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 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has designated Butler County as an urban county for the Community Development Block Grant program, which the county f...
Legislation recently passed by the Pennsylvania Senate’s Health & Human Services Committee aims to ease some of the financial burden on the state’s emergency medical serv...
Adams Township — 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31
The township’s Halloween in the Park is set for 3 p.m. Oct. 17 at Adams Township Community Park.
Brady Township — 6-7 p.m. Sat...
JACKSON TWP — Township supervisors held a special meeting on Wednesday in which early talks on putting together the budget for 2027 kicked off.
Discussion about ongoing p...
Officials are not immediately identifying the outside agency that will undergo a forensic audit costing the county $10,000.
County commissioners on Wednesday approved the...
MIDDLESEX TWP — The township’s planning commission is working to update its zoning ordinance to address data center developments.
While no decisions were made at the boar...
Never an advocate for the “bigger is better” mentality in healthcare, Ken DeFurio’s 20-year tenure as the president and CEO of a longtime single hospital health system ch...
After leading police on a chase that ended in a crash early Wednesday morning, an Oakland Township man was charged with reckless driving and driving with a suspended lice...
The American Red Cross is urging eligible individuals to make and keep donation appointments throughout October as the need for blood and platelet donors remains constant...
KYIV, Ukraine — Thirty people were killed and at least 18 were wounded after a powerful Russian guided bomb exploded next to public buses filled with passengers in easter...
Isaias surged toward the U.S. Gulf Coast on Thursday as the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, prompting mandatory evacuations, school closures and local government ...
GENEVA — A top official with the World Health Organization said Wednesday it doesn’t know how a lab worker in Siberia died, and she urged Russia to provide more informati...
MINNEAPOLIS — FBI agents thwarted a terror attack by a teenager on the Mall of America after supplying him with an assault rifle following months of text messages, author...
Tropical Storm Isaias formed Wednesday in the warm waters off eastern Mexico and forecasters predicted it will quickly strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic...
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian missiles and drones pounded Kyiv and a dozen other Ukrainian regions overnight into Wednesday, killing at least 21 civilians, including four child...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Christa Pike has regained consciousness and is able to speak after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her by lethal injection last week, and her att...
This football season is flying by for Camden Schlegel.
Schlegel tore his ACL playing lacrosse in the spring of his sophomore year, an injury that shelved him on the gridi...
It was a brutal week for Butler County football teams a week ago, and several teams need to pick up the pieces quickly.
Karns City is still in good shape despite a stunni...
Here are the Top 10 passers, rushers, receivers and scorers in the Butler County area so far in 2026. Stats are provided by teams directly, via MaxPreps or accumulated vi...
Here are the latest standings involving Butler County-area teams, as well as full schedules for the week. All games at 7 p.m. Friday unless otherwise noted:
Independent
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Standard Steel Car Company brought industry to Butler in 1902.
Owner John Hansen also constructed basic housing for immigrant laborers and their families. He called the r...
WASHINGTON — Tom Wilson had a goal and two assists, and the Washington Capitals held on for a win in Alex Ovechkin’s final home opener 5-3 over the Pittsburgh Penguins on...
North Catholic’s Evelyn Marche and Macaria Stall will play for the WPIAL Class 2A Girls Tennis Doubles Championships title Thursday.
Marche and Stall entered Wednesday’s ...
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Shareen Thangiah does not keep a running tally of her goals.
What Slippery Rock girls soccer’s senior striker does concern herself with is putting for...
PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers learned the NFL is a reality show, complete with cameras that rarely miss a thing — particularly anything he does — long, long ago.
So, forgiv...
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins have acquired defenseman Spencer Stastney from Edmonton in exchange for forward Filip Hallander.
The deal, announced Wednesday, gives...
Walker and Company will play Saturday, Oct. 10, at Friendship Presbyterian Community Center, 886 New Castle Road in Worth Township.
The Second Saturday Concert will host ...
Zelienople Fall Festival will take over the borough Friday through Saturday, Oct. 9-11, offering activity throughout each day.
The event will take place from 4 to 9:30 p....
Grammy-nominated R&B singer Freddie Jackson, known for his smooth ‘80s hits “Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)” and “You Are My Lady,” has died. He was 70.
A stat...
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Rapper Rick Ross was arrested in Miami Beach early Thursday and charged with battery after a woman he was living with told police he hit her, authorit...
Victory Family Church is inviting the community to its Trunk or Treat event from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, at the church’s Cranberry Campus, 21150 Route 19, Cranberry ...
The Butler Knights of Columbus is hosting a flash back to the ’80s dance party from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, in St. Michael’s Church Hall, 432 Center Ave. in...
The Butler Farm Show will host the Farm Toy and Agricultural Artisans Show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10.
Admission costs $2, but children ages 12 and under are...
The Institute for Learning in Retirement at Slippery Rock University is having a musical fundraiser to support its programming.
The ILR Bash will feature performances by ...
Before the region cools off for the winter, Butler Township is taking a night to host “S’more Fun in the Park” at Preston Park.
The event, which is the first of its kind...
Since autumn is my favorite season, I create a bucket list of what fall activities I want to participate in every year.
It usually includes the following items.
Pumpk...
O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. — Psalm 63:1
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When neighbors walk past Deb West’s patio home in the Meeder neighborhood in Cranberry Township, her front porch catches their attention.
Filled with colorful seasonal fl...
