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Local News
The Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities launched My Money last month, an online resource designed to help Pennsylvanians learn about, manage and protect the...
July 16, 2026 Business
Chicora is set to receive a $1.4 million low-interest loan from the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority toward replacing waterlines and associated infrastruc...
July 16, 2026 Local News
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s District 10 office announced a change in dates for bridge repairs on Route 8 in Clay Township. Repairs were originally sch...
July 16, 2026 Local News
WASHINGTON — Filings for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in 10 weeks as U.S. layoffs remain historically low. The number of Americans applying fo...
July 16, 2026 Business
An Ellwood City man is accused of “fondling” himself while watching pornography in a Dollar General parking lot in Slippery Rock Township. Gary John MacDonald, 62, was c...
July 16, 2026 Local News
A Butler man is charged with theft after stealing more than $10,000 from his East Butler employer, according to state police. Brady Steven Shuler, 22, was charged Wednesd...
July 16, 2026 Local News
Horse Trading Days organizers canceled the Round-Up Horse Parade planned for Thursday evening, July 16, amid concerns over air quality throughout Butler County. The rest ...
July 16, 2026 Local News
A Cranberry Township woman was arrested for alleged inappropriate sexual behavior with a child. Kelly Denise Yockey, 38, was arrested Thursday, July 16 by Cranberry Towns...
July 16, 2026 Local News
A National Weather Service Representative told the Butler Eagle Thursday afternoon the worst air quality conditions may still be to come and the Butler area will continue...
July 16, 2026 Local News
Wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota pouring over Pennsylvania spurred a code red air quality alert Thursday, July 16, according to the state Department of Environmen...
July 16, 2026 Local News
Other News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump used a primetime address to the nation Thursday to once again raise doubts about the results of past elections, reviving a subject he'...
July 16, 2026 National News
UVALDE, Texas — Catastrophic flash floods in Texas have killed two people and forced hundreds of rescues in areas still reeling from devastating floods a year ago, Gov. G...
July 16, 2026 National News
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian authorities at the country's border with Iraq thwarted an attempt to smuggle weapons believed to have been headed to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah...
July 16, 2026 International News
NEW YORK — It's an idea whose time, as it were, may have come — again. The twice-yearly changing of the clocks in the United States could be a thing of the past if legis...
July 16, 2026 National News
MEXICO CITY — The U.S. government has designated two new Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. They are the Juárez Cartel, on the border with Texas, and Lo...
July 16, 2026 International News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The expanding U.S. military campaign against Iran has put three small islands that sit at the confluence of the Persian Gulf and the Strait ...
July 16, 2026 International News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States intensified its strikes on Iran early Thursday, hitting targets farther north and firing into a ship the U.S. accused of t...
July 16, 2026 International News
When wildfires burn, smoke can travel long distances and degrade air quality far away, posing risks to those breathing it. Fires burning in one state can make the air wo...
July 16, 2026 National News
CARLISLE — President Donald Trump — as fighting resumes in Iran and his administration’s request for $1.5 trillion in defense funding stalls in Washington — used a Wednes...
July 16, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Sports
Kyle Casteel’s pro career has officially begun. The standout Butler right-hander has signed with the Chicago White Sox and accepted a $1.25 million signing bonus, accordi...
July 16, 2026 Sports
Happy second birthday to “Eye on Sports!” Not really, but it’s close. The Butler Eagle’s top sports podcast concludes its second season today with our annual year in revi...
July 16, 2026 Sports
It’s not how you start, but how you finish. Mike Battista and his son, Jacob, both of Cranberry Township, know that better than anyone after their recent experience in Eu...
July 16, 2026 Sports
Lexie Hames won’t move to Oxford, Miss., for about another month. That doesn’t mean the ex-Seneca Valley star softball pitcher hasn’t settled in with Ole Miss in othe...
July 16, 2026 Sports
Zelienople loves to party, parade and run Their Fourth of July salute included a week of America250 activities, a two-hour, flag-filled parade and a run/walk through town...
July 16, 2026 Sports
Editorial
Community
The following area residents were named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges and universities. Georgia Institute of Technology Sarver: Samuel Wygonik Universi...
July 16, 2026 Community
Ian and Theresa Smith, of Butler, will celebrate 65 years of marriage on July 17 with a private celebration. Smith married the former Theresa DeKleva on July 17, 1961, at...
July 16, 2026 Community
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week. Lunch is ...
July 16, 2026 Senior
Last week in Starwatch, I described how stars are born in gigantic families in part one of the trilogy of a star’s birth, life and death. Every phase is controlled mainl...
July 16, 2026 Community
DUQUESNE, Allegheny County — When the government shutdown affected federal aid programs throughout the U.S. in early 2026, the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank brou...
July 16, 2026 Community
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