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 Butler man accused of hitting his mother in the face and locking her in a bedroom after an argument over the care of dogs was released after a Thursday, June 18, prelim...
Butler County residents will soon be able to sign up to have alerts sent when documents are recorded in their names via the Butler County Recorder of Deeds Office.
On Wed...
Allegheny Health Network’s Allegheny General Hospital has completed a $19 million renovation and expansion of its cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology labs, alon...
Independence Health System’s Butler Memorial Hospital is expanding treatment for patients with atrial fibrillation by offering a new type of cardiac treatment.
Electrophy...
FORD CITY, Armstrong County — Butler County Community College’s board of trustees voted during their monthly meeting on Wednesday, June 17, to approve a reduced operating...
CRANBERRY TWP — At 10 a.m. Wednesday, Cranberry Township Community Park’s Jaycees Shelter area was taken up by close to 100 volunteers in teams of five who assembled 200 ...
The Butler County Sheriff’s Office has received $197,500 in funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Sheriff Mike Slupe said he plans to use about $100,000 ...
MIDDLESEX TWP — A conditional use application for the planned Pfeifer Farm wedding venue was reviewed at a public hearing before the Middlesex Township board of superviso...
Butler County commissioners approved an application Wednesday, June 17, for nearly $61 million in federal funds to complete the fifth, final and most expensive segment of...
The remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur battered parts of the southeastern United States with heavy rain on Thursday, sparking flash flood and tornado warnings along the Gu...
Ukraine struck a major Moscow oil refinery Thursday for a second time in a week, sending huge plumes of black smoke over the capital and disrupting hundreds of flights at...
WASHINGTON — Cameron Hamilton, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, pledged to senators Wednesday to be “fair and reasonable”...
COVINGTON, La. (AP) — Tropical Storm Arthur formed off the Texas coast on Wednesday as the first tropical storm of the season in the Atlantic basin , threatening a wide ...
Investigators combed through wreckage Wednesday for clues to why a business jet crashed on a Texas highway, killing one person on board after its pilots reported mechanic...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, who has repeatedly postponed executions over the past seven years, said Tuesday that Ohio should abolish the death penalty, ...
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Leaders at the Group of Seven summit on Wednesday threw their support behind U.S. President Donald Trump's tentative agreement with Iran to open...
WASHINGTON — The interim deal between the United States and Iran is supposed to usher in a two-month period that would address the most divisive issue between the longti...
WASHINGTON — Most Americans believe civil liberties like the right to vote are under threat, according to a new AP-NORC poll, while also continuing to agree that the righ...
NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione plans to mount a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial this fall, an attempt to justify killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson beca...
"State champion" has a nice ring to it.
Mars boys lacrosse's Grant Weaver, Reed Fuller, David Renner and Jack Tirch joined the show today to continue celebrating their PI...
With Butler’s baseball season having passed, the 2026 MLB Draft is fast approaching. Two Golden Tornado star pitchers — Kyle Casteel and Nolan Stefaniak — are gaining att...
When it came to softball at St. Francis University, Mars graduate and current Butler coach Kara Sroka was as good as it got.
A 2009 SFU graduate, Sroka left the Red Flash...
It makes sense that the older you get, the more you should celebrate each birthday. That’s true for races as well as for people.
Strawberry Days 5K in Grove City kicks of...
The Butler Iron Bucks shut down the Allegheny A’s in a late Tuesday night 4-0 road win.
The victory improves Butler to 6-2 on the season, with a doubleheader coming up Sa...
The Butler Eagle has celebrated its top male and female athletes of the school year each of the past two summers.
This time, we are announcing our nominees for the honors...
The Butler Eagle has celebrated its top male and female athletes of the school year each of the past two summers.
This time, we are announcing our nominees for the honors...
EVANS CITY — Longtime Seneca Valley wrestling coach Joe Montalbano provided a space to young wrestlers for years to train OMP.
OMP stood for One More Period, a wrestling ...
Sometimes, even in these divisive political times, there is a decision made by our elected officials that everyone can praise.
That was the case last week when the Butler...
There are two processes that we cannot escape: aging and math. This applies not only to human beings but also to large government social insurance programs.
Last week the...
The thousands of Jeeps that visited Butler over the weekend of June 12 could have made it hard for people to lock in on the specifics of a single vehicle.
But one of the ...
The following area residents were named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges and universities.
Gannon University
Center Township: Makayla McLister
Butler Coun...
The annual Saxonburg carnival will feature a special blessing on Tuesday, June 23.
Prior to the annual pet parade, there will be a blessing of the pets in the parking lot...
The following area residents were named to the president’s list at their respective colleges and universities.
Butler County Community College
Boyers: Canaan Hartle, Kels...
A prominent Slippery Rock University alumnus and his wife made a meaningful investment in the next generation of SRU students.
Charlie Sheetz, a 1974 graduate of SRU, an...
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 ...
Michael Markiw II and Deborah Markiw, of West Sunbury, celebrated 50 years of marriage on June 12 with a family trip to the Outer Banks.
Michael Markiw II married the for...
The Wonders of Nature on Postcards, from the collection of Laurel Patterson, is on display in the second-floor showcase at Butler Area Public Library through July.
The d...
Historian Bill May will take a journey back in time to Butler’s “lost amusement park” on Tuesday, June 23.
The free presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the First Resp...
The Harmony Borough Parks Board’s Summer Concert Series begins Thursday, June 18, with a performance by This, That and the Other Thing. The show will begin at 7 p.m. in t...
NEW YORK — Sean Penn will direct a movie about a police officer who was at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in 2021, Warner Bros. announced Tuesday.
Following his Oscar-winning p...
For the first time in 12 years, the Cranberry Artists Network will host “A Summer Night with Monet,” a show strictly featuring members’ work in July and August.
In other...
My father is what we call an audiophile: a lover of music who is specific about how they listen to music.
We have a huge sound system in my living room with quality speak...
Sing to God, sing praise to his name, extol him who rides on the clouds — his name is the Lord— and rejoice before him. A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, ...
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
A good Father’s Day gift can be hard to find. Although another tie or Best Dad Ever mug may be good gift ideas, but several Butler County businesses shared their creative...
The best people to ask for advice are those who have done it all before. When it comes to parenting, grandparents fit that description perfectly. For Father’s Day, four g...
Americans spent a record $24 billion on Father's Day in 2025, and trends indicate it'll likely increase this year. The average shopper lays out about $199 on greeting car...
