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Lawrence County woman sentenced to prison in Muddy Creek Township homicide
A former co-defendant of a man found guilty of homicide in the June 2022 death of an Ohio man in Muddy Creek Township was sentenced Wednesday to prison. Nicole ...
504 graduate from Butler County Community College
BUTLER TWP — For former EMT rescue technician and firefighter Deborah Hoffman, graduating from Butler County Community College was partly a way to inspire her d...
Baglier, McCance honored with Distinguished Service Awards
PENN TWP — One of the official mottos for the Rotary International is “Service above Self” and on Wednesday, May 15, two Butler residents who exemplified what i...
Staff, clients of VA Butler Healthcare get outside for event
BUTLER TWP — David Pingree usually gets around in a wheelchair, but he was able to complete the 2-kilometer walk around VA Butler Healthcare on Wednesday, May 1...
Mars boys roll in 25-1 playoff-opening rout
ADAMS TWP — In turning away Seton LaSalle, 25-1, in a WPIAL Class 2A playoff quarterfinal on Wednesday night, Mars rewrote “Star Wars: A New Hope.” The seven-ti...
Lawrence County woman sentenced to prison in Muddy Creek Township homicide
Lawrence County woman ...
504 graduate from Butler County Community College
504 graduate from Butl...
Baglier, McCance honored with Distinguished Service Awards
Baglier, McCance honor...
Staff, clients of VA Butler Healthcare get outside for event
Staff, clients of VA B...
Mars boys roll in 25-1 playoff-opening rout
Mars boys roll in 25-1...
Top Headlines
ADAMS TWP — Mars Area School District’s board is discussing conducting an updated population study that could help inform designs for the district’s planned elementary sc...
May 16, 2024 Education
FORWARD TWP — The board of supervisors approved a motion Tuesday, May 14, to send a proposal letter to Seneca Valley School District asking for a “student adviser” from t...
May 16, 2024 Government
FORWARD TWP — A sports complex featuring four pickleball courts, two pole vaulting tracks and two soccer fields — one outdoor and one indoor — is coming to Forward Townsh...
May 15, 2024 Government
Discussion around Lawrence Crossing campus continues
May 16, 2024 Education
The Rotary Club of Cranberry Township will be hosting a suicide prevention and awareness walk along with a butterfly release from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Pit...
May 16, 2024 Local News
News
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts: Adams Twp April 22 — Marshall W. Grubb, 28, of Pittsburgh, was charged with ...
May 16, 2024 Crime & Courts
One of the missions of the Penn State Master Gardeners is to educate people on good plant-growing practices, and one of the best places for them to do that is the annual ...
May 16, 2024 Local News
Nationally known recording artists Ron Thomason and the Dry Branch Fire Squad will perform their blend of humor and bluegrass music inside the Historic Harmony Barn at 30...
May 16, 2024 Local News
MIDDLESEX TWP — Nearly one year after beginning the process to update the township’s comprehensive plan, supervisors held a public hearing on Wednesday night, May 15, on ...
May 16, 2024 Government
Cranberry’s annual Memorial Day remembrance ceremony is set for 1 p.m. May 26 at the Veterans Memorial in North Boundary Park. The ceremony is presented by the Veterans o...
May 15, 2024 Local News
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Community
FRANKLIN TWP — There was much for the Butler County Family YMCA to celebrate during it’s a...
Today's Verse
Chuckle of the Day
 
As the school year winds down, prom season is in full swing. A few submissions from recent...
May 14, 2024
The Butler County Genealogical Society will host the webinar “Using U.S. Church Records as...
May 14, 2024
JACKSON TWP — When people think of state grants, small-business solutions, producing songs...
May 14, 2024
The Rotary Club of Zelienople has opened registration to those who would like to appear in...
May 14, 2024
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Sports
JACKSON TWP — Up by six and already with a 2-0 set lead, it appeared to be smooth sailing ...
 
Hampton pitcher strikes out 15 in 11-2 playoff win over Knights
May 16, 2024
Netflix and the NFL announced a three-year deal Wednesday to stream games on Christmas Day...
May 16, 2024
Rory McIlroy has all the momentum he could want heading into the PGA Championship as he tr...
May 16, 2024
MILWAUKEE — William Contreras went 3 for 5 with four RBIs and hit one of Milwaukee’s five ...
May 16, 2024
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Editorial
May 16, 2024 Cartoons
With the addition this year of Sweden and last spring of Finland to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Baltic Sea has been dubbed a “NATO lak...
May 16, 2024 Other Voices
We learned in the Wednesday, May 15, edition of the Butler Eagle about a new policy from the Butler Transit Authority designed to ensure people pay th...
May 16, 2024 Our Opinion
May 15, 2024 Cartoons
America has had a generation gap from the very start, and generational warfare for almost as long. But in at least one area, I believe a cease-fire is...
May 15, 2024 Other Voices
Business
Kayla Dovidio, a licensed practical nurse with the VA Butler Healthcare System, was recently honored with The DAISY Award For Extraordinary Nurses. Th...
May 15, 2024 Business
ADAMS TWP — After months of back-and-forth between Adams Township’s supervisors and planning commission, supervisors granted final major subdivision a...
May 15, 2024 Government
DETROIT — The U.S. government's highway safety agency has opened another investigation of automated driving systems, this time into crashes involving ...
May 14, 2024 Business
NEW YORK — Dozens of Red Lobster locations across the U.S. are on the chopping block. Restaurant liquidator TAGeX Brands announced this week that it w...
May 14, 2024 Business
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden slapped major new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, advanced batteries, solar cells, steel, aluminum and medical ...
May 14, 2024 National News
Weekend Entertainment
Butler Downtown is once again hosting Foodie Fridays on the third Friday of each month this summer, an event that brings upward of a thousand people to Main Street to enj...
May 16, 2024 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
CANNES, France —“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” rolled into the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, returning George Miller's dystopia-on-wheels to the French Riviera festival ...
May 16, 2024 People
Events are scheduled for around the county to celebrate Memorial Day. Activities span Saturday through Monday, May 25 to 27. Saturday √ The Prospect Memorial Day Parade &...
May 16, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
After seven months off, Saxonburg’s Mingle on Main event kicks off its 2024 season on Thursday, May 16. Organized by the Saxonburg Area Business Association, Mingle on Ma...
May 15, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — David Sanborn, the Grammy-winning saxophonist who played lively solos on such hits as David Bowie's “Young Americans” and James Taylor’s “How Sweet It Is (To B...
May 14, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world’s most esteemed contemporary authors and one of history’s most honored short story wri...
May 14, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
Jack Cohen, a man of many titles, has poured his life and passion into various projects, many of which have positively impacted the lives of people worldwide. Yet with al...
May 10, 2024 Special Sections
When Jack Cohen, longtime president of the Butler County Tourism & Convention Bureau, owned a Safari Sam’s franchise in Cranberry Township, Glenn Anderson, then a Butler ...
May 10, 2024 Special Sections
To say Jack Cohen has put Butler County on the map is not an exaggeration. During his tenure as head of the Butler County Tourism & Convention Bureau, Cohen transformed t...
May 10, 2024 Special Sections
In his more than 20 years of service to Butler County, Jack Cohen has been responsible for creating and supporting a wide variety of projects. From creating a new event t...
May 10, 2024 Special Sections
Dear Jack, For the last 20 years, you have worked hard to support the growth of Butler County through tourism. From the creation of the iconic Bantam Jeep Heritage Festiv...
May 10, 2024 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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