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.
Cranberry Township residents can sign up online for the 2026 Do Not Knock list to limit door-to-door solicitation.
Registration is valid for one year and residents who pr...
A Slippery Rock woman was charged with insurance fraud after authorities say she alleged someone stole parts from her car and replaced them with inferior components.
Sar...
Cranberry Township will launch a yearlong celebration of America’s 250th anniversary with the unveiling of its America250 Bells Across PA display.
A ceremony is scheduled...
Cabot-based Concordia Lutheran Ministries, a senior residential services provider, is acquiring a York nonprofit through a court-approved bankruptcy auction for $51 milli...
Julie Sebock of Clear Choice Enterprises in Butler has been appointed as a district vice president of the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors during a recent ceremony in...
A Chicora man is accused of intimidating a witness following an alleged assault in Connoquenessing Township, police said.
State police charged Nathan Andrew Cornell, 36, ...
For many families, charitable giving is about more than generosity — it’s about legacy. The good news is that, with proper planning, you can support the causes you care a...
Of the 57 municipalities in Butler County, 10 — six townships and four boroughs — voted to raise taxes for 2026.
One of the steepest tax increases by percentage occurred ...
While Punxsutawney Phil’s season prediction is set for Monday, Feb. 2, Butler’s weather outlook remains frozen for at least the next several days.
Weather forecasts show...
A powerful snowstorm that blanketed Butler County over the past weekend forced some businesses to modify or close down, slowing commerce across the region.
While many cou...
It’s that time of year again, when the fuzzy socks are working overtime, the heat is cranking and somehow lots of homes are still freezing.
That’s because a lot of that ...
EDGEWOOD, N.M. — The reverse side of the U.S. Mint’s 2026 Sacagawea $1 coin will feature Polly Cooper, a woman from the Oneida tribe known for helping George Washington’s...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Wildlife officials say a “lizard in a blizzard” has been rescued after a man discovered the large cold-blooded reptile buried in snow in Rhode Island, ...
NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors can’t seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a federal judge ruled Friday, fo...
NEW YORK — The Justice Department on Friday released many more records from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, resuming disclosures under a law intended to revea...
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Friday to fund most of the government through the end of September after President Donald Trump made a deal with Democrats to carve out Home...
LOS ANGELES — Journalist Don Lemon has been charged with federal civil rights crimes in connection with an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service a...
WASHINGTON — The streets of the nation's capital will host an IndyCar race this summer as part of celebrations marking America’s 250th birthday, President Donald Trump an...
NASHVILLE — Frustrations were bubbling up Friday for the tens of thousands who have been without power for nearly a week in the U.S. South as a new storm looms, including...
Karns City’s Quinn Robinson spoke proudly of the Gremlins’ student section during a Butler Eagle series of stories about the county’s best student sections and themes, ho...
JACKSON TWP — This WPIAL Section 1-6A boys basketball season has taken on the illustration of cartoon dust-cloud melee.
So, please, forgive Owen Congdon, Kevin Trost and ...
Neah Ewing poured in 19 points to give Knoch girls basketball its fourth win of the season in routing Derry 46-18 Friday night.
Ewing sank three 3-pointers for the Knight...
KARNS CITY — If defense wins championships, Karns City is in pretty good shape.
The Gremlins limited Clarion-Limestone to a season-low 31 points, forcing 17 turnovers whi...
BUFFALO TWP — The door leading to the WPIAL playoffs is not closed for Freeport boys basketball, but the Yellowjackets know they missed a golden opportunity Friday night....
The WPIAL released its Class 3A and 2A boys team wrestling playoff brackets on Thursday. Three Butler County teams will be involved.
In Class 3A, Seneca Valley and Mars w...
PITTSBURGH — Former Las Vegas Raiders defensive coordinator Patrick Graham is heading east to run the defense for Mike McCarthy in Pittsburgh.
The Steelers hired Graham o...
Butler High School seniors got a jump start on winter national signing day ceremonies Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.
The official winter signing period isn’t for another month,...
The latest around the college sports landscape.
SRU softball voted No. 1 team in PSAC West
Slippery Rock University’s softball team earned four first-place votes, beating...
In one respect, Karns City football's final home game of 1997 was no different for Nate Ridley.
It was senior recognition night, and he was there to support the Gremlins ...
I read Mr. McKruit’s letter to the editor (“Law-abiding men, your country needs you,” Jan. 25, Page A4) with interest. He apparently believes the only “law-abiding men” a...
I was born in Prospect in 1941, where mothers and fathers teach their kids to be good boys and girls, not to be mean, to be nice, respect other people, obey laws, don't s...
While recent years may have left some complacent, Mother Nature took an opportunity over the past week to remind the region what winter in Western Pennsylvania can look l...
I want to express a special thank you to Mayor Bob Dandoy and the city streets department for the little extra they did for the residents of Butler. As you know, St. Vinc...
For more than a decade, milk cartons in school cafeterias have told a quiet story about how national nutrition policy filters down to local lunch trays.
In Butler County...
I read, “Residents urge county to cut ties with ICE” on the Eagle’s webpage, and I couldn’t disagree more. This resident wants every government entity that represents me ...
Slippery Rock Softball Boosters is raffling off a car as a fundraiser, which will be drawn on April 30.
Tickets to win a 2026 GMC Yukon Elevation, which will be delivered...
February stargazing is so special in Butler. Sure it’s cold, but the extra-special celestial jewels make it worth bundling up for!
If you’re not already in the darker co...
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week.
Lun...
Knoch Primary School is hosting two kindergarten registration informational sessions on Monday, Feb. 16.
The sessions will take place at 9 a.m. and at 1 p.m. at Knoch Pri...
The following area residents have been named to the president’s list at their respective colleges and universities.
West Virginia University
Slippery Rock: Brooke Arblast...
The following area residents have been named to the provost’s list at their respective colleges and universities.
Hofstra University
Cranberry Township: Lauryn Priester
...
Although temperatures will finally break out of the single-digits and teens next week, a meteorologist said Thursday, Jan. 29, that the snow will probably stick around a ...
While the majority of Butler County residents were stuck at home Sunday night after more than a foot of snow covered streets and made some impassable, the weather prompte...
In loving memory of our beloved Elizabeth Wiegand who passed away ten years ago on January 31, 2016.
There is a bridge of memories
From here to heaven above
That keeps yo...
In loving memory of our beloved Becky Layton Taylor who passed away 39 years ago today, February 1, 1987.
Not a day goes by that we don’t think of you.
We love and miss y...
In loving memory of Jo Ann Riddle.
Jo,
It’s been seven years since you went to be with JESUS.
They have been long years, lonely years.
We had such a short time together, ...
In memory of Joyce Collins
February 1st
How can it be three years? We all miss you so much. We all miss the conversations and spending time with you. You have a new great...
The following area residents have been named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges and universities.
Furman University
Mars: Derek Petcash
Point Park Universit...
Jason Statham lives in a Scottish lighthouse when we meet him in “Shelter,” and that’s a pretty good analogy for Statham’s usual movie role these days: Tall, cold, alone...
The poster for “Send Help” advertises the film as, “from the director of ‘The Evil Dead’ and ‘Drag Me to Hell’” — notably not “Spider-Man” (or its two sequels). No, the k...
LOS ANGELES — Catherine O’Hara, a gifted Canadian-born comic actor and “SCTV” alum who starred as Macaulay Culkin’s harried mother in two “Home Alone” movies and won an E...
