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Local News
NEW YORK — Tesla’s Cybertruck, the hulking, stainless-steel pickup that inspired devotion and derision with its science-fiction looks, will cease production next year. CE...
November 06, 2026 Business
A motion requesting the dismissal of a homicide charge against a Chester County man accused of a 2021 Butler County murder was denied less than a week before jury selecti...
November 06, 2026 Local News
Just over a month after being welcomed into the West Virginia University Health System, the newly-renamed WVU Medicine Butler Memorial Hospital is welcoming a new physici...
November 06, 2026 Local News
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has announced overnight restrictions on Interstate 79 beginning Monday, Nov. 9, in Marshall Township and Franklin Park in Al...
November 06, 2026 Local News
OAKLAND TWP — Chairman Shaun M. Krill led the board of supervisors in a unanimous vote at its Wednesday meeting to adopt the township’s first regulations for data centers...
November 06, 2026 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — A new recreation facility in the township is set to enter the initial design phase. Township supervisors unanimously voted to approve two contracts relate...
November 06, 2026 Local News
A week before jury selection is scheduled, a Chester County man charged in a 2021 homicide in Butler County is asking a judge to dismiss the case because his constitution...
November 06, 2026 Local News
Vote on changes expected at later meeting
November 06, 2026 Local News
A Sarver couple is accused of breaking into a home and attempting to take custody of the woman’s child, according to charges filed by state police. Amber Starr Lewis, 28,...
November 05, 2026 Local News
PennDOT announced Thursday that it will begin mill and fill paving operations on Routes 68, 356, and 228 in Butler County. Work will take place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov....
November 05, 2026 Local News
Other News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that Stephen Miller was replacing Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff, installing as his closest adviser a loyal, co...
November 06, 2026 National News
HOUSTON — Houston’s mayor on Friday directed police to limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, signing an order that he called a result of Democrats recla...
November 06, 2026 National News
U.S. President Donald Trump has discussed efforts to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East in a telephone call with Qatar's emir as the region remained on edge over...
November 06, 2026 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his government is seeking specific guarantees from Western allies on how post-war security support would func...
November 06, 2026 International News
OTTAWA, Ontario — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government unveiled a budget Thursday aimed at making Canada less dependent on the United States as President Dona...
November 05, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain scarce and most workers enjoy job security. The Labor Department reported Thurs...
November 05, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is vowing that Democrats will not allow President Donald Trump to put “a right-winger” on the Supreme Court once they ...
November 05, 2026 National News
FRANKFURT, Germany — President Donald Trump’s plan to allow imports of Russian diesel appeared to falter this week after state and federal officials warned that handling ...
November 05, 2026 International News
A tanker was struck by projectiles off the coast of Qatar in the Persian Gulf, the British military said Thursday, while Iranian state television reported that two tanker...
November 05, 2026 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine exchanged airstrikes overnight as the second day of talks on Ukraine's postwar reconstruction and security guarantees once the fighting...
November 05, 2026 International News
Sports
It’s a championship night in two kinds of football. Eagle reporters will be at two pigskin-related games tonight — the District 9 Class 2A championship between Karns City...
November 06, 2026 Sports
PITTSBURGH — Jaylen Warren's legs never stop moving. Which way they take the relentlessly upbeat Pittsburgh Steelers running back during a given play is a mystery, someti...
November 06, 2026 Professional
PITTSBURGH — Baye Ndongo had 23 points and 21 rebounds, Chase Foster added 20 points and Pittsburgh rallied from a 13-point halftime deficit to beat Buffalo 80-61 on Thur...
November 06, 2026 College
MIAMI — Former NFL star Antonio Brown pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated assault with a firearm in connection with a 2025 shooting outside a celebrity boxing match in Mi...
November 06, 2026 Professional
Week 10 is over, and now the PIAA football postseason kicks off in full force. The WPIAL and District 9 announced the district playoff brackets Saturday, with several...
November 06, 2026 Sports
The postseason has arrived. The 2026 WPIAL Girls Soccer Championships kick off Saturday, Oct. 24, with the finals set to be held in two weeks. Districts 9 and 10 will be ...
November 06, 2026 Sports
This is what it’s all led up to. The 2026 WPIAL Boys Soccer Championships kick off Thursday, Oct. 22, and Districts 9 and 10 will open their playoffs in short order. The ...
November 06, 2026 Sports
Some of the PIAA’s best girls volleyball teams reside in Butler County. Now it’s time for them and the rest to prove themselves in the playoffs. The 2026 WPIAL girls voll...
November 06, 2026 Sports
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Slippery Rock University football head coach Shawn Lutz remembers the score well — 38-8. Lutz even took a picture of the scoreboard at Edinboro’s Sox ...
November 06, 2026 Sports
PITTSBURGH — After allowing the tying goal with less than three minutes left in regulation, Freeport’s girls soccer players could have been asking themselves “What if?” f...
November 05, 2026 Sports
Editorial
November 06, 2026 Cartoons
A recent letter to the editor asked for fairness on the opinion page after a series of letters to the editor were published Oct. 15. In response to that writer’s concern,...
November 06, 2026 Our Opinion
Ask a young person what employers want and you will likely hear about credentials: a diploma, a degree, a good GPA. Those matter. But Butler County employers are asking f...
November 06, 2026 Other Voices
Community
Santa Claus will make one of his first appearances in Butler County Saturday, Dec. 5. Callery Volunteer Fire Company & Adams Area Police Association are sponsoring a free...
November 06, 2026 Community
Elliott Acres Therapy Riding will have a spaghetti dinner Nov. 21, and the agency is looking for items to award through its basket raffle. The dinner takes place from 2 t...
November 06, 2026 Community
Moniteau staff hailed after receiving regional award
November 06, 2026 Community
The annual Christmas party of the Butler County Genealogical Society will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, at St. Andrews United Presbyterian Church on the corner of E. Jef...
November 06, 2026 Community
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week. Lunch is served at noon. ...
November 05, 2026 Senior
Shopping for a telescope for someone on your holiday gift list — even if that someone is you — has changed a lot in recent years. For several years now, smart visual tel...
November 05, 2026 Community
Non-traditional work week, regular training part of Butler County call center
November 05, 2026 Community
Announcements
In loving memory of our beloved Leona Wladika whose birthday is November 6, 1933. Dear Mom, Your birthday is sad since we are apart, But to us this day will always have a...
November 06, 2026 In Memoriams
In loving memory of Dennis A. Geibel who passed away November 6, 2024. If we could have our dearest wish fulfilled, And take our choice of all earth’s treasures, We’d cho...
November 06, 2026 In Memoriams
Douglas Brian Bartmas Jr. May 6, 1991 - November 6, 2016 In loving memory of a beautiful soul who left us too soon. Today marks 10 years since Heaven called you home. 10 ...
November 06, 2026 In Memoriams
Arts & Entertainment
Even Godzilla can be felled by an old hazard: the sophomore slump. Though Godzilla has been stomping around for more than half a century, “Godzilla Minus Zero” is a seque...
November 05, 2026 Reviews
VATICAN CITY — Bob Dylan came knockin’ on Pope Leo XIV’ s door Wednesday, as the American singer-songwriter and poet visited with the American pope at the Vatican during ...
November 05, 2026 People
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November 05, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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