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.
Forward Township passed a nearly $2 million budget for 2026 without a tax increase.
The budget, which was approved by supervisors at their meeting on Thursday, Dec. 11, i...
The Tri-County Workforce Investment Board has named its Employer of the Year Awards in Butler, Armstrong and Indiana counties.
Adams Manufacturing, a manufacturer of resi...
The county prison board on Tuesday, Dec. 16, approved small increases in the cost of inmate meals and ratified a contract extension for inmate medical care.
Based on Cons...
The borough of Mars anticipates a surplus of $24,219.96 as part of its 2026 budget, which was approved by borough council at its meeting on Monday night, Dec. 15.
Revenue...
Verizon/Fios dropped Pittsburgh’s NBC affiliate WPXI-TV 11 from its lineup Tuesday, according to WPXI.
The TV station said it is continuing to work in good faith to try ...
SAXONBURG — The borough is anticipating a slight surplus of $3,769 in its budget for 2026, which was approved by borough council at its meeting on Tuesday night, Dec. 16....
The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry recently honored two Butler County businesses in its distinguished honoree categories for its Small Business of the Year...
Slippery Rock University has recently made efforts to promote an educational path with high career demand nationally and abroad: aviation.
SRU said in a university news ...
HARMONY — A jam-packed Harmony Inn took turns placing holly sprigs, attached with all the “negativity” from the past year, into a fire pit with burning Yule logs to “send...
The owner of Oilology in Cranberry Township had a sixth criminal case filed against him in 26 days related to deceptive business practices.
Keith Randall Smith, 69, of Cr...
WASHINGTON — A federal judge said Tuesday he’s leaning toward denying a preservationist group's request to temporarily halt President Donald Trump's White House ballroom ...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expanding its travel ban to include five more countries and impose new limits on others.
This move Tuesday is part of ongoing eff...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Palestinians in Gaza struggled to recover Tuesday from torrential rains that battered the enclave for days, flooding camps for the displaced, ...
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the Pentagon will not publicly release unedited video of a strike that killed two survivors of an initial at...
WASHINGTON — Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump’s understated but influential chief of staff, criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein cas...
SALISBURY, N.C. — Eleven firefighters and two other people were injured in a house fire explosion in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, officials said.
Salisbury Fire...
The U.S. Capitol on Tuesday began displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a pointed ...
The former CEO of the Kellogg Co. has been tapped to lead Kraft Heinz as it prepares to split into two companies.
Kraft Heinz said Tuesday that Steve Cahillane will serve...
ROME — Rome opened two subway stations on Tuesday — one deep beneath the Colosseum — that mix the modernity of high-tech transport with artifacts from an ancient era.
Com...
LONDON — Fans of Jane Austen celebrated the acclaimed author’s 250th birthday on Tuesday with a church service in her home village, festive visits to her house — and a vi...
BUTLER TWP — Andrew Gettinger struck for 30. His Butler teammates helped him get there.
They all combined to produce a 66-53 WPIAL Section 1-6A boys basketball victory ov...
Nico Santapau and Owen Congdon scored 13 points apiece to lead Seneca Valley boys basketball to a 51-31 victory over rival North Allegheny at William Paul Gymnasium on Tu...
PITTSBURGH — Leon Draisaitl had four assists and became the fourth-fastest active player in NHL history to reach 1,000 career points as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Pitts...
The Atlantic Coast Conference's transition to a nine-game football schedule will feature 12 of 17 football-playing members playing nine games next fall while the remainin...
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers don't play a particularly aesthetically pleasing brand of football. It's been that way for a while.
The offense can lack explosion f...
PITTBURGH — Two-time All-Star reliever Gregory Soto and the Pittsburgh Pirates finalized a $7.75 million, one-year contract Tuesday.
Soto gives the Pirates an experienced...
ChatGPT and its peers have become the bane of teachers. Students churn out homework assignments with it and, according to one exasperated professor, secretly feed themsel...
Following Butler County’s first significant snowfall of the season, Butler County Emergency Services took calls regarding more than 100 incidents between 6 and 9:45 a.m.
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This holiday season, the Butler Eagle has gathered the wishes and dreams of Butler County’s youngest residents via “Letters to Santa.”
The Butler Eagle sends the letters...
One of financial planner Wendy Bennett’s clients said they would have a lot more room in their drawer after they recently received a gift from her.
For years, the client...