworks...
June 13, 2026 Letters to the Editor
I would like to comment on the local paving taking place north and east of the city of Butler. Route 68, from Butler toward Chicora and beyond. Shield...
June 13, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Business
A first-of-its-kind law in New York could force 3D printers sold for homes and business to come equipped with technology blocking them from making gun...
June 14, 2026 Business
SAN FRANCISCO — Nara Organics recalled its organic baby formula sold nationwide in Target stores and online Saturday after a multistate outbreak of i...
June 14, 2026 Business
The days of your local landscaping company showing up to jobsites without shirts on are long gone. Local business owners and industry experts say it i...
June 13, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — The Treasury Department moved Friday to enlist the nation’s banks more deeply in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, including ...
June 13, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of cryptocurrency entrepreneur and FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, finding that the 202...
June 13, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
As America approaches its 250th anniversary, Jennings Environmental Education Center will have a look at a part of Revolutionary history that is often overlooked — Wester...
June 10, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day,” billed as his first popcorn movie in years, launched with $44 million in domestic theaters, according to studio estimates...
June 14, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Taylor Swift became the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame Thursday night at age 36. “It was instinctual. No one taught me how to ...
June 13, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
“Disclosure Day” invites you into its world with a kick to the face. Or maybe it’s a stomp. Whatever it is, this opening sequence, in a garish professional wrestling ...
June 13, 2026 Reviews
The knife-wielding serial killer known as Ghostface unwisely tries to stab Teyana Taylor in the opening scene of “Scary Movie” and it goes rather poorly. The dagger the p...
June 13, 2026 Reviews
NEW YORK — Gene Shalit, a movie critic and arts reporter for the “Today” show over four decades who was known for his puffy hair, oversized handlebar mustache and affecti...
June 12, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
One funeral home offers new location, another offers pet cremations
June 15, 2026 Special Sections
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
June 12, 2026 Local News
To view the Butler Eagle’s PDF version, click here. ...
June 12, 2026 Special Sections
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
June 12, 2026 Special Sections
A backyard swimming pool can transform a home into a summer destination. Before the first shovel breaks ground, homeowners face a long list of decisions — and a few surpr...
June 11, 2026 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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