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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
A new spot for brews and food at the corner of Main and Jefferson streets announced it soft opened Wednesday night, June 10. Hop Car Brewing announced through its Faceboo...
June 12, 2026 Business
Virginia Shirey, mother of a former Freeport Area School District student who recently died, wants her son’s memory to impact those benefiting from the same programs he d...
June 12, 2026 Local News
Initiative is one of several designed to strengthen relationships within the community
June 12, 2026 Local News
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Butler June 1 — Kevin Glenn Hodgens, 62, of Butler, was charged with one misdemean...
June 12, 2026 Local News
SLIPPERY ROCK — One hundred and forty-five Slippery Rock Area High School seniors left the launch pad as they turned their tassels 7 p.m. Thursday, June 11, at Slippery R...
June 11, 2026 Local News
Motions argued by attorneys Thursday in Butler County Common Pleas Court in advance of a June 23 trial centered around the destruction of evidence in the 2022 drug posses...
June 11, 2026 Local News
The Butler County Democratic Committee, the local branch of the Democratic Party, elected a new chairman and new precinct committeemen and committeewomen at its reorganiz...
June 11, 2026 Local News
Jeep enthusiasts and history lovers will not want to miss the latest print release from Butler Art Center resident artist Ed Davis. Davis, who served in Operation Desert ...
June 11, 2026 Local News
WASHINGTON — Fruit-flavored e-cigarettes recently authorized by the Food and Drug Administration were not significantly better at helping smokers quit than tobacco-flavor...
June 11, 2026 Business
WASHINGTON — U.S. producer prices climbed last month at the fastest pace since November 2022, fueled by a surge in energy prices after the start of the Iran war. The Lab...
June 11, 2026 Business
Other News
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. government on Thursday announced sanctions against Cuba’s state-owned oil and gas company in a move some experts say will only deepen the...
June 11, 2026 International News
French sailor Charlie Dalin, who won the around-the-world race Vendee Globe in record time last year, has died from cancer. He was 42. Vendee Globe organizers announced ...
June 11, 2026 International News
DETROIT — The opening of a Canadian-U.S. bridge across the Detroit River, which President Donald Trump had previously threatened to block, was delayed Thursday due to unr...
June 11, 2026 National News
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota man who pleaded guilty Thursday to killing a top Democratic lawmaker and her husband admitted he spent months identifying elected officials to t...
June 11, 2026 National News
Severe storms that swept through the Midwest knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers, damaged buildings and canceled flights, with new tornadoes touching ...
June 11, 2026 National 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
UNIVERSITY PARK — The clutch play that had been such a big part of Butler baseball’s historic 2026 season eluded the Golden Tornado in the most crucial moments Thursday n...
June 11, 2026 Sports
That’s it. Butler (23-4) took on Neshaminy (21-7) looking to win its first PIAA baseball championship in program history — in its first appearance — at Penn State’s Medla...
June 11, 2026 Sports
BUTLER TWP — Butler baseball is entering the state championship game for the first time in program history. The 1992 Golden Tornado team — the only team before this year ...
June 11, 2026 Sports
BOGGS TWP, Centre County — While far from a direct path, the road to Butler’s upcoming trip to Penn State University began at Upper St. Clair’s Boyce Mayview Park three y...
June 11, 2026 Sports
Butler has made history already — twice — this season. It’s hoping to do so one more time. The WPIAL champion Golden Tornado (23-3) take on District 1’s fourth-place team...
June 11, 2026 Sports
BUTLER TWP — Butler baseball is hoping to add an exclamation point to an already great season. The WPIAL Class 6A champion Golden Tornado (23-3) will play in their first-...
June 11, 2026 Sports
Butler’s quest for a PIAA baseball tournament championship continues Monday against Owen J. Roberts in the Class 6A semifinals. See the full PIAA brackets below. Results ...
June 11, 2026 Sports
Editorial
Community
Organizations schedule meals at different city parks
June 11, 2026 Community
The following marriage licenses were issued in Butler County: Justin Moyer and Megan Majeski, both of Jackson Township Ryan Moffett and Haylee Fredericks, both of Cranber...
June 11, 2026 Vital Statistics
The following divorces were granted in Butler County courts: John Aubrey from Heather Aubrey, both of Butler Todd Johnston from Emily Johnston, both of Butler Kristen Ka...
June 11, 2026 Vital Statistics
The following area residents were named to the president’s list at their respective colleges and universities. Commonwealth University-Bloomsburg Cranberry Township: Step...
June 11, 2026 Community
ELLWOOD Group awarded two recent Moniteau graduates, Zane Rott and Zetta Stroup, with its Industrial Maintenance Scholarship. They each received $20,000. Zane plans to c...
June 11, 2026 Community
Senior centers serving Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following meals this week. Lunc...
June 11, 2026 Senior
The Cranberry Sunrise Rotary recently honored Maya McCracken, Maddox Pindroh and Larke Stephansky as the March, April and May Students of the Month, respectively, at Hain...
June 11, 2026 Community
The Cranberry Sunrise Rotary recently honored Cameron Magill, Brynn Barclay, Adrien Latham and Edith Waseleski as the January, February, March and April students of the m...
June 11, 2026 Community
Last week in Starwatch, I attempted to explain the tricks for finding Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, the Big Bear and the Little Bear. What complicates things a bit is that t...
June 11, 2026 Community
The following area residents were named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges and universities. Bucknell University Butler: Megan Baggetta, Jack Beneigh, Chuck ...
June 11, 2026 Community
Announcements
In loving memory of our beloved brother, Raymond “Jack” Gould, who passed away 47 years ago today, June 12. To one we will never forget His absence to us is a sorrow His...
June 12, 2026 In Memoriams
In loving memory of my husband, father, and grandfather, Francis Neff, who went to his heavenly home one year ago, June 12. Not a day goes by that I don’t think of you. A...
June 12, 2026 In Memoriams
Arts & Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — When Javoris Hollingsworth looked over his children’s shoulders during the pandemic, he noticed something missing from the educational videos keeping them o...
June 11, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Glenn Close will finally get her hands on an Oscar. Long considered among the best actors to never win one, the eight-time nominee will get an honorary Academy Award...
June 11, 2026 People
Other
June 12, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. — Psalm 46:10 ...
June 12, 2026 Verse of the Day
A backyard swimming pool can transform a home into a summer destination. Before the first shovel breaks ground, homeowners face a long list of decisions — and a few surpr...
June 11, 2026 Special Sections
For it’s 35th year, the Strawberry Days festival is ready to continue its legacy as a nonprofit hub of activity in Grove City. Mary Kay Mattocks, event chairwoman, said t...
June 11, 2026 Community
June 11, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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