The Butler County coroner’s office has released the name of the person who died following crashes Friday morning along an icy stretch of Interstate 79 in Jackso...
As struggles continue for emergency medical services, the Butler Eagle is taking a deep-dive look into what the situation is, how we got here and what the futur...
If ambulance services can’t cover their costs, they can’t cover the emergency needs of Butler County — and it’s becoming increasingly difficult to be ready for ...
Dan Santoro has consistently heard the same concern from Cranberry Township EMS: expenses are rising faster than revenue.
Hearing the call for help, the Cranber...
The Mars Area Public Library announced Friday, Feb. 6, it would close until “further notice,” after first closing Tuesday because of flooding damage caused by a...
Name of man killed in Friday morning 25-vehicle pileup along I-79 released
Name of man killed in ...
Checkup: The State of Emergency Medical Services in Butler County
Checkup: The State of ...
Is the cost of readiness too steep? EMS services seek balance amid rising costs ...
Is the cost of readine...
EMS study shows funding challenges, need for change in Southwestern Butler Count...
With temperatures expected to feel as cold as -25 degrees over the weekend, the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued an extreme cold warning stretching throu...
SOUTH BUFFALO TWP — Despite a prolonged rescue attempt, a man died on Thursday, Feb. 5, after falling into Buffalo Creek across from the Buffalo Creek Nature Park.
The fa...
For Amy McConnell, work in emergency medical services is not a nine-to-five job. It’s a career that requires extraordinary commitment and dedication, to the tune of nearl...
CRANBERRY TWP — Township supervisors, during a meeting Thursday, Feb. 5, moved forward with replacing the emergency traffic signal in front of the fire station along Rout...
With the Year of the Horse trotting ever closer, Butler’s Maridon Museum put the “neigh” in neighborhood at its Chinese New Year celebration Friday evening, Feb. 6.
Dozen...
The Adams Township Police Department had a hand in helping the Drug Enforcement Administration, state attorney general and police in Allegheny and Armstrong counties appr...
A 45-year-old Pittsburgh man died Thursday, Feb. 5, after jumping from the Route 28 bridge near Buffalo Creek Nature Park, state police said in a news release.
William I...
Emergency crews responded to a multi-vehicle crash with injuries between commercial and passenger vehicles Friday, Feb. 6, near the Portersville exit on I-79 north, accor...
After two days closed to the public due to water damage from the late January snowstorm, the Mars Area Public Library reopened to the public on Thursday, Feb. 5.
The libr...
Connoquenessing Township supervisors voted to advertise an amendment to the municipality’s street and sidewalk ordinance during a meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 4.
The propos...
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, the Butler Eagle had many letters to the editor condemning President Donald Trump’s policies on immigration. I’m one person who ...
Poor losing and revenge distress me.
Our president’s bullying includes mocking, demeaning, criticizing, lying and then he sometimes seems to retaliate...
Somebody tell me that we are good people. Somebody say that we are good neighbors. Somebody remind me that when a house burns down we help those in th...
I want to express my thanks to the folks who spoke out at a recent Butler County commissioners meeting in support of our community members who are bei...
The city of Pittsburgh recently hired a new chief of police. During his interview for the job, he was asked by city council about his intentions regar...
NEW YORK — As Super Bowl Sunday approaches, the battle off the field for advertisers to win over 120 million-plus viewers will be just as heated as th...
WISR Morning Show host and on-air personality Dave Malarkey is hanging up the microphone after spending more than a half century with Butler Radio Net...
WASHINGTON — Bullied and buffeted by President Donald Trump’s tariffs for the past year, America’s longstanding allies are desperately seeking ways to...
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate barely budged this week, staying close to 6% as the spring home-buying season nears.
The benchmark 30-year fi...
Minute Maid helped make orange juice a year-round morning staple in 1946, when it started shipping cans of frozen juice around the U.S.
But 80 years l...
The Super Bowl is this weekend, which is of no consequence to me. This is a column about arts and entertainment, after all.
However, as an aspiring Ina Garten, I took it ...
It’s not often we get to pay tribute, in full, to our giants while they’re still with us. But in “Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!” Judd Apatow dutifully and affectionate...
“I haven’t eaten in centuries,” says the stooped, wrinkled man knocking at a convent door, seeking food and shelter.
LOL! It’s a funny line, given that this is a disguise...
NEW YORK — Hoda Kotb is filling at the “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie amid the desperate search for the latter’s elderly mother, Nancy, who authorities believe was...
NEW YORK — There are stages, and then there is the Super Bowl halftime show.
On Sunday, fresh off his historic win at the Grammys for his love letter to Puerto Rico, “De...
An armed robber who smashed into a luxury London home where Hollywood star Anya Taylor-Joy was staying and tried to force his way into the actor’s bedroom with a crowbar ...
Valentine’s Day has never just been about flowers or candy for Ron Brooks. It’s been about creating memories.
Brooks, a longtime barbershop singer and entertainer, is onc...
Peter’s Chocolate Shoppe in Butler began receiving orders for its Valentine’s Day specialties — fresh strawberries hand dipped in chocolate and fresh raspberries covered ...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Two young Ukrainian families are relieved to be watching the deer and chipmunks frolic on their hosts’ Cranberry Township lawn, and not wondering wher...
HARRISBURG — In the coming years, Pennsylvania will receive more than $1 billion in federal funding to bring high-speed internet access to everyone in...
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 ...
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...
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority is asking for the public’s opinion until Friday, March 10 on two potential action plans for wider int...
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...
