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 27-year-old Fombell woman was sentenced Thursday, Aug. 21, for a May 2023 drunken driving crash that claimed the life of a Butler County press operator who was driving ...
Cars and buses lined up to drop students off for the first day at Mars High School Thursday, Aug. 21 while construction along Route 228 continued nearby.
See the photos ...
A Mars man allegedly pulled a man out of a wheelchair during an assault and claimed he was acting in self-defense, police said.
Michael Sean Rapp, 47, was charged Tuesda...
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts:
Adams Twp
Aug. 5 — Jakob Michael Obrien, 26, of Mars, was charged with one misdeme...
BUTLER TWP — After being granted a special exception for two exterior canopies, a Chick-fil-A location is now one step closer to construction.
The Butler Township Zoning ...
The Saylor family and others in Karns City Area School District, Freeport Area School District and Allegheny Clarion School District saw students head back to school on W...
Knoch High School students will get to enjoy their traditional high school bonfire this September, but in a different location than usual, according to the Saxonburg Volu...
WASHINGTON — Most Federal Reserve officials said last month that the threat of higher inflation was a greater concern than the potential for job losses, leading the centr...
NEW YORK — Target named an insider as its next chief executive officer Wednesday, a decision that comes as the discount retailer tries to reverse a persistent sales malai...
WASHINGTON — Federal authorities have used checkpoints around the nation's capital to screen vehicles, sometimes asking people for their immigration status after stopping...
As California and Texas scramble to redraw U.S. House maps before the 2026 midterm elections, the race is underlining redistricting’s big role in determining political po...
Hurricane Erin pounded the North Carolina coast with strong waves and gusty winds as it slowly moved out to sea Thursday. It was still considered dangerous for beachg...
A train derails and spills at least 1,000 gallons of hazardous materials in the U.S. about once every two months. Nearly half of those derailments resulted in evacuations...
DALLAS — A federal judge ruled Wednesday to temporarily block a new Texas law requiring school districts to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
The judge agreed w...
RODANTHE, N.C. — Hurricane Erin began strengthening again Wednesday while creeping closer to the mid-Atlantic coast and churning up menacing waves that have closed beache...
JERUSALEM — Israel’s military said Wednesday it will call up 60,000 reservists ahead of an expanded military operation in Gaza City. Many residents have chosen to stay de...
MEXICO CITY — At least 13 people allegedly involved in the killing of two members of Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada’s staff in May were arrested Wednesday for their alle...
Police officers arrested 18 people at worker-led protests at Microsoft headquarters Wednesday as the tech company promises an “urgent” review of the Israeli military's us...
NEW YORK — At least 600 employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are receiving permanent termination notices in the wake of a recent court decision tha...
BUTLER TWP — When the Butler Football Hometown Heroes committee honored retired Major General Pete Talleri, a 1975 Butler graduate, in 2022, it decided to recognize the U...
It isn’t exactly fall weather yet, but football season is here.
Week 1 of the PIAA high school football season begins Friday night, with all 11 Butler County-area teams t...
The annual championship night at Lernerville Speedway proved to be a barnburner, with all four division titles on the line. In a rare twist of fate, each champion punctua...
Mars golfer Jackson Geiger got the better of the course at Butler Country Club, carding a 3-under-par 32 Wednesday to help the Planets defeat Knoch 181-217.
Also turning ...
PSAC fall preseason rankings began rolling in this week, and Slippery Rock University athletics were regularly voted by the league’s coaches to finish at or near the top ...
It wasn’t exactly hot this week during heat acclimatization, but the sounds of pads, panting and whistles filled the air around Butler County.
Those sounds portend the qu...
If not for a risk taken in 2020, Butler’s football program might not be playing its 120th season this fall.
The Golden Tornado’s outlook was bleak following an 0-10 campa...
Looking back at the 2024 All-Butler County boys soccer team, the star-studded squad was rife with senior talent. That means there are openings for new standouts to catch ...
Butler County’s boys soccer scene is typically pretty strong. This season should be no different, though some teams might take some time to find themselves.
Heading into ...
On Wednesday, Aug. 20, the first students in Butler County went back to class, as we learned in Thursday’s edition of the Butler Eagle.
Karns City Area School District st...
Vladimir Putin came to Alaska and got the red-carpet treatment, complete with a fighter-jet flyover and a warm presidential handshake. The state was an ironic location fo...
In loving memory of my beloved son, Bradley Zulick.
Born August 21, 1986
As the years and seasons change my love for you get’s so much stronger. You are missed by so many...
Tom Wearing
January 24, 1964 - August 21, 2023
The weight of two years without you is heavy, but your memory still brings light to my life.
Love and miss you always,
Your...
In memory of Eric Lawton who passed away 21 years ago August 21, 2004
Eric, it is impossible to forget the light you brought into my world and the love you left behind.
I...
Butler Italian Days is 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday on Butler’s Main Street between the intersections with Wayne and Cunningham streets.
The event ...
Harmony Lodge No. 429 Free & Accepted Masons in Zelienople is having a beef dinner from noon to 6 p.m. Sept. 1 at Zelienople Community Park.
The dinner, which costs $15, ...
The Butler Area Public Library had its first trivia night in June, and it will have a second one at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21.
Dianne McCauley, the library’s adult service...
The Butler County Historical Society is opening all of the county’s one-room schoolhouses for people to look through on Sept. 6.
The Schoolhouse Driving Tour takes place ...
Jack White is in a war of words with the Trump administration.
After Jack White lashed out on social media against President Donald Trump's renovations of the Oval Office...
Join local author Ken Raybuck for a book talk and signing on his most recent novel, “Red’s Secret,” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26, at the Butler Area Public Library. Raybuck...
I’m not Italian in the slightest — you can look at me and tell my ancestors hail from Ireland and Russia. But if there is one thing I understand, it’s Italian culture.
It...
