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Educating the next generation of leaders is essential to securing a bright future for each and every individual in our society, but we stand at a crisis. The state is dow...
July 01, 2025 Our Opinion
During the school year, elementary students in Butler Area School District can receive meals for free from the Golden Tornado Scholastic Foundation and its Kids’ Weekend ...
June 30, 2025 Our Opinion
For the past few years, Linda Gaiser has had a message to send. Despite describing herself as shy, Gaiser has had quite a bit to say since the COVID-19 pandemic. And she ...
June 28, 2025 Our Opinion
We learned in the Thursday, June 26, edition of the Butler Eagle about Bella, a beagle mix who’s had a hard life. Bella was taken in by the Butler County Humane Society, ...
June 27, 2025 Our Opinion
Zelienople is honoring two worthy, standout community members this Fourth of July. The Rotary Club of Zelienople recently announced Joella Baker, a longtime Rotarian, ac...
June 26, 2025 Our Opinion
Students involved in the Mars Robotics Association are part of an incredible experience that not many teens their age have had — a project they’ve worked on will be sent ...
June 25, 2025 Our Opinion
This weekend we celebrated history with someone who lived it. In Monday’s edition of the Butler Eagle we had the privilege of covering a ceremony honoring Robert “Bob” Le...
June 24, 2025 Our Opinion
How lucky are the people of Butler County to live in an area where a state park not only contains miles and miles of trails and woods to hike through, but a large body of...
June 23, 2025 Our Opinion
When? Where? What? These are all basic things we should ask our elected officials. We get to do that during public meetings and hearings. Without those public proceeding...
June 21, 2025 Our Opinion
As we learned in the Thursday, June 19, edition of the Butler Eagle, Pennsylvania’s lawmakers will likely miss the June 30 deadline to have a new budget in place. That me...
June 20, 2025 Our Opinion
Positive changes are coming to Roebling Park in Saxonburg. Saxonburg Borough Council approved fixing a pavilion and the addition of a playground at its Tuesday, June 17 ...
June 19, 2025 Our Opinion
First responders like Josh Shimko, whose story was featured on the front page of the Butler Eagle in two parts over two consecutive Sundays — June 1 and June 8 — know how...
June 18, 2025 Our Opinion
Finding a place outside of work and home to explore interests and hobbies or just socialize is incredibly important. The wake of the isolation from COVID-19 lockdowns pa...
June 17, 2025 Our Opinion
A Marion Township supervisor recently said the township would not have a public sewer system if not for funding through the Community Development Block Grant — a point he...
June 16, 2025 Our Opinion
The death of Rosa “Mama Rosa” Fusca earlier this month at age 96 marked the loss of the face of a beloved regional name, both for the Butler Township restaurant that stil...
June 14, 2025 Our Opinion
As we learned in the Wednesday, June 11, edition of the Butler Eagle, two local U.S. Postal Service employees recently were recognized for helping to prevent a dog attack...
June 13, 2025 Our Opinion
For many children, summer means more than just a break from studies and a chance for fun outdoors. It can also mean facing food insecurity. For many children, the only co...
June 12, 2025 Our Opinion
Pennsylvania’s current delegation to the U.S. Senate told us it would be a bipartisan one very early on, and so far our senators have acted on that promise. In some cases...
June 10, 2025 Our Opinion
The Butler City Farmers’ Market kicked off its season Saturday, May 24, and the Cranberry Town Square Market opened for the season Friday, June 6. Each market attracted ...
June 09, 2025 Our Opinion
We learned in the Friday, June 6, edition of the Butler Eagle that a long-term study of ways to link the green spaces in Cranberry Township is complete. The report, which...
June 07, 2025 Our Opinion
A conscientious news organization reflects its community — the whole community. It puts before its readers stories about topics they wanted to know, information they need...
June 07, 2025 Our Opinion
Hundreds of Butler County students are celebrating their graduations, turning their tassels toward the left and their eyes toward their new adventures ahead. Butler Coun...
June 05, 2025 Our Opinion
It’s nearly summer and as it finally starts to warm up, schools are letting out and for some families that brings with it the concern of making sure their little ones get...
June 04, 2025 Our Opinion
This weekend’s edition of the Butler Eagle revealed a startling statistic. Ninety percent of clients served by Butler County’s Victim Outreach Intervention Center, VOICe...
June 03, 2025 Our Opinion
Mars is celebrating the Martian new year, signifying one revolution of the planet Mars around the sun, June 6 and 7, with an event that highlights the unique name for the...
June 02, 2025 Our Opinion
In the Friday, May 30, edition of the Butler Eagle, we learned about a showcase of technology designed to help people with disabilities navigate the world more easily. Pr...
May 31, 2025 Our Opinion
At its best, journalism doesn’t just ask questions, it answers them. And after the attempted assassination of then-candidate President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at...
May 30, 2025 Our Opinion
When Daniel Christiana’s life changed at age 17, he worked hard to not only survive, but to later thrive. On the front page of the Wednesday, May 28, edition of the Butl...
May 29, 2025 Our Opinion
The act of burying and uncovering time capsules is a fascinating thing that has been going on in America since at least the days of Samuel Adams and Paul Revere — the pai...
May 28, 2025 Our Opinion
There could be good times in store for the Lyndora Hotel building. As of last week, Joe Gray has become the new owner of the nearly 120-year-old site and, in this weekend...
May 27, 2025 Our Opinion
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