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.
A familiar face has taken over as CEO of St. Barnabas Health System, it announced Tuesday, Jan. 6.
Douglas W. Day was appointed as the president and fourth CEO of the he...
State police are investigating a threat toward Moniteau School District discovered around 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, and all school operations will occur as normal Frida...
FORWARD TWP — A month after supervisors voted to approve a 2026 budget, the township’s newly constituted board voted to reopen it during its first meeting on Thursday nig...
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission has opened the 2026 nomination cycle for the Pennsylvania Historical Marker Program, inviting residents and community gr...
Dairy industry leaders and state Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding unveiled the butter sculpture for the 2026 Pennsylvania Farm Show on Thursday, Jan. 8.
This year’s ...
Good Samaritan Hospice, a mission of Concordia, will host a free weekly grief support group from 1 to 2:30 p.m. every Thursday between Jan. 29 and March 26, 2026, at the ...
Road crews worked to cover newly installed traffic lights at the intersection of Marland Drive and Route 228 on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Adams Township.
The lights wil...
WASHINGTON — Jan. 26 marks the official start date of the 2026 tax filing season, when the IRS will begin accepting and processing 2025 tax returns. April 15 is the filin...
Lancaster Township manager Mary Hess submitted her letter of resignation on Wednesday after more than two years in the role, citing an increasingly challenging work envir...
Just two meetings before his retirement, the Butler Transit Authority’s board of directors dedicated its headquarters’ boardroom to longtime chairman Joe Hasychak.
The an...
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook the North Bay early Thursday morning shortly after midnight, waking up people across the region.
The quake, centered i...
NEW YORK — In a rare move, NASA is cutting a mission aboard the International Space Station short after an astronaut had a medical issue.
The space agency said Thursday ...
WASHINGTON — The Senate has agreed to display a plaque honoring the police who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, rebuffing House Speaker Mike Johnson,...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Nationwide protests in Iran sparked by the Islamic Republic's ailing economy are putting new pressure on its theocracy as it has shut down t...
PORTLAND, Ore. — Federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people in a vehicle outside a hospital in Portland on Thursday, a day after an officer shot and killed ...
WASHINGTON — In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House passed legislation Thursday, 230-196, that would extend expired health care subsidies for those wh...
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is running for a second term in the pivotal battleground state after a first term that put him on the Democratic Party’s radar...
Bones and skulls visible in the back seat of a car near an abandoned cemetery on Philadelphia’s outskirts led police to a basement filled with body parts, which authoriti...
SALT LAKE CITY — A complicated crime scene and uncooperative witnesses hindered Salt Lake City police efforts to investigate a shooting outside funeral services at a hous...
MOUNT ETNA, Italy — Guides who take tourists to enjoy the striking views of Sicily’s Mount Etna are up in arms over tougher restrictions imposed by local authorities afte...
The PIAA basketball season is about halfway done, give or take, and a picture of the Butler County boys teams and players has started to take shape.
Here are some of the ...
It’s getting to the point in the high school girls basketball season where teams are clear on what their identity is. Some Butler County squads have seen players step up,...
BUTLER TWP — The numbers don’t lie.
Butler juniors Anastasia Manchester and Brin Zehmisch are quickly climbing the ladder in terms of establishing themselves as faces of ...
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,...
Andrew Zepeda netted 14 points for Moniteau in a 72-37 boys basketball victory over Forest Area on Thursday. Brendin Sankey posted 10 points, 15 rebounds and three assist...
One game after reaching 1,000 career points, Madison Romanovich had 23 points, six rebounds, six steals and three assists as Slippery Rock downed New Castle 54-23 in girl...
BUTLER TWP — Seneca Valley senior wrestler Haley Hunter has been looking for a signature win since returning from a torn ACL that cost her all of last season.
She found ...
A few mile markers up the road, Curt Cignetti was in a similar spot as Slippery Rock University football head coach Shawn Lutz. Before emerging on a national scale this s...
In loving memory of my beloved brother,
Francis (Sany) Edwards
November 7, 1936 - January 9, 2005
No hand so soft and gentle,
No heart so tender and true,
No sorrow life ...
Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is. Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. — Amos 5...
