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Connoquenessing Township supervisors vote 2-1 to submit Act 537 Sewage Plan
After years of contentious debate and prolonged periods of inaction, leaders of Connoquenessing Township reached a decision regarding the municipality’s Act 537...
2 closed downtown Butler businesses facing sheriff sales
Two Main Street businesses in downtown Butler are facing sheriff sales to satisfy mortgage foreclosures. The sheriff sale scheduled for July 18 includes 142 N. ...
Butler Library introduces new ‘Little Free Pantry’
Butler Area Public Library is accepting donations for its Little Free Pantry, a mini-food bank that anyone can donate to and take from at any time. As is writt...
Penn Township to get multifamily unit
Board of supervisors approves permits for first building of its kind
Twin 8-year-olds and Camp Mystic’s director are among those mourned after Texas floods
Eight-year-old twin sisters from Dallas who had just completed second grade. A beloved soccer coach and teacher. An Alabama elementary school student away from ...
Connoquenessing Township supervisors vote 2-1 to submit Act 537 Sewage Plan
Connoquenessing Townsh...
2 closed downtown Butler businesses facing sheriff sales
2 closed downtown Butl...
Butler Library introduces new ‘Little Free Pantry’
Butler Library introdu...
Penn Township to get multifamily unit
Penn Township to get m...
Twin 8-year-olds and Camp Mystic’s director are among those mourned after Texas ...
Twin 8-year-olds and C...
Top Headlines
EVANS CITY— Borough officials took several steps toward improving infrastructure during a monthly meeting on Monday, July 7. The first of those was the approval of a cont...
July 08, 2025 Local News
CHICORA — An attorney representing a Fenelton man argued Tuesday, July 8, that his client, who is accused of rape, should see charges withdrawn because there was no testi...
July 09, 2025 Local News
Cranberry Township is planning to defend decisions by its zoning hearing board denying variances for two proposed electronic billboards in the vicinity of the busy Route ...
July 09, 2025 Crime & Courts
One person was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital, and two others were injured following a Saturday morning, July 5, crash at the intersection of Route 8 and McCalmont Roa...
July 08, 2025 Local News
One person was injured when their vehicle crashed into a sedan and speed limit sign before traveling up an embankment and rolling over in a Thursday, July 3, crash on Rou...
July 08, 2025 Local News
News
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced on Tuesday, July 8, that Double Road, located in Butler and Connoquenessing townships, will be closed July 14 thro...
July 09, 2025 Local News
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Adams Twp July 1 — Kenneth E. Hores Jr., 60, of Valencia, was charged with two mis...
July 09, 2025 Local News
This is the first in a series of articles reflecting on the assassination attempt that happened in Butler County on July 13, 2024. More stories about the event that s...
July 08, 2025 Local News
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ended Saturday. Nigerian Dwarf Doe Kid 0-4 Months, Katie Ludwik, Emlenton Doe 12-24 Months Not In M...
July 08, 2025 Agriculture
The following are first-place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ran through Saturday. Goats Sunday, Kinley Rome, Butler Monday, Brycan Thomas, Cabot Tuesday, K...
July 08, 2025 Local News
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Community
Moraine State Park already has 10 trails of varying lengths and difficulties, suitable for...
Today's Verse
Today in History
 
A series of classes that begins this months at the Butler Area Public Library will introdu...
July 08, 2025
Editor’s note: The big cats described in this article should not be considered “pets.”...
July 08, 2025
The South Butler Community Library in Saxonburg is inviting interested parties to a “Medic...
July 08, 2025
PENN TWP — Even after Riding For The Cure for 13 years, the upcoming 14th annual fundraise...
July 08, 2025
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Sports
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nick Loftin hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh inning, then wo...
 
Another Mars Fightin’ Planet is on the doorstep of MLB. JJ Wetherholt, a 2021 graduate...
July 08, 2025
Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Oneil Cruz, known more for delivering hard-hit homers th...
July 08, 2025
Jon McKay won’t be remembered for a storied high school basketball career, he jokingly adm...
July 08, 2025
The Little League postseason continues this weekend with the Pennsylvania Little League se...
July 08, 2025
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Editorial
The political realignment has come for economics. At least since the days of Friedrich Hayek and John Maynard Keynes in the last century, the divide i...
July 09, 2025 Other Voices
July 09, 2025 Cartoons
The wisest among us realize that what we normally think of as opposites are also associates. There’s life and death, joy and pain, fulfillment and abs...
July 08, 2025 Other Voices
As writers, finding true inspiration can be hard. That’s why we applaud the Writers on the Prairie program. About to be held at the Jennings Environme...
July 08, 2025 Our Opinion
July 08, 2025 Cartoons
Business
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ran through Saturday. VEGETABLES Asparagus, Bryan Hoover, Punxsutawney Beans — D...
July 09, 2025 Agriculture
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ran through Saturday. JUNIOR DAIRY Dairy Champions Supreme Champion Cow, Lydia K...
July 09, 2025 Agriculture
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ran through Saturday. Champions Grand Champion Showman, Brinley George, Butler R...
July 09, 2025 Agriculture
The following are first-place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ran through Saturday. Border Leicester Ram Lamb Under 1 Year, Willem Meiser, But...
July 09, 2025 Agriculture
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ran through Saturday. Rabbit Champions Best in Show, Chase Kelley, Evans C...
July 09, 2025 Agriculture
Weekend Entertainment
Independence Day always brings a few core patriotic figures to mind. The first is George Washington. I would argue he was the coolest president: a war hero who could nev...
July 03, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
PHILADELPHIA — Rapper LL Cool J and R&B singer Jazmine Sullivan did not perform at a Fourth of July festival in Philadelphia in support of a strike by nearly 10,000 city ...
July 08, 2025 People
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Julian McMahon, an Australia-born actor who performed in two “Fantastic Four” films and appeared in TV shows such as “Charmed," “Nip/Tuck” and “Pr...
July 07, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
LONDON — Hard-rock royalty and some 40,000 fans gathered for an ear-splitting tribute to Ozzy Osbourne at what the heavy metal icon says was his last-ever live performanc...
July 07, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Oasis ended a 16-year hiatus on Friday with a punchy, powerful trip through one of Britpop's greatest songbooks, kicking off a reunion tour in Card...
July 07, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
Dinosaur fatigue may be a theme in “Jurassic World Rebirth,” but moviegoing audiences don’t seem to have that reservation. The newest installment in the “Jurassic World”...
July 07, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
July America250 To view the Butler Eagle’s PDF version, click here. ...
July 08, 2025 Special Sections
Kitchens are no longer a simple cooking space. They’ve transformed into the heart of most American homes as a preferred gathering place for family and friends. However, w...
June 28, 2025 Special Sections
Bees make up the largest portion of pollinator species in North America and are important to the pollination of food crops as well as flowers. When most people hear abou...
June 28, 2025 Special Sections
Anyone who owns a dog is familiar with the damage they can inflict on lawns. They dig holes, wear paths and burn the grass. Here are recommendations for maintaining a law...
June 24, 2025 Special Sections
Perennials are a good beginner option for new gardeners, as they are able to regenerate themselves spring after spring, season after season. The Butler Garden Club uses p...
June 18, 2025 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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