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Buffalo Township couple remembers daughter lost to overdose through charitable org, multi-generational living
BUFFALO TWP — Kevin Slane said he never imagined he would live multi-generationally, but when his eldest daughter, Alexandra, died of an opioid overdose in 2016...
Environmental education takes off at Butler Catholic
Even students who were in the garden club at Butler Catholic School last year have not been able to do all the activities they are doing this school year in Rae...
Trial into 2022 Muddy Creek Township homicide gets underway
The jury trial for a June 2022 homicide in Muddy Creek Township that a prosecutor described as a “surprise attack assassination” got underway Monday, May 6, in ...
Butler art center hopeful for $1.9M broadband grant
The biggest grant the Associated Artists of Butler County has received was about $15,000, which is dwarfed by the $1.9 million the group applied for in April to...
SV bats come alive in 13-2 win at Butler
Raiders bang out 15 hits in softball triumph
Buffalo Township couple remembers daughter lost to overdose through charitable o...
Buffalo Township coupl...
Environmental education takes off at Butler Catholic
Environmental educatio...
Trial into 2022 Muddy Creek Township homicide gets underway
Trial into 2022 Muddy ...
Butler art center hopeful for $1.9M broadband grant
Butler art center hope...
SV bats come alive in 13-2 win at Butler
SV bats come alive in ...
Top Headlines
Butler Dek Hockey players can keep their sticks ready as township commissioners confirmed the rink in Butler Township Park is here to stay. “Nothing is gong to happen to ...
May 06, 2024 Local News
Chicora is still having a cleanup day this spring where residents can dispose of large-scale items, but for the first time, they will have to bring their trash to the dum...
May 07, 2024 Local News
In just a few weeks, the landscape of Butler County Memorial Park will be colored with the red, white and blue of more than 2,000 American flags. Paul Simms, manager of t...
May 07, 2024 Local News
A Middlesex Township man was charged Monday, May 6, in relation to a March incident during which he allegedly barricaded himself in his home and threatened to kill office...
May 06, 2024 Crime & Courts
Craig Slomers was hoping construction on his new wine bar, Tannin and Tonic by Porchvue Winery located on 126 North Main St., would be done in time for Saturday’s second ...
May 06, 2024 Local News
News
Charges against a man accused of pointing a handgun at a woman twice at her Butler apartment were dismissed during a preliminary hearing Monday, May 6. Donald W. Reese, ...
May 07, 2024 Crime & Courts
The Cranberry Public Library will host local author Sherry Cormier at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 14. To register for free, visit cranberry.librarycalendar.com or call 724-776...
May 07, 2024 Local News
The Cranberry Township supervisors on Thursday, May 2, approved a conditional use request for Clearview Federal Credit Union, 2085 Mackenzie Way, Suite 200. The 1,920-squ...
May 07, 2024 Local News
Five openings remain in the first free Butler County Community College EMS Academy, where 12 adults can earn a $520 weekly stipend by reaching benchmarks as they pursue t...
May 07, 2024 Local News
MARS — Borough council voted to put a former church building at 524 Pittsburgh St. up for sale during its meeting Monday, May 6. The borough spent years trying to find a ...
May 06, 2024 Religion
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Community
The annual Mancini Award nominees have been released, and Butler County students dominate ...
Today's Verse
Chuckle of the Day
 
PENN TWP — The 25 veterans who live at Colonial Gardens will have an upgraded outdoor seat...
May 07, 2024
As the school year winds down, prom season is in full swing. ...
May 06, 2024
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — The township is holding a “Keep Conno Clean” trash pickup event on S...
May 06, 2024
Mary Ann (O’Grady) Rieger began thinking about the marketing of Elf on the Shelf and the t...
May 06, 2024
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Sports
Sean Morgan and Logan Cypher homered and Knoch’s baseball team went on to defeat Burrell, ...
 
NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored 43 points, becoming the fourth player in NBA history ...
May 07, 2024
BUTLER TWP — North Catholic’s baseball team vows to not take any team lightly this postsea...
May 07, 2024
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Winnipeg Jets coach Rick Bowness is retiring after 38 seasons in the ...
May 07, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — What is quickly becoming the best rivalry in NASCAR evidently has at ...
May 07, 2024
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Editorial
May 07, 2024 Cartoons
The We the People competition has trained young Americans to know and engage in our democratic system for more than 30 years. It has long been recorde...
May 07, 2024 Other Voices
As the magnitude of the bird flu outbreak in cattle becomes clearer, so does the need to quickly get a firmer grip on some basic facts. Namely, how fa...
May 07, 2024 Other Voices
The Eagle has for several months been covering the saga of former registered nurse and convicted murderer Heather Pressdee. Pressdee, 41, of Natrona H...
May 07, 2024 Our Opinion
The gut-wrenching photos and story of bikers mourning a riding buddy during a memorial ride should serve as a heartbreaking reminder that the emptines...
May 06, 2024 Our Opinion
Business
Wendell August Forge, a producer of handcrafted metalware and other products, announced it is relocating its Grove City area manufacturing operation ...
May 07, 2024 Business
Butler County Tourism & Convention Bureau has launched an initiative that will aim to showcase the range of local breweries, wineries and distilleries...
May 07, 2024 Business
TUCSON, Ariz. — Snoop Dogg is putting his name on the Arizona Bowl for what will be the first partnership between an alcohol brand and a college bowl ...
May 06, 2024 Business
KEYPORT, N.J. — A major pipeline that would have moved natural gas through New Jersey and under two bays to New York has been killed, but another plan...
May 06, 2024 Business
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After years of delays and stumbles, Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA. ...
May 06, 2024 Business
Weekend Entertainment
Robin’s Home is hosting its second annual Food Truck and Rock Fest Fundraiser from 1 to 9 p.m. June 1, at the American Legion Post 778, 150 Legion Memorial Lane, Lyndora....
May 02, 2024 Local News
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Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — “The Fall Guy,” the Ryan Gosling-led, action-comedy ode to stunt performers, opened below expectations with $28.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday...
May 06, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
One of the worst movie sins is when a comedy fails to at least match the natural charisma of its stars. Not all actors are capable of being effortlessly witty without a t...
May 04, 2024 Reviews
Now that we're well into May, as soon as darkness sets in, you can easily see the Big Dipper, a celestial marvel, upside-down in the high Butler northern sky. It’s pouri...
May 04, 2024 Starwatch
In the warmly charming rom-com “The Idea of You,” Anne Hathaway plays a 40-year-old divorcee and Silver Lake art gallery owner who, after taking her teenage daughter to C...
May 04, 2024 Reviews
The end of the school year is right around the corner, and both Moraine and McConnells Mill state parks are ready to welcome visitors of all ages with a full lineup of ev...
May 03, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
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Special Sections
Students in Carrie Wilson’s third-grade class at Chicora Elementary School, in the Karns City Area School District, responded to the query “What makes your mom the best?”...
May 06, 2024 Special Sections
Students in the third-grade class of Kristine Tkatch at St. Gregory Catholic School in Zelienople answered the question “What makes my mom the best?” My mom is the best b...
May 06, 2024 Special Sections
NEW YORK — Not all moms are the same. They like and do different things. Some, gasp, don’t love the idea of flowers and chocolates for Mother’s Day. Consider these alter...
May 06, 2024 Special Sections
JEFFERSON TWP — Living more than 100 years presents a unique perspective, especially regarding what it meant to grow up in the early part of the century during difficult ...
May 06, 2024 Special Sections
You’re excused if Mother’s Day sneaked up on you and you have nothing planned. But don’t panic: A quick trip to the grocery store — and the flower shop — and a little qua...
May 06, 2024 Special Sections
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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

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