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Local News
Three women are charged with assault after being accused of assaulting a woman, one of them using a metal-pronged dog collar, outside her Butler residence. Priscilla Lyn...
April 17, 2026 Local News
BUTLER TWP — Butler County Community College is set to entirely replace the HVAC system in the Science and Technology Building and attached Succop Theater. The college’s ...
April 17, 2026 Local News
Funds allow for purchase of robotic milking machine
April 17, 2026 Local News
NEW YORK — Walmart is redesigning the packaging of its Great Value products to help customers instantly spot whether a bag of spicy chips is gluten-free or how much prote...
April 17, 2026 Business
Flag raised for Donate Life Month
April 17, 2026 Local News
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts: Butler April 8 — Kiera Paige Emigh, 24, of Butler, was charged with misdemean...
April 17, 2026 Local News
Netflix cofounder and chairman Reed Hastings will step down from the streaming service’s board of directors in June when his term expires, the company said on Thursday. ...
April 16, 2026 Business
Senate Republicans express ‘profound concerns’
April 16, 2026 Local News
Butler Township will be replacing a stormwater pipe on Kohler Avenue in Lyndora on Monday and Tuesday, April 20 and 21. The road will be closed to through traffic from 9 ...
April 16, 2026 Local News
Northern Butler County has been placed under a severe thunderstorm warning. The alert was issued at about 4:45 p.m. Thursday, April 16. According to the National Weather ...
April 16, 2026 Local News
Other News
Ford is recalling almost 1.4 million of its F-150 pickup trucks in the U.S. because of a gearshift issue that may lead to the loss of control of vehicles and increasing t...
April 17, 2026 National News
BEIRUT — U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister said Friday that the Strait of Hormuz is now fully open to commercial vessels. In a social media post, Tr...
April 17, 2026 International News
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For the first time, scientists have measured the instantaneous mind-blowing power of jets blasting from a black hole. The jet power from this rela...
April 17, 2026 National News
BERLIN — Rescuers in Germany began an elaborate operation Thursday to save a sick humpback whale that has been repeatedly stranded off the Baltic Sea coast and has stirre...
April 16, 2026 International News
HARTFORD, Conn. — A man carrying a backpack with an AR-style pistol inside was arrested Thursday after walking into health insurer Aetna’s headquarters in Connecticut, po...
April 16, 2026 National News
Storms barreling across the heart of the United States continued to threaten rain and pose flooding risks Thursday after causing at least one death when a man apparently ...
April 16, 2026 National News
BEIRUT, Lebanon — A 10-day truce began in Lebanon on Friday that could pause fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group and boost attempts to extend the cea...
April 16, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military has widened its efforts beyond the blockade of Iran's ports to allow its forces around the world to stop any ship tied to Tehran or those s...
April 16, 2026 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia hammered civilian areas of Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in an attack that stretched for hours from daytime into the night...
April 16, 2026 International News
ANNANDALE, Va. — Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, a rising star in the Democratic Party until a sexual assault scandal ruined his political fortunes, killed his e...
April 16, 2026 National News
Sports
For the past few seasons, Freeport’s baseball team has ditched a game ball. Instead, standout players get to pull on a dog mask after an impact effort, an idea that assis...
April 17, 2026 Sports
The Butler Eagle will be running a list all golf season of local golfers who make holes-in-one throughout Butler County. The first was reported April 11 at Slippery Rock...
April 17, 2026 Sports
Trent Best and Jacob Szebalskie collected two hits apiece and combined for five RBIs as Butler beat Pine-Richland 6-1 in non-conference baseball play. Kyle Casteel pitche...
April 16, 2026 Sports
The Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers ended playoff droughts, and the reward is a first-round series pitting the bitter rivals against each other once again. It...
April 16, 2026 Professional
These are the Butler County-area track and field leaders in each event heading into Saturday’s Butler Invitational, which will feature Butler, Freeport, Karns City, Mars,...
April 16, 2026 Sports
Roger Goodell will step to the podium and announce the first overall pick of the 2026 NFL Draft less than a week from now. In the shadow of Acrisure Stadium, plenty of co...
April 16, 2026 Sports
For Jeff Schnur, success in one sport led to another. Both sports — track and soccer — have earned him induction into the Butler County Sports Hall of Fame. “Most of the ...
April 16, 2026 Sports
Editorial
April 17, 2026 Cartoons
Americans’ fatigue is rising as costs climb, crises multiply and leaders focus on spectacle instead of solutions. This exhaustion is not personal — it is political, weake...
April 17, 2026 Other Voices
Community
When you ask the average person what the brightest star in the night sky is, there’s a good chance many will say it’s Polaris the North Star. For sure it’s a moderately ...
April 16, 2026 Starwatch
Josh Rennick, an eighth-grader at Knoch Middle School, earned his Eagle Scout rank following his Board of Review on Aug. 4. He is the son of Dave and Cassi Rennick. Josh...
April 16, 2026 Community
A Jackson Township man will compete in the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 20, after years of building up his running ability. Brad Mueller, 31, started running consiste...
April 16, 2026 Community
The following area residents have been named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges and universities. Grove City College Cranberry Township: Emma Conrad, Daniel ...
April 16, 2026 Community
SUMMIT TWP — Gabby Freshcorn, an 11-year-old from Freeport, had been waiting months to get back on a horse, and on April 7, she asked her parents every hour how long it w...
April 16, 2026 Community
Announcements
Arts & Entertainment
LAS VEGAS — The cast and filmmakers behind the “Spaceballs” sequel including Bill Pullman and Rick Moranis brought a little levity to CinemaCon Wednesday night in Las Veg...
April 16, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Trail includes Moraine and Jennings
April 16, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Other
April 17, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. — Romans 13:8 ...
April 17, 2026 Verse of the Day
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