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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
The Penn State Extension is hosting a crop conference that includes reviewing crop production last growing season and planning for next year’s season, showing off new inn...
February 11, 2026 Local News
During a meeting on Monday, Feb. 9, Seven Fields Borough Council approved a fresh look for the borough’s website. While officials had four options to choose from, they op...
February 11, 2026 Local News
ADAMS TWP — Members of Mars Area’s school board unanimously approved Butler Area Vocational-Technical School’s 2026-27 budget Tuesday following a presentation on the prop...
February 11, 2026 Local News
FORWARD TWP — To mark America’s 250th birthday, the township is looking to install a new monument to commemorate its unique place in American history. The municipality in...
February 11, 2026 Local News
Love can be celebrated in many different ways. For children, it can mean hugs from parents, gift-giving or being there for a friend. At St. Wendelin Catholic School in S...
February 11, 2026 Local News
Independence Health System physicians have once again been recognized as 2026 Castle Connolly Top Doctors. More than two dozen Independence Health physicians were include...
February 11, 2026 Business
Concordia Lutheran Ministries is making yet another acquisition. The nonprofit senior care provider has signed an asset purchase agreement with Reformed Presbyterian Home...
February 11, 2026 Business
The Route 19 corridor welcomed a new restaurant to the region. Lao Sze Chuan Pittsburgh, which specializes in authentic Sichuan cuisine, officially opened following a rib...
February 11, 2026 Business
Two Butler County infrastructure projects will receive a total of nearly $1.2 million in funding through Automated Red Light Enforcement program grants. Penn Township wil...
February 11, 2026 Government
Feb. 11 marks one year since Marc Fogel was released from Russia
February 11, 2026 Local News
Other News
WASHINGTON (AP) — With President Donald Trump saying he believes Iran wants to make a deal on its nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is arriving a...
February 11, 2026 International News
MOSCOW — Moscow will observe the limits of the last nuclear arms pact with the United States that expired last week as long as it sees that Washington is doing the same, ...
February 11, 2026 International News
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A shooting at a school in remote northern British Columbia left seven people dead, while two more were found dead at a nearby home, Canadi...
February 11, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — A group of Buddhist monks reached Washington, D.C., Tuesday, walking single file across a bridge over the Potomac River to cap a 15-week trek from Texas that...
February 10, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — A grand jury in Washington refused Tuesday to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with a video in which they urged U.S. military members to resist “il...
February 10, 2026 National News
Roughly 1-in-5 Pennsylvania Obamacare plan enrollees dropped health coverage for 2026 due to “unprecedented cost increases,” the state's online health insurance marketpla...
February 10, 2026 Pennsylvania News
MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday that he expects the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota will end in “days, not weeks and months,” based on his recent conv...
February 10, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — An annual meeting of the nation’s governors that has long served as a rare bipartisan gathering is unraveling after President Donald Trump excluded Democrati...
February 10, 2026 National News
MILAN — For fans of the Milan Cortina Olympic mascots, the eponymous Milo and Tina, it's been nearly impossible to find a plush toy of the stoat siblings in Milan and Cor...
February 10, 2026 International News
LOS ANGELES — Jurors in a landmark social media case that seeks to hold tech companies responsible for harms to children got their first glimpse into what will be a lengt...
February 10, 2026 National News
Sports
Following a three-month-long regular season, the dust has settled ahead of the WPIAL basketball playoffs. Before boys favorites such as North Catholic and Knoch strive f...
February 11, 2026 Sports
During his team’s 89-43 swimming win over Butler on Tuesday, Knoch’s Adrian Lavorini set the Knights’ program record in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:46.63 and ...
February 10, 2026 Sports
The latest around the college sports landscape. Vance, Massella add to pool resumes Butler graduate and Grove City College freshman Abigail Vance repeated as the Presiden...
February 10, 2026 Sports
BRADENTON, Fla. — Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington said Tuesday the team “will never shut the door” on potentially finding a role for Andrew McCutchen, a...
February 10, 2026 Professional
PHILADELPHIA — Six former players on the women’s basketball team at the University of Pittsburgh have sued coach Tory Verdi and the school over what they call abusive coa...
February 10, 2026 College
Days after she became the 11th Karns City girls basketball player to reach 1,000 career points, senior guard Naomi Venesky was named the KSAC girls basketball MVP for the...
February 10, 2026 Sports
Editorial
Jeffrey Epstein has become one of the few scandals that unites Americans in cynicism. The case is about far more than sex crimes. It has crystallized a suspicion many Ame...
February 11, 2026 Other Voices
Visitors found a sign on the Mars Area Public Library’s doors Friday stating the library will be closed until further notice. This was after the library was closed for t...
February 11, 2026 Our Opinion
February 11, 2026 Cartoons
The next election is not an existential event for the United States. Neither is the one after that — or the one after that. But that won’t stop American politicians from ...
February 10, 2026 Other Voices
EMS agencies are facing more challenges than ever before and no one is more aware of it than the people who are on the front lines of emergency health care. Someone like...
February 10, 2026 Our Opinion
February 10, 2026 Cartoons
Community
The Zelienople Area Public Library is taking reservations for its Trivia Night Fundraiser taking place March 21 at 30 Glade Run Drive in Zelienople. It will feature gene...
February 11, 2026 Community
The Valencia Presbyterian Church deacons are holding a chili cook-off Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the church’s fellowship hall, 80 Sterrett St., Valencia. Members are asked t...
February 11, 2026 Community
Cranberry Township building filled with Alan Byrne’s art
February 11, 2026 Community
Bill Fay, of Chicora, had spent most of his life in bowling alleys and had racked up more strikes than gutters both on and off the lanes by Feb. 11, 2010. That success tr...
February 11, 2026 Community
Reservations for shelters at Alameda Park for spring and summer dates starts Feb. 27. Butler County Government Center, 124 W. Diamond St. in Butler, will be open from 8 t...
February 10, 2026 Community
January winter storms caused more than 1,300 uncollected donations due to blood drive cancellations nationwide, including 300 in Western Pennsylvania, according to Vitala...
February 10, 2026 Community
Butler a fine place to bird, says birding pro
February 10, 2026 Community
Nixon Preschool, 334 Airport Road in Penn Township, is hosting an open house Saturday, Feb. 14, for parents and guardians of prospective preschoolers to meet the school’s...
February 10, 2026 Community
Announcements
Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — James Van Der Beek, a heartthrob who starred in coming-of-age dramas at the dawn of the new millennium, shooting to fame playing the titular character in “Daws...
February 11, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Other
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February 11, 2026 Special Sections
Looking to give your loved one roses for Valentine’s Day? This year, the traditional dozen red roses might not be your best bet. At least that’s the opinion of Jeff Doubl...
February 11, 2026 Special Sections
By February, most of us are looking forward to the gardening season. Our plant catalogs are dog-eared and worn; lists of plants and seeds are being finalized and we are a...
February 11, 2026 Special Sections
Doing something romantic for Valentine's Day does not need to involve a heart-shaped box of chocolates, roses or an atypically expensive dinner, according to relationship...
February 11, 2026 Special Sections
February 11, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
Christie O’Sullivan of Trinity, Fla., has spent 21 Valentine’s Days with her husband, but her favorite celebration was one spent with a girlfriend before she got married....
February 11, 2026 Special Sections
You are forgiving and good, O Lord, abounding in love to all who call on you. — Psalm 86:5 ...
February 11, 2026 Verse of the Day
Centrally located, Clay and Concord townships today have much in common, but have quite different histories. Quiet, steady growth in Clay Township When Butler County was ...
February 10, 2026 America 250
February 10, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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