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.
The United States has accumulated more than $40 trillion in national debt. That’s a number so large it’s difficult to comprehend, let alone imagine paying back. While gov...
BUTLER TWP — Township officials are hoping to offload a few excess vehicles through a bidding process.
Supervisors voted 4-0 at a Monday, Oct. 19, township meeting to aut...
MARS — Council members discussed their takes on the possible outcome of the Mars-Adams Township merger vote in November at their meeting Monday.
Mayor Gregg Hartung said...
LANCASTER TWP — The township is looking to repair one of the buildings it purchased last year at 600 Perry Highway as part of its plan for a new municipal campus.
The bu...
The United States is making an unprecedented attempt to revive three shuttered nuclear plants to meet rising energy demand, including from large-scale data centers.
No co...
Last year’s changes to federal eligibility guidelines for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program have led to steeper-than-expected drops in enrollment, causing a k...
A former employee accused of stealing more than $48,000 in equipment from the now-closed Miller’s Quality Meats in Butler had his bail changed in two cases to unsecured b...
Two Michigan men posing as Spark drivers are accused of stealing thousands of dollars in merchandise in June from Walmart in Cranberry Township, according to police.
Cra...
Butler Area School District announced it will conduct an Emergency Communication System test at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
The test comes after a Sept. 30 swatting incident that l...
Cranberry Township police are requesting the public’s help in identifying the pictured individual who, among others, is suspected of being involved in criminal mischief a...
PARIS — Paris returned to calm on Tuesday after its first quiet night since a weekend marred by France's worst rioting in years, as authorities imposed curfews in several...
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia unleashed another missile and drone blitz of civilian areas in Ukraine, killing at least seven people, officials said Tuesday, as Ukrainian Preside...
BOGOTA, Colombia — A Colombian judge on Monday ordered the nation’s government to protect more than 30 historical artifacts that officials removed from exhibits in Bogota...
WASHINGTON — Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil asked the Supreme Court on Monday to let federal judges quickly determine the legality of immigration-related detentions ...
The U.S. airman who died after a rapid fall while rappelling from the rafters of a stadium before a college football game in Texas was a 15-year service member from Georg...
TOLEDO, Ohio — Ken Schreiber was 9 when Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon in 1969 — a moment he would never forget. Like Armstrong, he too became a military...
MADRID — Rising fuel costs, discontent with the state of schools, declining public services and a housing crisis have created perfectly stormy weather for an autumn of pr...
PARIS — French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu says he has instructed prefects, the government’s regional representatives, to impose “very limited” and “localized” curfe...
Cross country is the most grueling of high school sports in Knoch head coach Shawn McAnallen’s eyes.
And Knight senior Carter French is perfectly cast for it.
“No oth...
North Catholic’s Christopher Faber and A-C Valley/Union’s Joe Rapp are in the medal hunt after the first round of the PIAA Individual Golf Championships on Monday at Penn...
PITTSBURGH — Shortly after hearing their names called in front of record-setting crowds on Pittsburgh’s North Shore at the 2026 draft, the Steelers’ rookie class did what...
The KSAC announced its cross country and girls volleyball all-conference teams Monday.
From the Butler County area, Moniteau’s Emily Matz earned girls volleyball KSAC sec...
The game in Paris between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints remains scheduled as planned despite civil unrest in the French capital, the NFL said Sunday.
Th...
BUTLER TWP — “The Tortoise and the Hare” is a good fable, but in reality, slower runners don’t win the race.
In a sense, Butler senior Brendan Eicher has been like the to...
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County. Schedules will be updated throughout the postseason.
Monday, Oct. 19
Boys Golf
8:30 a.m. — PIAA I...
Zelienople Area Public Library has received books and DVDs from the Stuttering Foundation to help people better understand stuttering and cluttering.
The materials are in...
Slippery Rock University welcomes students, alumni and community members to campus as fall traditions take center stage for the 2026 Homecoming celebration, which will ha...
To help individuals and families navigate the holiday season, Lutheran SeniorLife’s Visiting Nurses Association of Western Pennsylvania Hospice will host a holiday grief ...
In loving memory of our beloved Leo Benson whose birthday is October 20.
Another birthday, another year,
With precious memories of one so dear,
Thoughts today of our live...
In loving memory of Donnie Reott who passed away eight years ago October 20.
Some day I hope to meet you
Some day I know not when.
To clasp your hand in a better land
Ne...
In Loving Memory of
Elijah Sutton Cowoski
Passing Date-10.20.2024
It has been a two years since we had to start navigating a path forward without you…but you are still wi...