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13 charged in alleged cocaine-trafficking ring linking Ohio to Butler County
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced charges Friday, Oct. 16, against 13 individuals in connection with an alleged cocaine-trafficking ring that ...
Pitch for new Mars library at heart of proposed Mars/Adams Township merger
Since the proposed municipal merger between Adams Township and Mars was first announced in January, a key component of the arrangement was the construction of a...
Fishbone Ministries brings Christ, community to Butler’s youth
A person going down Shore Street on a Thursday evening may see cars pulling to the side of the road, children running to a gated backyard and a re-creation of J...
Planned Kittanning private Christian school holds kickoff meeting
KITTANNING — Dozens of families in Armstrong County got a first look at Providence Classical Academy, a proposed private Christian K-6 school which plans to ope...
13 charged in alleged cocaine-trafficking ring linking Ohio to Butler County
13 charged in alleged ...
Arrest made in bomb threat at Mars Area High School
Arrest made in bomb th...
Pitch for new Mars library at heart of proposed Mars/Adams Township merger
Pitch for new Mars lib...
Fishbone Ministries brings Christ, community to Butler’s youth
Fishbone Ministries br...
Planned Kittanning private Christian school holds kickoff meeting
Planned Kittanning pri...
Top Headlines
A Butler man was sentenced Thursday to serve up to two years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a 17-year-old autistic girl in April 2025. Ivan Cumba,...
October 16, 2026 Local News
State Attorney General Dave Sunday announced a lawsuit Thursday, Oct. 15, against two Western Pennsylvania men, including one from Cranberry Township, following an allege...
October 16, 2026 Local News
One person was flown to Allegheny General Hospital after a two-vehicle crash Wednesday morning, Oct. 14, at Route 422 and Bonniebrook Road in Summit Township, according t...
October 14, 2026 Local News
Adams Area Fire District’s chief was released from the hospital after spending 28 days there and an additional 14 days in inpatient rehabilitation for an injury sustained...
October 16, 2026 Local News
Proposed budget not expected to include tax increase
October 16, 2026 Local News
News
A Butler County Common Pleas Court judge has denied a post-conviction relief petition from a former Middlesex Township man serving a lengthy prison sentence for being con...
October 16, 2026 Local News
JACKSON TWP — A public hearing about Londonderry Ridge, a planned development in the township, will resume at a special township board of supervisors meeting to be held 8...
October 16, 2026 Local News
A man riding a UTV was transported to Allegheny General Hospital with serious injuries Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 14, after crashing the vehicle, which landed on top of hi...
October 16, 2026 Local News
Earlier this week, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Alumni Association Board of Directors added three new members, including Cranberry Township native Dana Seguin. Se...
October 15, 2026 Local News
A new coffee shop is scheduled to come to Butler Township. Scooter’s Coffee, a drive-thru-only coffeehouse chain that sells coffee, smoothies, sodas, milkshakes, pastries...
October 15, 2026 Local News
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Community
Mars Area High School seniors Brian Biaku and Marin Raible were crowned as the school’s 20...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
When you gaze at the Butler night sky, especially in the dark countryside, you can see all...
October 15, 2026
The Lowrie House will host a free talk at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, exploring the histor...
October 15, 2026
Jacob Szul and Leela Hyatt were named the 2026 Tornado prince and princess at Butler High ...
October 15, 2026
The Friends of Cranberry Public Library will host a book donation drive Oct. 21-24, follow...
October 15, 2026
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Sports
TAMPA, Fla. — Todd Bowles will have to be quite creative to surprise Aaron Rodgers. Known ...
 
David Fleeger, a native of Butler now living in Ohio, recently earned first place overall ...
October 16, 2026
Sophie Hensel’s reason for returning to soccer this season was unique to say the least. “A...
October 16, 2026
Seneca Valley boys soccer wrapped up its WPIAL Section 3-4A schedule with a 7-0 victory ov...
October 15, 2026
Friday night’s matchup between Butler and Karns City football is the first of its kind. T...
October 15, 2026
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Editorial
October 16, 2026 Cartoons
Many Hall of Fame football players end up fading away, with highlight films and their bust in Canton serving as the only links between them and modern...
October 16, 2026 Our Opinion
Farming has always been a profession built on hard work, determination and resilience. Farmers wake up early, work long days and often continue workin...
October 16, 2026 Other Voices
I hope readers of Oct. 9 Butler Eagle appreciate the irony of that publication. While the front-page headline read, “Kicked Out of America, Carrizalez...
October 15, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Although I didn't vote for Mike Kelly during his first run for Congress based on his stance on abortion and Obamacare, I felt he was an honorable man ...
October 15, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Business
Allegheny Health Network has appointed Nipun B. Merchant, a surgical oncologist, researcher and healthcare executive, as the chair of the network’s De...
October 16, 2026 Business
The Courtyard by Marriott Pittsburgh North/Cranberry Woods, 150 Cranberry Woods Drive, is now under new ownership. Highline Hospitality Partners, the ...
October 16, 2026 Business
In response to the needs of patients, Butler Eye Care, 391 Evans City Road, is opening an office-based surgery suite on Thursday. The new suite will o...
October 15, 2026 Business
A Butler County gun and sporting goods store has found a way to give back to local veterans. To celebrate its one-year reopening anniversary, Chicora ...
October 15, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — U.S. inflation accelerated last month as gasoline and many other goods and services became more expensive, evidence that rising prices re...
October 14, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
I have started to appreciate a little hocus-pocus in the past year or so. Previously, I wanted nothing to do with jumpscares, suspense or hair-raising tales. The world is...
October 14, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
It is a truth universally acknowledged, as somebody once wrote, that a Jane Austen novel is a precursor to the modern rom-com. And so we find ourselves, in a new adaptati...
October 15, 2026 Reviews
Since we're going back to the 1990s in “Street Fighter,” let’s use a “Seinfeld” episode to describe how I felt coming out of Kitao Sakurai’s adaptation of the vintage arc...
October 15, 2026 Reviews
NEW YORK — It was something most people have likely done at one time or another: complain to others about feeling judged or dismissed during an interaction, maybe even ta...
October 15, 2026 People
NEW YORK — Actor Selma Blair has been issued a summons accusing her of assaults that occurred aboard a plane after she was taken into custody following a flight from Los ...
October 13, 2026 People
In the era of gentle parenting, even the word discipline can feel like a third-rail topic. It’s certainly foreboding when it’s first mentioned in Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord...
October 09, 2026 Reviews
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Special Sections
This year’s Zelienople Fall Festival brought together the community for an evening of activities Friday. The event will continue from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday and fr...
October 10, 2026 Local News
When neighbors walk past Deb West’s patio home in the Meeder neighborhood in Cranberry Township, her front porch catches their attention. Filled with colorful seasonal fl...
October 07, 2026 Special Sections
Kathy Garrison has been cancer free for decades now, but her experiences during and after treatment had stuck with her. One especially impactful struggle for her was in ...
October 06, 2026 Special Sections
CENTER TWP — When it comes to cancer, Cheryl Schaefer is all about the fight. Schaefer, 68, of Center Township, has fought uterine, breast and thyroid cancer over the yea...
October 06, 2026 Special Sections
St. Faustina Kowalska, a Polish Catholic nun, spent her life sharing a message of compassion and mercy. At the Slippery Rock parish named for her, sewing ministry volunte...
October 06, 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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