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The Butler Eagle’s team received six awards on Monday, May 18, at the 62nd annual Golden Quill Awards. Four staff writers for the Eagle along with the Alter Eagle podcas...
May 21, 2026
CRANBERRY TWP — On Friday night, May 22, North Catholic High School held its 84th annual commencement ceremony for the school’s Class of 2026 at the Cahouet Auditorium on...
May 22, 2026
Local News
JEFFERSON TWP — Just over two years ago, Farmhouse Fancies was a humble home-based business run out of Shaun and Rachel Austin’s kitchen. Since then, the bakery has boom...
May 23, 2026
Business
CHICORA — With America’s 250th birthday coming up, students and teachers at Karns City Area Elementary School got a head start on the celebrations. On Friday, May 22, the...
May 23, 2026
America 250
BUTLER TWP — For students at Northwest Elementary School, Memorial Day weekend is about more than a long weekend, community gatherings and enjoying the sun. On Friday, M...
May 23, 2026
Local News
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With the City of Butler poised to approve the establishment of a land bank before the end of this month, another Pennsylvania land bank shared a little of what it has lea...
May 23, 2026
Local News
Seneca Valley School District was honored for the fourth year in a row by the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation. It received the Best Communities for Mus...
May 23, 2026
Local News
The Butler Eagle will not publish a newspaper Monday on Memorial Day. Publication will resume Tuesday. ...
May 23, 2026
Local News
CHICORA — On a gray and windy day, Main Street in Chicora temporarily shut down. A funeral procession of over 30 cars came down the hill and stopped in front of the magis...
May 22, 2026
Local News
BUTLER TWP — More than 2,200 flags will fly over the graves of veterans buried at the Butler County Memorial Park Cemetery this Memorial Day because of a Thursday initiat...
May 22, 2026
Local News
Nine students to compete in New Jersey at northeast trivia tournament
Today's Verse
Today in History
Each course in Butler County seems to offer at least one green that can keep golfers up at...
Butler County golf and trap results, and soccer standouts from this week:
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May 23, 2026
SHIPPENSBURG — Anna Lazzara knew that her goals in the long jump this year would be temper...
May 22, 2026
The WPIAL softball playoffs reach the championship round on Memorial Day week. See the lat...
May 22, 2026
The WPIAL baseball tournament concludes with the finals on Memorial Day week. Same with Di...
May 22, 2026
Editorial
May 23, 2026
Cartoons
Good company, good food and a long weekend traditionally mark the unofficial start of summer in the United States. As we collectively wait for the bur...
May 23, 2026
Our Opinion
My name is Fran Morrison, and I have been a Harrisville resident for 50 years. I have to say in all these years, I’ve never been so ashamed of the co...
May 23, 2026
Letters to the Editor
America’s political landscape has become a stinking mess. More and more states are joining the race to the bottom to gerrymander away the power of the...
May 23, 2026
Other Voices
May 20, 2026
Cartoons
Business
Armco Credit Union has awarded $20,000 worth of scholarships to 20 area high school seniors, Most recipients are from Butler County. The students were...
May 22, 2026
Business
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is set to loosen a federal rule that requires grocery stores and air-conditioning companies to reduce greenhouse...
May 21, 2026
Business
WASHINGTON — Fewer Americans filed for jobless aid last week as layoffs remain low despite a number of uncertainties that continue to cloud the econom...
May 21, 2026
National News
Clarion Hospital’s EMS Training Center, part of Independence Health System, has earned an American Heart Association recognition. The hospital receive...
May 21, 2026
Business
BRUSSELS — The European Union approved Wednesday a tariff deal with the United States to cap tariffs on most EU exports at 15%, avoiding a direct clas...
May 20, 2026
International News
There will be a bingo fundraiser event to support Felicia Caldwell, who recently suffered the death of her husband, Donnie. Doors open for the event at noon Saturday, May...
May 20, 2026
Weekend Entertainment
Boots Riley holds nothing back in his audacious, surrealist social satire “I Love Boosters.” The film is a go-for-broke expression of wild imagination and social cons...
May 23, 2026
Reviews
It’s been nearly seven years since there was a new “Star Wars” movie released in theaters and there are lots of ways to do it. “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu,” a d...
May 23, 2026
Reviews
Before streaming changed everything, the summer TV season used to be awash in reruns. To some extent, that’s still true, with TV executives rerunning through old ideas — ...
May 21, 2026
Arts & Entertainment
FRANKENMUTH, Mich. — Gretna Van Fleet didn’t play music with Greta Van Fleet. But maybe she got the next best thing: The Grammy-winning rock band uses her name. The 95-y...
May 20, 2026
Arts & Entertainment
A decade after Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian’s very public feud, the pop superstar has reportedly “moved on” and would be “cordial” during a run-in with the reality sta...
May 18, 2026
People
A portion of Main Street in Saxonburg between Pittsburgh and Rebecca streets will close to vehicle traffic on the third Thursday of the month from May through September f...
May 21, 2026
Special Sections
If a customer at the Butler City Farmers’ Market is looking for a specific item, Mayor Bob Dandoy said the following Saturday, vendors will often work to ensure they have...
May 20, 2026
Special Sections
Not every hole needs to be a challenge. Some can remind you of why you love — or maybe just tolerate, if it’s that kind of day — the game. And par-3s on a golf course are...
May 17, 2026
Sports
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May 12, 2026
Special Sections
Not all par-5s are unbeatable monsters. Some can give a golfer an opportunity to shake off a bad bogey the hole before or build momentum with an layup of a birdie opportu...
May 10, 2026
Sports
Seeking Refuge
Every morning Irena Tkachenko starts her day the same way: by telephoning her relatives and friends in Ukraine to see if they are still OK. Tkachenko,...
February 24, 2023
Local News
Three young Ukrainian families who escaped their war-torn hometown of Kharkov think the American holiday of Thanksgiving is a good time to say they ca...
November 23, 2022
Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Huge, steaming pots of homemade food and endless carafes of coffee and tea sustain 11 adults and children seeking refuge at the crowde...
July 16, 2022
Local News
When it comes to helping those in need, Butler County residents have proven their generosity again and again by donating amounts large and small strai...
June 20, 2022
Local News
Two young Ukrainian families are relieved to be watching the deer and chipmunks frolic on their hosts’ Cranberry Township lawn, and not wondering wher...
June 18, 2022
Local News
Digital Divide
HARRISBURG — In the coming years, Pennsylvania will receive more than $1 billion in federal funding to bring high-speed internet access to everyone in...
August 30, 2023
Pennsylvania News
The Biden administration on Monday continued its push toward internet-for-all by 2030, announcing about $667 million in new grants and loans to build ...
August 22, 2023
National News
STATE COLLEGE — Before Pennsylvania can spend an almost $1.2 billion windfall of federal funding for high-speed internet, it must figure out how to us...
July 18, 2023
Pennsylvania News
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority is asking for the public’s opinion until Friday, March 10 on two potential action plans for wider int...
February 27, 2023
Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Pennsylvania is set to get a piece of $42.5 billion in federal money to help expand broadband internet access to underserved areas. On...
February 17, 2023
Business