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How battle-tested Butler volleyball earned its highest WPIAL tournament seed ever
BUTLER TWP — In the 32-year history of Butler boys volleyball, no previous regular season can match what the team has managed this spring. The Golden Tornado ar...
Track and field honor roll: Top times, heights, distances in Butler County as of May 13
The high school track and field season is nearing its end, with individual district championships upcoming. Take a look at the Butler County-area track and fiel...
BMH, technicians union have tentative contract
Butler Memorial Hospital and the union representing 235 medical technicians and other employees said they have reached a tentative contract agreement Wednesday,...
WPIAL girls lacrosse: Mars stomps to 2A quarterfinal win over Oakland Catholic
ADAMS TWP — The scoreboard at Mars Athletic Complex ticked down the final 40:04 of Wednesday night’s WPIAL Class 2A girls lacrosse quarterfinal only because rul...
State police in Butler honor fallen troopers
BUTLER TWP — State police solemnly gathered Tuesday outside of Troop D headquarters for a ceremony honoring the memory and service of the 105 troopers who have ...
How battle-tested Butler volleyball earned its highest WPIAL tournament seed eve...
How battle-tested Butl...
Track and field honor roll: Top times, heights, distances in Butler County as of...
Track and field honor ...
BMH, technicians union have tentative contract
BMH, technicians union...
WPIAL girls lacrosse: Mars stomps to 2A quarterfinal win over Oakland Catholic
WPIAL girls lacrosse: ...
State police in Butler honor fallen troopers
State police in Butler...
Top Headlines
BUTLER TWP — The 488 students in Butler County Community College’s graduating class for the spring 2026 semester — the most since 2022 — range in age from 17 to 63. Some ...
May 13, 2026 Local News
Board proposes 3.29 mill property tax increase
May 14, 2026 Local News
ADAMS TWP ― At Tuesday’s Mars Area school board meeting, representatives of Thomas & Williamson Program Management presented updates on the ongoing renovations to Mars Ar...
May 14, 2026
Six individuals, including three children, were taken to area hospitals as a result of a two-vehicle crash not far from the Unionville Volunteer Fire Company hall in Cent...
May 13, 2026 Local News
The brother of a Mercer County Jail inmate is accused of lying to police about his brother’s escape Sunday, May 10, near Prospect, according to state police. The inmate,...
May 13, 2026 Local News
News
A Slippery Rock man is accused of assaulting a 16-year-old girl through a car window with a metal pole. William Michael Warner, 57, was charged Tuesday, May 12, with misd...
May 13, 2026 Local News
PennDOT will perform patching and epoxy work on four bridges across Butler County starting June 1. Work will take place on the following bridges: ■ Route 3017 bridge, loc...
May 13, 2026 Local News
A three-vehicle crash was reported Wednesday morning, May 13, in Butler Township, according to Butler County Emergency Services dispatch. The crash occurred around 9:30 a...
May 13, 2026 Local News
The Butler County prison board is replacing the prison’s three original, 17-year-old laundry dryers. Warden Beau Sneddon said $80,000 was placed in this year’s capital bu...
May 13, 2026 Government
A witness for the defense of a Louisiana man accused of stabbing a co-worker at a Bruin job site contradicted the victim’s testimony at a Tuesday, May 12, preliminary hea...
May 13, 2026 Local News
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Community
More than 1,000 students from Evans City elementary and middle schools on May 13, 2011, ra...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
The Butler County chapter of the North Country Trail will host two events in May. The chap...
May 12, 2026
The spring planting season is finally here. Learn how you can support your community, your...
May 12, 2026
Nothing tastes better than fresh-from-the-garden tomatoes, making them a staple in even th...
May 12, 2026
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Sports
For nearly six decades, Lernerville Speedway has remained one of the premier dirt racing f...
 
Isaac McCandless hit an inside the park home run in the first inning, and Slippery Rock ba...
May 13, 2026
John Grogan’s retirement as Mt. Lebanon’s athletic director following 25 years was short-l...
May 13, 2026
Butler has been one of the best baseball teams in the WPIAL and was rewarded as such with ...
May 13, 2026
In its quest for a fourth consecutive WPIAL Class 2A championship, Mars girls lacrosse was...
May 13, 2026
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Editorial
May 13, 2026 Cartoons
Kids Day America took place Saturday, May 9, at the Butler Farm Show grounds. The event, which is still organized by the same group that founded it, ...
May 13, 2026 Our Opinion
From the founding, Americans understood that a republic depends on the character and judgment of its citizens. In the years after the Revolution, that...
May 13, 2026 Other Voices
May 11, 2026 Cartoons
Not all victories are won on the playing field. Sometimes the winners can be found on the sidelines. The Mars Area High School mascot, the Fightin’ Pl...
May 11, 2026 Our Opinion
Business
LONDON — Meta Platforms said Wednesday it’s rolling out an “incognito” mode for WhatsApp users to have private conversations with its AI chatbot, a mo...
May 13, 2026 Business
Americans paid more for their groceries last month, but high gasoline prices resulting from the Iran war were only one of the reasons why. Prices for...
May 13, 2026 Business
Tri-State Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine has officially expanded its Butler County presence. On Wednesday, May 13, Tri-State opened its Butler locatio...
May 13, 2026 Business
Associated Press: CEO of Coherent, other business leaders in Beijing to discuss trade and A.I.
May 13, 2026 Local News
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer prices climbed sharply again last month as the 10-week war with Iran pushed energy prices higher. The Labor Department's c...
May 12, 2026 National News
Weekend Entertainment
An Ever-Present Help, a Houghton University chamber choir, will perform in Evans City on Monday, May 18. The chamber choir’s performance begins at 7 p.m. at St. John's Un...
May 13, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — A week after Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni settled their “It Ends with Us” legal battle, averting a trial that would have started next week, a federal New Yo...
May 13, 2026 People
MADISON, Wis — Pop star Debbie Gibson and Terry “Geezer” Butler, co-founder of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, are singing the same tune when it comes to sparing dogs...
May 12, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Comedian Martin Short, still in the early stages of processing his daughter Katherine’s death in February, revealed some of the “nightmare” his family has endured since s...
May 11, 2026 People
LONDON — The Beatles are headed back to one of the band's most famous sites with a new fan experience in London. Apple Corps Ltd, the company founded by the Fab Four, an...
May 11, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
In a box office battle of the sequels, “The Devil Wears Prada 2” had the slight edge over “Mortal Kombat II” in North American theaters this weekend. According to studio ...
May 11, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
To view the Butler Eagle’s PDF version, click here. ...
May 12, 2026 Special Sections
Not all par-5s are unbeatable monsters. Some can give a golfer an opportunity to shake off a bad bogey the hole before or build momentum with an layup of a birdie opportu...
May 10, 2026 Sports
It’s been a series of Western Pennsylvania false springs of late, but golf weather is increasing in regularity in the Butler area. And that means one thing: time to get o...
May 10, 2026 Sports
Stephen Harding, an instructor at the Butler Art Center and Gallery, has plenty of ideas for unique, affordable crafts for all ages. From bookmarks to painted terracotta ...
May 04, 2026 Special Sections
Keller Williams Realty is asking everyone, parent or not, to “run like a mother” this Mother’s Day, May 10, for their annual 5K and one-mile walk at Moraine State Park. B...
May 04, 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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