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No clothing came out unscathed when Muddy Dash brought around 5,500 people Saturday, Sept. 5, to Switchback MX in Center Township, adding more mud and mayhem to the cours...
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
ALPACAS
Showmanship
Youth Through 18, Roselyn Knight, Evans City
Age 19 & ...
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
Ducks
Muscovy / Bk / Old Duck, Cristi Daugherty, Butler
Buff / Old Drake, ...
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
State Poster Contest
15–18 State Poster Contest, Lindsay Lipp, Butler
12–1...
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
Large Chickens
Maran Black Copper / Pullet, Lilly Herman, Butler
Dominique...
Before holding elected office, Stacy Garrity spent 30 years in the United States Army Reserves. This included three deployments to the Middle East, serving in Operations ...
Starting Sept. 14, cardholders at Cranberry Public Library can check out Experience Kits for one week on a first-come, first-served basis.
An Experience Kit consists of ...
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
4-H Foods And Nutrition
Cookies - Baking 1, Gabriel Walowen, Butler
Quick ...
INDIANAPOLIS — There’s the mother of two who needs a full-time job to keep up with the bills, but can’t afford full-time childcare. There’s the medical technician who sto...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday said the conflict in Iran is “small potatoes” as he defended Vice President JD Vance for asserting that months of on-and-off...
Vin Cherwoo, a trusted editor and writer for the Associated Press sports desk for more than three decades and the president of the News Media Guild, has died. He was 56.
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A federal judge on Friday extended her prohibition against the U.S. Postal Service implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to limit mail voting duri...
Authorities released police bodycam footage Thursday showing the discovery of a Pennsylvania college student’s body that led to the arrest of her boyfriend, who said in c...
PHILADELPHIA — Johnny Doc is free.
Convicted former Philadelphia labor leader John Dougherty was released Friday afternoon from a federal penitentiary in Lewisburg, his l...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged with lying to investigators about the events leading up to the shooting of a Venezuelan man d...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Two Mercury-bound spacecraft left their mother ship behind on Thursday and headed down the home stretch of their nearly decade-long voyage to the s...
KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian drone struck the headquarters of Ukraine’s security service in central Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday, ahead of diplomatic talk...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday named Adam Telle as the acting Army secretary following the departure of Dan Driscoll amid widespread reports of tensions ...
I always wanted to have my name in the Butler Eagle.
Living across the street as a 10-year-old, I’d open it — admittedly — solely to glance at the sports photos and comic...
The Butler Eagle’s photo team was at three PIAA football games Friday night: Taylor Allderdice at Butler, Keystone at Karns City and McGuffey at Knoch.
From big hits to e...
Butler County teams largely stayed close to home last week and even made visits to one another.
This week? Not so much. Nine teams are on tap tonight, with the majori...
BUTLER TWP — Following his third rushing touchdown of the night, Jacob Kollinger bounded off the field with his helmet in hand, hair soaked and the tape running up his ar...
KARNS CITY — Karns City football’s 2-0 start to the season has featured standout play on both sides of the ball, and Owen Kaufman has been key to that dominance.
In the f...
JEFFERSON TWP — Defeat was snatched from the jaws of victory.
Then Knoch snatched it back.
The Knights scored the winning points on a 1-yard run by quarterback Max Wiley ...
ELLWOOD CITY — Friday’s game was more than just another win for Freeport football — it marked the 600th win in the program’s history.
After the 45-7 blowout win over Ellw...
ADAMS TWP — The ground game won out for Elizabeth Forward on Friday night.
Two players combined for 200 yards, and the Warriors utilized both to beat North Catholic footb...
Aiden Shay shredded Conneaut’s defense for a career night, and Slippery Rock football gave head coach Steve Monteleone his first win as a head coach Friday night.
Shay sl...
I asked U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-16th, what he was doing to help the USS Lincoln when sailors and family members shared what was happening onboard. I’m retired Air Force, ...
In spite of all of the shenanigans emanating from Washington, D.C., I have lost count of the number of consecutive days where the lead story on the nightly news is a clim...
How many Americans can name an accomplishment of Grover Cleveland’s presidency?
Perhaps a handful know he was the first president to serve nonconsecutive terms, especial...
AI is already in the workplace. It is drafting emails, screening resumes, summarizing meetings, analyzing customers, generating reports and influencing decisions that aff...
Friendship Presbyterian Church in Slippery Rock is hosting Back to Church Sunday Sept. 20, to rally people to attend church.
According to an email from the church, it wil...
An 8-year-old Butler Catholic School student presided over Butler Farm Show activities as Little Miss 4-H.
The winner of Butler Farm Show Little Miss 4-H was Mila Monday,...
Julia Valasek credits her coaches with building her softball skills, but also with giving her the work ethic that led her to make it into Stonehill College in Massachuset...
In loving memory of our beloved Steve Campisi, whose birthday is September 7th.
Though nothing ever separates
Two hearts that really care,
Especially on your 90th birthda...
In loving memory of Richard W. Fleeger, September 7.
Your wings were ready,
But our hearts were not.
You may be gone from our sight,
But you are never gone from our heart...
In loving memory of our beloved father and grandfather, Samuel Michaels, who passed away 17 years ago today, September 6.
Sadly missed by,
His family
...
Somewhere along the way, Sir Kenneth Branagh developed a knack for playing Russians. He was the vindictive oligarch in “Tenet” and a villainous industrialist in “Jack Rya...
Masked soldiers deployed on domestic soil and an air of conspiratorial paranoia give Adam Wingard’s not-quite-grindhouse siege film “Onslaught” a contemporary pulse, even...
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
Large Chickens
Maran Black Copper / Pullet, Lilly Herman, Butler
Dominique...
