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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
The Rotary Butler Cultural District will present a sneak preview of their upcoming heritage weekend at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, at the Penn Theater in Butler. Steeples...
February 27, 2026 Local News
VA Butler Fire and Emergency Services operations within the community will change and its ambulance service will cease operations effective midnight Saturday, Feb. 28. Th...
February 27, 2026 Local News
Students from nine Pittsburgh area school districts gathered at the Westinghouse Global Headquarters in Cranberry Township on Friday to compete in the Chris Savinda Memor...
February 27, 2026 Education
A GoFundMe for a Buffalo Township family who lost their home in a fire earlier this month raised more than $15,000 in its first week. Maddy Pulaski created the fundraise...
February 27, 2026 Local News
WINFIELD TWP — The township board of supervisors voted during their monthly meeting on Thursday night, Feb. 26, to deny a conditional use request for a storage business t...
February 27, 2026 Local News
A former employee is accused of deleting historical, template and various other files from Evans City Public Library servers. Evelyn L. Green, 31, of Renfrew, was charge...
February 27, 2026 Local News
During a traffic stop, a Mars man attempted to tamper with evidence by throwing a substance over a house across the street, according to police. Alexander Paul Kostial, ...
February 27, 2026 Local News
Lost old location prior to end of 2025
February 27, 2026 Business
Display part of America250 celebration in county
February 27, 2026 Local News
While an ongoing effort aims to upgrade parking citywide, officials moved to perform preventive maintenance on one of the city’s parking garages. Butler City Council vote...
February 27, 2026 Local News
Other News
MIAMI — A stolen boat, with 10 people aboard, loaded with weapons, departs the Florida Keys but gunfire erupts before reaching Cuba. The explanation, according to the Cub...
February 27, 2026 National News
LONDON — In turbulent political times, stability comes with four legs, whiskers and a fondness for napping. Larry the cat celebrates 15 years on Sunday as the British...
February 27, 2026 International News
LAS VEGAS — A toucan that has been seen flying around Las Vegas for months has been saved, a bird rescue group said Wednesday. “We’ve all just been so worried about him,”...
February 27, 2026 National News
Bruce Froemming, a major league umpire for 37 consecutive years who worked the third-most games in big league history and a record 11 no-hitters, died Wednesday, his son ...
February 27, 2026 National News
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday that 30 more people have been indicted for allegedly taking part in an anti-immigration enforcement protest at a Minnesota chu...
February 27, 2026 National News
TEL AVIV, Israel — U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he's “not happy” with the latest talks over Iran’s nuclear program but indicated he would give negotiators more...
February 27, 2026 National News
NEW YORK — Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years ago. But we don't know much about who got with...
February 27, 2026 National News
TEL AVIV, Israel — The U.S. Embassy in Israel on Friday told its staff that it could leave the country and urged anyone considering departure to do so immediately, as the...
February 27, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton told members of Congress on Friday that he “did nothing wrong” in his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and saw no signs of Eps...
February 27, 2026 National News
Sports
Moniteau boys basketball came up a win shy of making the PIAA tournament after a season that saw the Warriors make more noise than expected in the preseason. The No. 2 Wa...
February 27, 2026 Sports
Butler senior Santino Sloboda is once again undefeated through two rounds at the PIAA Boys Individual Wrestling Class 3A West Regional tournament. Sloboda (127 pounds) wo...
February 27, 2026 Sports
PITTSBURGH — Adrian Lavorini’s final individual swim at the WPIAL Class 2A Swimming Championships yielded a very impressive result. Knoch’s senior swam the 100-yard breas...
February 27, 2026 Sports
The 2026 Penguins Cup playoffs begin Feb. 23, starting with Class A. Butler takes on North Catholic in a battle of Butler County teams in a play-in game Tuesday, Feb. 24....
February 27, 2026 Sports
PITTSBURGH — Jack Hughes knows that at some point, the chaos that has been his life since his gold-medal winning overtime goal for the United States at the Milan Cortina ...
February 27, 2026 Professional
Naomi Venesky and Hanna Dailey have a chance to do what few players get to — finish a dynasty with a fourth straight district championship. The seniors will lead Karn...
February 27, 2026 Sports
Two years into the Jeff Steele era, the Slippery Rock girls basketball team is back in the District 10 championship game. The No. 4 Rockets (19-4) return for the first ti...
February 27, 2026 Sports
Editorial
Community
In November 2024, NexTier Bank donated $40,000 to the Mars Planet Foundation. A portion went to the school’s STEAM — Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics...
February 27, 2026 Community
The following area residents have been named to the president’s list at their respective colleges and universities. Kent State University Center Township: Victoria Nebel ...
February 27, 2026 Community
ZELIENOPLE — Guests at Woods Lane & Co. got to enjoy a bite of the Mediterranean with no flights needed on Thursday, Feb. 26. A Taste of the Mediterranean workshop, taugh...
February 27, 2026 Community
Announcements
CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY on Friday, Feb. 27, is Geoffrey Hankey, of Cabot. ...
February 27, 2026 Town & County
Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Neil Sedaka, the hit-making singer-songwriter whose boyish soprano and bright melodies made him a top act in the early years of rock ‘n' roll and led to a seco...
February 27, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Actor Bobby J. Brown, best known for his role as Officer Bobby Brown in the hit HBO series “The Wire,” has died at age 62. His daughter confirmed his death to ...
February 27, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Two of Hollywood’s oldest studios may be consolidating into one. In a shocking twist after a monthslong bidding war, Paramount has emerged as the apparent victor in the f...
February 27, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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