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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
It was announced Tuesday that Butler County communities will get millions of dollars in grants for new water, sewer and transportation projects from the state. State Sen...
January 21, 2026 Local News
Township, district expected to follow
January 21, 2026 Local News
Family to focus on grocery business, assisting with other events
January 21, 2026 Local News
Police charged a Duncansville man with firing four to five rounds into an East Wayne Street apartment in the early hours of Tuesday, Jan. 20. Kaleb Gene Beish, 22, was c...
January 21, 2026 Local News
Meals and snacks with “GLP-1 Friendly” labels on the packaging are becoming more common in U.S. supermarkets as a growing number of Americans try obesity drugs like Wegov...
January 21, 2026 Business
JEFFERSON TWP — With the fate of longtime summer hot spot, the SEBCO Pool, at stake over $600,000 in extra funds needed to pursue a badly needed renovation, crowds flocke...
January 20, 2026 Local News
Slippery Rock Area School District parents had to bundle up their children after issues with Moraine Elementary School’s boilers and heating system caused “unsatisfactory...
January 20, 2026 Local News
Pennsylvania American Water is encouraging customers in Butler and 20 other counties across the state to voluntarily reduce their water consumption in response to a droug...
January 20, 2026 Local News
It's been a year since a measles outbreak began in West Texas, and international health authorities say they will meet in April to determine if the U.S. has lost its meas...
January 20, 2026 National News
A Youngstown man who led police on a chase following an attempted traffic stop in Butler and subsequent a search in Oakland Township on Monday night was apprehended early...
January 20, 2026 Local News
Other News
China has fulfilled its initial commitment to buy 12 million metric tons of soybeans from the U.S., but it's not clear if the trade agreement announced in October can wit...
January 21, 2026 National News
Netflix is revising its $72 billion offer for Warner Bros. Discovery to make it an all-cash transaction. Netflix initially put forth a cash and stock deal valued at $...
January 21, 2026 National News
MELBOURNE, Australia — A surfer had minor injuries from being bitten by a shark Tuesday in the fourth attack off the coast of Australia's most populous state in three day...
January 20, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday spent more than 100 minutes recapping his first year back in office. And it felt like he wanted to spend the next year doin...
January 20, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — U.S. military forces boarded and took control of a seventh oil tanker connected with Venezuela on Tuesday as the Trump administration continues its efforts t...
January 20, 2026 National News
NEW YORK — Vice President JD Vance and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, are expecting a son in late July, they announced in a social media post on Tuesday. The couple s...
January 20, 2026 National News
MEXICO CITY — Mexico's security minister said Tuesday that it had sent another 37 members of Mexican drug cartels to the United States, as the Trump administration ratche...
January 20, 2026 International News
MINNEAPOLIS — Federal prosecutors served grand jury subpoenas Tuesday to Minnesota officials as part of an investigation into whether they obstructed or impeded law enfor...
January 20, 2026 National News
MINNEAPOLIS — The Trump administration is urging a judge to reject efforts by Minnesota and its largest cities to stop the immigration enforcement surge that has roiled M...
January 20, 2026 National News
ADAMUZ, Spain — Spain woke to flags at half staff on Tuesday as the nation began three days of mourning for the victims of the deadly train accident in the country’s sout...
January 20, 2026 International News
Sports
Butler boys basketball was unable to climb out of a 36-21 halftime deficit in a 62-48 loss at North Hills on Tuesday. The defeat drops the Golden Tornado to 6-9 overall a...
January 20, 2026 Sports
WEXFORD — What looked to be a tale of two halves instead morphed into a tale of the latter two quarters. After overcoming a 13-point deficit early in the third quarter t...
January 20, 2026 Sports
Butler High School seniors got a jump start on winter national signing day ceremonies Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. The official winter signing period isn’t for another month,...
January 20, 2026 Sports
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Curt Cignetti came to Indiana to win championships. The old-school, blunt-spoken coach who began his Hoosiers tenure with a promise to bring swift s...
January 20, 2026 College
The NFL reached a record-tying 10 openings for head coaches this offseason when Buffalo fired Sean McDermott following their overtime loss in the divisional round of the ...
January 20, 2026 Professional
Ethan Kresinski hadn’t stepped onto the hardwood in some time. Having given up organized basketball after his freshman year, the Mars senior and John Carroll football com...
January 20, 2026 Sports
Editorial
Taxes are a necessary fact of life. Although no one likes paying them, and they divert resources and cause waste, governments need revenue to provide essential, and some...
January 21, 2026 Other Voices
Something unnoticed, but important, took place at the beginning of the year. In the southeastern and south central parts of Butler County nearly every municipality experi...
January 21, 2026 Our Opinion
January 21, 2026 Cartoons
Community
Prospective applicants have until Feb. 9 to apply for a scholarship through the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania. The Bob Fryer Memorial Scholarship is for $5,000 and t...
January 21, 2026 Community
Neighborhood Legal Services helps people with past records move forward
January 21, 2026 Community
Announcements
Sue Weaver, program manager at the Lutheran Service Society, said the Evans City Senior Center line dance sessions began at the center in March 1977. She said benefits fo...
January 21, 2026 Time Capsules
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