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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announces it has found a buyer to keep the newspaper open
NEW YORK — Barely two weeks before it was due to shut down, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said Tuesday it had found a last-minute buyer — a successful nonprofit j...
Mars shortstop Danny Murray doesn’t let much get by him. A shark? That’s a different story
ADAMS TWP — It’s a missed snare on a Florida beach that eats at Danny Murray more so than any one in the baseball infield. “I was surf fishing, and I usually do...
Baseball field is a sore topic for some in Karns City renovation talks
KARNS CITY — When Hayes Design Group created plans for what a potential renovation of Karns City Area Junior/Senior High School could look like, it was asked to...
Sing Hosanna! musical theater group to disband by end of summer
Butler County’s musical theater community will soon lose one of its contributors as the Sing Hosanna! group announced this week it will disband by the end of th...
Butler PFLAG dissolves, leaving hole in LGBTQ+ services
With the Butler chapter of PFLAG recently dissolving, other community organizations are stepping up to provide services for the local LGBTQ+ population. Mid-las...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announces it has found a buyer to keep the newspaper ope...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazett...
Mars shortstop Danny Murray doesn’t let much get by him. A shark? That’s a diffe...
Mars shortstop Danny M...
Baseball field is a sore topic for some in Karns City renovation talks
Baseball field is a so...
Sing Hosanna! musical theater group to disband by end of summer
Sing Hosanna! musical ...
Butler PFLAG dissolves, leaving hole in LGBTQ+ services
Butler PFLAG dissolves...
Top Headlines
A bus carrying Connoquenessing Elementary School students reportedly crashed Wednesday morning, April 15, into a tree along Shannon Road. The crash was reported at about ...
April 15, 2026 Local News
Sugarcreek Elementary School is close to being completely demolished. The Karns City Area School District board approved a bid for abatement and razing of the former Sug...
April 14, 2026 Local News
PENN TWP — Due to lower-than-expected ticket sales, the Penn Township Volunteer Fire Department’s annual tool bash has been canceled for 2026. The tool bash is an annual...
April 15, 2026 Local News
HARRISVILLE — Borough council is making strides toward revitalizing their parks and recreational areas through repairs and additions. At a council meeting on Monday, Apri...
April 14, 2026 Local News
Butler County’s representatives to the state General Assembly have had a quiet couple months to start the year on the legislative front. Here’s a look at legislation int...
April 13, 2026 Local News
News
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts: Adams Twp April 7 — Dylan Mathew McConahy, 19, of Valencia, was charged with ...
April 15, 2026 Local News
An America 250 event will highlight the stories of Butler County soldiers who served the country honorably in France during World War I. Local historian Deb Kruger and t...
April 14, 2026 Local News
As of Monday, April 13, road crews have begun the process of installing 32 new removable steel bollards on Saxonburg’s Main Street at both the Rebecca and Isabella street...
April 14, 2026 Local News
A Greenville man died over the weekend when his UTV overturned in Mercer County. Chad W. Bromley, 42, died at the scene Saturday, April 11, when the UTV rolled over him ...
April 14, 2026 Local News
ZELIENOPLE — Glade Run Lutheran Services said it is changing the name of St. Stephen’s Lutheran Academy to Glade Run Academy. According to the organization, the new name ...
April 14, 2026 Local News
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Community
Andy Potyka retired from Armco in 1996, but his hard hat was still in use in Butler Townsh...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
The Friends of the Mars Area Public Library will hold its Spring Book Sale from Thursday t...
April 13, 2026
Hope’s Road will host a free “Planting Hope” event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 2,...
April 13, 2026
Mars Area Elementary School third-grader Quinn Grady is seeking votes in the national “Ame...
April 13, 2026
BUTLER TWP — Last spring, 186 Butler County Community College students transferred a numbe...
April 13, 2026
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Sports
JACKSON TWP — A reversed call gave Butler the lead it never lost. Seneca Valley appeared t...
 
PITTSBURGH — CJ Abrams went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double and two RBIs as the Washingt...
April 14, 2026
Ian Ross, Carson Minnear, Dawson Cook, James Gillen and Beau Stewart all had two-hit effor...
April 14, 2026
PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes spent last season pitching on a razor's edge, aware that one mist...
April 14, 2026
Slippery Rock football fans can get their first look at the 2026 Rock this spring. SRU...
April 14, 2026
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Editorial
It’s kind of an unspoken rule in the jungles of academia for students within a certain age range that math and science aren’t the cool things to be in...
April 15, 2026 Our Opinion
In an 8-1 decision last week, the Supreme Court struck down a Colorado law that prohibited so-called conversion therapy aimed at changing the gender e...
April 15, 2026 Other Voices
April 14, 2026 Cartoons
The staff of the Tamarack Wildlife Center in Crawford County deserve praise for their successful efforts to heal an injured bald eagle found last fall...
April 14, 2026 Our Opinion
For decades, there’s been a quasi-clandestine accord about expanding oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Nobody wanted to go there — well, except the ...
April 14, 2026 Other Voices
Business
NEW YORK — The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday began layoffs expected to lead to 1,000 job cuts across the company. Josh D'Amaro, who in February succee...
April 14, 2026 Business
Venezuela has sold roughly 150 million barrels of crude oil since early January following the easing of U.S. sanctions and Nicolás Maduro’s capture, a...
April 14, 2026 Business
Amazon.com Inc. agreed to acquire satellite operator Globalstar Inc. in a roughly $11.6 billion deal that would expand the services of its satellite s...
April 14, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — Convenience chain 7-Eleven expects to close hundreds of its locations this year. According to earnings filings published last week, 7-Eleve...
April 14, 2026 Business
A Butler senior living community has received national recognition. Newhaven Court at Clearview earned U.S. News & World Report 2026 Best Senior Livin...
April 14, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
Greater Pittsburgh Civil War Roundtable will have a presentation from Ronald Kirkwood, titled “Too Much For Human Endurance.” The talk will take place at 7 p.m. Monday, A...
April 08, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears has entered a substance abuse treatment facility just over a month after she was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alco...
April 13, 2026 People
NEW YORK — More than a thousand movie stars, writers, directors and other Hollywood professionals announced their “unequivocal opposition” to the proposed Paramount merge...
April 13, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Sid Krofft, the Canadian-born entertainment wizard who teamed with his brother and fellow puppeteer Marty Krofft to create such cult favorites as children's 19...
April 13, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Sadie Sandler starring in the Netflix comedy “Roommates” and fresh tunes from Zayn Malik are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near yo...
April 12, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” enjoyed otherworldly success at the box office in its second weekend in theaters. The Universal and Illumination sequel added $69 mill...
April 12, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
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
When something in the house stops working or needs to be replaced, the first impulse of many people is to call a contractor or comparison shop online. Others have the min...
April 08, 2026 Special Sections
3 days of experts, exhibits, demonstrations and free admission
April 08, 2026 Special Sections
Many consumers are guilty of filling drawers or closets with old laptops, cellphones, fitness trackers and other electronic devices once they are no longer needed. It’s h...
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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