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PA football Week 4 scores: Live updates, highlights from Butler, Freeport at North Catholic, Karns City, more
Things are about to get interesting. We’re fully into region, conference and section play across Western Pennsylvania high school football. And there are some b...
Knoch urges students not to bring look-alike weapons to school
Knoch School District’s superintendent is reminding students and their parents not to bring objects that look like weapons to school after a student brought a N...
Local credit unions face system outages from data center failure
SRU Federal Credit Union is now saying its “core systems” are expected to be restored sometime today, Friday, Sept. 18, after a hardware failure at a data cente...
Woman reportedly killed in Evans City Road cement truck rollover crash
An elderly woman died following a cement truck rollover crash Thursday, Sept. 17, on Mars Evans City Road, according to Callery Volunteer Fire Company officials...
Juvenile flown to hospital after being struck by vehicle Thursday in Butler
A juvenile sustained an apparent leg fracture after being struck by a vehicle Thursday evening, Sept. 17, in Butler and was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital, acco...
PA football Week 4 scores: Live updates, highlights from Butler, Freeport at Nor...
PA football Week 4 sco...
Knoch urges students not to bring look-alike weapons to school
Knoch urges students n...
Local credit unions face system outages from data center failure
Local credit unions fa...
Woman reportedly killed in Evans City Road cement truck rollover crash
Woman reportedly kille...
Juvenile flown to hospital after being struck by vehicle Thursday in Butler
Juvenile flown to hosp...
Top Headlines
A Concord Township man is accused of sexually assaulting a girl for about two years when she was between the ages of five and seven. Brandon John Lindenberger, 36, was c...
September 18, 2026 Local News
A Lyndora caregiver is accused of stealing a client’s credit card in Summit Township and charging $3,000 to it, according to state police. Michael Brown, 39, was seen on...
September 18, 2026 Local News
A man suffered scrapes and pain to his hand and hip from being struck by a vehicle while in a crosswalk in the Walmart parking lot in Butler Township, according to police...
September 18, 2026 Local News
A 64-year-old East Butler man lost more than $42,000 to scammers posing as a WWE wrestler, according to state police in Kittanning. Police said the unidentified person o...
September 18, 2026 Local News
PennDOT has announced rolling closures for Route 422 east in Butler and Summit townships on the following days: Sept. 22, Sept. 29 and Oct. 1. The rolling closures are fo...
September 18, 2026 Local News
News
The defendant in a November 2024 shooting death in Butler is being appointed a new attorney. Sean Ernest Williams, 39, of Butler, has been charged by Butler police with h...
September 18, 2026 Local News
An addition to a Seven Fields intersection aims to improve traffic safety. A three-way stop sign was placed at the intersection of Highpointe, Sycamore and Enclave drives...
September 18, 2026 Local News
Assaults started when both were juveniles
September 18, 2026 Local News
JACKSON TWP — A new joint municipal boundary between the north of Cranberry Township and south of Jackson Township has been cleared by officials to take effect. The towns...
September 18, 2026 Local News
Efforts part of National Roundabout Week The Federal Highway Administration is celebrating National Roundabout Week between Monday and Friday, Sept. 21 through 25, to rai...
September 18, 2026 Local News
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Community
Cranberry Township has submitted an application to bring a scale replica of the Vietnam Ve...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
Robyn DiCola’s job involves talking to people on the phone for three hours Mondays, Wednes...
September 18, 2026
Sadly, we say goodbye to Butler summer this Tuesday evening with the autumnal equinox at 7...
September 17, 2026
The Saxonburg VFW Post 7376 Auxiliary is accepting requests for fall 2026 veteran and serv...
September 17, 2026
The following area residents were named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges an...
September 17, 2026
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Sports
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr. will not play Sunday against N...
 
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP — Evgeni Malkin remains as passionate as ever about hockey as his 21st ...
September 18, 2026
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Slippery Rock is unsure who the opposing quarterback will be when it t...
September 18, 2026
PITTSBURGH — Damon Ferguson Jr., La'Vell Wright and Mason Heintschel ran for touchdowns, a...
September 17, 2026
Luke Myers found the net twice and Ryan Karwoski earned a clean sheet in Knoch boys soccer...
September 17, 2026
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Editorial
I registered to vote in Butler County in 1972, at 18, presenting my driver’s license to prove my identity. Nobody blinked when I registered as an Inde...
September 18, 2026 Letters to the Editor
September 18, 2026 Cartoons
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday deserves the thanks of Butler County residents for his actions to keep Butler Memorial Hospital and the four...
September 18, 2026 Our Opinion
As Pennsylvania looks to expand its technology infrastructure, data centers are becoming part of the conversation about economic development, electric...
September 18, 2026 Other Voices
Diamond Park is one of two clear signs that you have entered the City of Butler from the south. The other is right across the street: the Butler Count...
September 16, 2026 Our Opinion
Business
OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett is stepping down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway in the next step of the transition at the top of the $1 trillion congl...
September 18, 2026 Business
Chrysler is recalling more than 200,000 Jeeps of various models due to potential tire pressure monitoring system failure, according to the National Hi...
September 17, 2026 Business
Armco Credit Union is warning customers of scammers impersonating its agents and attempting to steal customers’ information. Scammers are using the c...
September 17, 2026 Business
OpenAI has disclosed six reports of “unexpected or concerning” behavior in artificial-intelligence models as the debate on AI safety becomes increasin...
September 17, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market rallied to its best day in six weeks Thursday after falling oil prices and easing pressure from the bond market helpe...
September 17, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
The Knights of Columbus Butler Council 866 is hosting its second annual four-person scramble charity golf tournament on Saturday, Sept. 26. The event begins at 8 a.m. at ...
September 16, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
In April 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order banning the hoarding of gold and requiring Americans to deliver excess quantities to a Federal Re...
September 18, 2026 Reviews
“I only use guns in video games,” says Bryan (Austin Abrams), our frustrated protagonist, trying to piece together a machine gun while his impatient companion urges him t...
September 18, 2026 Reviews
NEW YORK — Annie Dillard, the Pulitzer-Prize winning author and essayist renowned for her poetic explorations of nature, love, spirituality and the art of writing in the ...
September 17, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Ed Sheeran’s tour of North and South America was plunged into chaos Tuesday when four of his supporting acts abruptly quit in solidarity with the rapper Mackle...
September 17, 2026 People
NEW YORK — Peter Max, whose colorful, psychedelic pop art expressed the optimism of the “flower power” movement of the 1960s and graced everything from postage stamps to ...
September 16, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
It isn’t difficult in the Concordia Haven Retirement Apartments to stumble on a resident involved in some form of community service or charity work. Resident Elizabeth Sp...
September 16, 2026 Special Sections
La Roche University Executive Director of Introcaso Center for Lifelong Learning Jennifer Engel said she remembers when a woman, grieving her late husband, said that the ...
September 16, 2026 Special Sections
Students must juggle school, work, extracurricular activities
September 16, 2026 Special Sections
The events of Sept. 11, 2001 mark a moment in American history that typically draws the question, “Where were you?” The Butler Eagle asked that very question on social me...
September 11, 2026 Special Sections
At first, the Butler Eagle’s front page on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, seemed like it was going to look very different than how it ended up. Among the stories that seemed de...
September 11, 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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