While air quality remained at Code Red in Butler on Saturday, July 18, the wet weather and change in wind pushed some particles out of region, lowering Sunday t...
SAXONBURG — Putting together a jigsaw puzzle is usually a serene, relaxing hobby. However, for the six teams in the South Butler Community Library puzzle contes...
ZELIENOPLE — The sky was visible this time, but Mother Nature still played spoiler.
Day 3 of Horse Trading Days on Saturday, July 18, started strong in the morn...
(The Center Square) — The “balance” in Pennsylvania's new state budget for 2026-27 is a bipartisan illusion created by moving numbers around on spreadsheets and...
Entertainment at Horse Trading Days Saturday night, July 18, has been canceled due to expected severe thunderstorms and high winds, according to a Facebook post...
Butler County air quality alert reduced to Code Orange
Butler County air qual...
Teams compete in puzzle race at South Butler Community Library
Teams compete in puzzl...
Vendors affected by weather at Horse Trading Days take an optimistic view
Vendors affected by we...
State leaders delay $1.3B in payments to help create balanced budget illusion
Butler County Sheriff Mike Slupe was recognized with a Law Enforcement Officer of the Year award for the state of Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 18, by the American Legio...
Those heading northeast from Butler County may need to find a detour.
According to a news release Saturday night from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Route...
Families whose children receive free or reduced-price school meals in Pennsylvania public schools could see changes in their eligibility for the upcoming school year.
The...
A Lyndora man on the Megan’s Law registry offered a 10-year-old boy $50 to perform sexual acts on him, according to Butler Township police.
Bernard Richard Godfrey, 55, ...
Cranberry Township Police Sgt. Mike Marshall was recognized by Stock Stick for his deployment of the company’s tire deflation device to end a 14-minute pursuit in Februar...
With a $50.85 billion state budget agreement signed Sunday, July 12, local school leaders avoid another four months of panicking over lost funds.
The agreement between t...
CHICORA — After a recent Erie boating accident killed his cousin, David “Bullwinkle” Rodgers, Zach Scherer and the Scherer Foundation are holding a charity concert to ben...
The Butler Eagle received six first place awards, three second place awards and two honorable mentions from the 2026 Professional Keystone Media Awards.
The Eagle’s news ...
CRANBERRY TWP — An FBI special agent spoke to a township man for just over a week while posing as a father soliciting his 11-year-old stepson for sex, according to testim...
I'm writing in response to Justin Wagner’s letter published July 12 (“Our seniors earned Social Security,” Page A4). It’s encouraging seeing someone s...
For over 200 years, America has demonstrated to the world that people of all backgrounds, regardless of race, national origin or beliefs, can work and...
Butler Area School District is the latest in the area to vote to ban cellphone usage. The state may soon step in to remove the handheld distractions i...
Something is breaking in farm country and the warning signs are growing harder to ignore.
The clearest indicator arrived this spring, when farm bankru...
Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall of its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico because of a potential link to the multistate...
The following are first-place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ended Saturday, July 11.
Junior 4-H & FFA Exhibitors
Ages 16-21, Morgan Teets, S...
Water utility company Pennsylvania American Water said in a media release the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has approved a decision on the co...
The World Cup has been a bonanza for beer in the U.S. Bars in Boston reported needing emergency deliveries to keep taps from running dry on some game ...
Todd Williams, co-owner of Kat’s Coffeehouse in Pine Township, Allegheny County, had a problem. After the morning rush, hardly anyone showed up to buy...
Below is the schedule for the upcoming Horse Trading Days in Zelienople:
Thursday, July 16
Around Town
Craft and food vendors, 2 to 8 p.m. at Four Corners Park ...
LONDON — Brenda Fricker, who won an Academy Award for her role as Bridget Fagan Brown in the 1989 film “My Left Foot,’’ has died. She was 81.
The Irish character actor di...
Getting home, and turning back the clock, has long been at the root of Christopher Nolan’s films. The astronauts of “Interstellar” painstakingly lose 23 years in space tr...
Christopher Nolan's “The Odyssey” was an epic undertaking for all involved. The cast and crew embarked on a globe-trotting mission to bring the story of Odysseus' hom...
BUTLER TWP — One green ogre’s far-away swamp is getting a fairy tale reimagining next week at Butler County Community College’s Succop Theater.
Children and adults alike ...
NEW YORK — A wide array of performers, from actor Tom Cruise to streamer IShowSpeed, will help close out the World Cup, FIFA announced Tuesday.
Soccer's governing body re...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Two young Ukrainian families are relieved to be watching the deer and chipmunks frolic on their hosts’ Cranberry Township lawn, and not wondering wher...
HARRISBURG — In the coming years, Pennsylvania will receive more than $1 billion in federal funding to bring high-speed internet access to everyone in...
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 ...
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...
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority is asking for the public’s opinion until Friday, March 10 on two potential action plans for wider int...
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...
