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Recently demolished Main Street building mostly operated as jewelry store, optometrist over 150 years
While many only remember 123 S. Main St. in Butler as a fenced-off building with no business operating out of it, local historian Bill May said the site has ove...
Lancaster Township man accused of breaking into police officer’s home
A Lancaster Township man is accused of breaking into a Jackson Township police officer’s home in Zelienople. Tyler Stephen Mitro, 32, was charged Saturday, Sep...
Former Connoquenessing inspector of elections killed in Mars-Evans City Road crash
A Connoquenessing woman, who served as an inspector of elections, died Thursday, Sept. 17, following a rollover crash involving a cement truck and another vehic...
Skill game players cite atmosphere, comradery as deadline for machines looms
SUMMIT TWP — For nearly five years, Ed Skillman has operated Poo’s Place, a business off Route 356 that includes 17 skill game machines. That operation may come...
Gia Kovacik dominates as Slippery Rock girls volleyball wins 5-set thriller over Mercer
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — A short break from District 10, Region 4 play did not mean Slippery Rock girls volleyball was without business to take care of to begin the ...
Recently demolished Main Street building mostly operated as jewelry store, optom...
Recently demolished Ma...
Lancaster Township man accused of breaking into police officer’s home
Lancaster Township man...
Former Connoquenessing inspector of elections killed in Mars-Evans City Road cra...
Former Connoquenessing...
Skill game players cite atmosphere, comradery as deadline for machines looms
Skill game players cit...
Gia Kovacik dominates as Slippery Rock girls volleyball wins 5-set thriller over...
Gia Kovacik dominates ...
Top Headlines
The Chick-fil-A restaurant just off Route 228 in Adams Township is set to open its doors for the first time at 6:30 a.m. Oct. 1, a news release from the company said. The...
September 21, 2026 Local News
BUTLER TWP — Work on one of Pullman Recreation Complex’s proposed parking lots is set to kick off after the township accepted a bid for site preparation. Township supervi...
September 22, 2026 Local News
MARS — Borough council has started work to prepare its budget for 2027. Council members assured Keith Singleton, executive director of Quality EMS, at a meeting Monday, S...
September 22, 2026 Local News
A Portersville man is accused of stealing a firearm from a Butler Township gun store. Logan McPeak, 21, was charged Thursday, Sept. 17, by Butler Township police with on...
September 21, 2026 Local News
A school van driver reported a possible minor injury and multiple students required evaluation following a three-vehicle crash Monday, Sept. 21, in Forward Township, acco...
September 21, 2026 Local News
News
Zelienople will usher in the fall season with a community gathering in the borough’s Community Park Saturday, Sept. 26. Pumpkins in the Park, organized by Shindig Chariti...
September 22, 2026 Local News
ADAMS TWP — With less than two months to go before the vote that will decide whether Adams Township and Mars merge into Mars Township, township officials met with leaders...
September 22, 2026 Local News
A Butler woman is accused of biting and spitting on a Butler Memorial Hospital staff member. Michele Theresa George, 46, was charged Thursday, Sept. 17, by Butler Townsh...
September 21, 2026 Local News
The Butler County prison board has approved a two-year extension of the inmate healthcare contract and a contract for inmate communication and technology. The contract ex...
September 21, 2026 Government
EVANS CITY — Despite some rain, the two days of the fifth annual Evans City PumpkinFest were filled with families and vendors ringing in autumn’s arrival. The festival to...
September 20, 2026 Local News
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Community
By September 2009, Ken and Maxine Tack had been riding for eight years with their Yorkshir...
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Today in History
 
Financial gift to provide tuition to Pittsburgh Festival Opera students
September 22, 2026
Unionville Grange will host its next spaghetti dinner fundraiser Sept. 26 at its hall, 150...
September 21, 2026
The Butler Education Association will host a food drive benefiting the Kids’ Weekend Backp...
September 21, 2026
The Penn-Glade Lions Club is hosting an all-you-can- eat rib dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. Thurs...
September 21, 2026
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Sports
Butler’s Levi McClellan opened WPIAL postseason play Monday with a 1-under 71 in the WPIAL...
 
PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers hasn't lasted 22 years in the NFL out of pure luck. The most sa...
September 21, 2026
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — A year ago, Aaron Rodgers engineered a drive at Gillette Stadium that ...
September 21, 2026
Karns City girls soccer coach Tracy Dailey sees more in Phoebe Brandon than the senior...
September 21, 2026
Jade Breese didn’t sweat the rush of early commitments for the Class of 2028 that’s ha...
September 21, 2026
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Editorial
September 22, 2026 Cartoons
The Callery Volunteer Fire Company recently approached Callery Borough with a request for a contribution to help support its services. In itself, such...
September 22, 2026 Our Opinion
I read the article about Callen Potts (“Family shaken by accusatory note on car,” Aug. 26, Page 1) who has cerebral palsy, and instantly knew I had to...
September 19, 2026 Letters to the Editor
I registered to vote in Butler County in 1972, at 18, presenting my driver’s license to prove my identity. Nobody blinked when I registered as an Inde...
September 18, 2026 Letters to the Editor
September 18, 2026 Cartoons
Business
Allegheny Health Network has officially established the Roe Green Endowed Chair for Aortic Disease, made possible through a $2.5 million gift from Flo...
September 22, 2026 Business
Texture is having a crunchy, gooey moment in the food and beverage industry. For many people, the way a menu item or packaged snack feels in the mout...
September 19, 2026 Business
OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett is stepping down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway in the next step of the transition at the top of the $1 trillion congl...
September 18, 2026 Business
SRU Federal Credit Union is now saying its “core systems” are expected to be restored sometime today, Friday, Sept. 18, after a Hardware failure at a...
September 18, 2026 Local News
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
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 — Taylor Swift will once again break records. At the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, she will receive the inaugural Artist Director Honors, becoming the m...
September 21, 2026 People
NEW YORK — CNN, MS NOW and Politico on Monday sued President Donald Trump's administration days after they were barred from White House grounds, calling the selective ban...
September 21, 2026 National News
CHICAGO — California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement with Paramount in a lawsuit his state led challenging the company’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Dis...
September 21, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Zach Cregger’s “Resident Evil” gave the North American box office a shot in the arm in its first weekend in theaters. The Sony Pictures release earned $60 million in tick...
September 20, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
BROOKFIELD, Conn. — Dolly Parton’s megawatt smile and big wavy locks are gracing fields across the U.S. and Canada this fall. Twenty farms have carved out large corn maz...
September 19, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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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
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
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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