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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
One minor injury was reported in a tractor-trailer rollover crash Friday morning, May 1, in Washington Township, according to Butler County Emergency Services dispatch. ...
May 01, 2026 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — During Thursday’s township supervisors meeting, 2026 graduates of the Community Leadership Institute of Cranberry were recognized one week after the class...
May 01, 2026 Local News
ZELIENOPLE — Overcast and chilly weather did not discourage many vendors from setting up shop on Main Street for the first open air market day scheduled this year. The ev...
May 01, 2026 Local News
Butler attorney Tom King called Tuesday’s unanimous ruling from the state’s high court justices providing public access to digital voting data the “biggest election integ...
May 01, 2026 Local News
A Chicora man is accused of harassment after making false claims about employees at his former Summit Township employer and the assassination attempt that happened at the...
May 01, 2026 Local News
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts: Butler April 20 — Mark Stevenson Owens, 48, of Butler, was charged with misde...
May 01, 2026 Police Reports
BUTLER TWP — Even with about a month left of school, when students typically start to tune out, Butler Area School District is finding creative, unique ways to keep stude...
May 01, 2026 Local News
Butler County Common Pleas Judge S. Michael Yeager is warning residents of a phone scam making the rounds in which the caller makes use of a phony number “spoofing” an of...
April 30, 2026 Local News
Charges against a former Knoch School District teacher were dismissed by Common Pleas Judge Joseph Kubit Thursday, April 30. Carly Ann Miller, 36, of Allison Park, had ch...
April 30, 2026 Local News
NEW YORK — The U.S stock market motored to more records Thursday as profits keep piling up for Alphabet, Caterpillar and other big businesses. The gains came after the la...
April 30, 2026 Business
Other News
WASHINGTON — When Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin was questioned by senators during his confirmation hearing about his vision for implementing President Dona...
May 01, 2026 National News
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces struck an oil terminal in the Russian Black Sea city of Tuapse, Ukraine’s General Staff said on Friday, marking the fourth attack targeti...
May 01, 2026 International News
TYRE, Lebanon — Israel carried out several airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Friday, killing at least four people, while the militant Hezbollah group said it fired rocket...
May 01, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is arguing that the war in Iran has already ended because of the ceasefire that began in early April, an interpretation that would a...
April 30, 2026 National News
Amtrak is considering allowing people to store guns in lockboxes on most of its trains, which critics say would weaken security measures that instead should be strengthen...
April 30, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump swiftly signed a bipartisan legislation Thursday to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcem...
April 30, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth clashed with Democratic lawmakers in Congress for a second day Thursday, rejecting senators’ accusations that the Iran war was...
April 30, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — The Senate has approved a bipartisan resolution to prevent its own members from using prediction markets, banning senators who are often privy to sensitive i...
April 30, 2026 National News
With spring in the air and summer around the corner, more people are taking to the great outdoors. Of course, that means more people are exposing themselves to ticks — an...
April 30, 2026 Health
LONDON — Two Jewish men were stabbed and injured on a London street on Wednesday, in what police called an act of terrorism. Police arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicio...
April 30, 2026 International News
Sports
A season-ending injury is, physically and mentally, a bitter pill for an athlete to swallow. The adversity that struck Graysen Rottman is far worse. Last summer, the curr...
May 01, 2026 Sports
When the high school baseball season ends, Pullman Park won’t be quiet. The ballpark will be busier than ever. While the Butler BlueSox will not be returning — they last ...
May 01, 2026 Sports
Trailing 1-0 entering the bottom of the fourth inning, Karns City softball rallied to earn a 5-3 victory over Butler on Thursday at Diehl Stadium. The decisive frame came...
April 30, 2026 Sports
The high school track and field season continues on, with the postseason already here. Take a look at the Butler County-area track and field leaders in each event as of A...
April 30, 2026 Sports
A group of Butler athletes signed to continue their careers in college on Wednesday. Take a look at the gallery below to see who’s going where. ...
April 30, 2026 Sports
Editorial
Healthy soil doesn’t usually make headlines, but it should. Beneath every productive farm is a living system that quietly determines whether crops thrive or struggle, wh...
May 01, 2026 Other Voices
Community
I hope you enjoyed the full moon on Friday night to kick off May. It’s considered by many cultures as the Flower Moon for obvious reasons. We're not done with full moons...
April 30, 2026 Starwatch
The Associated Artists of Butler County announced the winners of the annual Butler County High School Exhibit at the opening night reception Friday, April 24. Alessia Ham...
April 30, 2026 Community
Allegheny-Clarion Valley High School hosted “Get Tangled in Memories With Us” for its 2026 prom, which took place Saturday, April 25, at the Allegheny Grille Timberframe ...
April 30, 2026 Community
Ian McClelland, of Scout Troop 6, has earned the rank of Eagle Scout, Scouting’s highest honor, through the Moraine Trails Council of Scouting America. Ian officially ach...
April 30, 2026 Community
League has nine youth teams, 17 adult league teams
April 30, 2026 Community
Student teams from Haine Elementary and Haine Middle schools have earned invitations to the KidWind World Championship, May 17 through 20 at the University of Wisconsin-M...
April 30, 2026 Community
Announcements
Arts & Entertainment
The movies always feel bigger in the summer. The budgets. The ambition. The names. The stakes. This summer, Hollywood has many of the regulars on the lineup: “Spider-Man,...
May 01, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
David Allan Coe, the country singer-songwriter who wrote the working-class anthem “Take This Job and Shove It” and had hits with “You Never Even Called Me By My Name” and...
April 30, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Other
May 01, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
Speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. — Ephesians 4:15 ...
May 01, 2026 Verse of the Day
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