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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
Butler County Common Pleas Judge S. Michael Yeager is warning residents of a phone scam making the rounds in which the caller makes use of a phony number “spoofing” an of...
April 30, 2026 Local News
Charges against a former Knoch School District teacher were dismissed by Common Pleas Judge Joseph Kubit Thursday, April 30. Carly Ann Miller, 36, of Allison Park, had ch...
April 30, 2026 Local News
NEW YORK — The U.S stock market motored to more records Thursday as profits keep piling up for Alphabet, Caterpillar and other big businesses. The gains came after the la...
April 30, 2026 Business
A Butler County man was sentenced Thursday for assaulting a man in September at a hotel in Cranberry Township; and for a hit-and-run in 2024. Jakob M. Honaker O’Brien, 27...
April 30, 2026 Local News
A Butler County Prison inmate accused of stabbing a man to death was found with two metal shanks, according to Butler County detectives. Richard A. Swann II, 37, of Butl...
April 30, 2026 Local News
Grove City College has officially broken ground on its new nature classroom near its Early Education Center on campus. The Early Education Center’s nature classroom is be...
April 30, 2026 Local News
A new children’s gym is set to open in Cranberry Township offering sensory safe play for kids with autism, special needs and neurotypical development. We Rock the Spectru...
April 30, 2026 Business
With spring in the air and summer around the corner, more people are taking to the great outdoors. Of course, that means more people are exposing themselves to ticks — an...
April 30, 2026 Health
A former Middlesex Township man serving a long prison sentence after being found guilty of sexual assault charges in Butler and Allegheny counties in 2014 is challenging ...
April 30, 2026 Crime & Courts
Raising the state minimum wage could be the right decision, if “done wisely,” the president of the Pittsburgh North Regional Chamber said in a recent interview about a pr...
April 30, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Other News
Amtrak is considering allowing people to store guns in lockboxes on most of its trains, which critics say would weaken security measures that instead should be strengthen...
April 30, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump swiftly signed a bipartisan legislation Thursday to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcem...
April 30, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth clashed with Democratic lawmakers in Congress for a second day Thursday, rejecting senators’ accusations that the Iran war was...
April 30, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — The Senate has approved a bipartisan resolution to prevent its own members from using prediction markets, banning senators who are often privy to sensitive i...
April 30, 2026 National News
LONDON — Two Jewish men were stabbed and injured on a London street on Wednesday, in what police called an act of terrorism. Police arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicio...
April 30, 2026 International News
The number of fatalities on Pennsylvania roads last year was the lowest since records began being kept in 1928. Traffic fatalities in the Keystone State in 2025 numbered ...
April 30, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Butler County’s delegation to the Pennsylvania House is in total agreement: a proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2029 is misguided. All four local representativ...
April 30, 2026 Pennsylvania News
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — It's not every day — or even every decade — that voters are presented a decision like this: Should the state's individual income tax be eliminated? ...
April 30, 2026 National News
Glass shards flew everywhere as Eric Gockel waited out one of the worst hailstorms to hit Missouri. One of the softball-size hunks of ice that hit the Springfield area on...
April 30, 2026 National News
Sports
The high school track and field season continues on, with the postseason already here. Take a look at the Butler County-area track and field leaders in each event as of A...
April 30, 2026 Sports
A group of Butler athletes signed to continue their careers in college on Wednesday. Take a look at the gallery below to see who’s going where. ...
April 30, 2026 Sports
Editorial
Community
The Associated Artists of Butler County announced the winners of the annual Butler County High School Exhibit at the opening night reception Friday, April 24. Alessia Ham...
April 30, 2026 Community
Allegheny-Clarion Valley High School hosted “Get Tangled in Memories With Us” for its 2026 prom, which took place Saturday, April 25, at the Allegheny Grille Timberframe ...
April 30, 2026 Community
Ian McClelland, of Scout Troop 6, has earned the rank of Eagle Scout, Scouting’s highest honor, through the Moraine Trails Council of Scouting America. Ian officially ach...
April 30, 2026 Community
I hope you enjoyed the full moon on Friday night to kick off May. It’s considered by many cultures as the Flower Moon for obvious reasons. We're not done with full moons...
April 30, 2026 Starwatch
League has nine youth teams, 17 adult league teams
April 30, 2026 Community
Student teams from Haine Elementary and Haine Middle schools have earned invitations to the KidWind World Championship, May 17 through 20 at the University of Wisconsin-M...
April 30, 2026 Community
Announcements
Arts & Entertainment
David Allan Coe, the country singer-songwriter who wrote the working-class anthem “Take This Job and Shove It” and had hits with “You Never Even Called Me By My Name” and...
April 30, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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