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Local News
For a celebration as momentous as America’s 250th anniversary, the Butler Eagle spent nearly three years telling the history of the nation, state and county through a spe...
July 01, 2026 Local News
Kroger is set to purchase Giant Eagle for $1.65 billion, the company announced Wednesday, July 1. Kroger will assume control in 2027 of the family-owned retailer, which ...
July 01, 2026 Local News
The Subway located at Greater Butler Mart in Butler Township is reportedly being shut down due to health violations after an inspection June 29. The Pennsylvania Departm...
July 01, 2026 Local News
Zelienople’s Fourth of July celebrations this weekend could see two world records be broken — that is, if the Zelienople Historical Society can find another videographer ...
July 01, 2026 Local News
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
July 01, 2026 America 250
(The Center Square) — For the fifth year in a row, state leaders have failed to meet the June 30 deadline for finishing an annual budget — a situation that will have litt...
June 30, 2026 Local News
The attorney representing a Butler Township man charged with homicide in the November death of a two-month-old baby is seeking documents containing communications between...
June 30, 2026 Local News
A Butler man was sentenced in federal court to three years probation and ordered to pay over $711,000 to the IRS after being convicted of failing to pay employment taxes ...
June 30, 2026 Local News
U.S. Sens. Dave McCormick and John Fetterman said they will join a coalition of state organizations to ensure the state has a presence at the Great American State Fair on...
June 30, 2026 Local News
All state Department of Transportation driver license and photo centers will be closed Saturday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. Driver and vehicle services, ...
June 30, 2026 Local News
Other News
NEW YORK — Two people got to the top of the Empire State Building’s antenna and unfurled a banner about “the power of love” at midday Wednesday, before starting to descen...
July 01, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — Tourists from Chattanooga check into beach resorts in Cancun. Canadian auto parts feed factories in the American Midwest — and vice versa. Happy hour reveler...
July 01, 2026 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces struck Russia's major Ufa oil refinery for the second time in a week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday. Almost dail...
July 01, 2026 International News
A new recall from Ford Motor Co. is affecting hundreds of thousands of pickups and SUVs over concerns about potential damage to the vehicles’ parking system, and it could...
July 01, 2026 National News
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump took in nearly $1.2 billion dollars from his crypto businesses last year, a federal filing released Tuesday shows, locking in profits wh...
June 30, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. disclosed Tuesday that he was being treated for depression during his unexplained four-month absence from the House, ...
June 30, 2026 National News
NASA announced four new contracts for commercial lunar landers for the agency’s moon plans, but dropped news that it’s toying with the idea of sending to the moon a siste...
June 30, 2026 National News
President Donald Trump has announced that Republicans will hold their first-ever national convention ahead of the midterm elections, an unusual event aimed at boosting tu...
June 30, 2026 National News
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela — Aid groups warned Tuesday that Venezuela's fragile healthcare system is being pushed to its limits nearly a week after two powerful earthquakes, wi...
June 30, 2026 International News
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Natural gas could start flowing by 2033 out of two undersea deposits discovered by ExxonMobil off Cyprus, a senior executive with the company said Tuesd...
June 30, 2026 Business
Sports
Jon Livermore, on Krendale West’s 145-yard No. 2 hole, using a gap wedge. ...
July 01, 2026 Sports
The girls lacrosse scene in Butler County this spring featured prolific goal scorers, players who possess the ability to set up teammates for success and defenders with a...
July 01, 2026 Sports
Nolan Stefaniak’s last game wearing a Butler baseball uniform wasn’t an accurate representation of his senior season. The senior pitcher and Penn State commit threw 5.2 i...
June 30, 2026 Sports
June 30, 2026 Sports
Editorial
July 01, 2026 Cartoons
The felony environmental charges filed last month against the owners of Capital Environmental Risk Transfer Alliance (CERTA) and the business itself for the 2022 release ...
July 01, 2026 Our Opinion
Have you ever voted for a politician who said we should censor the media or ignore court rulings? What about a candidate who encouraged or joked about political violence?...
July 01, 2026 Other Voices
June 30, 2026 Cartoons
Fourth of July celebrations take many forms, but one thing most have in common is taking place outside. This year, that could require some extra caution. From the Midwest...
June 30, 2026 Our Opinion
The First Amendment needs all the help it can get these days. Some progressives want restrictions on “hate speech,” while Democrats weren’t shy about pushing private com...
June 30, 2026 Other Voices
Community
The Butler County Dairy Promotion team has chosen its Dairy Promotion Court for 2026-27. The court will consist of Dairy Maids Emmalyn Schaffner and Margaret LeViere; Dai...
July 01, 2026 Community
Mac Wilson, of Cranberry Township, is participating in the prestigious Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University this summer. Mac atte...
June 30, 2026 Community
Bouncing signals off the ionosphere, ham radio club converses worldwide
June 30, 2026 Community
Hunter Speer, 7, of the Fisher Dairy Farm at Portersville, readies his cow Friday, July 1, 2011, for competition at the Big Butler Fair. It was the first day of the Big...
June 30, 2026 Community
Announcements
Arts & Entertainment
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. Public schools...
July 01, 2026 Special Sections
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
July 01, 2026 Special Sections
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
July 01, 2026 Special Sections
July 01, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day, there will be one Lord, and his name the only name. — Zechariah 14:9 ...
July 01, 2026 Verse of the Day
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. Butler County Seni...
June 30, 2026 Special Sections
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. Pennsylvania S...
June 30, 2026 Special Sections
June 30, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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