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Juvenile flown to hospital after being struck by vehicle Thursday in Butler
A juvenile sustained an apparent leg fracture after being struck by a vehicle Thursday evening, Sept. 17, in Butler and was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital, acco...
Shapiro fires up Butler Democrats with less than two months until election
PENN TWP — Receiving a standing ovation from a room of local Democrats at the Butler Country Club, Gov. Josh Shapiro pitched a reelection campaign centered on a...
PennDOT safety coordinator highlights benefits of roundabouts
Efforts part of National Roundabout Week The Federal Highway Administration is celebrating National Roundabout Week between Monday and Friday, Sept. 21 through ...
Why Chase Rowe is viewed as the perfect fit to coach Mars baseball after years in pro, college ball
As Chase Rowe’s college baseball playing career was winding down, he was determined to stay involved in the sport in one way or another. “It’s all I knew and I ...
Juvenile flown to hospital after being struck by vehicle Thursday in Butler
Juvenile flown to hosp...
Shapiro fires up Butler Democrats with less than two months until election
Shapiro fires up Butle...
PennDOT safety coordinator highlights benefits of roundabouts
PennDOT safety coordin...
Why Chase Rowe is viewed as the perfect fit to coach Mars baseball after years i...
Why Chase Rowe is view...
Butler man charged with repeatedly raping child over 6 year period
Butler man charged wit...
Top Headlines
The defendant in a November 2024 shooting death in Butler is being appointed a new attorney. Sean Ernest Williams, 39, of Butler, has been charged by Butler police with h...
September 18, 2026 Local News
Accused of repeatedly entering girls’ changing area
September 17, 2026 Local News
A section of Mars/Evans City Road in Adams Township was closed to traffic from shortly after 2 p.m. until about 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, due to a multivehicle crash ...
September 17, 2026
An addition to a Seven Fields intersection aims to improve traffic safety. A three-way stop sign was placed at the intersection of Highpointe, Sycamore and Enclave drives...
September 18, 2026 Local News
The BMH Foundation, the charitable arm of Independence Health System Butler Memorial Hospital, received a $200,000 grant from the Hillman Foundation to support its Food I...
September 17, 2026 Local News
News
A section of Dinnerbell Road in Jefferson Township has been closed “immediately” to facilitate repair on the Bessemer railroad tunnel near the Victory Road intersection. ...
September 17, 2026 Local News
Officials from Adams Township and Mars Borough will hold the fifth in a series of joint public meetings to discuss a planned municipal merger at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. ...
September 17, 2026 Local News
MUDDY CREEK TWP — Following in the footsteps of numerous other municipalities in Butler County, the board of supervisors of Muddy Creek Township voted during its monthly ...
September 17, 2026 Local News
A visiting senior judge will issue a ruling on whether to recuse the district attorney’s office from prosecuting the man charged with striking and killing 15-year-old Aid...
September 17, 2026 Crime & Courts
Activity in area continues to grow
September 17, 2026 Local News
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Community
Sadly, we say goodbye to Butler summer this Tuesday evening with the autumnal equinox at 7...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
The following area residents were named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges an...
September 17, 2026
The following area residents were named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges an...
September 17, 2026
There will be a spaghetti meatball benefit dinner, 50/50 and Chinese auction on Oct. 3 fro...
September 17, 2026
Andrew and Patricia Potyka, of Butler, celebrated 70 years of marriage on Sept. 16 with a ...
September 17, 2026
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Sports
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Slippery Rock is unsure who the opposing quarterback will be when it t...
 
Luke Myers found the net twice and Ryan Karwoski earned a clean sheet in Knoch boys soccer...
September 17, 2026
“I was a terrible athlete, probably.” Butler High graduate and Butler Radio news director ...
September 17, 2026
Aden Shay is the type of football player you build a program around. “I’d love to have...
September 17, 2026
League play is ramping up across Butler County, with Freeport visiting North Catholic in W...
September 17, 2026
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Editorial
Diamond Park is one of two clear signs that you have entered the City of Butler from the south. The other is right across the street: the Butler Count...
September 16, 2026 Our Opinion
Politics nerds have many ideas about how to strengthen American democracy. However, few directly address silent elections. For example, ranked-choice ...
September 16, 2026 Other Voices
September 14, 2026 Cartoons
The attacks on Hugging Face ran from May to late July, yet the details of what actually happened when OpenAI’s artificial-intelligence agents deceived...
September 14, 2026 Other Voices
It’s almost unimaginable that 25 years have passed since that day. To be honest, in the early hours of that day, it was a little uncertain that there...
September 12, 2026 Our Opinion
Business
Chrysler is recalling more than 200,000 Jeeps of various models due to potential tire pressure monitoring system failure, according to the National Hi...
September 17, 2026 Business
Armco Credit Union is warning customers of scammers impersonating its agents and attempting to steal customers’ information. Scammers are using the c...
September 17, 2026 Business
OpenAI has disclosed six reports of “unexpected or concerning” behavior in artificial-intelligence models as the debate on AI safety becomes increasin...
September 17, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market rallied to its best day in six weeks Thursday after falling oil prices and easing pressure from the bond market helpe...
September 17, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — The number of people applying for unemployment benefits dropped sharply last week, another sign that layoffs remain rare and most America...
September 17, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
The Knights of Columbus Butler Council 866 is hosting its second annual four-person scramble charity golf tournament on Saturday, Sept. 26. The event begins at 8 a.m. at ...
September 16, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Annie Dillard, the Pulitzer-Prize winning author and essayist renowned for her poetic explorations of nature, love, spirituality and the art of writing in the ...
September 17, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Ed Sheeran’s tour of North and South America was plunged into chaos Tuesday when four of his supporting acts abruptly quit in solidarity with the rapper Mackle...
September 17, 2026 People
NEW YORK — Peter Max, whose colorful, psychedelic pop art expressed the optimism of the “flower power” movement of the 1960s and graced everything from postage stamps to ...
September 16, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
WASHINGTON — The Trump-aligned Kennedy Center board voted Tuesday to close most of the iconic performing arts venue just hours after a federal judge blocked the instituti...
September 15, 2026 National News
The return of “Dancing with the Stars” and a new album from Luke Bryan are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the ...
September 15, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
It isn’t difficult in the Concordia Haven Retirement Apartments to stumble on a resident involved in some form of community service or charity work. Resident Elizabeth Sp...
September 16, 2026 Special Sections
La Roche University Executive Director of Introcaso Center for Lifelong Learning Jennifer Engel said she remembers when a woman, grieving her late husband, said that the ...
September 16, 2026 Special Sections
Students must juggle school, work, extracurricular activities
September 16, 2026 Special Sections
The events of Sept. 11, 2001 mark a moment in American history that typically draws the question, “Where were you?” The Butler Eagle asked that very question on social me...
September 11, 2026 Special Sections
At first, the Butler Eagle’s front page on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, seemed like it was going to look very different than how it ended up. Among the stories that seemed de...
September 11, 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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