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Jan 14, 2025 | 
butlereagle.com | Katrina Quinn
AMERICA BY THE DECADES | National News Roundup Welcome to the 1950s, a decade of prosperity and Pontiacs, drive-ins and tail fins, bobby socks and poodle skirts. The decade saw a big swing from big bands to rock’n’roll, from highways to interstates, and two new stars on the American flag. It was a decade of “happy days” and Hula Hoops — 25 million of which were sold by Wham-O during the first four months of production in 1958.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
butlereagle.com | Katrina Quinn
HARRISVILLE — The borough anticipates a $13,000 overall deficit by the end of 2024, beating expectations from earlier in the year, according to a report at the borough council meeting Monday, Dec. 9. Susan Cyphert, of the accounting firm McGill, Power, Bell & Associates, of Grove City, disclosed an anticipated shortfall of $33,000 in the borough’s general fund, a balanced highway fund and an overage of about $20,000 in the sewer fund.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
butlereagle.com | Katrina Quinn
AMERICA BY THE DECADES | National News Roundup Welcome to the 1960s, a decade of sit-ins and teach-ins, hemlines that were getting shorter and hair that was getting longer, and laid-back family road trips, leading onward to the welcome sight of an orange Howard Johnson’s roof and its 28 flavors of happiness. In a decade of pushing boundaries, the first Peace Corps volunteers set off for Africa in 1961.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
butlereagle.com | Katrina Quinn
A casual observer might believe that Lancaster Township hasn’t changed much since its earliest European settlers arrive in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Early historians noted that Lancaster Township was not as quickly settled as other parts of Butler County due to the unusually rugged landscape and rocky soil, and many settlers came and went. Those who stayed were tough.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
butlereagle.com | Katrina Quinn
Two grants announced by Butler Area School District superintendent Brian White at Monday’s district school board meeting will bring innovative learning and assessment tools to Butler district students in the coming year, he said. The $50,000 Moonshot Grants were awarded by Remake Learning, a multistate nonprofit based in Homestead in Allegheny County, that supports innovation in the field of education.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
butlereagle.com | Katrina Quinn
Stadium lights, air conditioning among big-ticket items BUTLER TWP — Butler Area School District will move forward with capital improvements to the tune of $5.4 million in the coming months. The projects, including infrastructure, safety and energy-saving measures, will be funded by the district’s existing $4.2 million capital fund, grants and — in the case of stadium lighting — sponsorships, superintendent Brian White said at the district school board meeting Monday, Dec. 2.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
butlereagle.com | Katrina Quinn
A Cranberry Township man was arraigned Tuesday, Nov. 12, on 109 felony counts of child pornography and related charges. William R. Stanek Jr., 63, is free on unsecured $25,000 bail after his Tuesday hearing before District Judge Kevin J. Flaherty. Stanek was released without conditions, according to the court. He is charged with possession of more than 1,500 image and video files depicting child pornography and with uploading files onto an internet site on seven occasions.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
butlereagle.com | Katrina Quinn
Former President Bill Clinton made an unexpected stop Saturday, Nov, 2, 2024, at Zelienople’s Little Green Bookstore for a chat about books. Clinton was in Butler County in support of the Harris-Walz campaign, speaking with members of the Steamfitters Technology Center Local 449 in Jackson Township. The visit to the bookstore, at 104 North Main St., Zelienople, was a surprise, according to owner Christine Border, in a post to Facebook.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
butlereagle.com | Katrina Quinn
Election 2024 With a population of around 195,000, Butler County is home to just 1.5% of Pennsylvania’s nearly 13 million residents, yet the county has played an outsized role in the neck-and-neck national election. “Can Butler County have an impact? Sure we can,” said Jim Hulings, chair of the Butler County Republican Committee. “We’re not just walking to the polls, we’re getting out, voting early.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
butlereagle.com | Katrina Quinn
Public invited to free exhibit through Nov. 8 CRANBERRY TWP — Area residents are invited to see an entire year of historical research featured at the Regional Learning Alliance mezzanine gallery through Friday, Nov. 8. The 90-foot-long exhibit includes rare archival photos, stories, maps and more from the Butler Eagle’s America250: A Journey Through Time monthly series, covering U.S., Pennsylvania and Butler County history.
