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Local News
A jackpot-winning Pennsylvania Lottery Match 6 Lotto ticket worth more than $1.2 million was sold Tuesday, June 16 in Cranberry Township. The ticket correctly matched all...
June 17, 2026 Local News
A portion of Route 8 is closed after a truck carrying logs reportedly overturned near GetGo in Butler Township. Reports made to Butler County Emergency dispatch indicate ...
June 17, 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...
June 17, 2026 Local News
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP — Thirty-seven-year employee-owner of Penn United Technologies Incorporated Bill Kriley drives 45 minutes to his job. When he started, the job was muc...
June 17, 2026 Business
SLIPPERY ROCK — Borough officials are moving steadily forward with their plan to improve public safety and walkability through updates to their sidewalks and related amen...
June 17, 2026 Local News
A good Father’s Day gift can be hard to find. Although another tie or Best Dad Ever mug may be good gift ideas, but several Butler County businesses shared their creative...
June 17, 2026 Local News
The Butler County Prison Board voted Tuesday, June 16, to advertise for proposals for inmate technology, which includes phone service, tablets and video visits. The board...
June 17, 2026 Local News
The Butler County Planning Commission on Tuesday held the first of two meetings to accept public input about how to spend this year’s $393,160 Community Development Block...
June 17, 2026 Government
SAXONBURG — The borough now has an additional $75,000 in the bank to fund its pending structural restoration of John Roebling’s historic wire rope workshop. The money com...
June 17, 2026 Local News
KARNS CITY — Construction projects at Karns City Area School District range from small upgrades of facilities and the demolition of outdated ones, to contemplating the fi...
June 17, 2026 Local News
Other News
MIAMI — The first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season formed Wednesday near the Gulf Coast, bringing intense rain and the threat of dangerous flash floods to ...
June 17, 2026 National News
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Leaders at the Group of Seven summit on Wednesday threw their support behind U.S. President Donald Trump's tentative agreement with Iran to open...
June 17, 2026 International News
WILMINGTON, Del. — An assailant who shot two people inside a Delaware hospital Tuesday — killing one — remained at large hours later, police said. The shooting was report...
June 16, 2026 National News
LOS ANGELES — The B-52 that crashed during a test flight at an Air Force base in California took a sharp turn before plunging to the ground at a rate nearly 10 times fast...
June 16, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s remodeled Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with its “American flag blue” bottom has turned chartreuse from an algal bloom that park ...
June 16, 2026 National News
NEW YORK — A hearing in Luigi Mangione’s state murder case in the killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was postponed until Wednesday after prosecutors failed to in...
June 16, 2026 National News
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Federal prosecutors have charged 15 people with impeding the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota earlier this year, accusing them ...
June 16, 2026 National News
Contractors running Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities can rely more heavily on artificial intelligence tools to communicate with detainees and continue refus...
June 16, 2026 National News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s top diplomat said Tuesday that the tentative deal to end the war with the United States would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon...
June 16, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — Law enforcement officials disrupted a planned attack targeting President Donald Trump's UFC cage-fighting show at the White House this past weekend, accordin...
June 16, 2026 National News
Sports
EVANS CITY — Longtime Seneca Valley wrestling coach Joe Montalbano provided a space to young wrestlers for years to train OMP. OMP stood for One More Period, a wrestling ...
June 17, 2026 Sports
IRVINE, Calif. — Although the cheers are still ringing in the Americans' ears after their impressive World Cup-opening victory, this U.S. team says it's prepared for the ...
June 16, 2026 Professional
Butler graduate Madden Clement has entered the transfer portal, marking a likely end to his baseball tenure at Virginia Tech. According to the Hokies’ athletics website, ...
June 16, 2026 Sports
One of the most decorated high school softball players in Butler County history is on the move. Seneca Valley graduate Lexie Hames, who spent her freshman season pitching...
June 16, 2026 Sports
The Butler Eagle has celebrated its top male and female athletes of the school year each of the past two summers. This time, we are announcing our nominees for the honors...
June 16, 2026 Sports
Editorial
There are two processes that we cannot escape: aging and math. This applies not only to human beings but also to large government social-insurance programs. Last week the...
June 17, 2026 Other Voices
Not only is it amazing that a 6-year-old girl started an artistic movement to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the fact her initiative spread throug...
June 16, 2026 Our Opinion
Community
The Buffalo Township Police Department, in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General, will hold a public discussion on scams and drug awareness a...
June 17, 2026 Community
Tom Marak never told his customers what to put inside their customized time capsules. The Muddy Creek Township man had run a business based on preserving the past for fut...
June 16, 2026 Community
Camp Apple and Camp Breakthrough two options for children
June 16, 2026 Community
Announcements
Arts & Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — A lightsaber with Luke Skywalker's severed hand from “The Empire Strikes Back” that is expected to sell for seven figures headlines an upcoming auction of v...
June 16, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — The Recording Academy has tweaked some of its rules for the 2026 Grammy Awards, including the addition of five new categories. The academy on Tuesday announce...
June 16, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
With a great rumor comes great speculation, and Zendaya and fiancé Tom Holland made their first red carpet appearance Monday amid recent chatter they’d already tied the k...
June 16, 2026 People
Other
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...
June 17, 2026 Special Sections
The best people to ask for advice are those who have done it all before. When it comes to parenting, grandparents fit that description perfectly. For Father’s Day, four g...
June 17, 2026 Special Sections
Americans spent a record $24 billion on Father's Day in 2025, and trends indicate it'll likely increase this year. The average shopper lays out about $199 on greeting car...
June 17, 2026 Special Sections
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