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Secret Service missed 102 radio calls ahead of Trump assassination attempt in Butler County, report shows
An intense search was underway for a suspicious person at the campaign rally for now-President Donald Trump on July 13, 2024. Local law enforcement sent 102 rad...
Zelienople rings in America’s 250th with massive two-hour parade
ZELIENOPLE — Zelienople's decades-long Fourth of July parade tradition took on new meaning Saturday, as the borough joined in celebrating America's 250th birthd...
Mars Fourth of July parade gets underway despite day of rain
MARS — Not even a fierce thunderstorm over Butler County could prevent the borough from celebrating the country’s 250th anniversary. On Saturday evening, the sk...
Mayor declares emergency as Slippery Rock faces flash flooding
Longo: Weather creates ‘all hands on deck’ scenario for borough staff
Butler Eagle Male AOTY: How Butler pitcher Nolan Stefaniak’s stellar senior season almost never happened
Nolan Stefaniak’s stellar senior season almost never was. The recently graduated Butler standout loved another sport so much in his early teens that he consider...
Secret Service missed 102 radio calls ahead of Trump assassination attempt in Bu...
Secret Service missed ...
Zelienople rings in America’s 250th with massive two-hour parade
Zelienople rings in Am...
Mars Fourth of July parade gets underway despite day of rain
Mars Fourth of July pa...
Mayor declares emergency as Slippery Rock faces flash flooding
Mayor declares emergen...
Butler Eagle Male AOTY: How Butler pitcher Nolan Stefaniak’s stellar senior seas...
Butler Eagle Male AOTY...
Top Headlines
While celebrating Independence Day this weekend, many residents across Butler County found themselves without the freedom to turn on their lights. Over a thousand Butler...
July 05, 2026 Local News
MARS — Not even a fierce thunderstorm over Butler County could prevent the borough from celebrating the country’s 250th anniversary. On Saturday evening, the sky eventual...
July 05, 2026 Community
SLIPPERY ROCK — Despite forecasts of rain and strong winds, Slippery Rock pushed forward with its biggest Independence Day celebration yet, drawing vendors and guests tog...
July 05, 2026 Local News
HARRISVILLE -- One of Butler County’s northern-most communities marked the nation's 250th birthday Saturday with a time-honored tradition: the Harrisville Community Days ...
July 04, 2026 Local News
When walking into Capitol Cleaners, it doesn’t take patrons long to see the history of the building — and the family that owns it — adorning the walls. From historical ph...
July 04, 2026 Local News
News
PROSPECT — Even before the Big Butler Fair properly opened its gates Sunday morning, July 5, the goats and sheep barn was filled with a hustle and bustle that only comes ...
July 05, 2026 Local News
The Big Butler Fair continued over the 4th of July weekend and will remain open through the end of this week. Monday’s schedule features a Derbydog Demo Derby. Tuesday e...
July 05, 2026 Local News
While the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence’s signing may have passed, Evans City was not willing to let it go without an encore. Evans City Mayor Dean...
July 05, 2026 Local News
Over a thousand Butler County residents spent at least a portion of their Independence Day without power as a result of a fierce thunderstorm that swept through the count...
July 04, 2026 Local News
Tate and Becky Pacek’s home in Saxonburg will be lit with red, white and blue all summer long. The couple first set up permanent lights around the house during Christmas ...
July 04, 2026 Local News
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Community
Slippery Rock University’s marketing and communications office uses an “evidence-based res...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
A Butler teen earned his Eagle Scout rank by helping the North Country Trail through a pro...
July 02, 2026
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock, Mount Ch...
July 02, 2026
The following area residents were named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges an...
July 02, 2026
Two recent Butler High School graduates were named recipients of the 2026 Rosanne and Jane...
July 02, 2026
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Sports
Swimming is a decades-long tradition at Penn Valley Athletic Club. Its youth swimmers are ...
 
Golf Lady Duffers League June 29 at Stoughton Acres Standings: 1st-Pars...
July 04, 2026
Josh Forbes was talking about what he’d seen out of his standout pitchers during the baseb...
July 04, 2026
Talon Netzel scored on a walk-off passed ball to secure Butler’s 6-5 win over Clarion on F...
July 03, 2026
Judging by the “too numerous to mention” race calendar listings, running on the 4th of Jul...
July 02, 2026
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Editorial
I would like to thank Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., and Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., for making sure Pennsylvania was represented in the Great American S...
July 04, 2026 Letters to the Editor
As we celebrate the 250th birthday of our nation, those of us who were born and bred in Butler County have seen many changes, and depending on your pe...
July 04, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Last week, an amazing all-American story quietly unfolded behind the scenes of the declaration by Gov. Josh Shapiro that Pennsylvania would not be par...
July 04, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Before the news of 2026 makes history books, it first publishes on the pages and the website of local news organizations like the Butler Eagle. As jou...
July 04, 2026 Our Opinion
July 03, 2026 Cartoons
Business
Thousands of visitors flocked to Cesar Mora's farm in central California last week to gather free nectarines. He's giving his harvest away rather than...
July 05, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — Small business owners in U.S. tourist destinations say they’re seeing more Americans sticking closer to home this summer, trading overseas...
July 05, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — A handful of countries in the OPEC+ oil-producing alliance plan to increase their outputs modestly next month, which would bring more oil...
July 05, 2026 Business
Butler County has a long tradition of building America. American Bantam Car Company designed the Jeeps used in World War II. Armco Steel, now Clevela...
July 03, 2026 Local News
The Thiele Dairy Farm in Jefferson Township got in on the America250 spirit by setting up a festive and patriotic hay bale decoration just in time for...
July 03, 2026 Agriculture
Weekend Entertainment
Veteran NASA astronaut Mike Fincke will be a featured speaker at the 2026 Moon2Mars Foundation Summer Speaker Series on Saturday and Sunday, July 18 and 19, at Point Park...
July 01, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce married Friday night at Madison Square Garden, where actor Adam Sandler was the surprising officiant at a ceremony and Stevie Nic...
July 05, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Every once in a while, Hollywood gets high on its own supply and makes a love letter to moviemaking. It happened recently with Steven Spielberg's “The Fabelmans” and Geor...
July 04, 2026 Reviews
The “Enola Holmes” movies have done nothing so much as chart Millie Bobby Brown’s evolution from child actor to movie star. She was 16 when the first “Enola Holmes” debut...
July 04, 2026 Reviews
The satirical news site The Onion isn’t waiting to take possession of Infowars to launch a parody of Alex Jones’ conspiracy platform. More than a year after first trying...
July 02, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Amanda Powell flew a thousand miles from Little Rock, Ark., to the heart of New York City for just one reason: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding. She and...
July 02, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Below are the even...
July 04, 2026 Special Sections
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Below are a number...
July 03, 2026 Special Sections
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Butler Area Pu...
July 03, 2026 Special Sections
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Butler Transit Aut...
July 03, 2026 Special Sections
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
July 01, 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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