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Cliffs CEO says grain-oriented steel essential as Dept. of Energy mulls 2024 transformer ruling
BUTLER TWP — If Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves is certain of anything, it’s his belief that grain-oriented electrical steel — and its sole domestic pro...
Residents along Saxonburg Road deal with flooding
Flooding affects homes, businesses around county
Butler Eagle Scoring Trophy watch list: Which of these players can win the title in 2026?
It’s a tricky one this year. Of the Butler Eagle’s 32 Sweet 16 football all-stars on offense and defense last year, only three are back. That kind of turnover m...
Where the 12th State House District’s candidates stand on key issues
For four months, residents of the 12th state House District have not had representation in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. An Aug. 18 special electi...
Friends: Dave Malarkey was Butler’s voice, director and ‘social media’
Dave Malarkey was more than just a narrator on the radio informing residents of the news of the day. His love for Butler and its residents, and the individual i...
Cliffs CEO says grain-oriented steel essential as Dept. of Energy mulls 2024 tra...
Cliffs CEO says grain-...
Residents along Saxonburg Road deal with flooding
Residents along Saxonb...
Butler Eagle Scoring Trophy watch list: Which of these players can win the title...
Butler Eagle Scoring T...
Where the 12th State House District’s candidates stand on key issues
Where the 12th State H...
Friends: Dave Malarkey was Butler’s voice, director and ‘social media’
Friends: Dave Malarkey...
Top Headlines
CRANBERRY TWP — Divine Grace Parish’s yearly Family Festival returned on Friday at 4 p.m., kicking off a weekend of family oriented attractions. From carnival rides and a...
August 08, 2026 Local News
Work on Main Street part of larger Route 8 paving project
August 05, 2026 Local News
More than 25,000 drivers committed violations regarding school zones and buses from 2021 to 2025, according to data from Pennsylvania Courts. Over 325 of them were in Bu...
August 07, 2026 Local News
Those with an artistic bent were unfazed by capricious weather conditions in Zelienople Friday as the borough hosted the first Creative Crawl event. Zelienople’s Creativ...
August 08, 2026 Local News
Cranberry Township Waterpark, in partnership with Goldfish Swim School, once again hosted World's Largest Swim Lesson on Thursday, Aug. 6. Since joining the global initia...
August 08, 2026 Local News
News
At Seven Field’s council meeting on Monday, Aug. 10, a public hearing will be held on the potential future of the borough’s EMS coverage. Keith Singleton, executive direc...
August 07, 2026 Local News
The Rotary Club of Slippery Rock is sponsoring a blood drive Wednesday, Aug. 12, at Center Presbyterian Church in the borough. The blood drive will be held from noon to ...
August 07, 2026 Local News
A Butler man is accused of lifting a woman into the air by her throat after an altercation in Oakland Township, according to Saxonburg police. Lee Allen Yeager was charg...
August 07, 2026 Local News
Herman Road in Summit Township faced flooding after heavy rainfall Friday, Aug. 7, including one incident that prompted the dispatch of Butler County Water Rescue Team 30...
August 07, 2026 Local News
Crews from Butler, Allegheny and Beaver counties responded to a tractor trailer fire Thursday night, Aug. 6, on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Cranberry Township, according...
August 07, 2026 Local News
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Community
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
A clothing sale will be held Monday, Aug. 17 on East North Street in Butler. Butler Global...
August 07, 2026
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock, Mount Ch...
August 06, 2026
A recent graduate of Seneca Valley Senior High School received a college scholarship relat...
August 06, 2026
Dare I say the days of summer are starting to wane in Butler. The back-to-school ads are r...
August 06, 2026
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Sports
Following are tee times for Sunday’s Butler Eagle County Amateur golf tournament, schedule...
 
BUTLER TWP — It’s three weeks until the PIAA high school football season. Butler Coun...
August 06, 2026
INDIANAPOLIS — NCAA Division II will move to the age-based eligibility model that has prom...
August 06, 2026
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins made a significant investment in their future Thursda...
August 06, 2026
MILWAUKEE — Dustin May won his Milwaukee debut, and Jackson Chourio and Gary Sánchez hit h...
August 06, 2026
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Editorial
The time has come for the voices of independent voters to be heard in Pennsylvania! Gallup polls show 45% of Americans identify as independents (regar...
August 08, 2026 Letters to the Editor
A little history on Graham Park pickleball courts: The six original courts were partially funded by public donations and were free to all. Today, ther...
August 08, 2026 Letters to the Editor
August 07, 2026 Cartoons
Since its beginnings in the late 1940s in Meridian, supporting the future of agriculture in Butler County has been at the heart of the Butler Farm Sho...
August 07, 2026 Our Opinion
For generations, farming has been built on hard work, determination and a willingness to adapt. While the image of a farmer driving a tractor through...
August 07, 2026 Other Voices
Business
NEW YORK — Stocks rose on Wall Street Friday and Treasury yields fell after the government reported that employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs last m...
August 07, 2026 Business
FYZICAL Therapy & Balance Centers has opened FYZICAL Cranberry, 200 Northpointe Circle, owned by Brian Osterried. The clinic will offer a variety of s...
August 07, 2026 Business
Dump trucks, heavy machinery and other Pennsylvania Department of Transportation-related equipment are going up for auction, according to the Pennsylv...
August 07, 2026 Business
A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in t...
August 07, 2026 Business
Allegheny Health Network has appointed its new chief medical officer for AHN Wexford Hospital. Steven Goodnow will take over the role effective immedi...
August 07, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
Friendship Presbyterian Church’s Second Saturday Concert will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, at the church’s community center, 866 New Castle Road, Slippery Rock....
August 05, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
HALBERSTADT, Germany — A small organ in eastern Germany is the headliner of the world’s slowest concert. It has been playing the same piece of music by composer John Cage...
August 07, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
“Tony,” the Anthony Bourdain biopic, is a coming-of-age tale for a modern culinary giant. Set over just a summer, it's also clearly an appetizer. And like all first cours...
August 07, 2026 Reviews
“The Purge” for sex is the best way to describe the premise of “One Night Only” unless you prefer Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” for one-night stands. As the movie anno...
August 07, 2026 Reviews
Sydney Towle, a social media content creator who projected enduring optimism as she chronicled her life with a rare form of cancer, has died, according to her family. She...
August 06, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
“House of the Dragon” creator George R.R. Martin has been struggling with depression. The fantasy writer whose “A Song of Fire and Ice” series inspired HBO’s “Game of Thr...
August 06, 2026 People
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Special Sections
The Butler Farm Show office is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday. All gates open at 8:30 a.m. DAILY ADMISS...
August 05, 2026 Special Sections
Live music is a staple at the Butler Farm Show. This year, several bands return to the stage for the first time in years, while two bands return from last year. All of t...
August 05, 2026 Special Sections
Almost every morning before school, Nolan, Dylan and their mother, Misty, Thurber head down the lane of their Fenelton family farm and, before they hit Route 422, they tu...
August 05, 2026 Special Sections
One of the most exciting events at the Butler Farm Show is the annual cheese auction, which takes place Wednesday, Aug. 12, at 8 p.m. The cheese auction is not only spec...
August 05, 2026 Special Sections
In 1947, a plowing contest was held on the Jack Roe property in Meridian. This was the birth of an idea to get the city folk, business owners and farmers together to bett...
August 05, 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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