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.
NEW YORK — Stocks sank on Wall Street Thursday after the price of oil spiked to its highest level since the summer of 2024 because of the war with Iran.
The S&P 500 fel...
A power outage in Butler left 291 customers of FirstEnergy without electricity Thursday afternoon, March 5. The outage included the Butler County Government Center and ne...
A man who alerted police about two women dead in a Jackson Township home shot and killed himself in a field across from two schools in Illinois, according to police.
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BUTLER TWP — Neither of the two occupants of an apartment located above the Zivo Smoke Tobacco shop on East Jefferson Street were injured when the apartment caught fire T...
Three people sustained injuries, one requiring a flight to UPMC Presbyterian hospital, following a three-vehicle crash involving two parked cars Tuesday, March 2, in Butl...
BUTLER TWP — With two fields already constructed, township officials are moving to finish the Pullman Recreation Complex in the coming months.
Butler Township Planning Co...
BUTLER TWP — With Butler County Community College crossing its 60th anniversary, all eyes are now on what the next 60 for the college will look like.
For BC3 administrato...
PROSPECT — It’s not often organizations from the same field gather to honor some of their most dedicated employees to help grow the industry together.
In Butler County, h...
After more people died in home fires in Pennsylvania than any other state in 2025, the American Red Cross is helping to install smoke alarms in homes for free.
The organi...
Municipalities in Butler County will receive a combined $8,073,208 in liquid fuels payments this year. The amounts were announced Tuesday, March 3.
This marks a slight de...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage o...
The U.S. Postal Service will run out of cash within a year unless Congress lifts a decades-old cap and allows the agency to borrow more money, the new postmaster general ...
WASHINGTON — At least two dozen states challenged President Donald Trump’s new global tariffs on Thursday, filing a lawsuit over import taxes he imposed after a stinging ...
Concern is rising that the first major storm outbreak in the run-up to spring could strike the nation’s heartland, putting millions of Americans from Texas to Iowa at ris...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, after mounting criticism over her leadership of the departmen...
WASHINGTON — The House narrowly rejected a war powers resolution Thursday to halt President Donald Trump’s attacks on Iran, an early sign of unease in Congress over the r...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran launched a new wave of attacks against Israel, American bases and countries around the region Thursday, while warning the U.S. would “b...
NEW YORK — Two principal songwriters of The Guess Who — the band that crafted the hit song “American Woman” — will tour America itself later this year for the first time ...
The 2026 Penguins Cup playoffs begin Feb. 23, starting with Class A.
Butler takes on North Catholic in a battle of Butler County teams in a play-in game Tuesday, Feb. 24....
Union High School does not have a swimming team, but brothers Hudson and Harry Bliss have both turned in successful seasons while competing independently.
A freshman, Har...
Butler senior wrestler Santino Sloboda opened his final appearance at the PIAA Class 3A Championships by posting a 5-3 decision over Bethlehem Catholic’s Andre Cerrato in...
KARNS CITY — Eight for eight is a perfect batting average.
Going eight for eight in terms of chasing team district championships is practically unheard of. Karns City sen...
Add another chapter to the Bednar baseball story.
Tuesday afternoon in Scottsdale, Ariz., Mars graduates David and Will Bednar pitched in the same professional baseball g...
Butler’s rifle team played the waiting game ... and won.
A week after placing second in the WPIAL in February, the Golden Tornado tallied a score of 1,019.3 at the st...
I know so many people are approaching America’s 250th anniversary with a sense of trepidation, even dread. Is there really anything to celebrate given the recent chaos an...
Butler County Historical Society, the Saxonburg Museum and the Zelienople Historical Society all plan to digitalize their collections of photos, manuscripts, letters and ...
There are three more Lenten luncheons taking place at Thorncreek United Methodist Church this season.
The luncheons will take place at noon on Tuesdays — March 10, 17 and...
Jefferson Township Grange will host card parties once again.
The parties will take place at noon on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month starting March 11 at 211...
NEW YORK — Savannah Guthrie made an off-camera appearance Thursday at NBC's “Today” show studios to thank colleagues for their support since her mother Nancy went missing...
LOS ANGELES — Here’s the story … of how a modest mid-century home became a Los Angeles landmark.
The LA city council voted unanimously on Wednesday to designate the so-c...
A plethora of the city’s most popular events are set to hit the streets once again this year.
Butler City Council voted unanimously Thursday, Feb. 26, to approve a list o...
