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.
Aging water lines in four locations in Chicora are set to be replaced starting Monday, July 13.
According to a social media post, the borough contracted Mealy Excavation ...
Butler City Council discussed what improvements it is looking to make using this and next year’s community development block grant funds from the state.
For this year’s f...
The U.S. Treasury has identified seven census tracts in Butler County as eligible for designation as Qualified Opportunity Zones. They’re intended to spur economic growth...
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ran through Saturday.
Grain & Seed Crops
Winter Barley – Pennbar 66, Bryan Hoover, Punxsutawney
Wint...
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which runs through Saturday.
Junior – Light Horse and Pony Junior Show
*Grooming/Showmanship 16-18, E...
CRANBERRY TWP — Summer’s back, and the township’s signature event, Cranberry Summer Nights, formerly known as Cranberry Community Days, is too.
Hundreds turned up startin...
Allegheny Health Network’s Grove City Hospital is getting a new, yet familiar face as its new president.
Allan Klapper has officially been named the president of AHN Grov...
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts:
Buffalo Twp
June 24 — Steven Patrick Booth, 46, of Sarver, was charged with two ...
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which runs through Saturday.
Antique Farm Equipment
Tillage Equipment, John Rinker, Prospect
Planting Equi...
The City of Butler will have road closures both Friday, July 10, and Saturday, July 11, for the Steeples & Stacks Heritage Weekend.
On Friday, West North Street and the p...
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld an Illinois ban on semiautomatic weapons, keeping in place a law passed largely in response to a deadly Independence Day parade...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A South Florida airport officially changed its name on Thursday to the President Donald J. Trump International Airport.
Signs for the Palm Beach I...
Federal agents did not have body-worn cameras when a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a Mexican homebuilder who was driving a work van they t...
KINSHASA, Congo — New suspected cases of Ebola have been reported in parts of Congo that were previously unaffected, the government said Thursday, as the death toll in th...
GRAPEVINE, Texas — Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to launch into space, has died. She was 87.
Funk died Wednesday at her apartment in an assiste...
PROVO, Utah — The defendant in Charlie Kirk's killing told his roommate “he wishes he hadn’t done it” the day after Kirk was shot in the neck while speaking to a crowd at...
BEIJING — A fire broke out at a shoe factory in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian on Thursday, killing 28 people, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
Chinese ...
WASHINGTON — An intensifying El Nino, nature’s heat-releasing thermostat that spikes global temperatures, is heading to historically strong levels, the U.S. National Ocea...
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian drones hit more Russian oil facilities and set two oil tankers ablaze in the Sea of Azov on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump pl...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting U.S.-allied Mideast countries in an...
David Leslie wasn’t accustomed to lackluster outings.
The Butler graduate and 2025 American Baseball Coaches Association All-American pitcher ventured into choppy wat...
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates fell back to .500 and failed to claim a series against a division-leading Atlanta Braves team.
Pittsburgh (47-47) was down 6-5 in the ...
Earlier this week, we announced Butler's Nolan Stefaniak and North Catholic's Simone Sharpless are the Butler Eagle Male and Female Athletes of the Year.
Today, we're dro...
KARNS CITY — Abigail Galan tried her hand at a number of different sports growing up.
She tried basketball, softball and baseball in elementary school. Track and volleyba...
Rain and oppressive summer heat have been wreaking havoc on local speedways, but recently Mother Nature met her match at Lernerville Speedway's premier three-day Firecrac...
Butler Senior High School awarded 67 scholarships to graduating seniors May 19.
The Goodman Educational Trust Fund Award went to Rylie Blystone and Grant Ordy.
The Butler...
KidsFest is a three-day fun-filled camp where children learn about God in an interactive way.
An event by Orchard Hill Church in Butler, it takes place July 16-18, and wi...
The 2026 Gene Capaldi Lens on Litter Photo Contest is open for submissions from now until Oct. 31.
Amateur photographer participants in the contest are urged to use their...
Every so often, I like to go into more detail about the life and times of stars we see night after night over Butler, provided clouds don’t get in the way. All of the sta...
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week.
Lunch is ...
The following area residents were named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges and universities.
Georgia Southern University
Mars: Madison Buss
Musking...
The following area residents were named to the president’s list at their respective colleges and universities.
Miami University
Cranberry Township: Natalie Dolan
Mars: C...
In memory of Nancy C. Preston, who passed away 26 years ago.
I miss you, Mom.
Losing you changed me in ways I can't explain.
No matter how old I get, the emptiness of you...
Sheila M. Franz
October 30, 1958 - July 10, 2005
Your smile, your love, your presence is deeply missed;
You are smiling, loving and present with our Lord, Jesus Christ. A...
ABC is continuing to fight back forcefully against efforts by federal regulators to reopen the question of whether its popular talk show “The View” is subject to equal ti...
LOS ANGELES — “The Pitt” led all nominees with 25 in a dominant sophomore season, while “Hacks” got a graduation party with a record-setting 24 to lead all comedies in it...
Bonnie Tyler, the gravelly voiced, Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star whose 1983 chart-topping power ballad “Total Eclipse of the Heart” enchanted succeeding generations...
NEW YORK — Travis Kelce reflected on his unforgettable proposal to Taylor Swift in his first podcast episode since the two tied the knot at Madison Square Garden over the...
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ J...
