Here at last.
The 2026 PIAA football season is here at last. Eleven Butler County teams kick off tonight at 7 p.m., and the Butler Eagle will have you covered a...
A 36-year-old woman died and three others — including a 3-year-old boy — were taken to area hospitals following a head-on crash Thursday, Aug. 27, in Venango To...
The Butler County Bureau of Elections has officially certified the results for the state 12th House District special election held Aug. 18.
The special electio...
The fall high school sports season doesn’t consist of just football, but you probably knew that.
The soccer and volleyball in Butler County always has plenty of...
BUTLER TWP — Hundreds of older residents came to Thursday’s debut of the Butler County Aging Resource Center.
The parking lot of the center located at 215 N. Du...
PA football Week 1 WPIAL, high school updates: Scores, highlights from Butler, K...
PA football Week 1 WPI...
Slippery Rock University employee killed in fatal crash in Venango Township
Slippery Rock Universi...
Election certified in 12th House District
Election certified in ...
8 Butler County soccer and volleyball games and matchups to watch this season
8 Butler County soccer...
Hundreds come to new Aging Resource Center open house
The City of Butler’s redesigned website has launched as of Thursday, Aug. 27.
It features new sections and menus, including entire “for residents” and “for businesses” ta...
Parking and traffic restrictions will be in place Friday, Aug. 28, and Saturday, Aug. 29, while Butler Italian Days takes place.
According to Butler police Chief Bob O’Ne...
Just over a year after a decision by Buffalo Township supervisors to grant conditional use permits for an energy company to operate two solar farms, attorneys argued over...
Parking will be restricted on eight streets in Butler between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, for street cleaning.
The roads affected are Garfield, Holcomb and Thomas ...
A Fairview Township man is charged with child sexual abuse after a Homeland Security investigation in Arkansas linked his accounts to material exchanged over several year...
CRANBERRY TWP — At Thursday’s agenda preparation meeting, township officials moved a number of items forward for a vote at the board of supervisors meeting on Sept. 3.
Zo...
The father of a Slippery Rock Area School District student has filed a lawsuit claiming a bus driver failed to report older students repeatedly abusing and verbally haras...
CRANBERRY TWP — The freshly completed synthetic turf infields at two of the recreational ball fields at Cranberry Township Community Park sparkled on a sunlit, late Thurs...
One person was transported to Butler Memorial Hospital Thursday evening, Aug. 27, following a motorcycle crash on Route 422 in Butler Township.
According to Butler County...
A Franklin Township woman is accused of giving a doctor a bloody and swollen lip Saturday, Aug. 22, at Butler Memorial Hospital.
Nicole Lynn Morin, 34, was already being...
Pennsylvania has seen two deaths from measles since the start of 2026 — the first measles-related deaths in 35 years.
There is one common thread betwe...
Few creatures play a larger role in agriculture and the environment than the honeybee.
Although small in size, honeybees are responsible for pollinat...
Breaking records can be a good thing — but not in the case of school bus crashes.
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, 2025 re...
Meijer is one step closer to bringing its shopping experience to Jackson Township.
Representatives from the Michigan-based company confirmed it recent...
OAKLAND, Calif. — Meta agreed Wednesday to pay up to $18 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as par...
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a groundbreaking new drug for advanced pancreatic cancer, offering U.S. patients a...
Independence Health System and Allegheny Health Network have received statewide recognition for efforts to support organ, eye and tissue donation.
The...
The START Center for Cancer Research, a global network that gives patients access to early-phase clinical trials for new cancer treatments, is collabo...
The second annual 16066 BBQ Bash will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19, at Cranberry Township Municipal Center’s Armstrong Great Lawn, 2525 Rochest...
There’s a poignant poetry in the Sisyphean quest of Looney Tunes character Wile E. Coyote. This born yearner roams the desert, trying to catch and eat the Road Runner, hi...
It says something about us that dogs are critical when it comes to postapocalyptic movies. Tom Hanks had an adorable terrier in “Finch” and Will Smith had a heroic German...
Butler summer stargazing can be so comfortable!
However, for many folks with Monday-through-Friday jobs, early wake-up calls restrict extended nights under the stars to ...
Blake Lively was awarded a meager portion of the millions of dollars in attorneys’ fees that she demanded be paid by Justin Baldoni.
Judge Lewis Liman on Wednesday ordere...
Some new events have been added to the schedule for Moraine and McConnells Mill state parks.
Sept. 9, 7:30 p.m.: Join the Moraine State Park naturalist at the Pleasan...
Slippery Rock University senior and commuter student Samuel Kightlinger said that for his 10 a.m. class last year, he had to arrive to campus at least an hour early to fi...
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
SHEEP
Border Leicester
Yearling Ram Lamb, Willem Meiser, Butler
Champion R...
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
GOATS
Alpine
Milking Doe – 2 & Under 3, Cheyenne Henry, Chicora
Milking Do...
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
BEEF CATTLE
Angus
Spring Heifer Calf, Kenneth Cranmer, Butler
Jr Heifer Ca...
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
Ayrshire
Spring Heifer Calf, Nathan Rassau, Enon Valley
Fall Yearling Heif...
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...
