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Prosecution rests in Day 1 of homicide trial
The prosecution rested its case Monday, the first day of the homicide trail for Nathan D. Michael, 29, of Butler Township who has been charged with shooting Jos...
Armstrong County woman accused of killing, hiding 3 infants
An Armstrong County woman has been charged with criminal homicide and abuse of a corpse after police found three dead infants in her former residence. Jessica M...
Mercer Township looking for Butler paramedic program compromise
MERCER TWP — Township supervisors are looking for ways to mitigate the impact of emergency medical services shortages. In a letter sent to Butler County Commis...
Update: Washington Township man found following search
An 85-year-old man was found in “good condition” Monday morning, Sept. 15, on state game lands in Washington Township after being reported missing by a neighbor...
Seneca Valley Schools operated Monday under ‘secure’ status following police alert
All Seneca Valley schools were placed on “secure” status Monday morning, Sept. 15, after police notified district officials of suspicious activity involving an ...
Prosecution rests in Day 1 of homicide trial
Prosecution rests in D...
Armstrong County woman accused of killing, hiding 3 infants
Armstrong County woman...
Mercer Township looking for Butler paramedic program compromise
Mercer Township lookin...
Update: Washington Township man found following search
Update: Washington Tow...
Seneca Valley Schools operated Monday under ‘secure’ status following police ale...
Seneca Valley Schools ...
Top Headlines
BUTLER TWP — Residents of Butler Township may get a slight bump in their trash bills in the near future. The board of supervisors agreed to renegotiate the terms of its c...
September 15, 2025 Government
JACKSON TWP — Seneca Valley School District officials are looking to add additional bus drivers for the 2025-26 school year. During a meeting on Monday, Sept. 15, the boa...
September 15, 2025 Local News
A Cabot man is accused of raping and repeatedly sexually assaulting a girl at a Penn Township home over a period of time nearly two years ago, according to charges filed ...
September 16, 2025 Crime & Courts
Shawn Zappia, the man who was originally hired to be principal of Moraine Elementary School, has been reassigned to an entirely new role for the district. Slippery Rock A...
September 16, 2025 Local News
Rural King employees had to briefly evacuate their store Monday afternoon after some smoke was seen coming from a condenser motor inside the store. Butler city, Butler a...
September 15, 2025 Local News
News
A Parker resident was arrested on Friday, Sept. 12, after he was found unresponsive in his car with his young daughter and numerous pieces of drug paraphernalia. Zachory ...
September 16, 2025 Crime & Courts
Children and their families got the chance to get up close and personal with emergency vehicles Monday night during a touch-a-truck event at Fun Fore All Family Fun Park ...
September 16, 2025 Local News
Multiple fire departments responded to reports of a residential fire in Butler on Monday morning, Sept. 15. A fire was reported in the 500 block of Third Street just afte...
September 15, 2025 Local News
Fire crews from Butler, Venango and Clarion counties worked together Sunday afternoon, Sept. 14, to battle a brush fire in Cherry Valley. Reports of a brush fire were fir...
September 15, 2025 Local News
Butler Downtown held its fall cleanup event on Saturday, Sept. 13. Volunteers spent several hours picking up trash and cleaning sidewalks as part of annual event. ...
September 15, 2025 Local News
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Community
Jim Lewis bringing Haitian doctor to annual gala
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
FRANKLIN TWP — Dozens of Butler County residents took an opportunity to send a message to ...
September 15, 2025
Butler County Community College’s annual “Stories of Hope” Hope Night and Hope is Dope Com...
September 13, 2025
Students of St. Wendelin School in Oakland Township returned to class on Friday, Aug. 22, ...
September 13, 2025
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mo...
September 13, 2025
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Sports
Freeport’s Ethan Crooks fired an even-par 72 to place first at the WPIAL Section 1-2A tour...
 
Kadyn Czepiel takes his role as Moniteau football’s hydration specialist seriously. “They ...
September 15, 2025
Coach Dan Buzzard and Butler’s girls soccer team entered the season with good vibes. But i...
September 15, 2025
Whether it’s winning three Super Bowls or five NASCAR Cup Series championships, Joe Gibbs ...
September 15, 2025
PITTSBURGH — When the Pittsburgh Steelers' defense holds its first meeting during a game w...
September 15, 2025
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Editorial
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to a...
September 16, 2025 Editorial
September 16, 2025 Cartoons
We know. We’ve seen the ugly face of political violence firsthand. We still mourn the cost and remember a husband, a colleague, a friend — gone in a s...
September 16, 2025 Our Opinion
September 15, 2025 Cartoons
The climate emergency has produced several on-the-nose metaphorical moments lately, such as an art museum founded by oil baron J. Paul Getty being thr...
September 15, 2025 Other Voices
Business
President Donald Trump wants to do away with the quarterly earnings report. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said securities regulators should stop r...
September 16, 2025 Business
Wellness studio SweatHouz is preparing to open SWTHZ Contrast Therapy Studio in Cranberry Township, 1694 state Route 228, Suite 106. The business wil...
September 16, 2025 Business
Tesla's stock was climbing Monday as CEO Elon Musk disclosed the purchase of more than 2.5 million shares worth approximately $1 billion. Shares of th...
September 16, 2025 Business
NEW YORK — A potential strike has been averted that could have shut down the nation’s largest commuter rail system this week. Unionized workers for th...
September 16, 2025 Business
MADRID — A framework deal has been reached between China and the U.S. for the ownership of popular social video platform TikTok, U.S. Treasury Secret...
September 16, 2025 Business
Weekend Entertainment
Storyteller Bill May will bring a Civil War mystery story to life at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Butler Area Public Library, 218 N. McKean St. in Butler. Agnes L...
September 11, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
As “Downton Abbey” comes to a close, two of its stars are opening up about their life together. Laura Carmichael and Michael C. Fox — who play characters Lady Edith and A...
September 16, 2025 People
LOS ANGELES — “Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle” carved out a place in box office history this weekend as the Japanese anime film sliced straight to No. 1 — outpacing the ho...
September 15, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
Cardi B releasing her long-awaited sophomore LP, “Am I the Drama?,” and Lily James playing the founder of the popular dating app Bumble in the new biographical drama “Swi...
September 15, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
Change comes slowly to the Downton Abbey universe and its Crawley family. Just watch Robert Crawley go flat-hunting in London. Wait, what? FLAT-HUNTING? The Earl of ...
September 13, 2025 Reviews
Things are very, very grim in “The Long Walk,” the adaptation of Stephen King’s 1979 novel (published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman), which is essentially “The Hung...
September 13, 2025 Reviews
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Special Sections
Federal incentives for home energy improvements are running out at the end of the year, so it’s decision time for anyone who has been thinking about a heat pump. The righ...
September 10, 2025 Special Sections
If you spend any time gardening, you probably understand what I mean when I say it feels good — despite the lifting, sweating and straining involved. Yes, exercise is goo...
September 10, 2025 Special Sections
There is a meme on social media that shows up every year in the spring, in which the late Chris Farley, in full Matt Foley bluster, shouts that he wants it to stop rainin...
September 10, 2025 Special Sections
As summer submits to autumn, great swaths of goldenrod light up the fields across Butler County with their vibrant yellow blooms. This striking display is not the only ...
September 10, 2025 Special Sections
To view the Butler Eagle’s PDF version, click here. ...
September 09, 2025 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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