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PennDOT releases specialized traffic website for NFL draft
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation added a specialized webpage to its 511 traveler information website to provide real-time travel information during...
Cranberry residents to be displaced by incoming coffee shop
Apartment complex destined for wrecking ball
Suit alleges owner at fault in Butler apartment carbon monoxide poisoning deaths
The lack of maintenance at a now-condemned apartment building in Butler resulted in the carbon monoxide poisoning death of a man in January 2025, according to a...
Former Knoch basketball coach Les Shoop’s ‘amazing’ daily running streak snapped at 16,384 days
JEFFERSON TWP — Whether being bitten by a dog, avoiding a thrown beer bottle, braving minus 40 wind chills, undergoing hernia and back surgeries … none of that ...
Slippery Rock to close deal on Main Street lot
SLIPPERY ROCK — Nearly a year after entering into an agreement of sale for the grass lot at 100 S. Main St., both the borough and the new prospective owner are ...
PennDOT releases specialized traffic website for NFL draft
PennDOT releases speci...
Cranberry residents to be displaced by incoming coffee shop
Cranberry residents to...
Suit alleges owner at fault in Butler apartment carbon monoxide poisoning deaths
Suit alleges owner at ...
Former Knoch basketball coach Les Shoop’s ‘amazing’ daily running streak snapped...
Former Knoch basketbal...
Slippery Rock to close deal on Main Street lot
Slippery Rock to close...
Top Headlines
A 2018 graduate of Karns City Area Jr./Sr. High School finished in the top 12% of runners in this year’s Boston Marathon on Monday, April 20. A Jackson Township man also ...
April 22, 2026 Local News
Rates could change for 2027
April 21, 2026 Local News
Virginia voters on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment authorizing a Democratic redistricting plan that could help the party win several additional House seats in...
April 21, 2026
The Butler County prison board Tuesday approved an amendment to the inmate phone system contract reflecting federally mandated lower rates for inmates and a lower commiss...
April 22, 2026 Government
SAXONBURG — Borough council approved a motion to put the bid for restoration work at John Roebling’s original wire rope workshop out for advertisement during its monthly ...
April 22, 2026 Local News
News
PITTSBURGH — The runway up to the NFL draft can feel endless for the young men who put themselves under its exacting process. Years of hard work followed by weeks of bein...
April 22, 2026 Professional
A U.S. district judge in Pittsburgh separated a class-action lawsuit against Summit Academy into seven different suits for individual plaintiffs Wednesday, April 15, and ...
April 22, 2026 Local News
A man in a rental car accidentally drove it into Applebee’s on Monday evening, April 20, in the Butler Crossing shopping center, according to Butler Township police. Jeff...
April 21, 2026 Local News
A Valencia man is accused of harming a woman and a dog in Middlesex Township. Ty David Gaffney, 26, was charged April 11 by Middlesex Township police with one misdemeano...
April 21, 2026 Local News
A Valencia man is accused of groping a woman at a bonfire on Crossvale Street. Matthew Frederick Lange, 36, was charged Saturday, April 18, with misdemeanor indecent ass...
April 21, 2026 Local News
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Community
Orchard Hill Church in Butler is partnering with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Ban...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
Outdoor enthusiasts had a reason to check out Butler County Community College’s main campu...
April 21, 2026
Projects to promote history of the family of Brooklyn Bridge contributor
April 21, 2026
The Rotary Club of Zelienople will have its spring pancake breakfast Sunday morning, April...
April 20, 2026
Bakerstown United Methodist Church, 5760 William Flynn Highway, Gibsonia, will have a “jun...
April 20, 2026
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Sports
The 2026 NFL Draft is coming to Pittsburgh for the first time, allowing fans to see where ...
 
Abby Kalkowski continued her stellar senior season, striking out 14 and hitting a solo hom...
April 22, 2026
The lifetime road of Levi Wentz is a weary one. But the Valencia resident and Pine-Richlan...
April 22, 2026
ARLINGTON, Texas — Kumar Rocker allowed a run in six innings and Evan Carter drove in the ...
April 21, 2026
JACKSON TWP — Physically, Brady Dumbaugh was not 100%. Mentally, he was right where he nee...
April 21, 2026
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Editorial
April 22, 2026 Cartoons
Jimmy Carter was president, the country was still riding the wave of the U.S. men’s hockey team’s “Miracle on Ice,” the original Pac-Man was gearing u...
April 22, 2026 Our Opinion
April 24 is Arbor Day, when Americans will gather to plant trees on city streets, in parks and within other open spaces. But this year, as wildfires, ...
April 22, 2026 Other Voices
April 21, 2026 Cartoons
Hats off to Miss Butler County Annie Rieg for using her public appearances to push for more organ and tissue donations. At a recent appearance at Butl...
April 21, 2026 Our Opinion
Business
President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested that the federal government could help keep a struggling Spirit Airlines afloat, while also encouraging a ...
April 22, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — As the United States was preparing a daring mission to rescue an airman whose fighter jet was shot down by Iran, there was money to be ma...
April 22, 2026 Business
The satirical news outlet The Onion is back with a new plan to take over the Infowars platforms of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones as his company faces...
April 20, 2026 Business
Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down from the job that he inherited from the late Steve Jobs, ending a 15-year reign that saw the company’s market valu...
April 20, 2026 Business
Amazon used its market leverage to get companies such as Walmart to increase prices on their websites so the e-commerce giant would not be undercut by...
April 20, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
The Revelation Ringers — made up of Grove City College students, Celebration Community Ringers and the Glenn Memorial Ringers of Tower Presbyterian Church — will present ...
April 22, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Alan Osmond, the eldest member of the chart-topping family act The Osmonds, died Monday after decades with multiple sclerosis. He was 76. According to a family...
April 21, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Actor Patrick Muldoon, known for a host of series and films from “Melrose Place” and “Days of Our Lives,” to “Starship Troopers,” died Sunday. He was 57. Muldoon’s manage...
April 20, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Cher, who once said she longed to be a grandmother, has reportedly gotten her wish after learning last year that her troubled son, Elijah Blue Allman, secretly became a f...
April 20, 2026 People
“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” and “Project Hail Mary” dominated the North American box office again this weekend, leaving “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” in third place for...
April 19, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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...
April 17, 2026 Reviews
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Special Sections
While spring marks the return of warmer weather in Western Pennsylvania, it also brings back the unmistakable sights and sounds of roadwork — including fresh surface tre...
April 21, 2026 Special Sections
While the weather is becoming milder as Butler County enters spring, winter can leave a lasting impact on vehicles. Nate Miller, owner of Randy and Bob’s Auto Body, said ...
April 20, 2026 Special Sections
Butler County has an unusually high number of golf courses. That’s a good thing, said Experience Butler County president Amy Pack. There is something for all kinds of gol...
April 19, 2026 Sports
To view the Butler Eagle’s PDF version, click here. ...
April 14, 2026 Special Sections
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...
April 08, 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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