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.
The Pennsylvania Treasurer’s office is launching a financial education hub to provide a “one-stop-shop of resources” to help strengthen financial literacy and understandi...
A piece of Western Pennsylvania’s industrial history is coming to Cranberry Township to stay.
A Westinghouse spokesperson said the company plans to disassemble its famed,...
CRANBERRY TWP — At its Thursday, July 30, agenda preparation meeting, the board of supervisors held public hearings on two proposed residential developments: Henry Farm a...
America’s 250th birthday, which garnered the recognition of communities and organizations nationwide, included displays and exhibits locally that took residents back in t...
WASHINGTON — Twenty-five states sued the Trump administration Monday over its latest tariffs, calling them a pretext for replacing import taxes the Supreme Court struck d...
A Butler man had his charge dismissed Monday, Aug. 3, after being accused of assaulting a woman who allegedly faked a drug overdose to get away from him, according to pol...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is making a rare visit to California and Nevada this week to try to draw contrasts with Democrats on the economy, border security and ...
WASHINGTON — U.S. job openings fell slightly in June, but the labor market continued to show resilience in the face of an economic shock from fighting in Iran and the clo...
CAIRO — Iran and the Gulf Arab state of Oman have made progress toward a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a potential breakthrough that could help wind down the war i...
SPOKANE, Wash. — A man who went to prison for manslaughter in his father’s 2010 killing in Arizona has been charged with setting the largest of the wildfires that have de...
Russia and Ukraine traded accusations Tuesday that each side’s attacks caused civilian deaths, with officials in the Moscow region saying five people were killed there wh...
WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche cleared a critical hurdle Tuesday in his bid to be confirmed to the post after swaying Republican holdouts on a Senate c...
(The Center Square) — The state Supreme Court denied the Allegheny County district attorney's request to extend a stay on a ruling that declared unconstitutional language...
A driver charging his electric taxi and a former law enforcement officer who tried to intervene were among the seven people wounded in a mass shooting at an Idaho fast fo...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday that U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro “choked” and “folded like an umbrella” in moving to drop charges against a former Olympia...
CEUTA, Spain — The teenage girl made it through the waves to Spanish territory. Her little brother did not, drowning in the Mediterranean, while their mother disappeared ...
Slippery Rock University football is hoping to rebound.
Coming off a 6-4 season, but with a quarterback entering his second season — and still just a redshirt sophomore —...
He’s big, green and you won’t like it when he’s angry.
He’s not the Incredible Hulk.
He’s Ben Lane, ex-Freeport football standout and current Slippery Rock University sen...
MILWAUKEE — Spencer Horwitz hit a three-run double, and the Pittsburgh Pirates extended their dominance over the Brewers this season, beating Milwaukee 4-3 Monday night i...
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates made a significant push to improve their beleaguered bullpen at the trade deadline Monday, acquiring a handful of relievers, most nota...
SLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock University athletics are all about winning in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference — in more ways than one.
SRU had the highest ov...
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County.
Friday, Aug. 7
Dirt Track Racing
7:30 — Fab4 Racing, Schaltenbrand Memorial, at Lernerville Speed...
Center Township supervisors are taking a welcome proactive stance on the growing emergency medical services worker shortage by considering hiring a full-time firefighter ...
At a time when both U.S. parties paint the other as a threat to the country’s future, both are ignoring one of the gravest threats of all: student achievement levels that...
The Regatta has become a tradition at Moraine State Park and it has now survived for 27 years. It’s such a great way to commemorate what is a pretty great resource.
Lake ...
Almost every week, someone walks into one of our branches holding their phone, asking the same question: “Is this real?”
Maybe it's a text that looks like it's from thei...
A Pizza Hut in southwest Pennsylvania was recently highlighted for preserving its retro 1990s appearance, even as hundreds of other locations have closed across the Unite...
Discover the scientific reasoning behind today’s recommended methods for making and processing jam and jelly at an event Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Mars Area Public Library...
The Christian Fellowship of Saints Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 21 Evergreen Street in Lyndora, is sponsoring a Community Clothing Sale for infants to adults...
Joey Cafaro, 7, of Gibsonia, pedaled hard during the Kid's Tractor Pull competition Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008, at the Butler Farm Show.
More than 50 children ages 3 to 9 par...
Mike Rehm’s legacy is as visible in the work he left as it is in the memory of everyone he knew in his life.
Michael Robert Rehm, 61, of Butler, died Thursday, July 16. ...
Michelle “Mickey” Stewart ends all of her exercise sessions by reminding her participants to be kind to one another. It’s how she plans to end all of the meetings she hea...
The Greater Pittsburgh Civil War Roundtable will have its next presentation Aug. 17.
Bill Binzel will present “Mary Surratt — Innocent or Guilty?”
The program begins at ...
The Butler County Genealogical Society will host a presentation meant to save researchers “hours of searching” next Tuesday.
The society will meet at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 11 at...
Dressed in the black Benedictine habit and sporting a foot-long beard, the Rev. Boniface Hicks is hard to miss.
During one of his first outings in Ellwood City, Hicks att...
BAYREUTH, Germany — Richard Wagner likely would have appreciated the cutting-edge technology, if not the reaction.
Scenery selected by artificial intelligence sparked boo...
NEW YORK — It’s been six months since Nancy Guthrie, mother of “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie, was last seen alive, and her family is still desperate for answers.
“...
The return of “Ted Lasso” and Billie Eilish's immersive concert film are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
Also among the st...
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” made box office history in its first weekend in theaters. The Sony-released superhero movie became the second-biggest North American openi...
At three years old, Maxon Turack loves Peter Parker — better known as Spider-Man. He has a Spider-Man costume, a Spider-Man battery-powered car, pajamas, T-shirts, a colo...
