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.
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve pushed the pause button on its interest rate cuts Wednesday, leaving its key rate unchanged at about 3.6% after lowering it three times l...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday took a step toward rolling back a rule that limits smokestack emissions that burden downwind areas in neighboring state...
Amazon is slashing about 16,000 corporate jobs in the second round of mass layoffs for the ecommerce company in three months.
The tech giant has said it plans to use gene...
The following Butler County schools are operating on adjusted schedules for Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, and Friday, Jan. 30, 2026:
Allegheny - Clarion Valley School Distri...
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Slippery Rock Area school board’s educational programming committee heard a pitch Monday evening, Jan. 26, on what offering the U.S. Army Junior Reser...
Scams involving weather and utility services are on the rise with winter storms sweeping across the state, the Pennsylvania attorney general and Bureau of Consumer Protec...
Butler City police filed charges against two more people in connection with a Jan. 19 shooting that damaged two East Wayne Street apartments.
James M. Dent, 22, of Butler...
A Butler man is accused of mugging someone while possibly carrying a firearm Saturday, Jan. 24, on North Main Street near its intersection with Penn Street in the city.
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Temperatures including wind chills throughout Wednesday, Jan. 28, are expected to be in the negatives throughout the day, according to a National Weather Service spokespe...
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi officials sent National Guard troops, tow trucks and 135 snowplows Wednesday to clear snow and ice from two interstate highways where massive...
The two federal agents who fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis have been placed on leave, officials said Wednesday.
While paid administrative leave is standard for l...
ATLANTA — The FBI on Wednesday searched the election office of a Georgia county that has been central to right-wing conspiracy theories over President Donald Trump's 2020...
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a full-throated defense Wednesday of President Donald Trump's military operation to capture then-Venezuelan President Nic...
HARRISBURG — Hours before a deadly explosion ripped through a Pennsylvania nursing home last month, staff grew concerned about the smell of natural gas on several floors ...
WASHINGTON — As a partial government shutdown looms at week’s end, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has laid out a list of demands for the Department of Homeland Se...
HARRISBURG, Penn., Jan. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — National School Choice Week began on Sunday in Pennsylvania and across the country, focusing on helping parents find the r...
North Catholic senior receiver Preston Simko has committed to play at Slippery Rock University, he announced Wednesday night on X.
Simko, who’s listed at 5-foot-11, 170 p...
Pat Narduzzi will walk the Pitt Panthers’ sideline for a 12th season in 2026, aiming to better an eight-win effort this past campaign.
The Panthers started 2-2 in 2025 be...
The Penn State Nittany Lions have undergone a good deal of change due to how their 2025 season panned out. Longtime head coach James Franklin was axed in the midst of a s...
During high school sports games in Butler County, the competition isn’t exclusive to the field. It erupts in the bleachers, too.
Chants collide and school colors clash as...
The size and fervor of a student section can be fluid, as evidenced by the increased numbers attending North Catholic boys basketball games this season.
Senior Gabe Marti...
PITTSBURGH — New Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike McCarthy would welcome a reunion with Aaron Rodgers. Now, like last offseason, all the Steelers can do is wait for Rodgers...
