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.
The Butler Education Association held a food drive during the Golden Tornadoes’ football game Friday evening to benefit the Weekend Backpack Program.
The Weekend Backpack...
These real estate transactions were recorded in Butler County from July 20 to 24:
Adams Township
Kevin and Sandra Murphy to Dominic and Christina Donatucci at 174 Broadst...
A Butler County woman says she sustained numerous broken bones and other injuries in a June 2025 crash when a man who was driving drunk struck her vehicle head-on after d...
SEVEN FIELDS — It’s not every day that people get to kick back and drink a few beers at the Seven Fields Town Park, but this weekend brought back Oktoberfest celebrations...
T & M Hardware and Rental’s sole Butler County location in Jackson Township has a new addition is in the works: a vending machine that, instead of pop and snacks, dispens...
More than half the storefronts at the Clearview Mall sit vacant, but the Florida company that has operated the mall since the start of 2024, hopes to change that.
Over th...
City streets will close to parking and traffic for Butler Fall Festival Saturday, Sept. 26, police chief Robert O’Neill announced.
Parking will be restricted from 7:30 a....
State police is asking targets of a recently uncovered scam to contact investigators with information that can help.
Scammers have been impersonating federal law enforce...
BUTLER TWP — Butler County Community College’s new bistro and cafe features a familiar name to Butler County.
Run by Vintage Coffeehouse, located on Main Street in Butle...
The lawyer for James Copenhaver, one of the men wounded in the shooting at President Donald Trump’s 2024 Butler rally, issued a statement on behalf of Copenhaver’s family...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, the White House announced on Friday, using a rare and contested power...
Pour yourself a cup of ambition. It’s Dolly Parton Day.
Across the world, communities are dedicating Friday to honoring the beloved country singer. The day is falling on...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The powerful nor’easter headed to New England intensified Friday, generating storm-force winds and creating massive waves along the East Coast that for...
PRETORIA, South Africa — Armed with their tongs and sausages, thousands of determined — and hungry — South Africans gathered on a national holiday Thursday to attempt to ...
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that he asked U.S. President Donald Trump to press China’s leader to use Beijing’s influence over Mosc...
CALIFORNIA, Pa. — DaOne Owens threw for two touchdowns and rushed for two more in leading Slippery Rock to a 41-26 PSAC West football victory over California (Pa.) Saturd...
The Butler Eagle’s photo team was three PIAA football games in Week five: Knoch at Freeport in the battle for the Pike Trophy, DuBois at Karns City and Trinity at Mars.
F...
KARNS CITY — Karns City’s passing attack is something opposing teams must account for, with quarterback Cole Johnston and receiver Owen Kaufman hooking up for nearly 33 y...
BUFFALO TWP — The Pike Trophy has returned to Freeport High School.
The Yellowjackets can thank quarterback Danny King.
The senior had himself quite the night, leading Fr...
ADAMS TWP — Mars football needed heroics just to make it a game.
But the 18-point second-half comeback to tie things in the fourth quarter was not enough for a victory Fr...
BUTLER TWP — After throwing 14 passes in the first half, Hickory decided to stay grounded in the second.
And the Hornets’ score kept rising.
Hickory, a District 10 Class ...
Aiden Kern caught three passes for 163 yards. Two of those receptions ended in the end zone.
But the receiver’s biggest play of the night came with his foot, not his hand...
Knoch and Freeport will face off tonight looking to bounce back from difficult losses, with plenty at stake in the section and for the WPIAL playoffs.
The intra-Butler Co...
PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers says he isn't worried about the Pittsburgh Steelers' resolve.
Maybe, but if the four-time MVP and an offense that remains very much a work in ...
President Donald J. Trump’s reported ban of MS NOW, CNN and Politico from the White House is outrageous, dangerous and fundamentally contrary to the Constitution he swore...
Why doesn’t someone do some painting on the horse statue at the end of the viaduct in Butler. It is rusting away. It was a beautiful thing when first put there.
Give it o...
In the Sept. 9 Butler Eagle article “Callery fire company asks for additional funding, 3-year contract from borough” (Page 1), my kudos to Assistant Fire Chief Randy Hoff...
Dolly Parton was a famous singer for decades, but she never used her star platform to advance her political views. She understood that her fans came to see her perform, n...
A pair of presentations on data center proposals showed two plans with a lot of similarities, including some important questions that remain unanswered.
A proposal in For...
President Donald Trump won a surprising number of Gen Z voters in 2024, with a particularly strong performance among young men. Although Kamala Harris still won a majorit...
For decades, it hardly seemed like there was enough time in the week for all of the tasks that John “Jack” Beiler, who died Wednesday, Sept. 16, was up to at the same tim...
Intermediate League of Butler will meet Monday, Oct. 5, at Christ Community Methodist Church, 205 North Duffy Road, Butler.
A social time will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a ...
The Butler Art Center & Gallery is accepting drop offs from Oct. 7 through Oct. 10 for its Nature and Wildlife exhibit, which will run later in the month.
Art submissions...
Butler County Dog Law Enforcement Officer, Cole Redrup, and his team will do a targeted dog license canvas Wednesday, Sept. 30, in Butler Township.
Owners of unlicensed ...
CRANBERRY TWP — Everything starts with a handshake at the Cranberry High Noon Toastmasters.
Not just the start of a meeting — every introduction of a Toastmaster member ...
In loving memory of our beloved Nancy M. Kriley who passed away nine years ago today, September 26, 2017.
You have left this world of sorrow
And are free from pain and ha...
PHILADELPHIA — Bill Giles, who rose from a Philadelphia Phillies business executive to become an owner and CEO during more than a half-century with the team, died Friday ...
Of all the magical portals that transport you to another world, “Forgotten Island” may have the cutest. It’s not a brick tunnel like “Spirited Away” or a hidden door like...
Buzzing with the sound of dial-up internet and the hum of grainy VHS tape, Lance Oppenheim’s “Primetime,” about Chris Hansen and his Dateline NBC series “To Catch a Preda...
My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense — Jesus Christ the Righteous ...
