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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.
Local News
Butler Memorial Hospital is hosting its 28th annual Caring Angel fundraiser between Thursday, Dec. 4, and Dec. 11. Tickets for the basket and 50/50 raffles will be sold a...
December 02, 2025 Health
A Butler man was arrested Sunday, Dec. 1, after police said he threatened officers and resisted arrest during a disturbance in the middle of West Brady Street. Clayton Ja...
December 02, 2025 Local News
A Monday morning, Dec. 1, incident in Laneville, Armstrong County, caused police to notify the Freeport Area School District superintendent that buses for elementary stud...
December 02, 2025 Local News
A Butler Township woman has been charged with animal cruelty after a dead dog was found in her former residence. Marissa Claypoole, 25, was charged with felony aggravated...
December 02, 2025 Local News
Jackson Township officials are planning for more than $2 million in stormwater improvements over the next five years as part of the Southwest Butler Stormwater Authority’...
December 02, 2025 Local News
VA Butler Healthcare System helped house 131 veterans
December 02, 2025 Local News
South College has cleared 20,000 enrolled students nationwide, marking a major milestone for an institution that continues to expand its campus footprint and academic off...
December 02, 2025 Business
EVANS CITY — During a meeting on Monday, Dec. 1, members of borough council unanimously approved the 2026 budget without a tax increase. The millage rate remained steady ...
December 02, 2025 Local News
The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency is offering $10 million in grants to nonprofits to protect against hate crimes. The Nonprofit Security Grant Fund Pr...
December 02, 2025 Local News
MARS -- A comprehensive event policy for the borough is expected to be voted on and approved at a borough council meeting Dec. 15. The passing of the event policy was lis...
December 01, 2025 Local News
Other News
Nearly 44% of the 16,000 truck driving schools in the U.S. may be forced to close if they lose their students after a review by the federal Transportation Department foun...
December 02, 2025 National News
CHICAGO — One of the sons of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” pleaded guilty on Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, months after his brother entered a plea ...
December 01, 2025 National News
Air travelers in the U.S. without a REAL ID will be charged a $45 fee beginning in February, the Transportation Security Administration announced Monday. The updated ID ...
December 01, 2025 Business
PHILADELPHIA — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Alina Habba is disqualified from serving as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor despite his administration’...
December 01, 2025 National News
STOCKTON, Calif. — Family members were getting ready to cut the cake at a toddler's birthday party when the gunfire started inside a banquet hall packed with relatives an...
December 01, 2025 National News
NEW YORK — New York City is poised to get its first Vegas-style casinos, including one next to the home stadium of baseball’s New York Mets and another that could see a w...
December 01, 2025 National News
PORTLAND, Maine — Black ice, snow showers and fog pestered post-holiday travelers in the Midwest on Monday while the Northeast geared up for its first major snowstorm of ...
December 01, 2025 National News
NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione watched stoically in court Monday as prosecutors played surveillance videos showing the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a New ...
December 01, 2025 National News
Sports
Mars girls basketball outscored host Franklin Regional by 10 points in the first half and went on to post a season-opening 46-32 victory over the Panthers on Monday. The ...
December 01, 2025 Sports
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County. Monday, Dec. 1 Girls Basketball 7 — Mercer Area at Moniteau 7:30 — Mars at Franklin Regional ...
December 01, 2025 Sports
Editorial
December 02, 2025 Cartoons
It’s GivingTuesday. It’s the yearly opportunity to pay it forward and do for others what they may not be able to for themselves. The concept is incredible. It’s a chance,...
December 02, 2025 Our Opinion
There are two big worries when it comes to the rapid advances in artificial intelligence. The first is that it will lead to robot overlords that will eradicate humanity. ...
December 02, 2025 Other Voices
Community
There will be a New Year’s Eve dinner dance at the Meridian Veterans Club, featuring DJ Jazzy Jeffery, that will keep people dancing until midnight and beyond. Doors open...
December 02, 2025 Community
In trying to provide her book, “The Old Butler Graveyard,” to people without the cost of shipping, author LuAnn Cherry will be at two Butler locations in the coming week....
December 02, 2025 Community
Announcements
In loving memory of Amy Monteleone September 13, 1969 - December 2, 2011 Deep in our hearts, your life is kept To love and cherish, not forget. No more tomorrows we can s...
December 02, 2025 In Memoriams
Arts & Entertainment
LONDON — Oxford University Press has named “rage bait’’ as its word of the year, capturing the internet zeitgeist of 2025. The phrase refers to online content that is “de...
December 02, 2025 Arts & Entertainment
Cardi B has turned her fourth baby’s umbilical cord into a golden heart-shaped bracelet, after the rapper welcomed her first child with Stefon Diggs this month. The verif...
December 02, 2025 People
Other
But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because...
December 02, 2025 Verse of the Day
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