Read the latest news from today along with all of the articles published yesterday to the website in preparation for the current print edition of the Butler Eagle.
A 96-year-old Butler man died Friday, Jan. 30, in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Airport and Pittsburgh roads in Penn Township.
Donald Callen Jr. was killed ...
State police say they will soon have an easier time communicating with motorists on the road thanks to patrol vehicle upgrades, police announced Thursday, Jan. 29.
The up...
A Zelienople woman driving the wrong way on Interstate 79 in Cranberry Township showed signs of impairment and was taken to the hospital following a two-vehicle crash in ...
These real estate transactions were recorded in Butler County from Nov. 10 to 14:
Adams Township
D.R. Horton to Joshua and Ashley Wahl at 328 Stately Court for $614,990....
NEW YORK — Americans are drinking more coffee than they have in decades. But fewer of them are getting it from Starbucks.
The company that revolutionized the United Sta...
Charges have been filed against a Fenelton man who is accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old juvenile in October 2024.
Gerard A. Slupe, 57, has been charged with fe...
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts:
Adams Twp
Jan. 8 — Mark Pfenninger, 66, of Mars, was charged with one misdemeanor ...
ESPN's purchase of NFL Network and other league digital assets has been finalized after government regulators approved the transaction.
The league and ESPN officially ann...
The Butler County Democratic Committee hosted an event Saturday afternoon, Jan. 31, to introduce three candidates for office. It intends to support all three in bids for ...
Butler County commissioners increased rental fees for some shelters at Alameda Park about a month before shelter reservations open.
At their meeting Wednesday, Jan. 28, c...
NEW YORK — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday announced that his department will devote $100 million toward a pilot program addressing homelessness and subs...
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson faces tough days ahead trying to muscle a federal funding package to passage and prevent a prolonged partial government shutdown a...
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — Punxsutawney Phil is said to be predicting six more weeks of wintry weather after he saw his shadow Monday.
His annual prediction was translated by hi...
Demond Wilson, who found fame in the 1970s playing Lamont on “Sanford and Son” and went on to become a minister, has died. He was 79.
Mark Goldman, a publicist for Wilson...
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — President Donald Trump said the United States was beginning to talk with Cuban leaders as his administration puts greater pressure on the communist...
PORTLAND, Ore. — The mayor of Portland, Ore., demanded U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leave his city after federal agents launched tear gas at a crowd of demons...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Sunday he will move to close Washington’s Kennedy Center performing arts venue for two years starting in July for construction.
...
HARRISBURG — Less than three months after wrapping up a bruising 135-day state budget standoff and facing a welter of ongoing financial concerns, Gov. Josh Shapiro will g...
A 5-year-old boy and his father must be released by Tuesday from the Texas center where they’ve been held after being detained by immigration officers in Minnesota, a fed...
GLOUCESTER, Mass. — The U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday suspended the search for seven people who were aboard a commercial fishing vessel that sank off the coast of Massachu...
The basketball season flew by.
The clock is ticking on the high school hoops regular season, meaning it’s time for Butler County teams to put it all on the line in the na...
BUTLER TWP — Three times the fun, maybe.
Three times the run, definitely.
Butler seniors Carter, Logan and Lilly Ekas have been shining during the indoor and outdoor seas...
Joe Cooper was in a rush.
A late addition to the East-West Shrine Bowl, the now-former Slippery Rock University left tackle only had so much time to shove what he needed ...
The Seneca Valley School Board recently approved the promotion of Joe DeCristoforo to head coach of the varsity and junior varsity softball teams.
He takes over for Marle...
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County.
Monday, Feb. 2
Boys Basketball
6 — Montour at Mars
Girls Basketball
5 — Union/A-C Valley at ...
The WPIAL released its Class 3A and 2A boys team wrestling playoff brackets on Thursday. Three Butler County teams will be involved.
In Class 3A, Seneca Valley and Mars w...
Butler boys sprinter Carter Ekas ran 49.17 seconds in the 400-meter dash Saturday at the SPIRE Ohio Preview meet, posting the second fastest indoor time in Butler history...
PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby raised his eyes to the videoboard, and all the memories came flooding back, accompanied by tears that the Pittsburgh Penguins captain made no e...
PITTSBURGH — Anthony Mantha and Noel Acciari scored two goals apiece, and the surging Pittsburgh Penguins held off the New York Rangers 6-5 Saturday for their sixth strai...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State hired Arthur Smith as offensive coordinator Saturday, the second straight year coach Ryan Day has turned to a coordinator with extensive NFL e...
NEW SEWICKLEY TWP, Beaver County — After starting a chapter of an international nonprofit in Mars as a retirement project, an area husband and wife are looking to hand ov...
In loving memory of our beloved Kristin Martin February 2, 2016 who passed away ten years ago today.
Sunshine fades and shadows fall,
But sweet remembrance outlasts all.
...
NEW YORK — Promoted by President Donald Trump as “a must watch,” the Melania Trump documentary “Melania” debuted with a better-than-expected $7 million in ticket sales, a...
