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.
NEW YORK — The start of a new year usually brings new motivation to achieve goals like eating healthier or finally cleaning your basement. Many resolutions also focus on ...
A Butler man was charged after police say he struck his 3-year-old son while intoxicated.
Patrick Morris, 30, is facing a felony charge for endangering the welfare of a c...
Butler County was awarded more than $2.5 million from the Multimodal Transportation Fund to repair five structurally deficient bridges in Penn and Jefferson townships, ac...
The Slippery Rock Borough Police Department is extending its deadline and testing date to establish a police officer eligibility list.
The list contains potential part-t...
Mary Jo Armstrong and her ex-husband, William, didn't exactly remarry for love. They remarried for health insurance.
After 18 years of marriage and a divorce, finalized i...
No one was injured after an apartment building on North Chestnut Street in Butler caught fire Sunday morning, Dec. 28.
According to Chris Switala, chief of the City of Bu...
An East Brady man is accused of causing two crashes within three miles Monday, Dec. 29, in Donegal Township.
Police said Keith David Cashmere, 38, was charged with two m...
Tucked inside the Greater Butler Mart, the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store offers a quiet haven for bargain hunters eager to find deals after the Christmas rush subsides...
The arrangement of Butler County Common Pleas Court judges will have a few changes in 2026 when two newly elected judges begin their 10-year terms in office.
The court is...
As 2025 draws to a close, the Butler Eagle is taking time to look back at some of the biggest, most read and most interesting stories of 2025.
We also took time to talk ...
John Montell “Monty” Mitchell was reeling last year. He heads into next year, though, freshly certified as a paramedic, committed to fatherhood and nurturing a dream that...
Two men who died after their helicopters collided midair in New Jersey over the weekend both earned their private pilot licenses over a decade ago and would often have b...
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah judge on Monday ordered the release of a transcript from a closed-door hearing in October over whether the man charged with killing Charlie Kirk m...
PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump warned Iran on Monday that the U.S. could carry out further military strikes if the country attempts to reconstitute its nuclear...
GENEVA — The United States on Monday announced a $2 billion pledge for U.N. humanitarian aid as President Donald Trump’s administration slashes U.S. foreign assistance an...
COMANCHE, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man firing a gun he bought as a Christmas present has been charged with manslaughter after authorities say a stray bullet left his yard...
A potent winter storm threatened blizzard-like conditions, treacherous travel and power outages in parts of the Upper Midwest as other areas of the country braced Monday ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Monday to discuss the ceasefire in Gaza, whose troubled opening months are stoking con...
HONG KONG — China's military on Monday dispatched air, navy and missile units to conduct joint live-fire drills around the island of Taiwan, which Beijing called a “stern...
KYIV, Ukraine — The United States is offering Ukraine security guarantees for a period of 15 years as part of a proposed peace plan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensk...
BUTLER TWP — Mark Maier had his cake and ate it, too.
Butler’s girls basketball coach turned 56 on Monday. A cookie cake was purchased, to be delivered to the Golden ...
KARNS CITY — With the game on the line, Karns City went to its ace in the hole — and pitched a shutout.
The Gremlins took a 39-38 lead into the fourth quarter against A-C...
KARNS CITY — Union avoided disaster in the second quarter. That was Step 1.
The Golden Knights couldn’t pull off Step 2.
Trailing 19-4 after the first eight minutes, Unio...
Tied with Greensburg Central Catholic after three quarters, North Catholic girls basketball earned a 14-8 edge in the final period to post a 54-48 victory at the North Ca...
Moniteau boys basketball outscored Slippery Rock 17-3 in the third quarter, sparking the Warriors to a 46-42 victory Monday at the Moniteau Holiday Tournament.
Brendin Sa...
The Pittsburgh Penguins are taking a flyer on a former top draft pick, hoping a change of scenary will unlock forward Yegor Chinakhov’s full potential.
The Penguins, who ...
PITTSBURGH — It was always going to end up like this for the Pittsburgh Steelers, wasn't it?
Week 18. At home. Their biggest rival on the other sideline. A playoff spot ...
Something to watch in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals will be how sharp the teams that got first-round byes are early in their games.
No. 2 seed Ohio State wi...
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County.
Monday, Dec. 29
Boys Basketball
9:55 a.m. — King’s Academy vs. Mars, at Tampa Bay Christmas Invit...
There are a lot of reasons, some deserved and some not, for Americans’ distrust of their institutions. Lately I have been thinking about one of the more counterintuitive ...
In the midst of a stream of national news reporting a dip in retail sales as Americans struggle with the challenges of inflation that has outpaced wages for years, Butler...
On a December afternoon, Beverly Carr made buckeye cookies with her daughter, Amber McCreary, in their Center Township home as Christmas music played in the background.
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Alongside the hundreds of stories written by the Butler Eagle staff in 2025 were just as many photographs taken by the Eagle photography staff. The images helped tell the...
NEW YORK — She’s putting the ‘B’ in billion.
Beyoncé is now a billionaire, making her the fifth musician to reach the nine-digit mark, according to Forbes.
The 44-year-ol...
NEW YORK — Insulting the director who is making a documentary about you might not be the most diplomatic of choices. Then again, Chevy Chase has never been very diplomati...