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Mars, Adams Township residents get first glimpse of merger proposal
ADAMS TWP — Nearly 300 residents of Adams Township and Mars borough gathered Thursday night, Jan. 22, at Twelve Oaks Mansion for their first chance to hear from...
Coming snowstorm has municipalities actively preparing
Weather forecasts are not set in stone for this weekend, but local municipalities are preparing for the possibility they’ll see large accumulations of snow. Ar...
Man’s death in Adams Township called a homicide, medical examiner says
The March 2025 death of a Coraopolis man in Adams Township was found to be a homicide by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner. Donald P. Miller, 59, died March...
Man sentenced in hit-and-run crash
A Westmoreland County man was ordered to pay $13,224 in restitution as a part of his sentence Thursday for a hit-and-run crash in Adams Township. Jeffrey D. Mon...
Slippery Rock Borough, University receive $1.1 million grant to improve walkability
Slippery Rock University and the borough will be working together to improve walkability and public safety using $1.1 million in state funding. According to a n...
Mars, Adams Township residents get first glimpse of merger proposal
Mars, Adams Township r...
Coming snowstorm has municipalities actively preparing
Coming snowstorm has m...
Man’s death in Adams Township called a homicide, medical examiner says
Man’s death in Adams T...
Man sentenced in hit-and-run crash
Man sentenced in hit-a...
Slippery Rock Borough, University receive $1.1 million grant to improve walkabil...
Slippery Rock Borough,...
Top Headlines
A district judge dismissed charges against four Ohio men accused of imprisoning a woman and cutting her hair after the woman did not attend a preliminary hearing Thursday...
January 23, 2026 Local News
Sheriff confirms office worked with agency
January 22, 2026
CRANBERRY TWP — Supervisors are primed to approve authorizations to bid on multiple infrastructure and park related projects following an agenda preparation meeting on Th...
January 23, 2026 Local News
A Kittanning man is facing charges after a fight involving three men and a woman broke out in the parking lot of a bar Jan. 9 in Clearfield Township. Wyatt Allen Birch, ...
January 23, 2026 Local News
A Schuylkill County man apologized Thursday, Jan. 22, in Butler County Common Pleas Court for disrupting a Penn Township business before he was sentenced to probation fo...
January 23, 2026 Crime & Courts
News
A Butler man accused of igniting a lighter next to the gas tank of a state police vehicle was given a state prison sentence Thursday after pleading guilty to reckless end...
January 23, 2026 Crime & Courts
A Butler woman was given a state prison sentence Thursday, Jan. 22, in Butler County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty to charges in connection with the assault of...
January 23, 2026 Crime & Courts
A Butler man sustained a suspected serious injury Monday, Jan. 19, in a two-vehicle crash between a passenger vehicle and a plow on Route 422 in Franklin Township near Th...
January 22, 2026 Local News
A Butler man accused of striking a pedestrian Saturday on East Brady Street said he believed he hit a trash can instead of a pedestrian, Butler City police said in an aff...
January 22, 2026 Local News
Emergency services requested a medical helicopter to the scene of a two-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon, Jan. 22, near Zelienople, according to Butler County Emergency S...
January 22, 2026 Local News
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Community
Neighborhood Legal Services helps people with past records move forward
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
The Penn State Extension Master Gardener program of Butler County will soon kick off its “...
January 20, 2026
While the new Miss Moraine State is looking forward to competing at the Miss Pennsylvania ...
January 20, 2026
Mars Area Centennial School students are learning about the fundamentals of hockey using e...
January 20, 2026
Reese Sequite, a junior at Butler Area Senior High School, has been named one of this year...
January 18, 2026
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Sports
KARNS CITY — Building a double-digit lead against Redbank Valley boys basketball is not ea...
 
BUTLER TWP — Jordan Ryan made her second varsity start Thursday night. The Butler sophomor...
January 22, 2026
The WPIAL released its Class 3A and 2A boys team wrestling playoff brackets on Thursday. T...
January 22, 2026
CRANBERRY TWP — Reece McFadden wasn’t born to be a basketball player. The Seneca Valley so...
January 22, 2026
Mars softball and boys track and field will have new head coaches when the 2026 season beg...
January 22, 2026
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Editorial
The National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation says health care workforce shortages are projected to rise across the United States. Rura...
January 22, 2026 Our Opinion
January 22, 2026 Cartoons
Nicolás Maduro and his wife confronted two overpowering forces recently: the U.S. military and artificial intelligence. The result was worldwide confu...
January 22, 2026 Other Voices
Taxes are a necessary fact of life. Although no one likes paying them, and they divert resources and cause waste, governments need revenue to provide...
January 21, 2026 Other Voices
Something unnoticed, but important, took place at the beginning of the year. In the southeastern and south central parts of Butler County nearly every...
January 21, 2026 Our Opinion
Business
The Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania — a wildlife conservation nonprofit in Fox Chapel, Allegheny County, which operates four nature preserves ...
January 23, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market is rising again Thursday and regaining more of its losses for the week following the latest walkback by President Do...
January 23, 2026 Business
NEW YORK (AP) — An appeal for bankruptcy protection filing of the operator of Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus has left the luxu...
January 23, 2026 Business
General Motors Co. will onshore production of the Buick Envision from China to Kansas, the Detroit automaker confirmed Thursday. Production of the nex...
January 23, 2026 Business
OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett’s successor appears to be considering his first significant move after taking over as CEO this month. Kraft Heinz warned...
January 21, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
What so many of us love about magicians is their ability to conceal the mechanics of a trick. It is this same mystery that compels people to admire art they are unable to...
January 22, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
Ryan Coogler’s blues-steeped vampire epic “Sinners” led all films with 16 nominations to the 98th Academy Awards on Thursday, setting a record for the most in Oscar hist...
January 23, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Ryan Coogler’s blues-steeped vampire epic “Sinners” led all films with 16 nominations to the 98th Academy Awards on Thursday, setting a record for the most in Oscar hist...
January 23, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Country music superstar Dolly Parton celebrated her 80th birthday Monday with new music and greetings from friends. The freshly minted octogenarian posted a new version o...
January 22, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
The Golden Raspberry Awards on Wednesday released the nominees for the 2026 Razzies, “honoring” last year’s most dubious achievements in film. Among the biggest losers wa...
January 21, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Dwayne Johnson transforming into MMA pioneer Mark Kerr for “The Smashing Machine” and Louis Tomlinson releasing his third solo album are some of the new television, films...
January 20, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
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...
January 21, 2026 Special Sections
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...
January 21, 2026 Special Sections
To view the Butler Eagle’s PDF version, click here. ...
January 14, 2026 Special Sections
This holiday season, some shoppers are looking beyond traditional wrapped gifts — the kind that sometimes end up forgotten in the back of the closet — and choosing instea...
December 11, 2025 Special Sections
To view the Butler Eagle’s PDF version, click here. ...
December 10, 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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