With officials from Adams Township and Mars discussing a possible merger, there’s undoubtedly plenty of conversation ahead on how to integrate the two municipal...
MARSHALL TWP, Allegheny County — Tammy Williams goes everywhere with her dog, Toby, a 6-year-old Chihuahua-rat terrier mix, who is her emotional support pet. Ev...
Being elected mayor of Seven Fields isn’t a new feeling for Kevin Caridad. Instead, he said the position tees him up to once again help lead a community he’s ca...
Leaders in southeastern Butler County are preparing for future growth by working together now as development booms in the county’s southwestern communities.
Je...
Lions Club members from five counties pack 10,200 meals
Lions Club members fro...
What’s next for the Mars-Adams Township merger? Process could take years
What’s next for the Ma...
Harmony dog shelter doubles as foster agency for people in crisis
Harmony dog shelter do...
Caridad seeks to strengthen Seven Fields’ small-town feel as new mayor
Caridad seeks to stren...
Southeast Butler County Municipal Collaborative eyes Route 356 widening, other p...
State Rep. Aaron Bernstine, R-8th, said in a news release Friday, Jan. 9, he will run for reelection this November for a sixth term in office.
Bernstine, who describes h...
CRANBERRY TWP — One woman testified Friday, Jan. 9, that after leaving her car at Oilology for repairs, it was returned with hundreds of additional miles and items that d...
Cranberry Township’s dining scene is set to expand in the coming months, with several new restaurants preparing to open along the township’s busiest commercial corridors....
A Bridgeville man broke out of a police vehicle and ran off to hide in a construction vehicle after he was handcuffed and placed in the back of a cruiser at an Adams Town...
A Butler man was sentenced to up to 20 years in prison Thursday, Jan. 8, in Butler County Common Pleas Court for various sex crimes involving a teen female.
Gary Paul Mc...
The nomination period for Concordia’s highest employee honor, the Stephen W. Johnson Mission Award, is now open.
Current and former residents and patients, Concordia empl...
The sale of the historic Hotel Saxonburg has been delayed yet again, with the new date set for 11 a.m. Friday, May 15.
According to Butler County’s sheriff sale listings,...
Two municipalities in Butler County will receive a combined $2.25 million toward their water projects.
Cranberry Township will receive $1 million for the replacement of ...
South Carolina's measles outbreak exploded into one of the worst in the U.S., with state health officials confirming 99 new cases in the past three days.
The outbreak ce...
Four emergency services stations were dispatched to a vehicle fire shortly before 12:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8, in Connoquenessing Township, according to Butler County Emerg...
It is with dismay when I hear friends, family members, acquaintances and voters expressing voters’ remorse. I have heard said, “This is not what I vot...
I would like to tell you about an exemplary paper deliverer. I don’t know her last name, just her first, Stephanie. Not only has she delivered our dai...
We would like to express our sincere gratitude and appreciation to the deeply respectful and wonderfully compassionate veterans who performed military...
Gonzalo Schwarz (Butler Eagle, “Billionaires fund the American Dream,” Dec. 22, 2025, Page 4) is right. The rich do pay more in taxes than the rest of...
On Dec. 22, 2025, Gonzalo Schwarz published an editorial, “Billionaires fund the American Dream” (Butler Eagle, Page 4).
It was written to support the...
WASHINGTON — Sluggish December hiring concluded a year of weak employment gains that have frustrated job seekers even though layoffs and unemployment ...
Meta has cut a trio of deals to power its artificial intelligence data centers, securing enough energy to light up the equivalent of about 5 million h...
WASHINGTON — Jan. 26 marks the official start date of the 2026 tax filing season, when the IRS will begin accepting and processing 2025 tax returns. A...
The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage edged higher this week to just above its 2025 low.
The average long-term mortgage rate rose to 6.16%, mor...
WASHINGTON — U.S. filings for jobless benefits rose in the last week of 2025 but remain historically low, despite signs that the labor market is weake...
The Mars Hockey Club will host its annual ICE ALS charity game Feb. 2, in a game pitting the team against West Allegheny High School at Baierl Toyota Ice Complex, 103 Mar...
Let’s get the obvious thing out of the way first, shall we? There may never have been a better week in the history of the modern world — or at least recent cinema — to re...
In last week’s Starwatch, I described at least some of the celestial treasures waiting for you within the great constellation Orion the Hunter. You can have a lot of fun ...
It plays a little loose with facts but the righteous rage of “Dog Day Afternoon” is present enough in Gus Van Sant’s “Dead Man’s Wire,” a based-on-a-true-tale hostage thr...
Moraine and McConnells Mill state parks have multiple events planned for January and February, including one event to commemorate the upcoming 250th anniversary of the na...
The year of America’s 250th anniversary has just started, but municipalities across Butler County have been making plans for months to celebrate the country’s sesquicente...
This holiday season, some shoppers are looking beyond traditional wrapped gifts — the kind that sometimes end up forgotten in the back of the closet — and choosing instea...
The following is a list of church services to be held in Butler County and the surrounding area on or around the Christmas holiday.
Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh
Catholi...
1. 1971
2. Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar
3. Tiny Tim in “A Christmas Carol”
4. John Boy and Grandpa Walton
5. Jimmy Buffett
6. A Hula-Hoop
7. Paul Giamatti
8. New York C...
With the holidays just around the corner, Santa Claus and his army of helpers have come to town.
One such helper is Al Mazuch, who has acted as Santa’s eyes and ears at M...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Two young Ukrainian families are relieved to be watching the deer and chipmunks frolic on their hosts’ Cranberry Township lawn, and not wondering wher...
HARRISBURG — In the coming years, Pennsylvania will receive more than $1 billion in federal funding to bring high-speed internet access to everyone in...
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 ...
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...
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority is asking for the public’s opinion until Friday, March 10 on two potential action plans for wider int...
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...
