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Artemis II sails through trip around the moon after surpassing Apollo 13’s distance record
HOUSTON — With the moon now filling their windows, the Artemis II astronauts sailed into their lunar flyby Monday, taking in magnificent views of the far side n...
Butler Area School District votes to swap bonds at special meeting
BUTLER TWP — Butler Area School District’s board approved the termination of Series 2007 bonds in a Monday, April 6, special meeting and will vote to swap it fo...
Butler boys volleyball outlasts Hempfield, ‘puts up a fight’ to remain perfect in non-section play
BUTLER TWP — Monday’s meeting with Hempfield required a bit more effort from Butler boys volleyball, but the Golden Tornado remained perfect in non-section game...
Hundreds flock to St. Paul’s for Easter Sunday morning mass
Sunday, April 5, marked the holiest day on the Christian calendar, Easter Sunday, as Butler County residents flocked to churches for services. One of the large...
Butler County’s boys basketball 2026 all-stars: Knoch’s Teegan Finucan POTY, first team, more
Making history became a theme this season for Knoch boys basketball senior Teegan Finucan. Shortly after he broke the school record for 3-pointers made in a car...
Artemis II sails through trip around the moon after surpassing Apollo 13’s dista...
Artemis II sails throu...
Butler Area School District votes to swap bonds at special meeting
Butler Area School Dis...
Butler boys volleyball outlasts Hempfield, ‘puts up a fight’ to remain perfect i...
Butler boys volleyball...
Hundreds flock to St. Paul’s for Easter Sunday morning mass
Hundreds flock to St. ...
Butler County’s boys basketball 2026 all-stars: Knoch’s Teegan Finucan POTY, fir...
Butler County’s boys b...
Top Headlines
Two Beaver County residents are accused of selling drugs out of a Cranberry Township hotel. David Lee Lyons, 64, of Beaver Falls, and Crystal Dallas, 46, of Koppel, were ...
April 06, 2026 Local News
A Butler County man has filed a lawsuit against a woman who he said struck him with her vehicle in August 2024 while he was jogging in Zelienople. Gregory Price and his w...
April 06, 2026 Crime & Courts
The state Department of Transportation is looking for property owners interested in housing fill dump sites from upcoming shoulder grading and ditch cleaning operations. ...
April 06, 2026 Local News
Adams Township-based manufacturer Mars Mineral has hired Elliott Woodward, son of president Clayton Woodward, as a new business manager. He is the third generation of th...
April 06, 2026 Business
The Zelienople Borough Police Department is spreading awareness of the laws surrounding e-bikes as temperatures begin to rise. According to the state Department of Trans...
April 06, 2026 Local News
News
Children got a chance to add a little challenge to their Easter egg hunts this year. Fairview Township hosted a glow-in-the-dark egg hunt for children up to fifth grade S...
April 06, 2026 Local News
A group of individuals was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a PennDOT driver license center in West Kittanning, Armstrong County, on Friday afterno...
April 05, 2026 Local News
ZELIENOPLE — Hundreds of families came to town for three annual Easter activities on Holy Saturday. The morning began with “Breakfast with the Bunny” at the English Luth...
April 04, 2026 Local News
MIDDLESEX TWP — Friday night rain gave way to sunshine Saturday, and the fish were biting for the opening day of the statewide trout season. The shoreline, pier and dam a...
April 04, 2026 Local News
Volunteers and attendees marked Good Friday with a fish fry at the St. Wendelin Church Hall as the traditional season for foregoing meat on Fridays observed by some Chris...
April 04, 2026 Local News
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Community
New and experienced home gardeners can prepare for the growing season by attending an upco...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
MIDDLESEX TWP — For John Porter, certain work days remind him to tell the people in his li...
April 06, 2026
The South Butler Community Library is holding a bingo game fundraiser event at 6 p.m., Sat...
April 06, 2026
Maddox Grupp, of Cranberry Township Boy Scout Troop 403, achieved the rank of Eagle Scout ...
April 06, 2026
A traditional Easter egg hunt is a lot of fun, especially for children. I certainly enjoye...
April 05, 2026
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Sports
PITTSBURGH — Germán Márquez combined with two relievers on a seven-hit shutout for his fir...
 
Jence Rhoads expanded her family’s basketball legacy growing up A 2007 Slippery Rock High ...
April 06, 2026
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County. Monday, April 6 Ba...
April 06, 2026
PITTSBURGH — The NFL draft coming to Pittsburgh later this month is a big deal for the cit...
April 06, 2026
PITTSBURGH — Rickard Rakell scored twice, Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists and the...
April 05, 2026
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Editorial
Zelienople keeps proving itself to be a tight-knit community of people who will help one another when a fire strikes a business and apartment and also...
April 06, 2026 Our Opinion
April 06, 2026 Cartoons
South Asia has had three youth-led revolts and three changes of government — and still has three countries with problems that haven’t changed a bit. I...
April 06, 2026 Other Voices
On the morning of March 17, our quiet retired morning turned nearly disastrous. I discovered the shop and barn were on fire. After what seemed like ho...
April 04, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Congratulations to Ed Codi, former teacher at the Butler high school, on his book, “The Brothers Saul.” Three brothers from Butler, whose tour de forc...
April 04, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Business
NEW YORK — Samsung is saying goodbye to its namesake texting app. According to an end of service announcement published on the tech giant’s U.S. suppo...
April 06, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — A top Federal Reserve official said Monday that an interest rate hike could be appropriate if inflation remains persistently above the ce...
April 06, 2026 National News
General Motors Co. on Wednesday reported it sold nearly 10% fewer vehicles in the past three months compared to the same time last year, when sales b...
April 05, 2026 Business
LOS ANGELES — The screenwriters union and Hollywood studios reached a surprise four-year tentative agreement after roughly three weeks of negotiation....
April 05, 2026 Business
Workers at one of the nation's largest meatpacking plants have agreed to return to work and halt a three-week strike after plant owner JBS USA agreed ...
April 05, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
The Bach Society will have two spring choral concerts in early May. Under the direction of Leo R. Sayles, the choral group will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 1, at Cen...
April 01, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Yup, she wore something blue. Zendaya, surprising precisely nobody on the planet, showed up in dazzling blue at Thursday’s New York premiere of “The Drama,...
April 06, 2026 People
Two couples. Too much wine. One loaded question: What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done? The revelations that tumble from that truth-or-dare-style drinking game badly te...
April 04, 2026 Reviews
There are some things you might expect, even count on, in a Super Mario Galaxy movie. The introduction of the celestial Princess Rosalina? Check. A scene of her reading b...
April 04, 2026 Reviews
NEW YORK — Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claims against Justin Baldoni over the movie “It Ends With Us” were dismissed Thursday by a federal judge who left intact thre...
April 02, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce plan to say “I do” in her beloved Rhode Island this June, at least according to sources shedding light on the star-studded nuptials. The Gra...
April 01, 2026 People
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Special Sections
In like a lion, out like a lamb? March serves as more than a transition month. It’s also preparation time for the rites of spring: Greener grass, blooming flower beds and...
March 31, 2026 Special Sections
Helping local children develop early literacy skills
March 17, 2026 Special Sections
Verah Vucelich, 3, kicked away from the side of the pool, a small foam backpack strapped to her chest, as her instructor encouraged her from a few feet away. In adjacent ...
March 17, 2026 Special Sections
To view the Butler Eagle’s PDF version, click here. ...
March 10, 2026 Special Sections
At Passavant Community in Zelienople, the beauty of kindness arrives on four wheels. Once a month, a pushcart filled with fresh-cut flowers donated by Trader Joe’s makes...
February 18, 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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