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Butler Memorial Hospital techs picket in midst of union battles, demanding safe staffing
Dozens of technicians from Butler Memorial Hospital took their fight for their first union contract to the sidewalk on Wednesday, March 18, as they held an info...
Butler Coffee Lab opens retail store in downtown Butler
Business also offers employment opportunities for people with disabilities
Dassa McKinney holds celebration of learning
CLAY TWP — At Dassa McKinney Elementary School, teachers and faculty see the importance of showing parents the work their children put in 180 days of the year. ...
Pa hockey championship breakdown: PIHL’s Seneca Valley vs Flyers Cup champ Holy Ghost Prep in rematch
CRANBERRY TWP — Seneca Valley has grown accustomed to playing with a target on its back. The Raiders entered this PIHL boys hockey season as the reigning Class ...
Butler Memorial Hospital techs picket in midst of union battles, demanding safe ...
Butler Memorial Hospit...
Butler Coffee Lab opens retail store in downtown Butler
Butler Coffee Lab open...
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank to bring additional resources to March di...
Greater Pittsburgh Com...
Dassa McKinney holds celebration of learning
Dassa McKinney holds c...
Pa hockey championship breakdown: PIHL’s Seneca Valley vs Flyers Cup champ Holy ...
Pa hockey championship...
Top Headlines
BUTLER TWP — Butler County Community College is applying for state funds to supplement two major modernization projects it plans to undertake at a total cost of $1 millio...
March 19, 2026 Local News
The Blind Association of Butler and Armstrong’s education and meeting room received a significant furniture upgrade Wednesday, March 18, thanks to the support of the Butl...
March 19, 2026 Local News
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office withdrew charges Wednesday, March 18, against a Boston man who was charged with stalking and harassing Slippery Rock Mayor Jond...
March 19, 2026 Crime & Courts
“Pi Day” — 3.14 — fell on Saturday this year, so Mars Area Elementary School fourth-graders instead embraced mathematics activities Wednesday, March 18. Pre-service teac...
March 19, 2026 Local News
A Butler man is accused of pushing a security guard’s head into a wall multiple times at Butler Memorial Hospital. Cory T. Eichert, 36, was charged Sunday, March 15, by B...
March 18, 2026 Local News
News
The South Butler Community Library has its semiannual used-book clearance sale for just $5 a bag this weekend, Friday, March 20 through Sunday, March 22, during its regul...
March 18, 2026 Local News
NEW YORK — The COVID-19 pandemic’s early death toll was much higher than the official U.S. count, according to a new study that spotlights dramatic disparities in the unc...
March 18, 2026 Health
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in and around Cranberry Township continue to result in individuals being detained, and occasionally, such incidents ar...
March 18, 2026 Local News
A Butler man is accused of sending a photo of his genitalia to a teenage girl. Dakota Lee Anthony, 25, was charged Tuesday, March 17, by Butler police with one felony co...
March 18, 2026 Local News
A Butler man has been charged with a felony count of endangering the welfare of children after a woman reported finding multiple abrasions on her 1-year-old daughter’s ne...
March 18, 2026 Crime & Courts
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Community
A cast of 60 children and adults will take the stage for Sing Hosanna!’s production of “Th...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
In March, 2008, Michael Cichra, 13, of Butler Township, became the first Elite Athletic Ce...
March 17, 2026
Elliott Acres Therapy Riding is having volunteer orientation on Saturday, March 28, from 1...
March 17, 2026
Portersville Christian School will host a “Let Your Light Shine” Legacy Gala on Saturday, ...
March 17, 2026
Four-part harmony barbershop style chorus still singing
March 17, 2026
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Sports
Joey Felitsky led the WPIAL in passing the past two seasons. Still, the North Catholic sen...
 
Venezuela stunned the United States in Tuesday’s World Baseball Classic championship game,...
March 18, 2026
RALEIGH, N.C. — Sean Walker scored with 28.3 seconds left in overtime as the Carolina Hurr...
March 18, 2026
Gianni Varlotta’s win at No. 2 singles, coupled with doubles victories from Liam Schley/Ky...
March 18, 2026
RALEIGH, N.C. — Sidney Crosby is back. The Pittsburgh Penguins captain will return to the...
March 18, 2026
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Editorial
March 18, 2026 Cartoons
While the season isn’t officially here, springlike weather is already upon us. That means fluctuating temperatures, varying precipitation and the high...
March 18, 2026 Our Opinion
If you’re a sports fan, you likely watched coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina. But did you watch the Paralympics when hundreds of ...
March 18, 2026 Other Voices
March 17, 2026 Cartoons
The Butler County Board of Commissioners should be applauded for making it possible for the Butler County Hazardous Response Team 100 to respond to la...
March 17, 2026 Our Opinion
Business
GREELEY, Colo. — Thousands of workers for the world’s largest meatpacking company began a two-week strike Monday in Colorado, threatening to make alr...
March 17, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — A drop in oil prices on Monday helped send the U.S. stock market to its best day since the war in Iran began. The S&P 500 climbed 1% for i...
March 16, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — The antitrust trial of Live Nation and Ticketmaster resumed Monday in a New York federal court with three dozen states remaining in the cas...
March 16, 2026 Business
Summer camp, tech company among those facing off
March 16, 2026 Business
Jet fuel prices are rising as the war in the Middle East disrupts global oil supplies, putting cost pressure on airlines as the busy summer travel sea...
March 15, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
Oscar-nominated actor Timothée Chalamet committed a major faux-pas last week when he said he was glad he wasn’t part of dying art forms like opera or ballet because “nobo...
March 18, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
LONDON — Len Deighton, a prolific writer whose tough, stylish spy thrillers featured on bestseller lists for decades, has died. He was 97. Deighton’s literary agent, Tim ...
March 17, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Books on homelessness, the U.S. Census and ancient India are among this year’s winners of prizes handed out by the J. Anthony Lukas Project, named for the lat...
March 17, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Country megastar Dolly Parton assured fans she’s taking care of herself after facing a series of health issues while grieving her late husband, Carl Dean. The “Jolene” si...
March 17, 2026 People
Buckley, Jordan win best actress, actor
March 16, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
WASHINGTON — The Kennedy Center’s board of directors voted on Monday to shut down operations for two years following this summer’s July 4 celebrations. The widely expecte...
March 16, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
Helping local children develop early literacy skills
March 17, 2026 Special Sections
Verah Vucelich, 3, kicked away from the side of the pool, a small foam backpack strapped to her chest, as her instructor encouraged her from a few feet away. In adjacent ...
March 17, 2026 Special Sections
To view the Butler Eagle’s PDF version, click here. ...
March 10, 2026 Special Sections
At Passavant Community in Zelienople, the beauty of kindness arrives on four wheels. Once a month, a pushcart filled with fresh-cut flowers donated by Trader Joe’s makes...
February 18, 2026 Special Sections
Cranking up the volume in your car may sound harmless and fun, but it could lead to hearing problems in your older years -- and possibly even increase your risk of dement...
February 18, 2026 Senior
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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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