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State police seen digging at South Buffalo Township site
Private investigator ties work to Cherrie Mahan case
Butler Senior Center moving out of Tanglewood to Butler Township park building
The Butler County Area Agency on Aging’s Butler Senior Center is moving out of its longtime location in November The Butler County Commissioners approved Butler...
Barn fire in Penn Township prompts sizable response from area fire departments
Fire departments from across, and well beyond, Butler County were called to a raging fire at a barn on Powell Road in Penn Township on Wednesday morning, Oct. 2...
Jordan Geist, Knoch grad and world-ranked thrower, joins Slippery Rock track and field as assistant coach
There will be another Geist in the Slippery Rock track and field coaching ranks. Jordan Geist, who set records in high school and was named Pennsylvania Gat...
Police: Butler man led high-speed chase into Armstrong County, stole vehicle
State police are looking for a man they pursued on a high-speed chase through Butler and Armstrong counties and who attempted to strike a trooper before fleeing...
State police seen digging at South Buffalo Township site
State police seen digg...
Butler Senior Center moving out of Tanglewood to Butler Township park building
Butler Senior Center m...
Barn fire in Penn Township prompts sizable response from area fire departments
Barn fire in Penn Town...
Jordan Geist, Knoch grad and world-ranked thrower, joins Slippery Rock track and...
Jordan Geist, Knoch gr...
Police: Butler man led high-speed chase into Armstrong County, stole vehicle
Police: Butler man led...
Top Headlines
Read about Butler County’s contested races in the November 2025 election below. County races School boards City of Butler Boroughs Townships ...
September 30, 2025 Local News
SLIPPERY ROCK — Borough residents can expect to receive a better rate and customer service experience when it comes to trash hauling starting in the new year. Slippery Ro...
October 22, 2025 Local News
SAXONBURG — Council approved the borough’s park budget for fiscal year 2026 with an estimated surplus of $25,140. The $21,000 in budgeted park expenses for 2026 is a stee...
October 22, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
The Middlesex Township Police Department announced over social media it has returned to 24-hour police coverage of the township after staffing shortages caused by a wave ...
October 22, 2025 Local News
Board mulls over next inmate health contract
October 22, 2025 Local News
News
The start of a patching project on Route 28 in Buffalo Township has been pushed back by five days, according to an announcement from the Pennsylvania Department of Transp...
October 22, 2025 Local News
The Jean B. Purvis Community Health Center will host its 12th annual Signature Sensations: A Celebration of Food and Wine fundraiser on Saturday, Nov. 1. The event, hoste...
October 22, 2025 Local News
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission announced on Tuesday it has finished a two-year, $10.4 million improvement project at the Cranberry Interchange, Exit 28. The project...
October 22, 2025 Local News
Less than a year after breaking ground, The Goddard School’s Adams Township location is fully running with around 160 students and 30 teachers. A new educational option ...
October 21, 2025 Local News
An unnamed pedestrian was taken to the hospital after being struck by a vehicle Monday morning, Oct. 20, along Route 8 in Penn Township. Police said the pedestrian was h...
October 21, 2025 Local News
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Community
Summary: Learn how Jackson Township is working to keep its recreational options in tip...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
BUTLER TWP — The flight from Albania to Washington, D.C. was more than 10 hours long, but ...
October 22, 2025
At 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 23, the Worthington-West Franklin Community Library will host ...
October 21, 2025
Church gathers gifts to give the rest of the world
October 21, 2025
Good Samaritan Hospice will host “Unwrapping the Holidays with Hope,” a holiday grief work...
October 21, 2025
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Sports
Brendan Eicher is hoping the same venue brings with it the same result. Butler cross count...
 
BUFFALO TWP — Just over two months ago, Freeport’s Ella McConville returned to the soccer ...
October 21, 2025
Mars girls volleyball will begin its playoff run as the Class 3A WPIAL defending champion ...
October 21, 2025
The WPIAL girls soccer tournament brackets were released Wednesday, and now the 2025 posts...
October 21, 2025
The WPIAL released the boys soccer tournament brackets Wednesday, officially launching the...
October 21, 2025
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Editorial
October 22, 2025 Cartoons
Consider a convention center. Order more traffic cones. Ponder how AI can be used to make emergency dispatchers more efficient. Cue the new rules, ch...
October 22, 2025 Our Opinion
Last year’s flu season was long, brutal and ultimately tragic. By the time infections had subsided in May, as many as 1.1 million Americans were estim...
October 22, 2025 Other Voices
Volunteer advocates for change amid growing need Summary: Six years ago, Katie’s Kitchen served 100 meals on a busy Thursday. Now, the Butler pro...
October 21, 2025 Progress
Summary: Butler County’s district attorney Richard Goldinger shares his thoughts on the growing population and its impact on law enforcement. Don...
October 21, 2025 Progress
Business
Education services company The Princeton Review has named Slippery Rock University a top college in its region for 2026. SRU was one of 98 institution...
October 22, 2025 Business
Boutique gift shop The Cranberry Cornstalk, 159 E. Main St., officially opened for business in early September, in Worthington, Armstrong County. The ...
October 22, 2025 Business
NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase unveiled its new 60-story headquarters to the public on Monday, one of the first major office buildings to be constructed af...
October 21, 2025 Business
NEW YORK — Warner Bros. Discovery — the home of HBO, CNN and DC Studios — has signaled that it may be open to selling all or parts of its business, ju...
October 21, 2025 Business
LONDON — Amazon says a massive outage of its cloud computing service has been resolved as of Monday evening, after a problem disrupted internet use ar...
October 20, 2025 National News
Weekend Entertainment
Preston Park will host a trick-or-treat event for the fifth year on Wednesday, Oct. 29. The event, hosted by Butler Township and the Butler County Chamber of Commerce, wi...
October 17, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
Denise Richards’ estranged husband Aaron Phypers is out on $200,000 bond after he was arrested outside a Los Angeles courthouse Friday afternoon. The 53-year-old “frequen...
October 21, 2025 People
Sam Rivers, the bass player in the nu metal band Limp Bizkit, died on Saturday, according to social media posts by his band mates. The band did not disclose where Rivers...
October 20, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
The horror sequel “Black Phone 2” topped the North American box office charts this weekend with $26.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Not o...
October 20, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
NITEROI, Brazil — Performers twisted and twirled above the sand on a beach across the bay from Rio de Janeiro in an aerial circus show that sought to draw attention to th...
October 20, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
Down on his luck divorced dad who resorts to crime is becoming familiar territory for Channing Tatum as an actor. In “Logan Lucky” his mark was the Charlotte Motor Speedw...
October 18, 2025 Reviews
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Special Sections
Becoming a third class county could net a convention center for Butler County
October 21, 2025 Progress
Winter weather is inevitable, but Butler County residents can travel prepared this winter. Rick Fennel Rustproofing office manager Leah Felmlee said drivers can take ste...
October 15, 2025 Special Sections
To view the Butler Eagle’s PDF version, click here. ...
October 14, 2025 Special Sections
‘Stubborn’ administrator convinced to seek 2nd mammogram within 3 months after anomaly found
October 07, 2025 Local News
When the Butler volleyball team was introduced in Thursday’s, Oct. 2, showdown against Seneca Valley, the cheers were not only directed toward them. They were also for a ...
October 07, 2025 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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