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Cuisine draws visitors to Butler’s Italian Days
From cannoli to lasagna, it was the cuisine that brought people to downtown Butler Saturday, Aug. 29, for the second and final day of the second annual Butler I...
Herbs and brick oven used in 19th-century cooking demonstration
HARMONY — The 19th century brick oven reconstructed behind Harmony Museum provided the heat to make “tomato pie” for an event Saturday morning, Aug. 29; but the...
PA football Week 1 WPIAL, high school updates: Scores, highlights from Butler, Karns City-Moniteau, Mars-SV and more
Here at last. The 2026 PIAA football season is here at last. Eleven Butler County teams kick off tonight at 7 p.m., and the Butler Eagle will have you covered a...
Slippery Rock University employee killed in fatal crash in Venango Township
A 36-year-old woman died and three others — including a 3-year-old boy — were taken to area hospitals following a head-on crash Thursday, Aug. 27, in Venango To...
Italian Days takes over section of downtown Butler
The Butler streets were filled with Italian red, green and white Friday evening, Aug. 28, with the country’s colors on shirts, hats and flags in every corner. ...
Cuisine draws visitors to Butler’s Italian Days
Cuisine draws visitors...
Herbs and brick oven used in 19th-century cooking demonstration
Herbs and brick oven u...
PA football Week 1 WPIAL, high school updates: Scores, highlights from Butler, K...
PA football Week 1 WPI...
Slippery Rock University employee killed in fatal crash in Venango Township
Slippery Rock Universi...
Italian Days takes over section of downtown Butler
Italian Days takes ove...
Top Headlines
One person was taken to the hospital by medical helicopter after a motorcycle crash Sunday morning, Aug. 30, on Ekastown Road in Buffalo Township. According to Butler Cou...
August 30, 2026 Local News
Dogs were missing between 2 weeks and a month before charges filed
August 30, 2026 Local News
HARRISBURG — Gov. Josh Shapiro recently signed an executive order setting much stricter environmental and transparency standards for new data center developments in Penn...
August 30, 2026 Pennsylvania News
State Police will offer path for removing machines if October deadline passes
August 30, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Butler youths build cooperation through Air Force Academy-like exercise
August 29, 2026 Local News
News
BRADY TWP — Butler County Farm Bureau members and elected officials discussed pending legislation impacting eminent domain, milk and other issues at the annual legislativ...
August 29, 2026 Local News
A Butler man was arrested and charged after allegedly preventing a woman from leaving his apartment, months after his arrest for a similar alleged incident. Larry Anthon...
August 29, 2026 Local News
Adams Area Fire District’s chief is recovering in the hospital after he was injured at the fire station’s training grounds Wednesday, Aug. 19. President Jason Safreed sa...
August 29, 2026 Local News
CONNOQUENESSING — Connoquenessing’s team of volunteer firefighters and their equipment will soon have a new place to call home. Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company hel...
August 29, 2026 Local News
Issues over liens for $42,000 in unpaid taxes owed by a company Scott Timko formerly owned have been resolved. The campaign team for Timko, who was the Republican candida...
August 29, 2026 Local News
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Community
Springdale Lutheran Church recently celebrated its 150th anniversary by recognizing its hi...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock, and Winf...
August 29, 2026
During Sickle Cell Awareness Month in September, nonprofit blood provider Vitalant is high...
August 28, 2026
The Butler County Genealogical Society will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at Saint A...
August 28, 2026
BUTLER TWP — Hundreds of older residents came to Thursday’s debut of the Butler County Agi...
August 28, 2026
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Sports
Jack Steineman started his junior season with a win at the HOKA Night Cross Country Showca...
 
ST. LOUIS — Esmerlyn Valdez and Jared Triolo homered, Brandon Lowe added an RBI single and...
August 30, 2026
The Dallas Cowboys have acquired offensive tackle Broderick Jones, a 2023 first-round draf...
August 30, 2026
GOLF Lady Duffers Golf League Aug. 24 at Stoughton Acres Team stand...
August 29, 2026
The Butler Eagle’s photo team was at two big PIAA football games to kick off the 2026 seas...
August 29, 2026
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Editorial
This letter is in praise of Dr. Prasad Vemala’s recent editorial in this newspaper (“The state has a partnership shortage, not a worker one, Aug. 2, P...
August 29, 2026 Letters to the Editor
In the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 8, Congress couldn’t agree that people need proof of citizenship to vote. The Fourteenth Amendment prohib...
August 29, 2026 Letters to the Editor
August 28, 2026 Cartoons
Pennsylvania has seen two deaths from measles since the start of 2026 — the first measles-related deaths in 35 years. There is one common thread betwe...
August 28, 2026 Our Opinion
Few creatures play a larger role in agriculture and the environment than the honeybee. Although small in size, honeybees are responsible for pollinat...
August 28, 2026 Other Voices
Business
A petroleum distributor has filed suit in federal court alleging it supplied $4 million worth of gasoline sold to multiple Freedom Fuel Network gas st...
August 30, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — Besides a social media post from President Donald Trump, the White House has said little about what he is calling “THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL I...
August 30, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — Vaping company Juul Labs on Friday received federal permission to sell an updated version of its e-cigarette, which includes an optional ...
August 28, 2026 Business
Meijer is one step closer to bringing its shopping experience to Jackson Township. Representatives from the Michigan-based company confirmed it recent...
August 27, 2026 Business
OAKLAND, Calif. — Meta agreed Wednesday to pay up to $18 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as par...
August 26, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
The second annual 16066 BBQ Bash will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19, at Cranberry Township Municipal Center’s Armstrong Great Lawn, 2525 Rochest...
August 27, 2026 Local News
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Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Three years after Warner Bros. abruptly canned “Coyote vs. Acme,” the Looney Tunes feature film that was given a new lease on life by Ketchup Entertainment deb...
August 30, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Dolly Parton was many things: A country star, actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur, theme park enthusiast, Christian who centered acceptance in her personal th...
August 30, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Smiling on the January 1987 cover of Ms., the magazine co-founded by feminism pioneer Gloria Steinem, are its 12 Women of the Year. They include a U.S. senator, a renowne...
August 30, 2026 National News
Dolly Parton left a lifetime of fantastic work behind when she died Tuesday — and the 80-year-old star still had more projects in store. The “9 to 5” singer and actor’...
August 30, 2026 National News
There’s a poignant poetry in the Sisyphean quest of Looney Tunes character Wile E. Coyote. This born yearner roams the desert, trying to catch and eat the Road Runner, hi...
August 28, 2026 Reviews
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Special Sections
Slippery Rock University senior and commuter student Samuel Kightlinger said that for his 10 a.m. class last year, he had to arrive to campus at least an hour early to fi...
August 27, 2026 Special Sections
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15. SHEEP Border Leicester Yearling Ram Lamb, Willem Meiser, Butler Champion R...
August 27, 2026 Local News
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15. GOATS Alpine Milking Doe – 2 & Under 3, Cheyenne Henry, Chicora Milking Do...
August 27, 2026 Local News
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15. BEEF CATTLE Angus Spring Heifer Calf, Kenneth Cranmer, Butler Jr Heifer Ca...
August 27, 2026 Local News
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15. Ayrshire Spring Heifer Calf, Nathan Rassau, Enon Valley Fall Yearling Heif...
August 26, 2026 Local News
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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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