A debate planned for Thursday, Oct. 15, between Democratic state Rep. Brandon Dukes and Republican candidate Scott Timko was canceled earlier this week after a ...
The number of measles cases is growing statewide.
While no cases had been reported in Butler County, confirmed cases have started popping up in several surroun...
This Election Day, residents of Mars Borough and Adams Township will vote on a question that could — quite literally — remake the map of Butler County: whether ...
As the calendar reached Oct. 13, no last-minute intervention by the General Assembly materialized to prevent the thousands of skill game machines deployed acros...
Dukes-Timko debate canceled following withdrawal of availability
Dukes-Timko debate can...
No measles cases in Butler County so far
No measles cases in Bu...
What 2027 and beyond could look like for ‘Mars Township’ if merger is approved
What 2027 and beyond c...
Mars Area superintendent Gross to retire after school year
Mars Area superintende...
Enforcement deadline for skill games passes with no action from state legislator...
BUFFALO TWP — For the second meeting in a row, Freeport Area School District’s school board meeting had an audience dressed almost entirely in red.
The matching red shirt...
PENN TWP — Scott Longdon has been named Penn Township Police Department’s new chief.
At the meeting Tuesday night, Oct. 13, the board of supervisors officially approved t...
BUFFALO TWP — Following the example of numerous other municipalities in Butler County, Buffalo Township is preparing an amendment to its zoning ordinance to address how i...
CRANBERRY TWP — Butler County, Pennsylvania state and township officials gathered at the Cranberry Township Municipal Center on Wednesday, Oct. 14, to discuss the ongoing...
Starting Saturday, Oct. 17, City of Butler residents can begin disposing of leaves in a designated area in Memorial Park.
According to a news release from the city, signs...
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts:
Butler
Sept. 30 — Britney Leann Spencer, 25, of Butler, was charged with misdemean...
A Pittsburgh man is charged with stalking a girl near Mars Area Middle School, according to charges filed Saturday, Oct. 10, by Adams Township police.
Brady Michael Elli...
Business leaders, elected officials and community representatives will gather Friday, Oct. 16, for the Southern Butler County Business Association legislative roundtable ...
EVANS CITY — The Butler County District Attorney's Office withdrew charges against a Pittsburgh man who allegedly threw boiling water at two people during a break-in at a...
I hope readers of Oct. 9 Butler Eagle appreciate the irony of that publication. While the front-page headline read, “Kicked Out of America, Carrizalez...
Although I didn't vote for Mike Kelly during his first run for Congress based on his stance on abortion and Obamacare, I felt he was an honorable man ...
The botched execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee was absolutely horrifying. The Secretary of Defense (not War) Pete Hegseth has now announced that a...
Two years ago, Donald Trump was $2 billion poorer, we could eat lettuce and weren’t at war, and gasoline was $3.49 a gallon.
The Trump family has made...
With the November election approaching, we need to take a hard look at the values of the candidates running to represent the 16th Congressional Distri...
WASHINGTON — U.S. inflation accelerated last month as gasoline and many other goods and services became more expensive, evidence that rising prices re...
PARIS — Cyberattacks disrupted European supermarket chains, affecting refrigeration systems at hundreds of stores in France and forcing a major grocer...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department said Tuesday that it’s imposing $1.2 billion in fines on Bank of America for allegedly violating anti-money ...
NEW YORK — The first big batch of summertime profit reports from U.S. companies is making waves on Wall Street after topping analysts' expectations, b...
Grocery store chain Kroger said it will lay off 3,000 corporate employees over the next three years as it ramps up its use of artificial intelligence ...
Almost all of the dialogue in the upcoming Musical Theatre Guild of Butler production is sung by its characters. It will be underscored by a pit of musicians performing m...
NEW YORK — It was something most people have likely done at one time or another: complain to others about feeling judged or dismissed during an interaction, maybe even ta...
NEW YORK — Actor Selma Blair has been issued a summons accusing her of assaults that occurred aboard a plane after she was taken into custody following a flight from Los ...
In the era of gentle parenting, even the word discipline can feel like a third-rail topic. It’s certainly foreboding when it’s first mentioned in Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord...
It is unfortunate for “The Social Reckoning” that “The Social Network” exists.
The latter is a modern masterpiece. The former was kind of always doomed to exist in its s...
I’ve been meaning to tell you about the tiny constellation Delphinus the Dolphin for a while now, but with everything else going on this year I just haven’t had the chanc...
This year’s Zelienople Fall Festival brought together the community for an evening of activities Friday.
The event will continue from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday and fr...
When neighbors walk past Deb West’s patio home in the Meeder neighborhood in Cranberry Township, her front porch catches their attention.
Filled with colorful seasonal fl...
Kathy Garrison has been cancer free for decades now, but her experiences during and after treatment had stuck with her.
One especially impactful struggle for her was in ...
CENTER TWP — When it comes to cancer, Cheryl Schaefer is all about the fight.
Schaefer, 68, of Center Township, has fought uterine, breast and thyroid cancer over the yea...
St. Faustina Kowalska, a Polish Catholic nun, spent her life sharing a message of compassion and mercy. At the Slippery Rock parish named for her, sewing ministry volunte...
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...
