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SRU music majors lead children in ‘Meaningful musical experiences’
SLIPPERY ROCK — A recurring activity run by students in Slippery Rock University’s music program combines performance with educational lessons in a way that the...
No. 7 Slippery Rock football hammers rival IUP with fourth-quarter explosion to stay unbeaten
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — After watching host Indiana score 18 consecutive points, Slippery Rock needed a response. It produced three of them. Leading 21-18 early in ...
WPIAL, PIAA football Week 8 final scores: Karns City beats Butler, Moniteau makes playoffs and more highlights
A matchup that won’t have playoff implications for either team is our game of the week: Butler at Karns City in the first ever meeting between the two programs....
Moniteau football clinches first District 9 playoff berth since 2018 with comeback win vs Brookville
CHERRY TWP — To complete its journey from 0-10 two years ago to reaching the District 9 playoffs, Moniteau football needed a spark. It received two. After not c...
Butler County vape shops brace for ban of products
Vape shops across Pennsylvania are preparing for Monday, Oct. 19, when Pennsylvania law enforcement is scheduled to begin enforcing Act 57. The act bans all but...
SRU music majors lead children in ‘Meaningful musical experiences’
SRU music majors lead ...
No. 7 Slippery Rock football hammers rival IUP with fourth-quarter explosion to ...
No. 7 Slippery Rock fo...
WPIAL, PIAA football Week 8 final scores: Karns City beats Butler, Moniteau make...
WPIAL, PIAA football W...
Moniteau football clinches first District 9 playoff berth since 2018 with comeba...
Moniteau football clin...
Butler County vape shops brace for ban of products
Butler County vape sho...
Top Headlines
CRANBERRY TWP — Service, decision-making and work-life balance were among the subjects highlighted at a panel discussion Friday, Oct. 16, featuring five women leaders fro...
October 17, 2026 Local News
Police, fire service, public works are top issues for voters
October 17, 2026 Local News
McKean Street in the City of Butler came alive with music, performances, activities, food, libations and more Friday evening, Oct. 16, for the second rendition of A Taste...
October 17, 2026 Local News
Owner plans for another tenant on second floor
October 17, 2026 Local News
Residents of Forward Township must wait an additional month to express their concerns with the township’s planning commission concerning the proposed Misty Hollow Data Ce...
October 16, 2026 Local News
News
The state’s Department of Revenue is reminding older Pennsylvanians, widows, widowers and people with disabilities that they have until Dec. 31 to apply for the property ...
October 16, 2026 Local News
West Virginia University Health System has welcomed a new doctor to Butler Memorial Hospital. Robert McHugh has joined the hospital’s medical staff, expanding access to p...
October 16, 2026 Local News
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced charges Friday, Oct. 16, against 13 individuals in connection with an alleged cocaine-trafficking ring that made hundr...
October 16, 2026 Local News
Proposed budget not expected to include tax increase
October 16, 2026 Local News
KITTANNING — Dozens of families in Armstrong County got a first look at Providence Classical Academy, a proposed private Christian K-6 school which plans to open its door...
October 16, 2026 Local News
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Community
Mom immediately thought of son after finding competition
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock and Winfi...
October 15, 2026
When you gaze at the Butler night sky, especially in the dark countryside, you can see all...
October 15, 2026
The Lowrie House will host a free talk at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, exploring the histor...
October 15, 2026
Jacob Szul and Leela Hyatt were named the 2026 Tornado prince and princess at Butler High ...
October 15, 2026
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Sports
The Butler Eagle’s photo team was four PIAA football games Friday night, Butler at Karns C...
 
Knoch snapped a four-game losing streak with a 26-0 Allegheny 7 Conference football victor...
October 16, 2026
ADAMS TWP — Turnovers doomed Mars. New Castle forced four interceptions and capitalized on...
October 16, 2026
KARNS CITY — Butler gave Karns City an opportunity to close the door. And the Gremlins sla...
October 16, 2026
BUFFALO TWP — Freeport is chasing two teams atop the Allegheny 7 Conference and but is in ...
October 16, 2026
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Editorial
Butler Area School District responded to a threat on Wednesday, Sept. 30, with a modified perimeter lockdown. My understanding of this safety measure ...
October 17, 2026 Letters to the Editor
How dare President Donald Trump say a 250-day deployment for sailors and Marines aboard the USS Lincoln carrier group “is not nearly long enough.” I w...
October 17, 2026 Letters to the Editor
The Oct. 9 edition of the Butler Eagle illustrates the positive and negative outcomes of our current ideological division. We read of the deportation...
October 17, 2026 Letters to the Editor
As we get older, most of us start paying closer attention to our health. Yet one of the most important steps we can take is also one of the easiest to...
October 17, 2026 Letters to the Editor
October 16, 2026 Cartoons
Business
Allegheny Health Network has appointed Nipun B. Merchant, a surgical oncologist, researcher and healthcare executive, as the chair of the network’s De...
October 16, 2026 Business
The Courtyard by Marriott Pittsburgh North/Cranberry Woods, 150 Cranberry Woods Drive, is now under new ownership. Highline Hospitality Partners, the ...
October 16, 2026 Business
In response to the needs of patients, Butler Eye Care, 391 Evans City Road, is opening an office-based surgery suite on Thursday. The new suite will o...
October 15, 2026 Business
A Butler County gun and sporting goods store has found a way to give back to local veterans. To celebrate its one-year reopening anniversary, Chicora ...
October 15, 2026 Business
Earlier this week, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Alumni Association Board of Directors added three new members, including Cranberry Township na...
October 15, 2026 Local News
Weekend Entertainment
I have started to appreciate a little hocus-pocus in the past year or so. Previously, I wanted nothing to do with jumpscares, suspense or hair-raising tales. The world is...
October 14, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
It is a truth universally acknowledged, as somebody once wrote, that a Jane Austen novel is a precursor to the modern rom-com. And so we find ourselves, in a new adaptati...
October 15, 2026 Reviews
Since we're going back to the 1990s in “Street Fighter,” let’s use a “Seinfeld” episode to describe how I felt coming out of Kitao Sakurai’s adaptation of the vintage arc...
October 15, 2026 Reviews
NEW YORK — It was something most people have likely done at one time or another: complain to others about feeling judged or dismissed during an interaction, maybe even ta...
October 15, 2026 People
NEW YORK — Actor Selma Blair has been issued a summons accusing her of assaults that occurred aboard a plane after she was taken into custody following a flight from Los ...
October 13, 2026 People
In the era of gentle parenting, even the word discipline can feel like a third-rail topic. It’s certainly foreboding when it’s first mentioned in Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord...
October 09, 2026 Reviews
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Special Sections
This year’s Zelienople Fall Festival brought together the community for an evening of activities Friday. The event will continue from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday and fr...
October 10, 2026 Local News
When neighbors walk past Deb West’s patio home in the Meeder neighborhood in Cranberry Township, her front porch catches their attention. Filled with colorful seasonal fl...
October 07, 2026 Special Sections
Kathy Garrison has been cancer free for decades now, but her experiences during and after treatment had stuck with her. One especially impactful struggle for her was in ...
October 06, 2026 Special Sections
CENTER TWP — When it comes to cancer, Cheryl Schaefer is all about the fight. Schaefer, 68, of Center Township, has fought uterine, breast and thyroid cancer over the yea...
October 06, 2026 Special Sections
St. Faustina Kowalska, a Polish Catholic nun, spent her life sharing a message of compassion and mercy. At the Slippery Rock parish named for her, sewing ministry volunte...
October 06, 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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