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Luncheon for Literacy supports worthy cause

The Rotary Club of Butler PM’s Luncheon for Literacy on Sunday is a special event supporting a worthy cause. Stories came to life at tables decorated to match the theme ...

April 19, 2023 Our Opinion

Does AI mean the 4-day workweek is almost here?

I'd like to work four days a week instead of five. Wouldn't you? I'd take Fridays off. The way I imagine it, it'd be just a few years from now. A robot in a butler's unif...

April 18, 2023 Other Voices

Support local fire departments and burn safely

Last week, we reported that a house at 159 Oakdale Drive in Zelienople caught fire Thursday evening. The home is now uninhabitable because a large section of the roof and...

April 18, 2023 Our Opinion

A rapidly spreading deadly fungus is a warning about climate change

Last month, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change charted global temperatures to be 1.1 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels and on a destru...

April 18, 2023 Other Voices

Changes taking shape at Penn Theater

Former Butler resident Bryan Frenchak is moving full speed ahead with his dream to restore the long-dormant Penn Theater to its former glory. Frenchak, who lives in Houst...

April 17, 2023 Our Opinion

America’s Achilles’ heel

This week marks 10 years since unknown assailants attacked a power substation in Metcalf, Calif., that continues to serve as a harbinger about the vulnerability of the na...

April 17, 2023 Other Voices

Letter of Thanks

I would like to thank first responders, Herman Fire Department, West Penn Power and Armstrong Cable for quickly getting everything restored from the wind storm on April 1...

April 15, 2023 Letters to the Editor

Excellent level of care and help given by Sunnyview Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

I am writing the editor to thank and make public Sunnyview Rehabilitation and Nursing Center’s benevolent aid in resolving a recent family crisis. In early December of 20...

April 15, 2023 Letters to the Editor

A Fine Newspaper

The Butler Eagle is a fine newspaper. I have been a subscriber for over 30 years. I just want to let you know how much I enjoy it. I read it first thing in the morning th...

April 15, 2023 Letters to the Editor

Mock crash necessary for students

On Thursday, we published a story about Mars Area High School’s mock accident assembly, a dramatization of the results of driving under the influence. Student actors were...

April 15, 2023 Our Opinion

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