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.
Tyson Foods is closing more beef plants as a prolonged cattle shortage continues to force the U.S. beefpacking industry’s restructuring.
The country’s largest meatpacker ...
CRANBERRY TWP — On Friday, Aug. 14, the Pittsburgh Pirates ended their game around 10 p.m., defeating the Boston Red Sox 8-4. Hitters like Brandon Lowe and Esmerlyn Valde...
NEW YORK — Encouraging customers to mend worn clothes instead of buying new ones might seem like a self-defeating sales strategy. But in-store repairs and sewing workshop...
HARMONY — Four members of the Dishong family attended the Color Blast Fun Run Saturday, Aug. 15, dressed in tie-dye shirts and bandannas, which would only get more colorf...
WASHINGTON — Full disclosure: this should really be two tales. How better to pay tribute to the natural and perhaps inevitable combination of two distinctly American icon...
Ask a teen what they want to be when they grow up, and there’s a fair chance being an influencer is on their list.
Digital media and the people who star in it have been ...
Residents of the 12th state House District have been without representation for four months. Tuesday, all of that changes with a special election to fill the vacant seat....
Normally sleepy Washington Township is set to come alive next week for the 66th annual North Washington Rodeo, a five-day Western-themed event starting Tuesday, Aug. 18, ...
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — Among dozens of farm families involved in the Butler Farm Show, only one earned the prestigious prize of the Eagle Bowl Friday, Aug. 14.
Lee and Ann...
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Days of storms and flooding in Indiana left at least six people dead as floodwaters peaked in Indianapolis’ White River and rains were expected to ea...
Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia on Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv’s largest aerial attacks of the war.
Kyiv has stepped up its atta...
(The Center Square) — Student loan forgiveness may be on the way for young farmers and ranchers across the country.
Republican Pennsylvania U.S. Rep. Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson,...
Hurricane Lala weakened to a tropical storm Sunday after its eyewall skirted Hawaii without making landfall, but it continued to punish the Big Island with hurricane-forc...
AUSTIN, Texas — Democrats seeking the party's presidential nomination in 2028 will need to prove themselves early on in states where Black and Latino voters and union me...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's war against Iran is stretching the limits of U.S. aircraft carriers and leaving the western Pacific without one of the key American ...
MILAN— Thieves stole four works attributed to Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina worth millions of euros from the regional museum in the city of Messina in Sicily w...
Iran said Qatar was holding three of its pilots who had been missing since March, which Qatar denied. The United Arab Emirates accused Iran of again attacking one of its ...
SANTA ANA ZIROSTO, Mexico — It didn't take long for Mexican avocado picker Francisco Isidro to get back to work after authorities announced the lifting of a U.S. securi...
We are ready for some football.
The countdown has already begun for that and all the rest of the fall sports, and the Butler Eagle is gearing up for the 2026 PIAA season ...
Supposedly, with age comes wisdom. At my age, 70s, confusion is replacing it. As were so many Americans, I was raised in a loving family that worked hard and was “charact...
Most people think voting, petitions or rallies are the only way to make an impact as a regular citizen, but there are several other ways to make your opinions heard.
Call...
The COVID-19 pandemic was an extremely sad American event. It was new and scary. Many cases resulted in death.
Other countries were in the same fix. No one really knew ho...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Software engineer Josh Dersch loves old computers. He spends countless hours tinkering in his garage, trying to coax decades-old machines back to ...