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Local News
HARRISVILLE- The community marked the nation's 250th birthday Saturday with a time-honored tradition: the Harrisville Community Days Fourth of July parade. The parade cap...
July 04, 2026 Local News
Over a thousand Butler County residents are spending their Independence Day weekend without power as a result of a fierce thunderstorm that swept through the county on Fr...
July 04, 2026 Local News
Tate and Becky Pacek’s home in Saxonburg will be lit with red, white and blue all summer long. The couple first set up permanent lights around the house during Christmas ...
July 04, 2026 Local News
When walking into Capitol Cleaners, it doesn’t take patrons long to see the history of the building — and the family that owns it — adorning the walls. From historical ph...
July 04, 2026 Local News
The Butler County Sheriff’s Office assisted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with 33 arrests in June. Those detained in June’s ICE operations were arrested on ch...
July 04, 2026 Local News
The Professional Disc Golf Association will host the Junior Disc Golf World Championships in the Pittsburgh area from Tuesday, July 7 through Saturday, July 11. The even...
July 04, 2026 Local News
Other News
Sports
Golf Lady Duffers League June 29 at Stoughton Acres Standings: 1st-Pars (76.5 points), 2nd-Drivers (67.5), 3rd-Putters (66), 4th-Birdies (62), 5th-Aces...
July 04, 2026 Sports
Josh Forbes was talking about what he’d seen out of his standout pitchers during the baseball season. Not that their mindset has changed at all, even with the 2026 MLB Dr...
July 04, 2026 Sports
Editorial
I would like to thank Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., and Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., for making sure Pennsylvania was represented in the Great American State Fair. Without t...
July 04, 2026 Letters to the Editor
As we celebrate the 250th birthday of our nation, those of us who were born and bred in Butler County have seen many changes, and depending on your perspective, some good...
July 04, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Last week, an amazing all-American story quietly unfolded behind the scenes of the declaration by Gov. Josh Shapiro that Pennsylvania would not be participating in the Am...
July 04, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Before the news of 2026 makes history books, it first publishes on the pages and the website of local news organizations like the Butler Eagle. As journalists, the team h...
July 04, 2026 Our Opinion
Community
ZELIENOPLE – Zelienople's decades-long Fourth of July parade tradition took on new meaning Saturday, as the borough joined in celebrating America's 250th birthday. Kathy ...
July 04, 2026 Community
Announcements
Robert G. and Linda C. Norris, of Middlesex Township, will celebrate 50 years of marriage at 5 p.m. July 4, with a family and friends Mass and reception at St. Richard Ch...
July 04, 2026 Anniversaries
Arts & Entertainment
Every once in a while, Hollywood gets high on its own supply and makes a love letter to moviemaking. It happened recently with Steven Spielberg's “The Fabelmans” and Geor...
July 04, 2026 Reviews
The “Enola Holmes” movies have done nothing so much as chart Millie Bobby Brown’s evolution from child actor to movie star. She was 16 when the first “Enola Holmes” debut...
July 04, 2026 Reviews
Other
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Below are the even...
July 04, 2026 Special Sections
July 04, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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