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Former booster club treasurer accused of stealing $20K from club, spending it on gambling
A Chicora woman is accused of stealing more than $20,000 from the Butler Girls Softball Booster Club and spending at least part of it on online gambling, accord...
Parents of 19-year-old run over by U-Haul box truck share update
Man has yet to leave hospital after 5 surgeries, 3 blood transfusions
Teachers’ rally, draw crowd over expired contract
ADAMS TWP — Over 100 Mars Area School District teachers lined up outside the administration building, stood with picket signs along Route 228 and packed a schoo...
Mars not bringing back Jason Thompson as baseball coach after ‘mistake’ during team trip to Florida
Jason Thompson guided Mars varsity baseball to four WPIAL playoff appearances in five years, including a pair of semifinal games. But the Planets will have a ne...
2 women who died following Butler Township crash identified
Mother of boy dies in Sunday collision Two women, including the mother of a boy, died following a head-on crash Sunday, July 26, along Route 8 in Butler Townsh...
Former booster club treasurer accused of stealing $20K from club, spending it on...
Former booster club tr...
Parents of 19-year-old run over by U-Haul box truck share update
Parents of 19-year-old...
Teachers’ rally, draw crowd over expired contract
Teachers’ rally, draw ...
Mars not bringing back Jason Thompson as baseball coach after ‘mistake’ during t...
Mars not bringing back...
2 women who died following Butler Township crash identified
2 women who died follo...
Top Headlines
A charge of felony aggravated assault against a Pittsburgh police detective who lives in Adams Township was withdrawn Wednesday, July 22, after a witness refused to testi...
July 28, 2026 Local News
State police had to deploy a tire deflation device to stop an Ohio man Saturday, July 25, after he made police believe he would stop then continued fleeing at 120 mph. C...
July 28, 2026 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Cranberry Township’s planning advisory commission denied Skill Games 777’s request for a conditional use application for an amusement arcade during its me...
July 28, 2026 Local News
ZELIENOPLE — At Monday’s meeting, borough council voted unanimously to authorize GFT Infrastructure to design storm sewers in the western part of the borough. The move is...
July 28, 2026 Government
ADAMS TWP — The township board of supervisors cleared one last, unexpected hurdle on the road to letting its residents decide on a proposed municipal merger with the boro...
July 28, 2026 Government
News
Township in early stages of considering fee to address provider struggles
July 29, 2026 Local News
The photos below shows a view of the potential future "Mars Township" on July 12, 2026. Adams Township and Mars will ask voters to consider merging the two municipalitie...
July 29, 2026 Local News
At Mars Pizza, the most popular order is still the simplest one. Cheese pizza remains the customer favorite, followed closely by pepperoni. But Mike Porreca, who has owne...
July 29, 2026 Business
Although nearly every township or borough in Butler County has a municipal park or recreation complex of some kind, few — if any — can boast of one quite as expansive as ...
July 29, 2026 Local News
The new Butler Senior Center will become a central hub for services for older residents when it opens in September. The center and several Butler County offices are shari...
July 29, 2026 Government
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Community
From its mid-century origins to its current Grand Avenue home, the Mars Area Public Librar...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
Some of Peter Calaboyias’ artwork has gone astray over the years. Much of his work involve...
July 28, 2026
Backing Up Butler County Emergency Services
July 28, 2026
A free Watersheds & Rain Barrels Workshop will be offered at Butler Area Public Library on...
July 27, 2026
Studio Z Yoga will host yoga every Thursday in Zelienople Community Park through Sept. 3. ...
July 27, 2026
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Sports
PITTSBURGH — James McCann singled in the winning run in the 12th inning with his fourth hi...
 
The long wait is (just about) over. High school football season begins in just about a...
July 28, 2026
The countdown to kickoff is underway. The 2026 PIAA football season begins Aug. 28, and wi...
July 28, 2026
PITTSBURGH — Brandon Lowe singled home Billy Cook in the bottom of the 10th inning to rall...
July 27, 2026
Knoch graduate and Slippery Rock University assistant track and field coach Jordan Geist n...
July 27, 2026
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Editorial
July 29, 2026 Cartoons
The City of Butler announced a zero-tolerance policy on electronic bicycles, otherwise known as e-bikes, effective July 23, due to violent crashes wit...
July 29, 2026 Our Opinion
The United States — like all democracies — is centered around the basic premise that a representative system of governance reflects public preferences...
July 29, 2026 Other Voices
July 28, 2026 Cartoons
July 28, 2026 Cartoons
Business
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $5.5 billion to tie up remaining lawsuits that claim its talc products caused ovarian cancer. The drugmaker, which...
July 28, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — Elon Musk’s social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, launched its own bank account-like product where users can send money to one...
July 28, 2026 Business
Senior living community Newhaven Court at Clearview in Center Township has earned an honor from its senior living operator. Newhaven won IntegraCare’s...
July 28, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — Americans’ confidence in the economy fell this month as gas prices resumed their climb after the U.S. and Iran stepped up their fighting....
July 28, 2026 Business
Stocks on Wall Street drifted to a mixed close Monday as oil prices fell after the U.S. and Iran paused their attacks while work resumed on restarting...
July 28, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
Butler County Symphony Orchestra will take audiences to the movies with an August concert. The concert is dedicated to the music of films from every era, including classi...
July 23, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The “Purple Rain” musical will finally hit Broadway in 2027. But it won’t be the same version that made its world premiere last November at the State Th...
July 29, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Singer Carly Simon has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and was recently treated for skin cancer, the singer shared in a statement provided to the Assoc...
July 28, 2026 People
PHILADELPHIA -- Classics scholar Emily Wilson was in Greece’s Costa Navarino last year when she heard the news that would change her life: Filmmaker Christopher Nolan was...
July 27, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
PHILADELPHIA — LeBron James is set to film a documentary tracking his final seasons in the NBA, according to Marc Stein of The Stein Line. James has already been shooting...
July 27, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
“The Odyssey” continued to exert a mighty hold on moviegoers in its second weekend in North American theaters, with $87 million in ticket sales, according to studio estim...
July 26, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
Residents of Mars are already quite familiar with the name “Purvis Brothers,” the 95-year-old family-owned fuel distribution company which also owns the small Planet Mart...
July 29, 2026 Special Sections
NEW YORK — Do your hands hurt when you use your phone? All that texting and scrolling might be stressing out your fingers. The term texting thumb can describe a wide ran...
July 22, 2026 Special Sections
Most people may never have heard of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome, or CKM, which makes sense, considering the condition was only identified and named in 2023. ...
July 22, 2026 Special Sections
As yet another heat dome settles over part of the U.S., a depressingly predictable news cycle is unfolding. This week, the headlines will warn of dangerously high tempera...
July 22, 2026 Special Sections
To view the Butler Eagle’s PDF version, click here. ...
July 07, 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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