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Man accused of threatening Trump, police following interaction at July 2024 rally
Threats made on social media 18 months after Butler County assassination attempt
How remote learning kept Butler County students progressing following Sunday’s snowstorm
Gone are the days where more than a foot of snow meant children could enjoy a day with no classes to worry about. In the post-pandemic world, remote learning is...
Butler to shift snow focus to problem roads, intersections
After several days of digging out of the snow, Butler Mayor Bob Dandoy said there is still a lot of work ahead as the city’s streets department shifts its focus...
8 arrested by ICE last week in Cranberry Township
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested eight people during a single targeted vehicle stop Jan. 22 at Ryan Homes at Park Place Townhomes in Cranberry ...
Residents urge county to cut ties with ICE
Elizabeth Koromaus said she’s tired of her neighbors and community members being grabbed off the streets and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement wit...
Man accused of threatening Trump, police following interaction at July 2024 rall...
Man accused of threate...
How remote learning kept Butler County students progressing following Sunday’s s...
How remote learning ke...
Butler to shift snow focus to problem roads, intersections
Butler to shift snow f...
8 arrested by ICE last week in Cranberry Township
8 arrested by ICE last...
Residents urge county to cut ties with ICE
Residents urge county ...
Top Headlines
Glenn Miller built his life around service, quietly giving decades of time and leadership to the Butler community. “He never did anything for a self-serving reason,” Stan...
January 29, 2026 Local News
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Slippery Rock Area school board’s educational programming committee heard a pitch Monday evening, Jan. 26, on what offering the U.S. Army Junior Reser...
January 28, 2026 Local News
A Parker man was given a state prison sentence Thursday after pleading guilty to robbing a Brady Township home in May 2024, seeking retaliation against a witness and flee...
January 30, 2026 Crime & Courts
WINFIELD TWP — A conditional use hearing to operate a small storage facility on a residential-zoned property drew a large-than-usual crowd of concerned residents to a tow...
January 30, 2026 Local News
A Butler man is accused of breaking into a residence Wednesday, Jan. 28, and stealing $100 and a Mercedes-Benz, Butler city police said. Ronald A. Kapsin, 45, was charge...
January 30, 2026 Local News
News
Crews worked across Butler County to clean up the mountains of snow leftover from Sunday’s snowstorm. From Butler to Saxonburg and Zelienople to Chicora, communities work...
January 29, 2026 Local News
The following Butler County schools are operating on adjusted schedules for Friday, Jan. 30, 2026: Allegheny-Clarion Valley School District - 2 Hour Delay Butler Area ...
January 29, 2026 Local News
Slippery Rock Borough and Slippery Rock University police have identified a man accused of a string of thefts from November to January. Borough police said Alliyah Love ...
January 29, 2026 Local News
The National Weather Service is expecting weather for Thursday, Jan. 29, to be similar to Wednesday’s, according to a spokesperson in the Pittsburgh office. The spokespe...
January 29, 2026 Local News
Pennsylvania is looking to add 1,200 truck parking spots statewide before the end of 2026. According to a news release from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation,...
January 29, 2026 Government
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Community
Butler County Humane Society helped cover the cost
Today's Verse
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AARP Foundation Tax-Aide will again be offering its free in-person income tax preparation ...
January 28, 2026
FOXBURG, Clarion Co. — The auditorium at Allegheny-Clarion Valley Junior/Senior High Schoo...
January 27, 2026
Bishop Emeritus David Zubik will celebrate a special Mass on Friday, Jan. 30, to mark the ...
January 27, 2026
The Cranberry Community Uniting People (CUP) is now accepting applications to be its 2026 ...
January 27, 2026
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Sports
As if Seneca Valley girls basketball’s perfect section record wasn’t enough, the Raiders h...
 
JACKSON TWP — Natalie Hambly is usually good for a remarkable quote. Yet, a few days befor...
January 29, 2026
The WPIAL released its Class 3A and 2A boys team wrestling playoff brackets on Thursday. T...
January 29, 2026
Every high school sporting event in Butler County provides a chance for students to coordi...
January 29, 2026
Jake Kauffman grew to love girls basketball while following his older sister, Jordan, a fo...
January 29, 2026
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Editorial
The opportunity to try a taste of what the county has to offer with a side of promotional deals and flavors is passing fast. Now in its fifth year, Re...
January 29, 2026 Our Opinion
January 29, 2026 Cartoons
Wish them well. Next month, four astronauts are expected to board a space capsule called Orion, blast off on a rocket known as the Space Launch System...
January 29, 2026 Other Voices
Recent stories have highlighted a disturbing trend seen across the nation cropping up right here in Butler County. Criminal cases against those assaul...
January 28, 2026 Our Opinion
The most celebrated early successes of artificial intelligence were computers beating human champions in games such as chess and Go. Today we are all...
January 28, 2026 Other Voices
Business
CRANBERRY TWP — Next into the tank is a local chamber of commerce looking to establish an “entrepreneurial ecosystem” full of resources and insight on...
January 29, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve pushed the pause button on its interest rate cuts Wednesday, leaving its key rate unchanged at about 3.6% after lower...
January 28, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday took a step toward rolling back a rule that limits smokestack emissions that burden downwind areas ...
January 28, 2026 National News
Amazon is slashing about 16,000 corporate jobs in the second round of mass layoffs for the ecommerce company in three months. The tech giant has said ...
January 28, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — Pinterest plans to lay off under 15% of its workforce, as part of broader restructuring that arrives as the image-sharing platform pivots m...
January 27, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
Young thespians grow better understanding of acting as they age
January 29, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
As if they’d leave “Clueless” off the list. Cher Horowitz fans, rejoice: Amy Heckerling's 1995 teen comedy is one of 25 classic movies chosen this year by the Library of ...
January 29, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
WASHINGTON — The head of artistic programming at the Kennedy Center abruptly stepped away from his post less than two weeks after he was named to the job in the latest si...
January 29, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — The 68th annual Grammy Awards will take place Feb. 1 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. This year marks a return to normalcy after the 2025 award show was...
January 29, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Winterfest, the annual showcase of all that Moraine State Park has to offer, is Saturday, Jan. 31. The event is hosted by the Moraine Preservation Fund, a nonprofit volun...
January 29, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Two-time Grammy Award-winning reggae drummer Sly Dunbar, who fueled countless tracks from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan and was one-half of the influential reggae rhythm sectio...
January 27, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
Wellness offerings across Butler County are expanding to meet people where they are, whether that's in a chair yoga class at the Cranberry YMCA or lying still during a so...
January 21, 2026 Special Sections
When parents enroll their children in martial arts classes at Butler-area studios, they expect to see kicks, punches and sparring drills. What many don’t anticipate is th...
January 21, 2026 Special Sections
To view the Butler Eagle’s PDF version, click here. ...
January 14, 2026 Special Sections
This holiday season, some shoppers are looking beyond traditional wrapped gifts — the kind that sometimes end up forgotten in the back of the closet — and choosing instea...
December 11, 2025 Special Sections
To view the Butler Eagle’s PDF version, click here. ...
December 10, 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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