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 attorney for former Butler Area School Board member William Halle is seeking to uncover evidence needed for his client’s defense.
Halle, 61, of Westmoreland County, w...
CENTER TWP — With the passing of a finalized budget, residents can now be certain that taxes for the township will not increase in 2026.
Supervisors voted unanimously on ...
Winter arrived in Western Pennsylvania last week, dropping as many as 4 inches of heavy snow in Butler County that sent road crews into action.
“It’s not often that we ge...
A Butler man has been charged with driving under the influence after Butler Township police said he drove into Applebee’s restaurant on Dec. 2.
David Joseph Cavanaugh, 78...
East Brady officials said the borough’s 11th annual Light-Up Night and fourth annual Cookie Crawl, hosted on Saturday, Dec. 6, were a “huge success” this year.
According ...
An inmate at the Butler County Prison is facing charges after a correctional officer found Suboxone during the booking process.
Allen Griffin, of Oil City, was charged We...
Even though the weather was warm enough for rain on Wednesday, Dec. 10, the National Weather Service predicts it’ll likely be another week before temperatures climb above...
Independence Health System announced Wednesday that it completed a major renovation of its outpatient services suite in Seven Fields, adding advanced imaging technology a...
The annual ring of the Salvation Army bell came with an unexpected, but familiar surprise for volunteers with the Harmony-Zelienople unit.
Lisa Zierden, a campaign coordi...
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A parent of a Kentucky State University student has been charged with murder in an on campus shooting that killed one student and critically injured anot...
WASHINGTON — The House voted to pass a sweeping defense policy bill Wednesday that authorizes $900 billion in military programs, including a pay raise for troops and an o...
WASHINGTON — Oil companies offered $279 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday in the first of 30 sales planned for the region under Republican ef...
SURIN, Thailand — Renewed border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia showed no signs of abating Wednesday, with hundreds of thousands of displaced people in strained c...
A New Jersey law that permits terminally ill people to seek life-ending drugs applies only to residents of the state and not those from beyond its borders, a federal appe...
NEW YORK — Secret grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case can be made public, a judge ruled on Wednesday, joining two other judges in gran...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of Pre...
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve reduced its key interest rate by a quarter-point for the third time in a row Wednesday but signaled that it may leave rates unchanged in ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — Pacific Northwest residents braced for another round of heavy rain Wednesday after a powerful storm clobbered the region the day before, swelling rivers,...
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine is expected to give its latest peace proposals to U.S. negotiators Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, a day ahead of his urgent talks ...
Carson Kane had 17 points and Gavin Tola another 14, but Freeport boys basketball fell to Plum 66-55.
The Yellowjackets dropped to 1-3 and host Deer Lakes in a WPIAL Sect...
BUTLER TWP — Mars boys wrestling’s 40-31 win over Butler was a huge boost for a program that was flagging just a few years ago.
For the Golden Tornado, it was another mom...
Seneca Valley boys soccer featured a number of players switching positions this season. One of them was senior Owen Eastgate, who began the season in the midfield.
Af...
Across much of the industrial world, trust in government is low and declining. Why is this happening and why, exactly, does it matter?
An unusually thorough new study loo...
On a frigid Black Friday morning, Toys for Tots coordinator Matt Thurner stood in the parking lot near Five Below’s Butler Township location to collect toys for Butler Co...
This holiday season, some shoppers are looking beyond traditional wrapped gifts — the kind that sometimes end up forgotten in the back of the closet — and choosing instea...
In loving memory of our beloved sister and aunt Joan (Joni) Jewart
who left us two years ago December 11.
The family chain is broken, and nothing is the same.
The day the...
Steve and Lisa Ball will present the “Music of the Civil War” at the Greater Pittsburgh Civil War Round Table meeting Monday, Dec. 15.
The presentation will be at 7 p.m. ...
The Sweet Stroll on Main is returning to Zelienople on Saturday, Dec. 13.
The town’s annual holiday shopping and cookie crawl transforms Main Street into a festive, famil...
Santa is bringing some of his favorite North Pole fun to Cranberry Township to help get people in the holiday spirit — and people don’t even need to leave their vehicles ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Shaq is coming back.
And the first-tier Basketball Hall of Famer is going to help sports fans and other interested parties get ready for the Super Bowl...
We have a sleigh filled with Christmas movies at my house. It’s a sleigh fit for American Girl dolls, to give you an idea of scale.
Each year we fill the sleigh with movi...
LONDON — Writer Sophie Kinsella, whose effervescent rom-com “Confessions of a Shopaholic” sparked a millions-selling series, died Wednesday, her family said. She was 55 a...
