The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh issued a statement at 3:44 p.m. announcing all or parts of Butler, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Lawrence and Westmoreland counties remain under a severe thunderstorm warning until at least 4:30 p.m.
Areas of Southwest Butler County are warned to expect severe storms.
According to the NWS, severe...
We are ready for some football.
The countdown has already begun for that and all the rest of the fall sports, and the Butler Eagle is gearing up for the 2026 PI...
CRANBERRY TWP — On Friday, Aug. 14, the Pittsburgh Pirates ended their game around 10 p.m., defeating the Boston Red Sox 8-4. Hitters like Brandon Lowe and Esme...
HARMONY — Four members of the Dishong family attended the Color Blast Fun Run Saturday, Aug. 15, dressed in tie-dye shirts and bandannas, which would only get m...
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — Among dozens of farm families involved in the Butler Farm Show, only one earned the prestigious prize of the Eagle Bowl Friday, Aug. 14.
L...
Normally sleepy Washington Township is set to come alive next week for the 66th annual North Washington Rodeo, a five-day Western-themed event starting Tuesday,...
PIAA high school football 2026: Butler County team previews, top players and fal...
PIAA high school footb...
Pirates players help spread baseball’s joy at Miracle League camp
Pirates players help s...
Color Blast a fun event to support Harmony Parks
Color Blast a fun even...
Ambrose family brings home Eagle Bowl award from Butler Farm Show
Ambrose family brings ...
66th annual North Washington Rodeo kicks off Aug. 18
Residents of the 12th state House District have been without representation for four months. Tuesday, all of that changes with a special election to fill the vacant seat....
(The Center Square) — Student loan forgiveness may be on the way for young farmers and ranchers across the country.
Republican Pennsylvania U.S. Rep. Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson,...
(The Center Square) – The County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania, known as CCAP, is an organization founded in 1886 that serves as the “unifying” voice for the ...
A Freeport Area School District student took part in a medical conference that featured other future medical leaders of America and some of the top names in the industry....
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts:
Butler
Aug. 4 — Stephanie Renee Steiger, 40, was charged with misdemeanor controll...
A section of Ekastown Road in Buffalo Township will close Tuesday, Aug. 18, so Butler County’s maintenance department can complete a large drainage pipe that runs underne...
The Pennsylvania departments of Health and Education announced that schools in Southwestern Pennsylvania — including Butler County — will receive over $590,000 to continu...
An Armstrong County resident was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of casting multiple votes in the 2024 presidential election.
Jeffrey Pope, 65, of Apollo, is...
Supposedly, with age comes wisdom. At my age, 70s, confusion is replacing it. As were so many Americans, I was raised in a loving family that worked h...
Most people think voting, petitions or rallies are the only way to make an impact as a regular citizen, but there are several other ways to make your ...
The COVID-19 pandemic was an extremely sad American event. It was new and scary. Many cases resulted in death.
Other countries were in the same fix. N...
Butler Township Police Department’s recent community outing allowing officers, firefighters and first responders a chance to mingle with citizens is a...
Tyson Foods is closing more beef plants as a prolonged cattle shortage continues to force the U.S. beefpacking industry’s restructuring.
The country’s...
NEW YORK — Encouraging customers to mend worn clothes instead of buying new ones might seem like a self-defeating sales strategy. But in-store repairs...
WASHINGTON — Full disclosure: this should really be two tales. How better to pay tribute to the natural and perhaps inevitable combination of two dist...
Ask a teen what they want to be when they grow up, and there’s a fair chance being an influencer is on their list.
Digital media and the people who s...
For generations, many retirees were given a seemingly simple piece of investment advice: build a portfolio of dividend-paying stocks, spend the divide...
There will be more than 100 raffle baskets up for grabs Sunday, Aug. 16, at the Sts. Francis and Clare Parish picnic at St. Wendelin, but the winners of the grand prizes ...
MILAN— Thieves stole four works attributed to Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina worth millions of euros from the regional museum in the city of Messina in Sicily w...
At the end of the block in David Robert Mitchell’s “The End of Oak Street” is a cul-de-sac with a telephone pole in the middle and wires radiating out like the cables of ...
“She is gone, but she used to be mine,” go the words of Sara Bareilles’ poignant and powerful anthem from “Waitress,” the quintessential Broadway 11 o’clock number. For m...
WASHINGTON — The Kennedy Center board voted on Thursday to add President Donald Trump’s name to the facade of the performing arts venue and move forward with a two-year c...
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Travis Kelce likes to call training camp with the Kansas City Chiefs his “sanctuary,” whether that be the quiet, hourlong drive north to Missouri Wester...
A Cranberry Township grandfather was browsing through Walmart late last fall when he spotted a bin filled with 24-count boxes of Crayola crayons priced at 25 cents each.
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Across Pennsylvania, momentum is gaining to restrict K-12 students’ cellphone use during the instructional day. Each side of the General Assembly recently passed legislat...
Backpacks can be fashionable and functional, but they can also be too heavy — weighed down by digital devices, musical instruments, sports equipment and more. Some kids c...
For teenagers and middle school-aged students, cellphones can be a key tool for parents to stay connected to their children. Yet, cellphones do not come without drawbacks...
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...
