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Butler man accused of stealing $48k from former business released before trial
A former employee accused of stealing more than $48,000 in equipment from the now-closed Miller’s Quality Meats in Butler had his bail changed in two cases to u...
Butler Area School District sets communication test for Wednesday
Butler Area School District announced it will conduct an Emergency Communication System test at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21. The test comes after a Sept. 30 swatt...
State, county, local officials discuss issues at Southern Butler County Business Association roundtable
CRANBERRY TWP — State legislators, county commissioners and other local officials voiced their opinions on a variety of topics Friday at a legislative roundtabl...
Gaiser Center fashion show supports expansion, continuation of addiction recovery services
BUTLER TWP — Ellen O'Brien Gaiser Center’s sixth fashion show gave attendees a chance to peruse some fashionable clothes while supporting a force for addiction ...
Mother-daughter lemonade stand teaches value of earning money, fosters imagination
Soleil Harris’ fifth birthday is at the end of the month, and what she wants most is a Yoto, a children’s audio player. Her mother, Aeszia Harris, strives to r...
Butler man accused of stealing $48k from former business released before trial
Butler man accused of ...
Butler Area School District sets communication test for Wednesday
Butler Area School Dis...
State, county, local officials discuss issues at Southern Butler County Business...
State, county, local o...
Gaiser Center fashion show supports expansion, continuation of addiction recover...
Gaiser Center fashion ...
Mother-daughter lemonade stand teaches value of earning money, fosters imaginati...
Mother-daughter lemona...
Top Headlines
Two Michigan men posing as Spark drivers are accused of stealing thousands of dollars in merchandise in June from Walmart in Cranberry Township, according to police. Cra...
October 19, 2026 Local News
A person amputated their hand in a lawn mower rollover Saturday, Oct. 17, prompting a response from a medical helicopter and several other emergency responders in Slippe...
October 18, 2026 Local News
SAXONBURG — Among the vendors at Spooky Streets of Saxonburg on Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Saxonburg Museum, Kimberli Rodgers’ tent filled with children’s books and activi...
October 19, 2026 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Service, decision-making and work-life balance were among the subjects highlighted at a panel discussion Friday, Oct. 16, featuring five women leaders fro...
October 17, 2026 Local News
Police, fire service, public works are top issues for voters
October 17, 2026 Local News
News
Cranberry Township police are requesting the public’s help in identifying the pictured individual who, among others, is suspected of being involved in criminal mischief a...
October 19, 2026 Local News
A portion of Route 228 in Adams Township was temporarily shut down Monday morning, Oct. 19, following a two-vehicle crash that ruptured a fuel tank and caused diesel fuel...
October 19, 2026 Local News
Smoked ham, chicken Kiev and sourdough bread were some of the items offered at a special lunch Saturday, Oct. 17, at Saints Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Ly...
October 19, 2026 Local News
SLIPPERY ROCK — A recurring activity run by students in Slippery Rock University’s music program combines performance with educational lessons in a way that the college s...
October 18, 2026 Local News
One person was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital following a single-vehicle crash Saturday, Oct. 17, on McCalmont Road in Butler Township, according to Butler County Emergen...
October 17, 2026 Local News
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Community
SRU students say personal experience, statistics say good pay and job availability
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
To help individuals and families navigate the holiday season, Lutheran SeniorLife’s Visiti...
October 19, 2026
Mom immediately thought of son after finding competition
October 16, 2026
Mars Area High School seniors Brian Biaku and Marin Raible were crowned as the school’s 20...
October 15, 2026
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock and Winfi...
October 15, 2026
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Sports
The KSAC announced its cross country and girls volleyball all-conference teams Monday. Fro...
 
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County. Schedules will be updated t...
October 19, 2026
TAMPA, Fla. — The way Aaron Rodgers sees it, the Pittsburgh Steelers took a significant st...
October 18, 2026
LAS VEGAS — Mark Stone had a goal and two assists, and the Vegas Golden Knights extended t...
October 18, 2026
Come fall, a bass’ fancy turns to crayfish. Not that facsimiles of this tasty crustacean w...
October 18, 2026
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Editorial
Butler Area School District responded to a threat on Wednesday, Sept. 30, with a modified perimeter lockdown. My understanding of this safety measure ...
October 17, 2026 Letters to the Editor
How dare President Donald Trump say a 250-day deployment for sailors and Marines aboard the USS Lincoln carrier group “is not nearly long enough.” I w...
October 17, 2026 Letters to the Editor
The Oct. 9 edition of the Butler Eagle illustrates the positive and negative outcomes of our current ideological division. We read of the deportation...
October 17, 2026 Letters to the Editor
As we get older, most of us start paying closer attention to our health. Yet one of the most important steps we can take is also one of the easiest to...
October 17, 2026 Letters to the Editor
October 16, 2026 Cartoons
Business
CHICAGO — Tesla has unveiled its new Roadster sports car, which can thrust itself in the air, among other engineering bells and whistles. But drivers ...
October 18, 2026 Business
Owner plans for another tenant on second floor
October 17, 2026 Local News
Vape shops across Pennsylvania are preparing for Monday, Oct. 19, when Pennsylvania law enforcement is scheduled to begin enforcing Act 57. The act ba...
October 17, 2026 Local News
West Virginia University Health System has welcomed a new doctor to Butler Memorial Hospital. Robert McHugh has joined the hospital’s medical staff, e...
October 16, 2026 Local News
Allegheny Health Network has appointed Nipun B. Merchant, a surgical oncologist, researcher and healthcare executive, as the chair of the network’s De...
October 16, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
I have started to appreciate a little hocus-pocus in the past year or so. Previously, I wanted nothing to do with jumpscares, suspense or hair-raising tales. The world is...
October 14, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
North American movie theaters were flooded with new films this weekend, including a video game reboot, a big budget survival thriller and a Jane Austen adaptation. While...
October 18, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
It is a truth universally acknowledged, as somebody once wrote, that a Jane Austen novel is a precursor to the modern rom-com. And so we find ourselves, in a new adaptati...
October 15, 2026 Reviews
Since we're going back to the 1990s in “Street Fighter,” let’s use a “Seinfeld” episode to describe how I felt coming out of Kitao Sakurai’s adaptation of the vintage arc...
October 15, 2026 Reviews
When you gaze at the Butler night sky, especially in the dark countryside, you can see all kinds of “people and creatures” up there. Right now, there’s a disgraced hunte...
October 15, 2026 Community
NEW YORK — It was something most people have likely done at one time or another: complain to others about feeling judged or dismissed during an interaction, maybe even ta...
October 15, 2026 People
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Special Sections
This year’s Zelienople Fall Festival brought together the community for an evening of activities Friday. The event will continue from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday and fr...
October 10, 2026 Local News
When neighbors walk past Deb West’s patio home in the Meeder neighborhood in Cranberry Township, her front porch catches their attention. Filled with colorful seasonal fl...
October 07, 2026 Special Sections
Kathy Garrison has been cancer free for decades now, but her experiences during and after treatment had stuck with her. One especially impactful struggle for her was in ...
October 06, 2026 Special Sections
CENTER TWP — When it comes to cancer, Cheryl Schaefer is all about the fight. Schaefer, 68, of Center Township, has fought uterine, breast and thyroid cancer over the yea...
October 06, 2026 Special Sections
St. Faustina Kowalska, a Polish Catholic nun, spent her life sharing a message of compassion and mercy. At the Slippery Rock parish named for her, sewing ministry volunte...
October 06, 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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