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Nov 16, 2024 | 
butlereagle.com | Paula Grubbs |Dave Prelosky
Leaving a Legacy The name Vernon Laing Wise Jr. has been synonymous with the Butler Eagle for more than six decades, but the towering voice remembered by so many was silenced on the evening of Nov. 14, when Wise died at age 95. At the time of his death, his name was being announced in Hershey, as one of 100 media magnates inducted into the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association Hall of Fame at the association’s 100th anniversary gala.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
butlereagle.com | Dave Prelosky
Emergency response crews are at the scene of a house fire in Cranberry Township Friday morning, Oct. 18. A Butler County 911 operator said the fire is at 154 Sequoia Lane, a residential neighborhood off Franklin Road in southern Cranberry Township. Talk from crews on scene indicates that the house is fully involved.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
butlereagle.com | William Pitts |Dave Prelosky
Local News The Wingate by Wyndham hotel in Cranberry Township, located on Executive Drive, was completely evacuated after an HVAC unit in a second-floor room caught fire Wednesday, Oct. 16. Although the sprinkler system put the fire out and no injuries were reported, Scott Garing, Cranberry Township’s head of fire and emergency services, says that he expects the hotel to be out of service at least 24 hours due to water damage.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
butlereagle.com | Katrina Quinn |Dave Prelosky
The first European settlers of Parker Township were some pretty tough characters. “The hardships which the pioneers were obliged to undergo were great, and only men and women possessed of heroic fortitude and determination were capable of enduring them,” publishers Waterman, Watkins & Co. wrote in an 1883 History of Butler County.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
butlereagle.com | Paula Grubbs |Dave Prelosky
Earlier this month, the Eagle ran a story on a $75,000 donation Dan and Cindy Musko made to the Golden Tornado Scholastic Foundation. Today, we learned that Dan Musko has left this mortal coil to “Rest with Jesus,” as his self-written obituary states. While his family and friends will miss him immensely, his death is very different from most, as his legacy of generosity and community concern will live on through the scholarship.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
butlereagle.com | Dave Prelosky
Butler residents, family members remember contributions of former Lifesteps CEO Daniel Musko will be remembered for always putting the well-being of others first, according to family members, friends and former colleagues. Musko, of Butler, died Monday, Sept. 23, at the age of 76. One of five brothers, Musko was a proud native of Butler County and a graduate of Butler Area Senior High School and Slippery Rock University, according to his obituary, which he wrote himself.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
cranberryeagle.com | Jamie Kelly |Katrina Quinn |Justin Guido |Dave Prelosky
While much has changed in Clinton Township since its formation in the 1850s, a visitor would see echoes of its past. The township, 23.8 square acres, was created in 1854 out of portions of Buffalo and Middlesex townships. It was named for a region in County Down in Ireland.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
butlereagle.com | Jamie Kelly |Dave Prelosky |Justin Guido
The pressure from the water against the dam led to Glade Run Lake being drained in 2011, but pressure from a group of dedicated neighbors got the dam rebuilt and the lake restored. Glade Run Lake dates to the 1950s, when the state used federal money to buy about 145 acres of land and create a 52-acre lake for recreational fishing and other outdoor activities. As the Glade Run Lake Conservancy notes on its website, on the opening day of trout season in 1955 as many as 8,000 anglers showed up.
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Jan 27, 2024 | 
butlereagle.com | Steve Ferris |Dave Prelosky
Butler County officials are curious to know how much money the state is allocating in first-time funding for the public defender’s office, and how it can be spent. The state budget includes $7.5 million for public defender’s offices in the 67 counties. Gov. Josh Shapiro proposed $10 million for indigent defense, but the amount was reduced in negotiations with the legislature before he signed the budget into law in December.
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
butlereagle.com | Jack Neely |Dave Prelosky |Meg Nassif
Zelienople’s Strand Theater has served up entertainment for years The Strand Theater, a Zelienople, Pennsylvania fixture, has been providing entertainment and memories to its community for more than 100 years. Founded in 1802 by German immigrant Dettmar Basse, Zelienople is a small town of about 10,000 acres and 4,000 residents. While it may be unknown to many people, the town has had a vibrant community for centuries.
