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Local News
ZELIENOPLE — Despite a hazardous air quality alert, a high temperature in the 90s and a parade cancellation, vendors and buyers from near and far peppered Zelienople’s Ma...
July 17, 2026 Local News
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ended Saturday. Costume Class Dairy Cattle, Nathan Rassau, Enon Valley Beef Cattle, Lakin Palmer, S...
July 17, 2026 Agriculture
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ended Saturday. BEEF CATTLE Angus Junior Bull Calf, Beacom Farms, Tarentum Senior Bull Calf, Beacom...
July 17, 2026 Agriculture
HONG KONG — Major Taiwan computer chipmaker TSMC said Thursday it plans to spend another $100 billion on expanding its manufacturing capacity in the United States. The la...
July 17, 2026 Business
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ended Saturday, July 11. Horse Show Pole Bending – Pony, Elizabeth King, Butler Pole Bending – Horse...
July 17, 2026 Agriculture
The following are first-place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ended Saturday. Chickens Delaware – Cock, Adam Hile, Indiana Delaware – Hen, Adam Hile, Indiana Dela...
July 17, 2026 Agriculture
The following are first-place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ended Saturday. Bantams Modern Game Birchen – Cock, Tia Hile, Home Modern Game Birchen – Hen, Tia Hi...
July 17, 2026 Agriculture
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ended Saturday. Draft Horse Supreme Champions Supreme Butler Fair Champion, Sam Mathias, Salem, Ohi...
July 17, 2026 Agriculture
NEW YORK — Drops for computer chipmakers and other winners of the artificial-intelligence boom dragged down stock markets worldwide on Thursday. The S&P 500 fell 0.5%, ev...
July 17, 2026 Business
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
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
The Little League tournament season is under way. Butler Township has two teams in the Pennsylvania Section 1 Tournament, with both hoping to make the state tournament la...
July 17, 2026 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
Announcements
To our beloved sister and aunt Joan M. (Joni) Jewart July 17, 1959 Missing You Always You had so much life left to live, so many sunrises to wake up to, so many memories ...
July 17, 2026 Birthday Tributes
Alma Polum March 18, 1947 - July 17, 2018. It’s been eight years since you’ve been gone. Miss you and love you, Tom ...
July 17, 2026 In Memoriams
Arts & Entertainment
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July 17, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
In Christ, all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority. — Colossians 2:...
July 17, 2026 Verse of the Day
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