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Developers propose data center in Scrubgrass Township, Venango County
CLINTONVILLE, Venango County — As Keel Infrastructure looks to build a gigawatt-scale data center at the former site of a waste coal power plant, its first inte...
November trial set in 2021 shooting death in Muddy Creek Township
A November trial has been scheduled for a Chester County man charged in the 2021 shooting death of a New Castle man found dead in a running vehicle on a roadsid...
Marburger Farm Dairy pauses some tea products
Marburger Farm Dairy announced it is temporarily discontinuing several tea products due to outside circumstances affecting its quality. In a Facebook post, the...
Recently demolished Main Street building mostly operated as jewelry store, optometrist over 150 years
While many only remember 123 S. Main St. in Butler as a fenced-off building with no business operating out of it, local historian Bill May said the site has ove...
Former roommate: Valencia man accused of plotting terrorist attack was ‘obsessed...
Former roommate: Valen...
Developers propose data center in Scrubgrass Township, Venango County
Developers propose dat...
November trial set in 2021 shooting death in Muddy Creek Township
November trial set in ...
Marburger Farm Dairy pauses some tea products
Marburger Farm Dairy p...
Recently demolished Main Street building mostly operated as jewelry store, optom...
Recently demolished Ma...
Top Headlines
To Josh Gayhart of Butler, hacky sack is more than a fun recess activity — it’s serious business. For years, Gayhart has traveled up and down the country participating in...
September 23, 2026 Community
Elizabeth Baptiste accepted the position of principal about two weeks prior to the school year’s start at Butler Catholic School, a place familiar to her. Following a ki...
September 23, 2026 Local News
A Parker man is accused of stealing a 2012 Ford Escape in Concord Township. State police charged Michael Douglas Mohn, 22, Monday, Sept. 21, with one felony count each o...
September 22, 2026 Local News
A Lancaster Township man is accused of breaking into a Jackson Township police officer’s home in Zelienople. Tyler Stephen Mitro, 32, was charged Saturday, Sept. 19, by ...
September 22, 2026 Local News
A Slippery Rock Township man is accused of stealing a motorcycle. Harrisville police charged Jeramiah Wade Weaver, 38, Tuesday, Sept. 22, with one felony count each of t...
September 22, 2026 Local News
News
The vendors at Mars Applefest are the lifeblood of the festival, and after starting with just a few vendors 41 years ago, the event has now expanded to 205. The festival ...
September 23, 2026 Local News
Charges filed Tuesday, Sept. 22, accuse a Bairdford man of racking up more than $1,000 in purchases on a credit card he found in the parking lot of a Buffalo Township bus...
September 23, 2026 Local News
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Adams Twp Aug. 31 — Mason Austin O’Bryon, 25, of Forward Township, was charged wit...
September 23, 2026 Local News
Andrew P. Ford, 37, of Butler, had the majority of charges against him for statutory sexual assault held for court at a preliminary hearing in front of district judge Wil...
September 22, 2026 Crime & Courts
Parking will be restricted on eight streets in Butler between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, for cleaning. The roads affected are McGeary and North Washington str...
September 22, 2026 Local News
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Community
The Rev. Jim Lewis’ Hearts 4 Haiti nonprofit is hosting its fourth annual Be the Differenc...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
By September 2009, Ken and Maxine Tack had been riding for eight years with their Yorkshir...
September 22, 2026
Financial gift to provide tuition to Pittsburgh Festival Opera students
September 22, 2026
Unionville Grange will host its next spaghetti dinner fundraiser Sept. 26 at its hall, 150...
September 21, 2026
The Butler Education Association will host a food drive benefiting the Kids’ Weekend Backp...
September 21, 2026
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Sports
Former Pittsburgh Steelers star wide receiver Antonio Brown plans to accept a plea deal on...
 
PITTSBURGH — Here’s everything you need to know about the Pittsburgh Penguins heading into...
September 23, 2026
Everyone else in the Metropolitan Division is looking up at the Carolina Hurricanes. The r...
September 23, 2026
Mars volleyball’s junior setter Gabi Weidemann reached some very rare air in Tuesday’s non...
September 22, 2026
PITTSBURGH — Jared Jones allowed one hit over seven dominant innings, and the Pittsburgh P...
September 22, 2026
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Editorial
September 23, 2026 Cartoons
The recent arrest of a Valencia man who, the FBI claims, planned to carry out an ISIS-inspired mass casualty attack drives home the point terrorism ha...
September 23, 2026 Our Opinion
Trade talks between the U.S. and Canada broke down at the last minute late last month. Apart from the tariffs President Donald Trump announced and whi...
September 23, 2026 Other Voices
September 22, 2026 Cartoons
The Callery Volunteer Fire Company recently approached Callery Borough with a request for a contribution to help support its services. In itself, such...
September 22, 2026 Our Opinion
Business
Allegheny Health Network has officially established the Roe Green Endowed Chair for Aortic Disease, made possible through a $2.5 million gift from Flo...
September 22, 2026 Business
The Chick-fil-A restaurant just off Route 228 in Adams Township is set to open its doors for the first time at 6:30 a.m. Oct. 1, a news release from t...
September 21, 2026 Local News
Texture is having a crunchy, gooey moment in the food and beverage industry. For many people, the way a menu item or packaged snack feels in the mout...
September 19, 2026 Business
OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett is stepping down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway in the next step of the transition at the top of the $1 trillion congl...
September 18, 2026 Business
SRU Federal Credit Union is now saying its “core systems” are expected to be restored sometime today, Friday, Sept. 18, after a Hardware failure at a...
September 18, 2026 Local News
Weekend Entertainment
Lancaster Township will kick off its Community Day with a flag ceremony honoring veterans, active-duty military members and first responders from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturd...
September 23, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Presley Gerber, the son of supermodel Cindy Crawford and entrepreneur Rande Gerber, died Sunday morning at age 27. Gerber died at a rehabilitation...
September 22, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Taylor Swift will once again break records. At the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, she will receive the inaugural Artist Director Honors, becoming the m...
September 21, 2026 People
NEW YORK — CNN, MS NOW and Politico on Monday sued President Donald Trump's administration days after they were barred from White House grounds, calling the selective ban...
September 21, 2026 National News
CHICAGO — California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement with Paramount in a lawsuit his state led challenging the company’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Dis...
September 21, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Zach Cregger’s “Resident Evil” gave the North American box office a shot in the arm in its first weekend in theaters. The Sony Pictures release earned $60 million in tick...
September 20, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
Outdoor air pollution from factories, vehicles and wildfires is harmful for kids. But the air inside homes, schools and other indoor spaces matters, too. Indoor air can ...
September 23, 2026 Special Sections
La Roche University Executive Director of Introcaso Center for Lifelong Learning Jennifer Engel said she remembers when a woman, grieving her late husband, said that the ...
September 16, 2026 Special Sections
It isn’t difficult in the Concordia Haven Retirement Apartments to stumble on a resident involved in some form of community service or charity work. Resident Elizabeth Sp...
September 16, 2026 Special Sections
Students must juggle school, work, extracurricular activities
September 16, 2026 Special Sections
The events of Sept. 11, 2001 mark a moment in American history that typically draws the question, “Where were you?” The Butler Eagle asked that very question on social me...
September 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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