Site last updated: Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Log In

Reset Password
MENU
Butler County's great daily newspaper
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.
Local News
A federal judge ruled Monday that work on a major offshore wind farm for Rhode Island and Connecticut can resume, handing the industry at least a temporary victory as Pre...
January 13, 2026 Business
Apple will rely on Google to help finish its efforts to smarten up its virtual assistant Siri and bring other artificial intelligence features to the iPhone as the trends...
January 13, 2026 Business
ADAMS TWP - A Sarver man is accused of fleeing the scene of a crash on Route 228 then attempting to purchase insurance for the vehicle involved in the incident. Austin T....
January 13, 2026 Local News
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — Five girls in Butler County are looking to take their weaving skills to show this Wednesday, Jan. 14, at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Fleece to Shawl ...
January 13, 2026 Local News
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Adams Twp Dec. 31 — Christian Anthony Denney, 24, of New Freeport, was charged wit...
January 13, 2026 Local News
ADAMS TWP — The township will hold two separate public hearings on Feb. 23, to allow residents input on two potential new township ordinances. The first would add an amen...
January 13, 2026 Local News
Pennsylvania’s Department of Military and Veterans Affairs is reminding the state’s veterans to review, update or apply for veterans’ benefits as the new year begins. Dev...
January 13, 2026 Local News
ZELIENOPLE — Mary Hess wasn’t expecting any type of recognition when she stepped down from Zelienople council last September. But many of her former colleagues had other ...
January 13, 2026 Local News
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced all driver license and photo centers will be closed Jan. 17 through Jan. 19 in observance of the Martin Luther Kin...
January 13, 2026 Local News
For most of his life, 10-year-old Jackson “Jax” Ramirez, of Zelienople, has dreamed of doing what nearly all children of his age are able to do on a daily basis — to play...
January 12, 2026 Local News
Other News
HARRISBURG — A contest that celebrates the much-maligned but enduring mullet hairstyle will get underway Monday at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. The short-in-the-front, lon...
January 13, 2026 Pennsylvania News
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota and its two largest cities sued the Trump administration Monday to try to stop an immigration enforcement surge that led to the fatal shooting of ...
January 12, 2026 National News
NEW YORK — A federal judge on Monday said she will hold a short hearing in the next two weeks on procedures that police said allowed them to seize and look through Luigi ...
January 12, 2026 National News
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The ex-husband of an Ohio woman charged this weekend in the killings of her and her husband waived his right to an extradition hearing Monday in Illinois...
January 12, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell appeared on Monday to be emboldening defenders of the U.S. centra...
January 12, 2026 National News
JACKSON, Miss. — The FBI says that a suspect in the arson fire at a Mississippi synagogue admitted to targeting the institution because of its “Jewish ties.” Stephen Spen...
January 12, 2026 National News
LOS ANGELES — A man accused of steering a U-Haul truck toward a Los Angeles demonstration supporting Iran's protests was released after being arrested on suspicion of rec...
January 12, 2026 National News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran wants to negotiate with Washington after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic over its crackdown ...
January 12, 2026 International News
NEW YORK — Thousands of nurses in three hospital systems in New York City went on strike Monday after negotiations through the weekend failed to yield breakthroughs in th...
January 12, 2026 National News
Sports
BUTLER TWP — Butler girls basketball has been unable to find its footing in 2026, after winning eight of its first 10 games. The Golden Tornado have dropped all four of t...
January 12, 2026 Sports
Nia Disanti scored 12 points and Maggie Congor 10 as Freeport girls basketball held off an impressive effort from one-win Knoch 44-38 Monday night. The Knights’ Neah Ewin...
January 12, 2026 Sports
Simply being back on the mat was not enough for Sutton Stoner last year. The Butler wrestler had missed his entire sophomore season with a dislocated left elbow. His juni...
January 12, 2026 Sports
PITTSBURGH — Sheldon Rankins returned a fumble by Aaron Rodgers 33 yards for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter to highlight a dominant performance by the NFL’s top-...
January 12, 2026 Professional
PITTSBURGH — Blake Lizotte is now part of the Pittsburgh Penguins' long-term plan. The Penguins signed the veteran forward to a three-year contract extension Monday. The ...
January 12, 2026 Professional
PITTSBURGH — Dave Giusti, a reliable reliever who spent 15 years in the majors and helped the Pittsburgh Pirates win the 1971 World Series title, has died. He was 86. The...
January 12, 2026 Professional
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County. Monday, Jan. 12 Boys Basketball 7 — Moniteau at Portersville Christian 7:30 — Karns City at Keyst...
January 12, 2026 Sports
Editorial
It’s a new year and no sooner than resolutions are broken, tax season arrives. It will officially begin Jan. 26 when the Internal Revenue Service begins accepting and pro...
January 13, 2026 Our Opinion
January 13, 2026 Cartoons
For years, I’ve sounded the alarm about foreign intervention against the United States throughout the Western Hemisphere. I believe it’s one of the most significant exist...
January 13, 2026 Other Voices
Community
A clinic in November at the RLA Learning and Conference Center in Cranberry Township aimed to help nonprofits in the area become more agile, resilient and sustainable in ...
January 13, 2026 Community
Announcements
In loving memory of Neil Smith January 12, 1953 - May 23, 2024 Happy Heavenly Birthday Those we love don’t go away, They walk beside us every day. Unseen, unheard bu...
January 13, 2026 Birthday Tributes
In loving memory of my dearest son, Billy Hronek whose birthday is January 13. Dearest Billy, I will hold you in my heart until I can hold you in Heaven. Happy Birthday, ...
January 13, 2026 Birthday Tributes
In loving memory of our beloved daughter Karen Jo (Garver) Woods who passed away seven years ago today. December 29, 1974 - January 14, 2019 Seven long years of wondering...
January 13, 2026 In Memoriams
Arts & Entertainment
Authorities in New Mexico issued an arrest warrant Friday for director and Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield to face a child sex abuse charge. An investigator wit...
January 13, 2026 People
Paul Thomas Anderson’s ragtag revolutionary saga “One Battle After Another” took top honors at Sunday’s 83rd Golden Globes in the comedy category, while Chloé Zhao's Shak...
January 13, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Paramount Skydance is taking another step in its hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery, saying Monday that it will name its own slate of directors bef...
January 12, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Other
Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. — Psalms 90:12 ...
January 13, 2026 Verse of the Day
January 13, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
TODAY'S PHOTOS