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Air quality expected to remain at code purple tomorrow
A National Weather Service Representative told the Butler Eagle Thursday afternoon the worst air quality conditions may still be to come and the Butler area wil...
Butler pitcher Kyle Casteel signs with Chicago White Sox for reported $1.25 million bonus
Kyle Casteel’s pro career has officially begun. The standout Butler right-hander has signed with the Chicago White Sox and accepted a $1.25 million signing bonu...
In first national interview, Fogel reflects on prison time and recovery
Marc Fogel, native son of Butler County, spent 1,277 days imprisoned in Russia after being detained for possession of medical marijuana, enduring conditions tha...
Independent filmmaker aiming to shoot debut film in Saxonburg
SAXONBURG — A quiet Butler County borough could soon find itself on the big screen. Saxonburg native Katie Fissore returned home Tuesday, July 14, with plans to...
Butler Eagle County Amateur 2026: Golfers prepping for challenging Lake Arthur Golf Club
The Butler Eagle County Amateur annually attracts a healthy number of golfers, and this year is expected to be no different. The challenges presented by the cou...
Air quality expected to remain at code purple tomorrow
Air quality expected t...
Butler pitcher Kyle Casteel signs with Chicago White Sox for reported $1.25 mill...
Butler pitcher Kyle Ca...
In first national interview, Fogel reflects on prison time and recovery
In first national inte...
Independent filmmaker aiming to shoot debut film in Saxonburg
Independent filmmaker ...
Butler Eagle County Amateur 2026: Golfers prepping for challenging Lake Arthur G...
Butler Eagle County Am...
Top Headlines
A Butler man is charged with theft after stealing more than $10,000 from his East Butler employer, according to state police. Brady Steven Shuler, 22, was charged Wednesd...
July 16, 2026 Local News
A Cranberry Township woman was arrested for alleged inappropriate sexual behavior with a child. Kelly Denise Yockey, 38, was arrested Thursday, July 16 by Cranberry Towns...
July 16, 2026 Local News
An Ellwood City man is accused of “fondling” himself while watching pornography in a Dollar General parking lot in Slippery Rock Township. Gary John MacDonald, 62, was c...
July 16, 2026 Local News
Millie, a 1-year-old, 7-pound whoodle, had quite a trip June 1 after walking from her Miller Avenue home to Butler Memorial Park and back, according to her owner. Amanda ...
July 16, 2026 Local News
Horse Trading Days is returning for its 62nd year in Zelienople, with a three-day event full of vendors, children’s events, and fun for the whole family. According to the...
July 15, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
News
Chicora is set to receive a $1.4 million low-interest loan from the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority toward replacing waterlines and associated infrastruc...
July 16, 2026 Local News
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s District 10 office announced a change in dates for bridge repairs on Route 8 in Clay Township. Repairs were originally sch...
July 16, 2026 Local News
Horse Trading Days organizers canceled the Round-Up Horse Parade planned for Thursday evening, July 16, amid concerns over air quality throughout Butler County. The rest ...
July 16, 2026 Local News
Wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota pouring over Pennsylvania spurred a code red air quality alert Thursday, July 16, according to the state Department of Environmen...
July 16, 2026 Local News
Court officials have met with all county school districts
July 16, 2026 Crime & Courts
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Community
Ian and Theresa Smith, of Butler, will celebrate 65 years of marriage on July 17 with a pr...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock, Mount Ch...
July 16, 2026
Last week in Starwatch, I described how stars are born in gigantic families in part one of...
July 16, 2026
DUQUESNE, Allegheny County — When the government shutdown affected federal aid programs th...
July 16, 2026
Gary McKinney, of Tarentum, lost his high school ring in the mid-1970s while he was huntin...
July 14, 2026
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Sports
Happy second birthday to “Eye on Sports!” Not really, but it’s close. The Butler Eagle’s t...
 
Lexie Hames won’t move to Oxford, Miss., for about another month. That doesn’t mean th...
July 16, 2026
Zelienople loves to party, parade and run Their Fourth of July salute included a week of A...
July 16, 2026
The Butler Eagle will be running a list all golf season of local golfers who make holes-in...
July 15, 2026
Never before has Butler’s baseball scene burned so bright. On Sunday, three Golden Tornado...
July 15, 2026
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Editorial
July 15, 2026 Cartoons
I'm appalled by Sheriff Mike Slupe’s comment in the Eagle on July 3 regarding the detainment of Ignacio Carrizalez (“Butler resident released from ICE...
July 15, 2026 Letters to the Editor
I want to give a big shout out to Sens. John Fetterman and Dave McCormick for making sure Pennsylvania was represented at the celebration on the Natio...
July 15, 2026 Letters to the Editor
I disagree with the writer on the issue of the value of a minimum-wage increase (“Minimum wage hike makes good cents,” June 14, Page 1). Your paper ha...
July 15, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Butler County students are encouraged to apply for the Teen Academy program offered by the FBI’s Pittsburgh field office. It’s a one-day experience, b...
July 15, 2026 Our Opinion
Business
The Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities launched My Money last month, an online resource designed to help Pennsylvanians learn about, ma...
July 16, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — Filings for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in 10 weeks as U.S. layoffs remain historically low. The number of A...
July 16, 2026 Business
The following are first-place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ended Saturday. Draft horses Sunday, Kyrie Lokhaiser, Butler Monday, Katie & ...
July 16, 2026 Agriculture
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale inflation fell from May to June on plunging energy prices, but intensifying hostilities with Iran are clouding the ou...
July 15, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — The Writers Guild of America became the latest group to challenge Paramount's $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday...
July 15, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
Below is the schedule for the upcoming Horse Trading Days in Zelienople: Thursday, July 16 Around Town Craft and food vendors, 2 to 8 p.m. at Four Corners Park ...
July 15, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
BUTLER TWP — One green ogre’s far-away swamp is getting a fairy tale reimagining next week at Butler County Community College’s Succop Theater. Children and adults alike ...
July 15, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — A wide array of performers, from actor Tom Cruise to streamer IShowSpeed, will help close out the World Cup, FIFA announced Tuesday. Soccer's governing body re...
July 15, 2026 People
PHOENIX — Pat Oliphant, an influential political cartoonist known for creating caricatures of U.S. and world leaders, died Monday. He was 90. Oliphant died at his home in...
July 14, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Twelve states sued to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday, arguing that the $81 billion merger would “extinguish competition” in Hol...
July 14, 2026 Business
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Sam Neill, the smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose prolific career moved from art films to blockbusters as he dodged velociraptors in “Ju...
July 13, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
To view the Butler Eagle’s PDF version, click here. ...
July 07, 2026 Special Sections
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Below are the even...
July 04, 2026 Special Sections
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Below are a number...
July 03, 2026 Special Sections
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Butler Area Pu...
July 03, 2026 Special Sections
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Butler Transit Aut...
July 03, 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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