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Cleveland-Cliffs’ $195 million expansion receives full approval
BUTLER TWP — Cleveland-Cliffs is now cleared to make a $195 million investment into its Butler Works facility after months of delay. The Butler Township Board o...
Butler boys basketball coach Matt Clement stepping down after 17 seasons, WPIAL title: ‘It meant a lot to me’
BUTLER TWP — Coaching high school basketball had been on Matt Clement’s radar for a long time. “Even my baseball teammates knew it,” the former major league pit...
Cranberry police looking at future growth, potential building renovation
CRANBERRY TWP — As the police department expands, township officials are expected to recommend upgrades to its headquarters in the municipal center. Cranberry’s...
What makes champion North Catholic twins Anna and Audra Lazzara assassins on and off the track?
JACKSON TWP — North Catholic students have a game of senior assassins, where students use squirt guns out of school to shoot water at each other and “assassinat...
Cleveland-Cliffs’ $195 million expansion receives full approval
Cleveland-Cliffs’ $195...
Sheriff seeks liability insurance after news work assisting ICE won’t be covered...
Sheriff seeks liabilit...
Butler boys basketball coach Matt Clement stepping down after 17 seasons, WPIAL ...
Butler boys basketball...
Cranberry police looking at future growth, potential building renovation
Cranberry police looki...
What makes champion North Catholic twins Anna and Audra Lazzara assassins on and...
What makes champion No...
Top Headlines
BUTLER TWP — Following a bond swap that provides some new cash, Butler Area School District’s board is considering just over $12 million in capital projects that would ma...
April 21, 2026 Local News
LANCASTER TWP — A historic township restaurant may see some major changes in the near future. During its monthly meeting on Monday, April 20, the township board of superv...
April 21, 2026 Local News
A Butler man accused of witness intimidation stemming from a phone call he made in prison had the charge dismissed. Terrence Darnell Fields Jr., 32, had the felony charge...
April 20, 2026 Local News
A Worthington man is accused of entering the girls’ locker room at a Cranberry Township gym. Jeremy Wayne Green, 49, was charged Sunday, April 19, by Cranberry Township p...
April 20, 2026 Local News
A Mars man was arrested Sunday, April 19, by Adams Township Police after they said he held a knife to a woman’s throat and threatened her. Zachary Thomas Conner, 22, is ...
April 20, 2026 Local News
News
The Pennsylvania Resources Council is launching its 2026 Hard-To-Recycle campaign by hosting its first collection event Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Karns City Area ...
April 20, 2026 Local News
A Cranberry Township man is accused of bringing a firearm into Pittsburgh International Airport. Garrett Richard Beattie, 43, was charged Monday, April 20, by Allegheny C...
April 20, 2026 Local News
FORWARD TWP — A homeowner’s greenhouse was destroyed by fire Monday, April 20. Six emergency services stations responded to the 11:58 a.m. call about a fire at 283 Spitha...
April 20, 2026 Local News
A barn fire last month placed Rich Stuchal’s collection of antique tractors at risk, but “everything fell in place” to save all but one of them. The fire was reported jus...
April 20, 2026 Local News
A Grove City man sustained suspected minor injuries following a motorcycle crash Friday, April 17, in Mercer Township, according to state police. Joshua R. Elverson, 21,...
April 20, 2026 Local News
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Community
The Rotary Club of Zelienople will have its spring pancake breakfast Sunday morning, April...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
Butler County librarians share their favorite authors, genres and books
April 20, 2026
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock, Mount Ch...
April 18, 2026
Several of the 14 living leaders attend annual event
April 17, 2026
The first presenter in the Spring 2026 Speaker Series at the Grove City Area Historical So...
April 17, 2026
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Sports
Two Butler County flag football players will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity this wee...
 
Jameson Garvin had a pair of hits — including a home run — and four RBIs, helping to lead ...
April 20, 2026
After five seasons in charge, Jim Rocco has resigned as North Catholic’s boys basketball h...
April 20, 2026
PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers is still weighing whether he wants to play in 2026. The Pittsbu...
April 20, 2026
Mike Seybert was not going to play a varsity sport in high school. A broken arm changed hi...
April 20, 2026
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Editorial
April 20, 2026 Cartoons
Teachers at all levels of education are noticing the changing career landscape that awaits their students following their graduation from school. Trad...
April 20, 2026 Our Opinion
“If the great brain of NASA were attached to any particular sense, it was the eye,” wrote Norman Mailer in his psychedelic history of the Apollo progr...
April 20, 2026 Other Voices
We are writing regarding the article published in the Community section of the Butler Eagle on Tuesday, March 24, (“Plant starters available at Saxonb...
April 18, 2026 Letters to the Editor
This is in response to the article “Contents of KC School Left Behind” (March 11, Page 1). It is a disgrace that usable school library books were cons...
April 18, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Business
The satirical news outlet The Onion is back with a new plan to take over the Infowars platforms of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones as his company faces...
April 20, 2026 Business
Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down from the job that he inherited from the late Steve Jobs, ending a 15-year reign that saw the company’s market valu...
April 20, 2026 Business
Amazon used its market leverage to get companies such as Walmart to increase prices on their websites so the e-commerce giant would not be undercut by...
April 20, 2026 Business
CRANBERRY TWP — Realty ONE Group has officially expanded into Butler County. The real estate agency, on April 8, opened its new Realty ONE Group Landm...
April 20, 2026 Business
RIVERTON, Utah — When a dozen Republican activists gathered on a back deck in the Salt Lake City suburbs to talk about this year’s elections, the conv...
April 19, 2026 Business
Weekend Entertainment
Trail includes Moraine and Jennings
April 16, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
Actor Patrick Muldoon, known for a host of series and films from “Melrose Place” and “Days of Our Lives,” to “Starship Troopers,” died Sunday. He was 57. Muldoon’s manage...
April 20, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Cher, who once said she longed to be a grandmother, has reportedly gotten her wish after learning last year that her troubled son, Elijah Blue Allman, secretly became a f...
April 20, 2026 People
“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” and “Project Hail Mary” dominated the North American box office again this weekend, leaving “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” in third place for...
April 19, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Over the years, we’ve seen countless characters wander into corrupt small towns and become entrapped by the locals. Usually, the mean face of these movies is the town she...
April 17, 2026 Reviews
The tagline for “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” is “Some things are meant to stay buried.” That also applies to the misguided “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy,” which should definitely s...
April 17, 2026 Reviews
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Special Sections
Butler County has an unusually high number of golf courses. That’s a good thing, said Experience Butler County president Amy Pack. There is something for all kinds of gol...
April 19, 2026 Sports
To view the Butler Eagle’s PDF version, click here. ...
April 14, 2026 Special Sections
Vendors and exhibitors scheduled to appear at this year’s Butler County Home Show include: Agway Water Treatment of Western PA Alex Restoration & Masonry Repairs ARK Base...
April 08, 2026 Special Sections
When something in the house stops working or needs to be replaced, the first impulse of many people is to call a contractor or comparison shop online. Others have the min...
April 08, 2026 Special Sections
3 days of experts, exhibits, demonstrations and free admission
April 08, 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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