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Cleveland-Cliffs’ $195 million expansion receives full approval
BUTLER TWP — Cleveland-Cliffs is now cleared to make a $195 million investment into its Butler Works facility after months of delay. The Butler Township Board o...
Checkup: The State of Emergency Medical Services in Butler County
As struggles continue for emergency medical services, the Butler Eagle is taking a deep-dive look into what the situation is, how we got here and what the futur...
Butler boys basketball coach Matt Clement stepping down after 17 seasons, WPIAL title: ‘It meant a lot to me’
BUTLER TWP — Coaching high school basketball had been on Matt Clement’s radar for a long time. “Even my baseball teammates knew it,” the former major league pit...
Cranberry police looking at future growth, potential building renovation
CRANBERRY TWP — As the police department expands, township officials are expected to recommend upgrades to its headquarters in the municipal center. Cranberry’s...
Cleveland-Cliffs’ $195 million expansion receives full approval
Cleveland-Cliffs’ $195...
Sheriff seeks liability insurance after news work assisting ICE won’t be covered...
Sheriff seeks liabilit...
Checkup: The State of Emergency Medical Services in Butler County
Checkup: The State of ...
Butler boys basketball coach Matt Clement stepping down after 17 seasons, WPIAL ...
Butler boys basketball...
Cranberry police looking at future growth, potential building renovation
Cranberry police looki...
Top Headlines
Rates could change for 2027
April 21, 2026 Local News
A group of 10 children aged 5 to 10 were inside a bus that crashed Wednesday, April 15, in Connoquenessing Township, state police in Butler said Tuesday. The students we...
April 21, 2026 Local News
A man in a rental car accidentally drove it into Applebee’s on Monday evening, April 20, in the Butler Crossing shopping center, according to Butler Township police. Jeff...
April 21, 2026 Local News
BUTLER TWP — Following a bond swap that provides some new cash, Butler Area School District’s board is considering just over $12 million in capital projects that would ma...
April 21, 2026 Local News
LANCASTER TWP — A historic township restaurant may see some major changes in the near future. During its monthly meeting on Monday, April 20, the township board of superv...
April 21, 2026 Local News
News
A Valencia man is accused of harming a woman and a dog in Middlesex Township. Ty David Gaffney, 26, was charged April 11 by Middlesex Township police with one misdemeano...
April 21, 2026 Local News
A Valencia man is accused of groping a woman at a bonfire on Crossvale Street. Matthew Frederick Lange, 36, was charged Saturday, April 18, with misdemeanor indecent ass...
April 21, 2026 Local News
BUTLER TWP — Bids for the township’s asphalt and seal coat projects were opened at a commissioners meeting Monday evening, April 20. Three bids were received for the asph...
April 21, 2026 Local News
To The Limit Motorsportz, an auto detailing business located on North Isabella Street in Saxonburg, is holding a car cruise on Saturday, April 25, to raise money for the ...
April 21, 2026 Local News
Cranberry Township received the Outstanding Citizen Communication Award for a Township with a Population Over 5,000 at the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supe...
April 21, 2026 Local News
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Community
Outdoor enthusiasts had a reason to check out Butler County Community College’s main campu...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
The Rotary Club of Zelienople will have its spring pancake breakfast Sunday morning, April...
April 20, 2026
Bakerstown United Methodist Church, 5760 William Flynn Highway, Gibsonia, will have a “jun...
April 20, 2026
Butler County librarians share their favorite authors, genres and books
April 20, 2026
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock, Mount Ch...
April 18, 2026
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Sports
JACKSON TWP — Even having secured a WPIAL Class 6A baseball playoff spot, Seneca Valley ha...
 
Mike Tomlin is going from the glare of an NFL sideline to the glare of television lights. ...
April 21, 2026
JACKSON TWP — North Catholic students have a game of senior assassins, where students use ...
April 21, 2026
Two Butler County flag football players will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity this wee...
April 21, 2026
PITTSBURGH — Dan Vladar stopped 27 shots, rookie Porter Martone scored for the second stra...
April 20, 2026
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Editorial
April 21, 2026 Cartoons
Hats off to Miss Butler County Annie Rieg for using her public appearances to push for more organ and tissue donations. At a recent appearance at Butl...
April 21, 2026 Our Opinion
From the ultra-deep waters of Brazil’s Santos Basin to the arid shale fields of Argentina’s Patagonia, a new hydrocarbon boom is welling up across Lat...
April 21, 2026 Other Voices
April 20, 2026 Cartoons
Teachers at all levels of education are noticing the changing career landscape that awaits their students following their graduation from school. Trad...
April 20, 2026 Our Opinion
Business
The satirical news outlet The Onion is back with a new plan to take over the Infowars platforms of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones as his company faces...
April 20, 2026 Business
Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down from the job that he inherited from the late Steve Jobs, ending a 15-year reign that saw the company’s market valu...
April 20, 2026 Business
Amazon used its market leverage to get companies such as Walmart to increase prices on their websites so the e-commerce giant would not be undercut by...
April 20, 2026 Business
CRANBERRY TWP — Realty ONE Group has officially expanded into Butler County. The real estate agency, on April 8, opened its new Realty ONE Group Landm...
April 20, 2026 Business
RIVERTON, Utah — When a dozen Republican activists gathered on a back deck in the Salt Lake City suburbs to talk about this year’s elections, the conv...
April 19, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
Trail includes Moraine and Jennings
April 16, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
Actor Patrick Muldoon, known for a host of series and films from “Melrose Place” and “Days of Our Lives,” to “Starship Troopers,” died Sunday. He was 57. Muldoon’s manage...
April 20, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Cher, who once said she longed to be a grandmother, has reportedly gotten her wish after learning last year that her troubled son, Elijah Blue Allman, secretly became a f...
April 20, 2026 People
“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” and “Project Hail Mary” dominated the North American box office again this weekend, leaving “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” in third place for...
April 19, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Over the years, we’ve seen countless characters wander into corrupt small towns and become entrapped by the locals. Usually, the mean face of these movies is the town she...
April 17, 2026 Reviews
The tagline for “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” is “Some things are meant to stay buried.” That also applies to the misguided “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy,” which should definitely s...
April 17, 2026 Reviews
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Special Sections
While spring marks the return of warmer weather in Western Pennsylvania, it also brings back the unmistakable sights and sounds of roadwork — including fresh surface tre...
April 21, 2026 Special Sections
While the weather is becoming milder as Butler County enters spring, winter can leave a lasting impact on vehicles. Nate Miller, owner of Randy and Bob’s Auto Body, said ...
April 20, 2026 Special Sections
Butler County has an unusually high number of golf courses. That’s a good thing, said Experience Butler County president Amy Pack. There is something for all kinds of gol...
April 19, 2026 Sports
To view the Butler Eagle’s PDF version, click here. ...
April 14, 2026 Special Sections
Vendors and exhibitors scheduled to appear at this year’s Butler County Home Show include: Agway Water Treatment of Western PA Alex Restoration & Masonry Repairs ARK Base...
April 08, 2026 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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