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.
All Saints Parish in Butler will go through with all of its masses scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 24, but its Sunday schedule has changed.
The only mass that will take plac...
Summit Academy announced a student left the school grounds Friday.
The student is not dangerous. However, residents should lock their car and house doors, according to a...
Primary ownership of the toy store Playthings Etc. in Clay Township is changing, but remaining in the family.
Nadine Shingleton, who opened the business 20 years ago, sai...
The Butler County Chamber of Commerce is preparing to a trip overseas for later this year and others are welcomed to join.
From Oct. 17 through 24, the chamber has organi...
CRANBERRY TWP — A new center is reimagining the way pets receive emergency care.
Pets and owners of all sizes and species will be covered around the clock, 365 days of th...
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge ticked up in November in the latest sign that prices remain stubbornly elevated, while consumers spent at a h...
The stakes are high, the clock is ticking and entrepreneurs are preparing to face the sharks — not on television, but right here in Butler County.
Modeled after the longs...
Federal officers shot and killed a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, according to a hospital record obtained by the As...
John Brodie, who won an MVP award and was one of the NFL's most prolific passers during a 17-year career with the San Francisco 49ers, has died. He was 90.
The 49ers said...
ORLANDO, Fla. — Texas supplied the most new residents of any U.S. state for nine other states, despite having the biggest population growth this decade, according to figu...
WASHINGTON — A massive pipe that moves millions of gallons of sewage has ruptured and sent wastewater flowing into the Potomac River northwest of Washington, D.C., pollut...
PHILADELPHIA — Outraged critics accused President Donald Trump of “whitewashing history” on Friday after the National Park Service removed an exhibit on slavery at Philad...
LOS ANGELES — Former Philadelphia Eagles defensive lineman Kevin Johnson died from “blunt head trauma and stab wounds” at a homeless encampment, according to the medical ...
NEW YORK — The U.S. has finalized its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, one year after President Donald Trump announced America was ending its 78-year-old co...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Families of the astronauts lost in the space shuttle Challenger accident gathered back at the launch site Thursday to mark that tragic day 40 years...
DALLAS — Freezing rain fell in parts of Texas on Friday as a huge, dayslong winter storm began a trek that threatened to bring snow, sleet, ice, bone-chilling temperature...
MINNEAPOLIS — Police arrested about 100 clergy demonstrating against immigration enforcement at Minnesota’s largest airport Friday, and several thousand gathered in downt...
For the first time in generations, the Pittsburgh Steelers will not be plucking a relative unknown candidate to be their next head coach.
Instead, the franchise known for...
Head coach Josh Orris knew early on Owen Layhew had a chance to be special.
On Saturday, 20 years after Knoch boys wrestling joined the WPIAL, Layhew proved just how spec...
Win or bust was not Riley Smith’s mindset as a freshman wrestler at Seneca Valley two years ago.
He competed in the lightest weight class of 107 pounds, but weighed just ...
Butler County sports five boys high school wrestling programs that produce talented grapplers regularly. Butler and Seneca Valley feature wrestlers in the WPIAL tournamen...
BUTLER TWP — The temperatures outside brought an icy chill Friday night.
The spots outside the arc on New Castle’s heat map didn’t bear resemblance.
The visiting Red Hurr...
Karns City girls basketball held Redbank Valley to a single point in the fourth quarter in a 66-35 victory over the host Bulldogs on Friday.
Naomi Venesky dropped a doubl...
Jesse Minter, Robert Saleh and Jeff Hafley earned their head coaching opportunities on the defensive side of the ball.
Three of the five new hires this coaching cycle are...
BUTLER TWP — Most high school basketball players aren’t as lengthy as Andrew Gettinger. Or athletically gifted as Stainton Forbes.
There are many more who instead resembl...
Supervisors in Jefferson Township are facing a decision that is bound to leave some residents unhappy regardless of what they choose.
The future of SEBCO Pool is on the t...
The freight rail system is critical to Western Pennsylvania’s economy. It supports farms, factories and businesses that all depend on timely deliveries and competitive ra...
First, let me say, in complete agreement with Jill Mick, what happened to Renee Good should never have happened.
In her Jan. 18 letter to the editor, (“Left-wing leaders ...
In 2020, Chuck Schumer took to the Senate floor and lambasted President Donald Trump for not bringing an end to Nicolás Maduro’s regime. Schumer said Trump’s promise to l...
In the Jan. 18 weekend Eagle, there were two opposing viewpoints on the Renee Good murder in Minneapolis. Both were well written, but were based on personal feelings inst...
A few years back, I was eating Easter dinner with my extended family. Suddenly, we witnessed a police chase that ended with the fleeing driver crashing onto my property.
...
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week.
Lun...
Zachary Slomers received a Master of Business Administration-Finance degree from PennWest Clarion, where he was also a member of the 2025 Academic All-District football t...
Members of a Butler County 4-H Club took home the bronze medal from a competition at the Pennsylvania Farm Show on Jan. 14.
The Fabulous Fiber 4-H Club placed third in th...
Looking to add more flavor and keep salmon fillets moist, I sautéed them on a bed of creamy spinach and seasoned them with garlic and dill. The result was tender, flavorf...
The Midwife Center for Birth & Women's Health
Jan. 11, 2026
To Kristin Caro and Brandon King, of Butler, a son named River Nicholas King, at 2:41 a.m. Grandparents are Ni...
CRANBERRY TWP — At age 97, that number does not define John Bridges. His experiences do.
A resident of the Sherwood Oaks senior community for three years, Bridges has par...
The following area residents have been named to the president’s list at their respective colleges and universities.
Butler County Community College
Boyers: Canaan Hartle
...
Intermediate League of Butler will have a meeting on Monday, Feb. 2, at Christ Community Methodist Church, 205 N. Duffy Road, Butler.
Board members will meet at 6 p.m. S...
The following area residents have been named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges and universities.
Bucknell University
Butler: Megan Baggetta, Chuck Kreinbuch...
A May 23 wedding is being planned by Laura Ankrom, of Oakland Township, and Mathew Roth, of New Kensington.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of Rhonda Ankrom, of Prospect,...
There’s no mistaking Jupiter in the sky these Butler winter evenings, rising in the southeast as evening twilight ends. In fact, you should be able to easily see it long ...
At a time when productivity means optimizing every second and screens blur the line between work and home, some people are slowing down and disconnecting by looking to co...
It’s a bold filmmaking choice to have a countdown clock on the screen for most of your movie.
In the best-case scenario for a movie like “Mercy,” in which a Los Angeles d...
Jodie Foster plays a self-assured psychoanalyst whose composure unravels after a patient unexpectedly dies in the genre-bending French film “A Private Life.”
Rebecca...
