BUTLER TWP — It was a grueling day for Carter Ekas.
But it was also rewarding.
Despite increasingly strong rain later in the track and field meet and a packed s...
CHERRY TWP — It costs thousands of dollars each year to provide for all the animals in the care of Moniteau Jr./Sr. High School’s Creepers & Crawlers club. But ...
Rick Fleeger was demanding of his players.
He also had a knack for getting them to loosen up or make a late-season practice fun.
It’s a difficult line for a...
CENTER TWP — Jake Klingensmith, owner of Electric Wheel Raceway & Hobby, estimates that in the 1960s and ‘70s, there were more than 3,000 slot car racing tracks...
Some Butler area residents are trying to make Main Street a place that people want to come and spend time in, and on Saturday morning, April 18, more than 50 pe...
Butler Invitational 2026 highlights, top moments, winners and photo gallery from...
Butler Invitational 20...
Moniteau club brings exotic animals out for annual fundraiser
Moniteau club brings e...
Rick Fleeger, Moniteau girls basketball’s ‘sports dad,’ remembered for unique ca...
Rick Fleeger, Moniteau...
Slot car derby fast, fun for families
Slot car derby fast, f...
Butler Downtown cleanup part of greater revitalization efforts
CAIRO — The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalated again Saturday as Iran reversed its reopening of the crucial waterway and fired on ships attempting to pass, in r...
A Cranberry Township woman is accused of breaking into a man’s apartment in Adams Township and climbing into bed with him.
Stacey Marie Dougherty, 42, was charged Thursd...
A crane lifted the Brooklyn Bridge replica from Saxonburg’s Roebling Park on Friday, April 17, leaving a vacant space next to the Roebling Workshop, where foundation repa...
Racing down Route 422 in the back of an unsteady, cramped ambulance is one of the last places most paramedics would want to deliver a baby.
But sometimes, it’s the only ...
Rapidly changing technology is challenging trade schools to keep pace as they train the next generation of skilled workers.
The demand for skilled workers has never been ...
Nearly every emergency medical service agency across Pennsylvania is struggling with similar, long-standing issues: inadequate staffing and stagnant Medicare reimbursemen...
A Seneca Valley School gifted support teacher has been selected as a Pennsylvania STEM Pioneer through a competitive, multistate initiative led by Penn State University.
...
Days after Harrisville Councilwoman Mary Ann Hughes was removed from a borough meeting in handcuffs, the borough solicitor has issued a statement indicating the council “...
Residents of Jefferson and Jackson Townships who are looking to complete critical home repairs may be able to take advantage of Homeowner-Occupied Rehabilitation Programs...
Student teachers across Pennsylvania can now apply for a $10,000 stipend in the 2026-27 school year through the PA Student Teacher Support Program.
The program provides ...
We are writing regarding the article published in the Community section of the Butler Eagle on Tuesday, March 24, (“Plant starters available at Saxonb...
This is in response to the article “Contents of KC School Left Behind” (March 11, Page 1). It is a disgrace that usable school library books were cons...
The Butler Eagle is very balanced in its coverage of local and national events and issues. At a time when many papers are going out of business, the B...
Kudos to the Offstein family on the sale of their Furniture Galleries building to the Lighthouse Foundation. The building and the opportunity for new ...
PLAINVIEW, N.Y. — Before Stu Goldberg begins his night shift driving for Uber, he pulls out a notebook to read a handwritten list of reminders. “No ti...
According to the Pennsylvania Homecare Association, Tammy Young, of Saxonburg, has been elected to the association’s board of directors.
According to ...
NEW YORK — A looming jet fuel shortage in Europe and Asia sparked by the Iran war and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz could further upen...
NEW YORK — Walmart is redesigning the packaging of its Great Value products to help customers instantly spot whether a bag of spicy chips is gluten-fr...
Netflix cofounder and chairman Reed Hastings will step down from the streaming service’s board of directors in June when his term expires, the company...
Over the years, we’ve seen countless characters wander into corrupt small towns and become entrapped by the locals. Usually, the mean face of these movies is the town she...
The tagline for “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” is “Some things are meant to stay buried.” That also applies to the misguided “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy,” which should definitely s...
NEW YORK — Don Schlitz, the storied country music songwriter known for such hits as “The Gambler,” “On the Other Hand” and “Forever and Ever, Amen,” died Thursday at a Na...
LAS VEGAS — The cast and filmmakers behind the “Spaceballs” sequel including Bill Pullman and Rick Moranis brought a little levity to CinemaCon Wednesday night in Las Veg...
NEW YORK — Lena Dunham said she struggled to work with “genius” Adam Driver on “Girls” when the hulking former Marine got upset.
Driver, who stands around 6 feet and 3 in...
Vendors and exhibitors scheduled to appear at this year’s Butler County Home Show include:
Agway Water Treatment of Western PA
Alex Restoration & Masonry Repairs
ARK Base...
When something in the house stops working or needs to be replaced, the first impulse of many people is to call a contractor or comparison shop online. Others have the min...
Many consumers are guilty of filling drawers or closets with old laptops, cellphones, fitness trackers and other electronic devices once they are no longer needed. It’s h...
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...
