MARS — Not even a fierce thunderstorm over Butler County could prevent the borough from celebrating the country’s 250th anniversary. On Saturday evening, the sky eventual...
While celebrating Independence Day this weekend, many residents across Butler County found themselves without the freedom to turn on their lights.
Over a thousand Butler...
While the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence’s signing may have passed, Evans City was not willing to let it go without an encore.
Evans City Mayor Dean...
ZELIENOPLE — Zelienople's decades-long Fourth of July parade tradition took on new meaning Saturday, as the borough joined in celebrating America's 250th birthday.
Kathy ...
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
Before the news of 2026 makes history books, it first publishes on the pages and the website of local news organizations like the Butler Eagle.
As journalists, the team h...
Tate and Becky Pacek’s home in Saxonburg will be lit with red, white and blue all summer long.
The couple first set up permanent lights around the house during Christmas ...
ZELIENOPLE — The last of the original Liberty Trees on St. John’s College campus in Maryland was damaged by Hurricane Floyd in 1999.
A seedling from that tulip poplar tre...
ZELIENOPLE — The borough welcomed the traveling Tomb of the Unknown Soldier back to the Four Corners Park for the Fourth of July weekend to commemorate every service memb...