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While southwest grows, small towns like Zelie, Evans City face changes
On the Zelienople Harmony Area Community Forum Facebook page, you’ll see occasional posts of legacy businesses past and present. A recent post highlighted the t...
Butler man who threatened boy, father with gun to enter VA treatment program
A Butler man who barricaded himself in a Mercer Street residence after pointing what police believed at the time to be an AR-15-style rifle at a 5-year-old boy ...
SRU grows in 2026 despite enrollment pressures
While the enrollment cliff and other issues loom large in higher education, Slippery Rock University is highlighting positive trends and celebrating “historic e...
Flooding in Slippery Rock Borough increasingly common
Slippery Rock resident Dennis Snyder started to plug the drains in his basement after two substantial floods in two years lifted sewage into his home. Yet, when...
Newell man killed at Cleveland-Cliffs Monessen plant
A Newell man died Sunday, Sept. 27, after being pinned between two door machines at the Cleveland-Cliffs Coke Works plant in Monessen, according to the Westmore...
While southwest grows, small towns like Zelie, Evans City face changes
While southwest grows,...
Butler man who threatened boy, father with gun to enter VA treatment program
Butler man who threate...
SRU grows in 2026 despite enrollment pressures
SRU grows in 2026 desp...
Flooding in Slippery Rock Borough increasingly common
Flooding in Slippery R...
Newell man killed at Cleveland-Cliffs Monessen plant
Newell man killed at C...
Top Headlines
A judge issued an order Tuesday requiring the district attorney’s office to give any report from a medical expert who will testify in a 2024 sexual assault case to the de...
September 30, 2026 Local News
(The Center Square) — It's around harvest time for wheat and corn and other crops in Pennsylvania, but as farmers head out in combines to do the work they're experiencing...
September 30, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Now that road construction season is drawing to a close, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is accepting feedback from Pennsylvanians on construction and maint...
September 29, 2026 Local News
Businesses, factories in state off the hook
September 30, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Assaults began when both were minors
September 29, 2026 Local News
News
ZELIENOPLE — Borough council unanimously approved four special event permit applications at its Monday, Sept. 28, meeting, including three by the Zelienople Area Business...
September 29, 2026 Local News
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Township officials are preparing to review options regarding a small concrete bridge after a discussion with the county found it to be the township’s ...
September 29, 2026 Local News
ADAMS TWP — Supervisors gave final land development approval for the retail portion of the Quincy Heights combined residential/retail planned development during its meeti...
September 29, 2026 Local News
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Butler Sept. 7 — Robert S. Sennett Jr., 43, of Butler, was charged with felony pos...
September 29, 2026 Local News
A Butler man accused in April of threatening a woman and her children had his felony aggravated assault charge withdrawn at a Monday, Sept. 28, preliminary hearing. Dana...
September 28, 2026 Local News
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Community
Slippery Rock Area High School will crown its homecoming king and queen Friday, Oct. 2, du...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
Cold weather and constant rain didn't stop hundreds of people from making the 2011 Mars Ap...
September 29, 2026
BUTLER TWP — The Maternal Health Program at LifeSteps received more than 350 new items Fri...
September 29, 2026
What makes the Rocket Fuel Cafe an example other schools want to follow
September 28, 2026
A drive through Zelienople’s Main Street can take a while. There are only three traffic li...
September 28, 2026
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Sports
KARNS CITY — Brock Dittman never figured he’d be playing soccer in junior high. Now the Ka...
 
Following are the athletes of the week recognized in the Oct. 1 edition of the Butler Eagl...
September 30, 2026
PITTSBURGH — It is the next-to-last day of September on the eve of Sidney Crosby's 22nd se...
September 30, 2026
North Catholic’s Christopher Faber is four strokes off the lead after the first round of t...
September 29, 2026
JACKSON TWP — Despite having her position shifted during a 3-0 girls volleyball win over B...
September 29, 2026
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Editorial
President Donald J. Trump’s reported ban of MS NOW, CNN and Politico from the White House is outrageous, dangerous and fundamentally contrary to the C...
September 26, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Why doesn’t someone do some painting on the horse statue at the end of the viaduct in Butler. It is rusting away. It was a beautiful thing when first ...
September 26, 2026 Letters to the Editor
In the Sept. 9 Butler Eagle article “Callery fire company asks for additional funding, 3-year contract from borough” (Page 1), my kudos to Assistant F...
September 26, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Dolly Parton was a famous singer for decades, but she never used her star platform to advance her political views. She understood that her fans came t...
September 26, 2026 Letters to the Editor
September 25, 2026 Cartoons
Business
The VA Butler Healthcare System has been recognized at VA’s 2026 National Customer Experience Symposium with the Veterans Health Administration Custom...
September 28, 2026 Business
More than half the storefronts at the Clearview Mall sit vacant, but the Florida company that has operated the mall since the start of 2024, hopes to ...
September 25, 2026 Business
BUTLER TWP — Butler County Community College’s new bistro and cafe features a familiar name to Butler County. Run by Vintage Coffeehouse, located on ...
September 25, 2026 Local News
FRANKLIN TWP — Butler County Farm Bureau members approved a bushel full of policy recommendations Thursday, Sept. 24, at the bureau’s annual fall meet...
September 25, 2026 Agriculture
Forward Township will try again Thursday in maintenance garage
September 24, 2026 Government
Weekend Entertainment
The Tuff Tornado Run takes place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the top loop of Alameda Park, bringing a 2-mile muddy challenge to children and adults alik...
September 24, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
Dennis Haskins, the actor best known for playing the affable Principal Richard Belding on the hit NBC sitcom “Saved by the Bell,” has died. He was 75. Haskins' death was ...
September 29, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Sylvester Stallone achieved peak fitness during his “Rocky” years and beyond, but at a price paid in steroid use and an eating disorder, he revealed in a new interview. ...
September 29, 2026 People
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — Calypso music lost one of its most emblematic voices Sunday with the death of Slinger Francisco, who was known on stage as the Mighty Sparrow an...
September 28, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
The limited series adaptation of “East of Eden” and an album from Quavo are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the...
September 28, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Seven years after becoming the second-highest grossing film ever, “Avengers: Endgame” returned to the No. 1 spot at the box office in a victory lap for Marvel ...
September 28, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
Journalism in Butler County can be traced to Aug. 17, 1818, when the Palladium and Republican Star first published in Butler, the county seat. The first daily appeared in...
September 30, 2026 Special Sections
Butler County Historical Society Address: 123 W. Diamond St., Butler, PA 16001 Phone: 724-283-8116 Website: www.butlerhistory.com Email: society@butl...
September 30, 2026 Special Sections
Butler Art Center operated by the Associated Artists of Butler County Address: 344 S. Main St., Butler, PA 16001 Phone: 724-283-6922 Website: www.butlerar...
September 30, 2026 Special Sections
McConnells Mill State Park Address: 1761 McConnells Mill Road, Portersville, PA 16051 Telephone: 724-368-8811 Hours: Dawn to dusk, year-round Webs...
September 30, 2026 Special Sections
Butler Transit Authority Terminal address: 128 W. New Castle St., Butler, PA 16001 Mailing address: 130 Hollywood Drive, Suite 101, Butler, PA 16001 Terminal ...
September 30, 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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