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Slippery Rock’s Halloween parade draws an impressive, costumed crowd
SLIPPERY ROCK — The community came out in droves for the borough’s annual Halloween Parade Saturday evening. The event, organized by the Slippery Rock Voluntee...
What to know for Election Day 2026: Meet the candidates and learn where to cast a ballot
Election Day is almost here. On Nov. 3, Americans will go the polls and cast their ballots to decide elections affecting every level of governance. In Pennsylv...
Photos: Zelienople Halloween Parade 2026
Goblins and goblins alongside fire trucks and parade participants ruled the streets of Zelienople Thursday, Oct. 29, for the annual Halloween festivities held i...
GoFundMe launched for family who lost home in Summit Township fire
Kyle Salka grabbed a fire extinguisher and ran toward the fire Tuesday, Oct. 27, to try to save the home where he lived with his wife, two kids and two dogs, bu...
Mars, Adams residents contemplate merger at final town hall
ADAMS TWP — The potential Mars-Adams Township merger stems from conversations last November surrounding the future of the Mars library, according to Russell For...
Slippery Rock’s Halloween parade draws an impressive, costumed crowd
Slippery Rock’s Hallow...
What to know for Election Day 2026: Meet the candidates and learn where to cast ...
What to know for Elect...
Photos: Zelienople Halloween Parade 2026
Photos: Zelienople Hal...
GoFundMe launched for family who lost home in Summit Township fire
GoFundMe launched for ...
Mars, Adams residents contemplate merger at final town hall
Mars, Adams residents ...
Top Headlines
Butler County can’t seem to steer clear of the political headlines. In the nearly two years since Pennsylvania helped send President Donald Trump back to the White House ...
October 31, 2026 Local News
Mandatory fee to be added, if passed
October 30, 2026 Local News
A Megan’s Law offender and Prospect man is charged with trespassing at Moraine Elementary School repeatedly. Trenton John Tompkins, 40, was charged last week by state pol...
October 30, 2026 Local News
‘Tis the spooky season, and many in the community have joined in on the Halloween fun by decorating their front yards or porches with eerie lighting and scary props. Some...
October 31, 2026 Local News
Kyle Salka grabbed a fire extinguisher and ran toward the fire Tuesday, Oct. 27, to try to save the home where he lived with his wife, two kids and two dogs, but it was t...
October 30, 2026 Local News
News
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Butler Sept. 17 — Braydn Joseph Perkins, 22, of Butler, was charged with misdemean...
November 01, 2026 Local News
Slippery Rock University students, staff and alumni are pushing back on a university decision to wind down its longtime Master of Science degree program in athletic train...
October 31, 2026 Local News
Donnie Iris never played the “diva act,” said Jim Spears, who recalls performing alongside the late rock musician. Iris’s music career ran from the 1960s to the 2020s, s...
October 31, 2026 Local News
New offerings include rolled ice cream, dirty sodas On Halloween, trick-or-treat candy will not be the only sweet thing available in Butler. The Sweet Gremlin is set for ...
October 31, 2026 Local News
JACKSON TWP — Board of supervisors voted on several construction and infrastructure-related plans at a special meeting Friday. Board approved a public road to access Evan...
October 31, 2026 Local News
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Community
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Noel Mitchell was always into horses as a child, and now he rides one ...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
Glade Run Church will have a community Thanksgiving dinner Nov. 7. The dinner is free to a...
October 30, 2026
Operation Christmas Child ships millions of shoeboxes each Christmas season, including tho...
October 30, 2026
Butler Area School District’s Distinguished Graduate Steering Committee has begun the proc...
October 29, 2026
Allegheny General Hospital will be featured in a streaming show once again. The hospital i...
October 29, 2026
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Sports
Fall fishing brings with it a certain paradox, providing the potential for some of the yea...
 
North Catholic’s season came to an end a win short of playing for a state title. District ...
October 31, 2026
CLARION — A punt, a pick and production, as usual. No. 7 Slippery Rock University used...
October 31, 2026
Week 10 is over, and now the PIAA football postseason kicks off in full force. The WPI...
October 31, 2026
The Butler Eagle’s photo team was at three PIAA football games Friday night: Brashear at B...
October 31, 2026
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Editorial
Kudos to Dan Bauer for his Oct. 25 article, titled “Embrace the arts to strengthen our country” (Butler Eagle, Page A4), in which he explained how the...
November 01, 2026 Letters to the Editor
The Oct. 21, report on Allegheny County’s 11-4 vote for paid parental leave (“Parental leave mandate OK’d,” Butler Eagle, Oct. 22, Page 7) raises a fa...
November 01, 2026 Letters to the Editor
With West Virginia University Health System assuming ownership of Butler Memorial Hospital, it is with great hope that the care will dramatically impr...
November 01, 2026 Letters to the Editor
October 30, 2026 Cartoons
The Butler Freeport Community Trail is getting connected to two other trails that will expand Butler County’s hiking potential. This is great news for...
October 30, 2026 Our Opinion
Business
Keystone Appalachian Transmission Company, FirstEnergy’s transmission subsidiary, will test advanced technologies in Butler County that could make the...
October 30, 2026 Business
A new consulting company has opened in Zelienople, aimed at helping college-bound students and families navigate the college admissions and selection ...
October 27, 2026 Business
Fort Worth, Texas-based natural gas and natural gas liquids exploration and production company Range Resources has entered into a merger agreement wit...
October 27, 2026 Business
Eligible retirees in the Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System are due to receive new regular monthly pension payments in October re...
October 27, 2026 Business
The Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation has announced the voluntary withdrawal of AHN Grove City Hospital from its level IV trauma center accredita...
October 27, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
The Appleby Manor Presbyterian Church, 810 Main St. in Ford City, is having its 35th annual model train display in November. The display will be open from 4 to 6 p.m. Nov...
October 29, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
Thirty-four days before the disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was due in federal prison to serve an 11-year sentence for conspiracy and fraud, she and her partn...
October 30, 2026 Reviews
“Gentle Monster” lets you fall a little bit in love with Lucy, Philip and their young son Johnny, before blowing everything up. This is a film about moral and societa...
October 30, 2026 Reviews
Patrick Stewart, the classically trained actor who added Shakespearean gravitas to the “Star Trek” and “X-Men” franchises, has died. He was 86. Stewart died Wednesday in ...
October 29, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
November is always a great time for stargazing fans. This year we have even more added attractions, both in the evening and early morning over Butler. In the evening heav...
October 29, 2026 Community
LOS ANGELES — Braddock Sandoval perused tables with wigs, a Darth Vader mask, a black tutu, and other items and garments on an unusually sizzling day in Los Angeles. He f...
October 29, 2026 National News
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Special Sections
LOS ANGELES — Strapped into a harness, Josh Law was lowered from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter into the rough Pacific Ocean in the pitch black night, far off the Mexican ...
October 28, 2026 Special Sections
A longtime Western Pennsylvania firefighter who died in 2022 at the age of 49 left behind memories for his colleagues and a lasting legacy as a fire instructor. Jimmy...
October 28, 2026 Special Sections
Matt Boehm can pinpoint when his interest to start the Model Train Club of Zelienople began. A little more than five years ago, his sister, Sandy, gave him their father’s...
October 26, 2026 Special Sections
Adams Area Fire District Address: 645 Route 228, Mars Phone: 724-625-1210 Email: info@adamsarea42.com Website: adamsarea42.com Fire Chief: Ta...
October 26, 2026 Special Sections
Thomas Burnatoski lost his life in the line of duty as an EMT in 1983, but he will always be remembered by those who knew him as a hard worker and a gentle giant. Burnato...
October 26, 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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