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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
Before Tim Fennell was Butler County’s Chief Detective, he thwarted a robbery of more than $12,000 in diamond rings from a Main Street jeweler. Another time, he investiga...
June 12, 2026 Local News
More than seven months after a fire destroyed Butler’s former Bantam Jeep building, the city’s mayor said he has heard no updates from the property owner about the future...
June 12, 2026 Local News
The Butler County Treasurer’s Office has been advised the state Dog Law enforcement officer will begin concentrated enforcement in targeted areas of the county beginning ...
June 12, 2026 Local News
The Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival is underway Friday and continues through the weekend. Photos from the event will be uploaded through early next week to this gallery, wh...
June 12, 2026 Local News
Butler residents with a sweet tooth will soon have a new way to satiate their cravings along Main Street. Jenn and Matt McConnell, co-owners of The Sweet Gremlin bakery,...
June 12, 2026 Business
Allegheny-Clarion Valley School District is opening new student registration for the 2026-2027 school year from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. July 28 and 29. Registration is by ...
June 12, 2026 Local News
Both Adams Township and Mars Borough reassured residents that there will be no change to their mailing addresses in the event that the two boroughs enter into their propo...
June 12, 2026 Government
A Texas man allegedly reached around a shop counter in Summit Township and attempted to steal a gun while the clerk was distracted, state police said. Ricardo Abraham Va...
June 12, 2026 Local News
The Scholastic Book Fair is a rite of passage for children across the country and the South Butler Community Library is hosting a 10-day book fair from Friday, June 12, t...
June 12, 2026 Education
NEW YORK — The world’s richest man just became its first trillionaire. Shares in Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX soared 25% after opening for trading at noon Friday, an...
June 12, 2026 Business
Other News
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal judge agreed on Friday to extend indefinitely a court-ordered block on the Trump administration's creation and operation of a $1.8 billion set...
June 12, 2026 National News
Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries, depots and pipelines. Tanker trucks attacked and left ablaze along the land corridor from Russia to Crimea. Motorists waiting in lo...
June 12, 2026 International News
TOLEDO, Ohio — Police in Ohio have arrested a suspect in a shooting that wounded 12 people at a crowded neighborhood street festival last weekend. Eljay Crisp-Carr, 20, ...
June 12, 2026 National News
MIDLAND, Texas — A shooter who opened fire in the West Texas city of Midland died Friday after a standoff with police following an attack that left one person dead and at...
June 12, 2026 National News
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s prime minister said Friday the United States and Iran have agreed to wording of an agreement aimed at ending their war in the Middle East and that ...
June 12, 2026 International News
Authorities and residents searched tornado-ravaged areas and assessed damage Friday after a strong line of storms barreled through communities south of Chicago, leaving a...
June 12, 2026 National News
Ford is recalling more than 250,000 vehicles that were incorrectly repaired under a previous recall meant to fix a problem that caused the engine to stall while driving. ...
June 12, 2026 National News
The U.S. and Iran may sign an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on the sidelines of the Group of Seven world leaders summit next week, according to senior official...
June 12, 2026 International News
Sports
UNIVERSITY PARK — A little after 4:30 p.m. Thursday, about three-and-a-half hours before the PIAA Class 6A title game’s first pitch was thrown, a group of six children as...
June 12, 2026 Sports
David Renner wasn’t always the mainstay in net he has been lately for Mars. The senior boys lacrosse goalie and Penn State Harrisburg commit wasn’t even a full-timer up u...
June 12, 2026 Sports
Mars boys lacrosse’s journey back to the PIAA Class 2A championship game began a year ago on a sweltering day in Mechanicsburg. Hoping to reach the final for the fifth st...
June 12, 2026 Sports
Editorial
Each June, our nation takes time for a different sort of holiday. It isn’t focused on family or tradition. It doesn’t directly mark history or honor anyone in particular....
June 12, 2026 Our Opinion
June 12, 2026 Cartoons
As the world recognizes 2026 as the United Nation’s International Year of the Woman Farmer, it provides an opportunity to celebrate the countless women who have helped b...
June 12, 2026 Other Voices
Community
The Middlesex Township Police Department will play the role of “ice cream man” on Saturday, June 27 as part of the first “Ice Cream With The Cops,” a community-building e...
June 12, 2026 Community
Butler Senior High School’s class of 2026 announced Rachel Arnovitz Dohme, of the Butler High School Class of 1970, as its choice for the 46th annual Butler Senior High S...
June 12, 2026 Community
Thomas Pearcy compiles data of Central American nation
June 12, 2026 Community
Announcements
Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Gene Shalit, a movie critic and arts reporter for the “Today” show over four decades who was known for his puffy hair, oversized handlebar mustache and affecti...
June 12, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Other
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
June 12, 2026 Local News
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June 12, 2026 Special Sections
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
June 12, 2026 Special Sections
June 12, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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