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Local News
Advocacy groups urge parents to avoid AI toys this holiday season
They’re cute, even cuddly, and promise learning and companionship — but artificial intelligence toys are not safe for kids, according to children’s and consumer advocacy ...
November 22, 2025 Business
Iron Mountain tenant Etzel Engineering & Build receives Governor’s Award for Safety Excellence
Etzel Engineering & Build was one of four companies to receive the Governor's Award for Safety Excellence this year. According to Etzel general superintendent and safety...
November 22, 2025 Local News
Washington honored as 2025 Lifesteps Star Gala honoree
On Friday, Nov. 21, Lifesteps held its annual Star Gala at the Atrium in Prospect. The event featured food, drinks, entertainment, a silent auction and the highlight of ...
November 22, 2025 Local News
Butler Elks packs meals for those in need
Volunteers around the county have chipped in to ensure those in need can enjoy a happy Thanksgiving this holiday season. On Friday, Nov. 21, the Butler Elks joined in. Th...
November 22, 2025 Local News
Fiber is something most people could use more of. But experts advise caution with ‘fibermaxxing’
U.S. consumers who have had their fill of finding protein added to everything from cereal to ice cream are about to meet the next big food fad: fiber. Americans have bee...
November 22, 2025 Business
Why does this NYC subway station smell ‘Christmassy’? It’s an ad
NEW YORK — A trip through New York City’s crowded subway system usually offers a pungent mix of industrial and bodily aromas. But inside a stretch of the Grand Central st...
November 22, 2025 Business
Cranberry seeks state grant to help fund potential community and recreation center
Cranberry Township officials are taking another step toward a possible new community and recreation center by pursuing state funding. At a meeting on Thursday, Nov. 20, s...
November 22, 2025 Local News
Police reports
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Adams Twp Nov. 7 — Kelsie Katheryn Urbanek, 26, of Tarentum, was charged with two ...
November 22, 2025 Local News
Marriages
The following marriage licenses were issued in Butler County courts: Ryan Bradley and Isabelle Richter, both of Zelienople Tristen Mahle and Paige Lambermont, both of Sum...
November 22, 2025 Vital Statistics
BC3 distributes 83 Thanksgiving meals to low-income students
Butler County Community College’s Pioneer Pantry program is stepping up to help make sure students have a happy holiday this Thanksgiving. This fall, a record 83 low-inco...
November 22, 2025 Local News
Other News
K-pop fans’ environmental activism comes to UN climate talks
BELEM, Brazil — Fans of K-pop have an intensity that’s turned the music into a global phenomenon. Some are determined to channel that energy into action on climate change...
November 22, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
Motorist in North Carolina tells 911: ‘I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield’
A motorist in western North Carolina escaped injury when the carcass of a cat crashed into the passenger side of her front windshield along a highway near the Great Smoky...
November 22, 2025 National News
Transform fallen leaves into valuable leaf mold for your garden this fall
There are a lot of leaves outside my window, and I’m guessing your view might be similar. This carpet of dead foliage is often viewed as a nuisance, but it can be an impo...
November 22, 2025 National News
Fátima Bosch's Miss Universe 2025 win echoes in Mexico where women fight for equality
MEXICO CITY — Fátima Bosch Fernández’s Miss Universe victory resounded across Mexico on Friday, framed as the vindication of a disrespected contestant from a country wher...
November 22, 2025 International News
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress
WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a once-loyal supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a critic, said Friday she is resigning from Congress ...
November 21, 2025 National News
Trump and Mamdani go from adversaries to allies after White House meeting
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday met the man who had proudly proclaimed himself “Donald Trump's worst nightmare,” but he seemed to find the opposite. The Re...
November 21, 2025 National News
Japan OKs $135 billion stimulus package to help revive its sluggish economy
TOKYO — Japan’s Cabinet approved a 21.3 trillion yen (about $135 billion) stimulus package Friday to help spur the economy through expansionary government spending and to...
November 21, 2025 Business
Trump says Democrats’ video message to military is ‘seditious behavior’ punishable by death
President Donald Trump on Thursday accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers — all veterans of the armed services an...
November 21, 2025 National News
To get their charges dropped, these teenagers are running the Philly Half Marathon
PHILADELPHIA — Before the start of Tuesday’s team practice on Boathouse Row, a couple of teenagers filmed their own TikTok dances. The boy was sheepish about showing his ...
November 21, 2025 Pennsylvania News
RFK Jr. says he personally directed CDC’s new guidance on vaccines and autism
NEW YORK — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. personally directed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to update its website to contradict its longtime...
November 21, 2025 National News
Sports
Seneca Valley’s eighth grade football team finishes undefeated season
For over three decades, students in the Seneca Valley School District have known Eric Semega as one of their math teachers. Others know Semega as the longtime manager of ...
November 22, 2025 Youth Sports
Why Seneca Valley girls basketball is in good hands with senior guard Natalie Hambly
Dorothea Epps is no stranger to preparing a team to compete in the WPIAL’s highest classification of girls basketball. Formerly a longtime head coach at Butler, she is e...
November 21, 2025 Sports
Editorial
Editorial Cartoon
November 22, 2025 Cartoons
AI thinks it’s smart. Chimps may beg to differ
For something so admired, so synonymous with merit, the concept of intelligence is remarkably poorly understood. Our society operates on the assumption that people with g...
November 22, 2025 Other Voices
The ‘cents-less’ demise of the penny
In the name of saving $56 million a year, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has stopped making pennies. Many articles and editorials have been written about this, so fa...
November 22, 2025 Letters to the Editor
Targeting drug boats supported
Regarding last week’s letter to the editor (“Military attacks on boats called illegal,” Nov. 16, Page A4): There is a big difference between fishing boats and drug-runnin...
November 22, 2025 Letters to the Editor
March of Dimes report card shows work still remains
This week, March of Dimes, a nonprofit dedicated to helping the health of mothers and infants, released a distressing report card on the state of maternal health in the U...
November 22, 2025 Our Opinion
The Eagle a valuable resource
I would like to express my appreciation for a newspaper that does it right. I'm so impressed with the extent of effort the Butler Eagle puts in to pertinent local and gl...
November 22, 2025 Letters to the Editor
Community
No turkeys, but many other birds to appear in November skies
On this coming Thursday evening, after the Thanksgiving feast and the football games, take a walk under the stars if the weather permits. It's a great way to fight off th...
November 22, 2025 Community
Senior menus
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week. Lun...
November 22, 2025 Senior
Room full of Butler ‘elves’ pack 1,500 stockings
BUTLER TWP — The five-hour chemotherapy sessions April Dickey sat through during her second bout with cancer were made a little better thanks to some cards and puzzles sh...
November 22, 2025 Community
Serve scallops with a savory sauce
Sweet sea scallops cook quickly, needing only a brief 2-3-minute sauté to bring out their delicate flavor. Once the scallops are removed, the same skillet is used to crea...
November 22, 2025 Recipes
Simple polenta dish will elevate holiday table
This simple recipe is a marriage of two even simpler foods, that add up to one flavorful appetizer, main dish or side. This would be welcome any time from breakfast to lu...
November 22, 2025 Recipes
Knoch High School recognizes National Honor Society students
Knoch High School inducted 50 new members and recognized 66 sustaining seniors in its John Roebling chapter of the National Honor Society on Thursday, Nov. 13. Students i...
November 22, 2025 Community
Announcements
Bortmas 30th Anniversary
Kevin and Karin Bortmas, of Emlenton, will celebrate 30 years of marriage on Nov. 24, with a vacation in Nashville, Tenn., and a private dinner. Bortmas married the forme...
November 22, 2025 Anniversaries
Hazlett, Peterson
Cortney Hazlett and Derek Peterson, both of Butler City, were united in marriage Sept. 27, at The Grand Estate at Hidden Acres in Freeport. Pastor Dave West, of Graceway ...
November 22, 2025 Weddings
Arts & Entertainment
Movie Review: Sorry, my pretty, ‘Wicked: For Good’ doesn’t delight
“Give us a clock tick” is an expression uttered several times in “Wicked: For Good.” But Jon M. Chu’s two-part musical has asked for quite a bit more than that. Together...
November 22, 2025 Reviews
George Clooney stars in ‘Jay Kelly,’ a Hollywood tale of self-discovery
During his glittering career, George Clooney has played a casino thief, a Batman, a chain-gang convict, an assassin and a high-flying layoff artist. This fall, he's s...
November 22, 2025 Reviews
Fugees rapper Pras Michel sentenced to 14 years in prison over illegal donations to Obama campaign
WASHINGTON — Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees was sentenced on Thursday to 14 years in prison for a case in which he was convicted of illegally...
November 21, 2025 National News
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November 22, 2025 Daily Photo Gallery
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Today in History: Nov. 22, John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas
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No buyers for Miller’s Quality Meats at sheriff sale
11/22/2025
How Seneca Valley’s new bid opening rules restrict access, vary from other districts’ procedures
11/21/2025
Santa makes first stop in Cranberry Township
11/21/2025
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