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.
ADAMS TWP — At its meeting on Monday night, Aug. 24, the board of supervisors granted final land development approval to Flynn Tire & Auto for a proposed new tire and aut...
A building on Butler’s Main Street is expected to begin demolition sometime before the end of August, city officials said.
The property, 123 S. Main St., is set to be tra...
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts:
Adams Twp
Aug. 14 — Jason Matthew Droske, 44, of Middlesex Township, was charged w...
BUTLER TWP — Steven Shaffer, a criminology professor at Butler County Community College, said students on his first day ranged from recent high school graduates to middle...
The U.S. reopened a border crossing in Arizona to cattle from Mexico on Monday as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to reduce record-high beef prices,...
A Lyndora woman who allegedly has an immunodeficiency disorder is accused of an assault at Butler Memorial Hospital where she broke a nurse’s skin.
Nicole Noel McCabe, 4...
Sprankle’s Community Markets is hosting its eighth annual Campout for Community fundraiser event on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at its location on 3rd Street in Leechburg.
Throug...
WASHINGTON — U.S. tariffs on all cars and trucks, automotive parts and steel will be increased to 50% starting January 1, 2027, President Donald Trump said in a social me...
A Cheswick woman is accused of assaulting three people, one by hitting them over the head with a rolling chair, early Monday morning, Aug. 24, in Clinton Township, accord...
Boeing’s engineering and technicians union voted Friday to reject the company’s contract offer and authorize its negotiating team to call for a strike.
Boeing, in respons...
WASHINGTON — After a pause of more than two months, the U.S. military announced Monday that it once again carried out a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, k...
Shelley Fabares, an actor who was a fixture on television for decades from her days as a young teenager on “The Donna Reed Show,” through “One Day at a Time” and “Coach,”...
RENO, Nev. — Crews have started to contain a wildfire in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Reno, Nev., that destroyed more than 30 homes as it spread perilously close to d...
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court opened a path Monday for possible implementation of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains ...
U.S. forces have struck another vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people accused of trafficking drugs, the Department of Defense said Monday, in the first ...
RENO, Nevada — A wildfire that mushroomed over the weekend in the Sierra Nevada foothills spread perilously close to neighborhoods in Reno, Nevada, forcing authorities to...
It’s easy to associate a quarterback with being a leader on the football field. They handle the ball on nearly every offensive play, and their performance, good or bad, h...
The 2025 high school football season featured many standout efforts on the defensive side of the ball. Some of those players graduated, but others are back to add to ...
Summit Academy’s players grabbed a Gatorade and a snack, then sat down with one another to watch a football-themed film.
The recent camp movie night, which first-year coa...
All five of Butler’s scoring golfers came in with sub-80 scores at Slippery Rock Golf Club, led by Karsten Lenyk’s 71, as the Golden Tornado boys golf team won an 18-hole...
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 ...
Trent Best, a senior infielder/right-handed pitcher at Butler, committed to Marietta College earlier this month to continue his baseball career.
“I’m beyond blessed and e...
Butler County Community College women’s volleyball began the season with a pair of wins.
The No. 7-ranked Pioneers beat Erie Community College twice, 3-0 and 3-1. Madelyn...
To say Steve Monteleone hasn’t been groomed to be a head football coach would be a gross understatement.
Monteleone, offensive coordinator at Slippery Rock last year, is ...
A number of standout performances from seniors helped lift Union/A-C Valley's football team to a 10-2 effort in 2025, the best record in the 10-year history of the co-op ...
His numbers last year were modest, at best — two carries for 11 yards, three catches for 21 yards.
But this is a new season. And Slippery Rock senior Cole Schwartz plans ...
The Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia is hosting a day of workshops for writers at the Sawmill Center for the Arts in Cook Forest State Park on Sept. 26.
The conf...
In loving memory of our dear daughter, granddaughter, niece, and cousin, Stacey Nicodemus, who passed away seven years ago today, August 25, 2019.
We question not God’s j...
NEW YORK — Jaafar Jackson is interested in doing a “Michael” sequel that focuses on the child molestation allegations made against his famous uncle from the King of Pop’s...
Hayden Panettiere’s boyfriend, Brian Hickerson, drained the actress emotionally and financially, even pawning some of her possessions and keeping others in a storage unit...
I love the Lord. He heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. — Psalm 116:1-2
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The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
Needlecraft
Apron, Sue Brennan, Freedom
Dress - Child's, Sue Brennan, Free...
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
FARM CROPS
Grain & Seed Crops
Field Corn, Lee Ambrose, Butler
Indian Corn,...
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
Flowering House Plants
African Violets, Robin Shemela, Mars
Begonia, Linda...
