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Butler man uses quick thinking, CPR training to save life at restaurant
RICHLAND TWP, Allegheny County — It took just a moment for Joe Strobel to jump into action. “It was your typical first-Steeler-game party,” the 53-year-old from...
Butler County schools reopen Friday
Butler, Slippery Rock students return to class following threats
PIAA high school football Week 4: Final scores, recaps, photos and more from around Butler County
A year ago, Butler football won just two games. Through three weeks in 2024, the Golden Tornado have already ripped off two wins. They are riding high right no...
Pennsylvania high court rules against 2 third-party candidates trying for presidential ballot
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's Supreme Court on Friday sided with lower court decisions to block two third-party presidential candidates from the battleground stat...
Butler City Council asked to co-sign $400,000 loan for stadium authority
Butler City Council is being asked to co-sign for $400,000 loan for improvements to Historic Pullman Park, with the majority of the funds going toward re-turfin...
Butler man uses quick thinking, CPR training to save life at restaurant
Butler man uses quick ...
Butler County schools reopen Friday
Butler County schools ...
PIAA high school football Week 4: Final scores, recaps, photos and more from aro...
PIAA high school footb...
Pennsylvania high court rules against 2 third-party candidates trying for presid...
Pennsylvania high cour...
Butler City Council asked to co-sign $400,000 loan for stadium authority
Butler City Council as...
Top Headlines
BUTLER TWP — Local veterans showed off their creative skills in various fields at the VA Butler Healthcare’s fourth annual Veterans Creative Arts Festival, held at the Am...
September 13, 2024 Military News
For the fourth straight year, the Rotary Club of Zelienople will celebrate the International Day of Peace with a ceremony at Zelienople Community Park on East Beaver Stre...
September 14, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
A motorcyclist was injured in a collision with a bear cub in Penn Township, near 345 Dinnerbell Road, on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 13. Amber Saluga, of Saxonburg, sustain...
September 13, 2024 Local News
The Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport Authority made clear at a meeting on Thursday, Sept. 12, it has not received any updates regarding the use of the airport for a pos...
September 14, 2024 Local News
The Evans City Rotary Club took the opportunity to brighten up the area just outside the borough’s library on Thursday, Sept. 12. The service organization, which is a par...
September 12, 2024 Local News
News
The state Department of Transportation has announced the following maintenance projects for the week of Sept. 16. A portion of the deck of Interstate 79 running through B...
September 14, 2024 Local News
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., introduced the “Washington’s Trail — 1753 National Historic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2024” on Friday, Sept. 13, which authorizes wo...
September 14, 2024 Local News
A Middlesex Township resident reported a sighting of a bear in the woods behind her home on Old Route 8 North on Thursday night, Sept. 12. The resident, Nancy Roach, repo...
September 14, 2024 Local News
A motorcycle rider was injured and airlifted to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh after striking a deer head-on on Annisville Road in Parker Township on Tuesday ni...
September 14, 2024 Local News
SUMMIT TWP — One person sustained burns and was taken to a hospital after a bus caught fire in the parking lot of Steighner Crane Service on Simon Drive in Summit Townshi...
September 14, 2024 Local News
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Community
Students at St. Wendelin Catholic School interacted with a more experienced generation on ...
Today's Verse
Chuckle of the Day
 
The first graduating class from the current Slippery Rock Area High School recently celebr...
September 14, 2024
The Butler Area Public Library will host a Courtyard Concert from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sep...
September 14, 2024
The South Butler Community Library is hosting a program to give young girls a chance to en...
September 13, 2024
SEBCO Park’s pool may be closed for the year, but the park is getting a new addition soon,...
September 11, 2024
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Sports
CRANBERRY TWP — There is a new Schade of red in North Catholic’s backfield. Bursting onto ...
 
KARNS CITY — While Karns City generated 21 first downs and more than 400 yards in a footba...
September 14, 2024
KENNEDY TWP — Lou Cerro was waiting for his offense to break out. Montour‘s head footb...
September 14, 2024
The 2024 PIAA football season is nearing the halfway point. Friday night marked Week 4 of ...
September 14, 2024
ALIQUIPPA — Under a shower of festive red floodlights, those lined up on the Mars football...
September 14, 2024
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Editorial
September 14, 2024 Cartoons
As reported in a recent paper published in the journal Science (Aug. 22, 2024), a study that evaluated 1,500 climate policies implemented over the pas...
September 14, 2024 Letters to the Editor
We must elect a president. The stakes have never been higher with a $35.2 trillion unsustainable federal debt (created by both parties). We face a mul...
September 14, 2024 Letters to the Editor
My wife and I drove across Pennsylvania yesterday to attend our granddaughter’s wedding here in Butler. We have also just returned from a nice trip to...
September 14, 2024 Letters to the Editor
O this learning, what a thing it is! … Shakespeare “The Taming of the Shrew” I was saddened to learn of the recent death of one of my former high scho...
September 14, 2024 Letters to the Editor
Business
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks closed out their best week of the year with more gains on Friday and climbed to the cusp of their records. The S&P 500 rose 0.5...
September 14, 2024 Business
Last month, Forbes released its 2024 list of America’s Best Employers by State. To create the list, 160,000 employees working for companies with a st...
September 14, 2024 Business
Cleveland-Cliffs announced that it successfully amended its $4.75 billion asset-based lending facility, which is a loan that uses assets as collatera...
September 14, 2024 Business
NEW YORK — Campbell is ready to drop the soup — at least from its official name. Campbell Soup Co. announced its intention to change its name at a...
September 14, 2024 Business
The husband and wife lawyer duo Gary Vanasdale and Jennifer Gilliland Vanasdale, of Gilliland Vanasdale Law Office, announced they have been named as ...
September 14, 2024 Business
Weekend Entertainment
Football officially kicked off this past week, which means most of America will be glued to their screens four days a week, until early February at least. I personally do...
September 12, 2024 Weekend Entertainment
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Arts & Entertainment
“Shine on Harvest Moon,” a song well over a century old, will undoubtedly be playing in my head this week. OK, I’m showing my age! You may not have heard of this tune if ...
September 14, 2024 Starwatch
LONDON — Two men have been charged with burglary over the theft of an artwork by street artist Banksy that was taken in a smash-and-grab raid on a London gallery. The Me...
September 14, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
SAG HARBOR, N.Y. — Justin Timberlake urged drivers not to get behind the wheel of a car after even a single alcoholic drink on Friday, shortly after pleading guilty to dr...
September 14, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
Chad McQueen, an actor known for his performances in the “Karate Kid” movies and the son of the late actor and race car driver Steve McQueen, has died. He was 63. McQue...
September 13, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
A Florida judge has declared Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner divorced and single, signing off on a confidential agreement reached between the two. The Miami-Dade County judge...
September 12, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
To view the Butler Eagle’s PDF version, click here. ...
September 11, 2024 Special Sections
BUTLER TWP — The Tesla BioHealing Wellness Hotel & Resort on Route 8 is working to continue the tradition held by the former tenants, Days Inn, of offering prospective cl...
September 04, 2024 Special Sections
The day of your wedding is, to many, one of the most important days of your life. Couples can spend years planning the event. The dress needs to be ordered months, or ev...
September 04, 2024 Special Sections
NEW YORK — Attire, travel, food, liquor, flowers: There’s no end to expenses when it comes to traditional weddings. Through time, though certainly not always, it was the...
September 04, 2024 Special Sections
The following are first place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Aug. 10. Junior Rabbits Breeds Amer Fuzzy Lop Broken Sr. Buck, Chloe McNany, Chico...
August 21, 2024 Local News
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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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