The following Butler County schools are closed for Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025:
Alleghney - Clarion Valley School District — Closed
Butler Area School District — Closed (Remote Learning)
Freeport Area School District — Closed
Knoch School District — Closed — (Remote Learning)
Karns City Area School District — Closed — (Remote Learning)
Mars ...
More than 100 first responders from Butler County led the inaugural parade for President Donald Trump on Monday, Jan. 20, carrying Corey Comperatore’s helmet an...
Helen Comperatore, the widow of Corey Comperatore, told the Butler Eagle she was deeply honored by the respect given to her husband at President Donald Trump’s ...
WASHINGTON — Nothing was going to stop a handful of Butler County Republicans from making it to President Donald Trump’s second inauguration — especially with B...
BUTLER TWP — Township commissioners awarded site preparation contracts that will move the Pullman Recreation Complex project forward during a meeting on Monday,...
While Donald Trump was officially sworn-in as the 47th president of the United States Monday, Jan. 20, at noon, long lines spiraled from the Capital One Arena w...
‘You could feel the intensity and love in the crowd’: Butler County first respon...
‘You could feel the in...
Helen Comperatore shares her impressions of parade
Helen Comperatore shar...
Republicans in DC celebrate Trump, first responders
Republicans in DC cele...
Butler Township awards contracts for Pullman Rec Complex Site
Butler Township awards...
Crowd lines up for chance at view of parade in D.C. as Trump is sworn into offic...
MERCER TWP — The township supervisors announced that both Mercer and Marion townships have signed an inter-municipal agreement with Kozy Rest Campground that will allow t...
Jackson Township supervisors moved forward with plans for a new development that will continue to expand residential property in the area.
At a meeting on Jan. 13, superv...
In a moment the department has waited two and a half years for, Cranberry Township EMS will take delivery of two new ambulances on Tuesday, Jan. 21, to refresh its fleet ...
Kindergarten students know learning is a lot more fun with toys involved, and the Seneca Valley School District is catching on.
The district and The Andrew Effect partne...
A chill settled across Butler County on Monday, Jan. 20, causing school delays for the upcoming days.
The National Weather Service placed a cold weather advisory on Butle...
The Cranberry Men's Chorus is once again offering its popular Singing Valentines.
A person can order a Valentine for a special someone, and they will be visited by a qua...
Applications for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Scholarship Program are open.
The program provides four-year scholarships to two high school seniors per year....
CRANBERRY TWP — Children flocked to play in the snow Saturday after fresh snowfall accumulated overnight. The sledding hill in North Boundary Park served as a perfect spo...
One person was airlifted to a local hospital after a car collided with a house on Pittsburgh Street in Saxonburg on Saturday night, Jan. 18.
The incident occurred shortly...
WASHINGTON D.C. -- The excitement was evident Monday, Jan. 20, as first responders from Butler County lined up to march in President Donald Trump’s inaugural parade, said...
I know more than a handful of West Side teenagers who can carjack Kia Optimas with a USB cable, but I also know nearly 100 Chicago students who can op...
James “Officer Jim” Green at Broad Street Elementary School has given haircuts to students who needed them, helped a blind student learn to play catch...
I feel great sadness when a tragedy affecting millions is used to criticize others. What is happening to California residents calls for compassion, ki...
President-elect Donald Trump reportedly is considering declaring a national economic emergency to give him legal cover to impose tariffs. Wait, you sa...
The announcement earlier this week that Wegmans would be entering the Western Pennsylvania market sparked plenty of excitement among Butler County res...
WASHINGTON — The price of Bitcoin topped $100,000 again early Friday as a pumped up cryptocurrency industry expects early action by Donald Trump when ...
The Seneca Valley School District is the recipient of a $7,500 grant from Pennsylvania’s Ag & Youth Grant Program, which will support the living labor...
The Federal Trade Commission sued PepsiCo on Friday, alleging that it has engaged in illegal price discrimination by giving unfair price advantages to...
NEW YORK — American Express has agreed to pay more than $138 million to resolve a wire fraud investigation related to its sales and marketing practice...
The Harlem Wizards are returning to Butler Area School District on Friday, Jan. 17, to challenge the staff of Center Township Elementary School to a rematch game of baske...
LOS ANGELES — A$AP Rocky is at a crossroads. He could soar to new heights of celebrity in 2025, or be brought back to earth quickly by a trial starting Tuesday that could...
WASHINGTON — The Keke Palmer buddy comedy “One of Them Days” opened in first place on the North American box office charts on a particularly slow Martin Luther King Jr. h...
If you've been a faithful reader of my Starwatch column, thank you! You also know how much I love the winter constellations strewn out over the southeastern Butler evenin...
“The making of a good building,” observed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, “is a great moral performance.”
Like many notable quotes about architecture, it speaks to grandeur...
Horror, not comedy, has been the go-to movie genre in recent years, but a movie like “One of Them Days,” starring Keke Palmer and, in her big-screen debut, SZA, is a good...
Jondavid Longo, the mayor of Slippery Rock, called being chosen as a designated elector one of the proudest moments of his life.
The moment on Dec. 17 when he cast one o...
This is the launch of a campaign focused on explaining how government works and encouraging dialogue and understanding among Butler County residents.
As Rep. Mike Ke...
After announcing their engagement, couples may need to get used to being asked if they have chosen a date to tie the knot. Friends and family members who are thrilled for...
A newlywed couple’s first dance is a dazzling, historic tradition for weddings.
With all eyes on them, a couple will open the celebration in each other’s arms with a thou...
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...
