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.
EVANS CITY — A fourth boy who accused a former Adams Township resident and Mars sports official of indecent assault testified during a preliminary hearing Wednesday, Dec....
NEW YORK — Teen use of alcohol, nicotine and marijuana remains at record lows, according to national survey results released Wednesday.
They consume a lot of energy drin...
Charges against a former Penn Christian Academy teacher were held for court at a preliminary hearing held Monday, Dec. 15, in Harmar Township.
Sean M. Dicer, 53, of Brack...
U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-16th, recognized Butler County native and former University of Notre Dame quarterback Terry Hanratty on the floor of the U.S. House of Representat...
Willie Adams, longtime chairman of the Summit Township Board of Supervisors, recently died unexpectedly, according to the township’s website.
“Officials of Summit Townshi...
OMAHA, Neb. — The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads has lost the support of two unions that represent more than half their worke...
Townhouses were nearly impossible under previous regulations
Lancaster Township supervisors during a meeting on Monday, Dec. 15 adopted a zoning ordinance amendment foll...
Forward Township passed a nearly $2 million budget for 2026 without a tax increase.
The budget, which was approved by supervisors at their meeting on Thursday, Dec. 11, i...
The Tri-County Workforce Investment Board has named its Employer of the Year Awards in Butler, Armstrong and Indiana counties.
Adams Manufacturing, a manufacturer of resi...
WASHINGTON — Four centrist Republicans, including three from Pennsylvania, broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that wil...
LOS ANGELES — Nick Reiner made his first court appearance Wednesday in Los Angeles on two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents, actor-director Rob ...
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats hammered the Federal Communications Commission's leader Wednesday for pressuring broadcasters to take Jimmy Kimmel off the air, suggesting h...
WASHINGTON — The Senate is nearing final passage Wednesday of an annual military policy bill that will authorize $901 billion in defense programs while pressuring Defense...
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Wednesday that Moscow will seek to extend its gains in Ukraine if Kyiv and its Western allies reject the Kremlin's demands in peac...
WASHINGTON — A federal judge said Tuesday he’s leaning toward denying a preservationist group's request to temporarily halt President Donald Trump's White House ballroom ...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expanding its travel ban to include five more countries and impose new limits on others.
This move Tuesday is part of ongoing eff...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Palestinians in Gaza struggled to recover Tuesday from torrential rains that battered the enclave for days, flooding camps for the displaced, ...
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the Pentagon will not publicly release unedited video of a strike that killed two survivors of an initial at...
WASHINGTON — Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump’s understated but influential chief of staff, criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein cas...
The rumors the Pittsburgh Penguins were for sale turned out to be true.
Fenway Sports Group is set to sell the franchise to the Hoffman Family of Companies, a Chicago-bas...
ATHENS, Ohio — Football coach Brian Smith was fired Wednesday by Ohio University, which cited “serious professional misconduct.”
Smith had been placed on indefinite leave...
In the booming world of NCAA volleyball, it’s Final Four time.
The championship tournament semifinals are Thursday, with Texas A&M facing Pittsburgh and Wisconsin against...
Slippery Rock University made a pair of announcements in November that will reshape the look of the athletic department over the next few years.
SRU, under athletic direc...
BUTLER TWP — Andrew Gettinger struck for 30. His Butler teammates helped him get there.
They all combined to produce a 66-53 WPIAL Section 1-6A boys basketball victory ov...
Nico Santapau and Owen Congdon scored 13 points apiece to lead Seneca Valley boys basketball to a 51-31 victory over rival North Allegheny at William Paul Gymnasium on Tu...
PITTSBURGH — Leon Draisaitl had four assists and became the fourth-fastest active player in NHL history to reach 1,000 career points as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Pitts...
The Atlantic Coast Conference's transition to a nine-game football schedule will feature 12 of 17 football-playing members playing nine games next fall while the remainin...
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers don't play a particularly aesthetically pleasing brand of football. It's been that way for a while.
The offense can lack explosion f...
PITTBURGH — Two-time All-Star reliever Gregory Soto and the Pittsburgh Pirates finalized a $7.75 million, one-year contract Tuesday.
Soto gives the Pirates an experienced...
ChatGPT and its peers have become the bane of teachers. Students churn out homework assignments with it and, according to one exasperated professor, secretly feed themsel...
Following Butler County’s first significant snowfall of the season, Butler County Emergency Services took calls regarding more than 100 incidents between 6 and 9:45 a.m.
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This holiday season, the Butler Eagle has gathered the wishes and dreams of Butler County’s youngest residents via “Letters to Santa.”
The Butler Eagle sends the letters...
This holiday season, the Butler Eagle has gathered the wishes and dreams of Butler County’s youngest residents via “Letters to Santa.”
The Butler Eagle sends the letters...
One of financial planner Wendy Bennett’s clients said they would have a lot more room in their drawer after they recently received a gift from her.
For years, the client...
In memory of Gilbert Pennington
July 19, 1940 to December 17, 2013
In our hearts your memory lingers,
Sweetly tender, fond and true,
There is not a day, dear Gilbert,
Tha...
In loving memory of Gary Matis whose birthday is December 17.
We never need a special day
To bring you to our mind,
For days without a thought of you,
Are very hard to fi...
LONDON — Fans of Jane Austen celebrated the acclaimed author’s 250th birthday on Tuesday with a church service in her home village, festive visits to her house — and a vi...
