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Butler looks to put $750,000 toward improving farmers market grounds
Butler City Council is looking to put almost $750,000 toward the Butler City Farmers’ Market to perform sweeping repairs and improvements to the facility. The t...
Looking back on the 2024 Trump assassination attempt in Butler, read the stories
A year ago on July 13, 2024, a lone gunman fired eight shots into the crowd at the Butler Farm Show grounds attempting to assassinate then-candidate President D...
Firsthand account: Teenager recounts experience attending the Trump rally on July 13, 2024
Sophia Zang, 17, of Connoquenessing Township, wrote the following essay as a school assignment during the 2024-25 school year. On July 3, we first were in...
Corey Comperatore’s family tells of their year of grief
This is the first in a series of articles reflecting on the assassination attempt that happened in Butler County on July 13, 2024. More stories about th...
2 Butler County families unite over Ford Mustang, charity efforts
2 Butler County famili...
Butler looks to put $750,000 toward improving farmers market grounds
Butler looks to put $7...
Looking back on the 2024 Trump assassination attempt in Butler, read the stories
Looking back on the 20...
Firsthand account: Teenager recounts experience attending the Trump rally on Jul...
Firsthand account: Tee...
Corey Comperatore’s family tells of their year of grief
Corey Comperatore’s fa...
Top Headlines
CRANBERRY TWP — Eager to soak in the sights and take a spin on the multitude of carnival rides, Sean McCann and his family made it a point to be among the first through t...
July 11, 2025 Local News
Butler County’s Community Options Office is growing its programs and services as part of an ongoing mission to empower those with intellectual and developmental disabilit...
July 11, 2025 Local News
The wife and two daughters of Corey Comperatore have a day’s worth of plans for Saturday, July 12, to mark the one-year anniversary of his death. Comperatore, a Buffalo T...
July 11, 2025 Local News
Butler County Commissioners approved paperwork needed by Butler Memorial Hospital and Harmony Fire District for state grants that reimburse the hospital for renovating it...
July 11, 2025 Government
Twelve people died in vehicle crashes over the Independence Day weekend, the same number as in 2024, according to state police data from a Wednesday, July 9, report. Sta...
July 11, 2025 Local News
News
The following are first-place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ran through Saturday. Master showman – junior 4-H & FFA – exhibitors Ages 16-21, Morgan Teets, Slipp...
July 10, 2025 Local News
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ran through Saturday. Rabbit Champions Best in Show, Addison Tuzikow, Butler Res Best in Show, Emily...
July 10, 2025 Agriculture
The following are first-place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ran through Saturday. Antique Farm Equipment Tillage Equipment, John Rinker, Prospect Planting Equip...
July 10, 2025 Local News
State police have accused a Wexford woman of driving with a blood-alcohol content of .211 while carrying a 7-year-old child in her car in Franklin Township. Tara M. Kern...
July 10, 2025 Crime & Courts
An Ellwood City man accused of leading state police on a high-speed pursuit across the Butler/Lawrence County line is facing numerous charges, including a potential felon...
July 10, 2025 Crime & Courts
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Community
Whenever something was happening in Zelienople or Harmony, it was a good bet that Betty La...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
The Connoquenessing Watershed Alliance turned its sights on Thorn Creek in 2004 after a fi...
July 09, 2025
The Butler High School Class of 1970 will have its 55th reunion Aug. 23 at Aubrey's Dubbs ...
July 08, 2025
Moraine State Park already has 10 trails of varying lengths and difficulties, suitable for...
July 08, 2025
A series of classes that begins this months at the Butler Area Public Library will introdu...
July 08, 2025
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Sports
DALLAS — The Stars traded Matt Dumba to Pittsburgh in a swap of defensemen Thursday, with ...
 
Eight-time Lernerville Sprint champion A.J. Flick recently crossed off a long-standing goa...
July 10, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Salvador Perez homered twice, Jac Caglianone hit the longest measured h...
July 09, 2025
Joe Coleman, a lanky right-hander who won 142 games in 15 major league seasons and was an ...
July 09, 2025
Butler High School was once again host to the Butler Junior Tennis Association In-House To...
July 09, 2025
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Editorial
A nearly 50-year-old organization announced this week that it’s taking on a new name. Cranberry Township Community Chest, which was first founded in 1...
July 11, 2025 Our Opinion
July 11, 2025 Cartoons
“Why am I learning AI if it’s going to eventually take my job?” one of my students asked me at the end of the school year. “I don’t know,” I said. “I ...
July 11, 2025 Other Voices
July 10, 2025 Cartoons
Placed between a rock and a hard place, its ironic the decision regarding Connoquenessing Township’s Act 537 Sewage Plan would come from two superviso...
July 10, 2025 Our Opinion
Business
Walmart has recalled about 850,000 Ozark Trail 64-ounce stainless steel insulated water bottles because of the possibility of the lid forcefully eject...
July 10, 2025 Business
Italian confectioner Ferrero, known for brands like Nutella and Kinder, is buying the century-old U.S. cereal company WK Kellogg in an effort to expan...
July 10, 2025 Business
NEW YORK — Ford is recalling more than 850,000 of its cars across the U.S. because the low-pressure fuel pump inside the vehicles may fail — and poten...
July 10, 2025 Business
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ran through Saturday. Junior Sheep Champions Supreme Ewe, Tamra Miller, Portersv...
July 10, 2025 Agriculture
Independence Health System has been recognized by the National Association for Business Resources for its workplace wellness through its national Best...
July 10, 2025 Business
Weekend Entertainment
The family of Corey Comperatore has planned a day of activities Saturday, July 12, to mark the one year anniversary of his death. A 9 a.m. parade honoring the former Buff...
July 10, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Unionized video game performers have overwhelmingly voted to approve a new contract with their employers. The vote, whose results were announced Wednesday n...
July 10, 2025 National News
LOS ANGELES — Larry David will bring his grumbly sensibility to U.S. history in a team-up with Barack and Michelle Obama for an HBO sketch show, the network announced Thu...
July 10, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Kevin Jonas has revealed he lost “most of” his money nearly a decade ago, following the Jonas Brothers’ 2013 band breakup. The 37-year-old New Jersey native an...
July 10, 2025 People
NEW YORK — Mattel has introduced its first Barbie representing a person with Type 1 diabetes, as part of wider efforts from the toy maker to increase inclusivity among it...
July 09, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
PHILADELPHIA — Rapper LL Cool J and R&B singer Jazmine Sullivan did not perform at a Fourth of July festival in Philadelphia in support of a strike by nearly 10,000 city ...
July 08, 2025 People
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Special Sections
July America250 To view the Butler Eagle’s PDF version, click here. ...
July 08, 2025 Special Sections
Kitchens are no longer a simple cooking space. They’ve transformed into the heart of most American homes as a preferred gathering place for family and friends. However, w...
June 28, 2025 Special Sections
Bees make up the largest portion of pollinator species in North America and are important to the pollination of food crops as well as flowers. When most people hear abou...
June 28, 2025 Special Sections
Anyone who owns a dog is familiar with the damage they can inflict on lawns. They dig holes, wear paths and burn the grass. Here are recommendations for maintaining a law...
June 24, 2025 Special Sections
Perennials are a good beginner option for new gardeners, as they are able to regenerate themselves spring after spring, season after season. The Butler Garden Club uses p...
June 18, 2025 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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