Police say a swatting incident caused multiple Butler County school districts to operate under lockdowns on Wednesday, Sept. 30, following an unspecified threat...
Planning commission to meet Thursday
FORWARD TWP — Just north of a proposed data center site, Lynda Weakland and her husband, Patrick, maintain an about 100-ac...
The business behind a proposed data center in Forward Township began exploring whether or not its Prospect Road property could support an energy and data campus...
A death caused in an Interstate 80 crash Wednesday, Sept. 30, has been ruled a homicide by the Mercer County coroner.
Gary Edward Jones, 66, of New Springfield...
A Conway man will serve life in prison for preparing the gun used to murder a Murraysville contractor along Route 422 in Butler Township before the body was hid...
Swatting call prompted Butler County schools to operate on lockdown
Swatting call prompted...
Coalition forms in opposition to proposed Forward Township data center
Coalition forms in opp...
Proposed Forward Township data center could be operational as early as 2029, if ...
Proposed Forward Towns...
Death in I-80 crash ruled a homicide
Death in I-80 crash ru...
Conway man sentenced in fatal Butler County shooting of contractor
A judge issued an order Tuesday requiring the district attorney’s office to give any report from a medical expert who will testify in a 2024 sexual assault case to the de...
(The Center Square) — It's around harvest time for wheat and corn and other crops in Pennsylvania, but as farmers head out in combines to do the work they're experiencing...
Now that road construction season is drawing to a close, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is accepting feedback from Pennsylvanians on construction and maint...
While the enrollment cliff and other issues loom large in higher education, Slippery Rock University is highlighting positive trends and celebrating “historic enrollment ...
A Butler man who barricaded himself in a Mercer Street residence after pointing what police believed at the time to be an AR-15-style rifle at a 5-year-old boy will under...
On the Zelienople Harmony Area Community Forum Facebook page, you’ll see occasional posts of legacy businesses past and present. A recent post highlighted the town’s busi...
ZELIENOPLE — Borough council unanimously approved four special event permit applications at its Monday, Sept. 28, meeting, including three by the Zelienople Area Business...
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Township officials are preparing to review options regarding a small concrete bridge after a discussion with the county found it to be the township’s ...
President Donald J. Trump’s reported ban of MS NOW, CNN and Politico from the White House is outrageous, dangerous and fundamentally contrary to the C...
Why doesn’t someone do some painting on the horse statue at the end of the viaduct in Butler. It is rusting away. It was a beautiful thing when first ...
In the Sept. 9 Butler Eagle article “Callery fire company asks for additional funding, 3-year contract from borough” (Page 1), my kudos to Assistant F...
Dolly Parton was a famous singer for decades, but she never used her star platform to advance her political views. She understood that her fans came t...
The VA Butler Healthcare System has been recognized at VA’s 2026 National Customer Experience Symposium with the Veterans Health Administration Custom...
More than half the storefronts at the Clearview Mall sit vacant, but the Florida company that has operated the mall since the start of 2024, hopes to ...
BUTLER TWP — Butler County Community College’s new bistro and cafe features a familiar name to Butler County.
Run by Vintage Coffeehouse, located on ...
FRANKLIN TWP — Butler County Farm Bureau members approved a bushel full of policy recommendations Thursday, Sept. 24, at the bureau’s annual fall meet...
Dennis Haskins, the actor best known for playing the affable Principal Richard Belding on the hit NBC sitcom “Saved by the Bell,” has died. He was 75.
Haskins' death was ...
Sylvester Stallone achieved peak fitness during his “Rocky” years and beyond, but at a price paid in steroid use and an eating disorder, he revealed in a new interview.
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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — Calypso music lost one of its most emblematic voices Sunday with the death of Slinger Francisco, who was known on stage as the Mighty Sparrow an...
The limited series adaptation of “East of Eden” and an album from Quavo are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
Also among the...
NEW YORK — Seven years after becoming the second-highest grossing film ever, “Avengers: Endgame” returned to the No. 1 spot at the box office in a victory lap for Marvel ...
Butler County Federated Library System
Note: The Butler County Federated Library System operates a system of autonomous public libraries within Butler County, in...
County judges
Butler County Courthouse address: 124 West Diamond Street, Butler, PA 16001
Mailing: Court of Common Pleas of Butler County, Butler County Governmen...
Area Agency on Aging
The Butler County Area Agency on Aging provides information and services to help seniors remain independent in the community. The agency admini...
Journalism in Butler County can be traced to Aug. 17, 1818, when the Palladium and Republican Star first published in Butler, the county seat. The first daily appeared in...
Butler County Historical Society
Address: 123 W. Diamond St., Butler, PA 16001
Phone: 724-283-8116
Website:
www.butlerhistory.com
Email: society@butl...
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...
