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.
Saxonburg Volunteer Fire Company announced category winners in the annual Saxonburg Fireman’s Parade which was held Thursday night, June 25, along the borough’s Main Stre...
ROME — More than 10,000 Vespas putt-putt-putted around the Colosseum and past the Roman Forum on Saturday, marking the 80th anniversary of the iconic scooter.
Enthusiast...
NEW YORK — About 3 million fewer people in the United States had Affordable Care Act health insurance plans in February compared with the same time last year, according t...
Amber Kostic has participated in the southern Butler County Garden Tour before, but as a visitor. This year’s tour, Saturday, June 27, was her first as a gardener.
When t...
EAST BUTLER — Pennsylvania State Game Wardens serve an important role, enforcing the law and protecting Pennsylvania’s wildlife, but they also have a lot they can teach. ...
A Butler County public defender will continue representing homicide suspect Sean Ernest Williams after they reconciled their disagreements Friday, June 26, over the handl...
A Summit Township man told a judge Friday that he will hire a new attorney to defend him against charges Saxonburg police filed after responding to a 911 call from a 13-y...
As the country nears celebrating its historic 250th birthday on July 4, Butler County Emergency Services is reminding residents not to clog the emergency phone lines by c...
A culvert replacement will cause temporary closures on Clearfield Road in mid-July.
Clearfield Township officials said June 26 that Clearfield Road, from Route 422 to Wi...
TOMBLAINE, France — Families watched in shock as a skydiving plane carrying their loved ones on what was meant to be a thrilling introduction to parachuting crashed in n...
BERLIN — France saw around 1,000 additional deaths last week at the height of its record-smashing heat wave, the country's public health agency said Sunday, as the head ...
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela — Local and international rescue teams raced against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble in Venezuela on Sunday, four days after two powerfu...
DALLAS — Texas' education board on Friday approved a required reading list for more than 5 million public school students that includes Bible stories, widening conservati...
MIAMI — A 74-year-old man convicted of fatally stabbing his wife became the oldest person executed in Florida's modern history on Friday, and the state is scheduled to e...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is racing to save an aging telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission.
The $30 million salvage operation gets underway...
BEAVER, Utah — Three firefighters died and two were injured while tackling fires on the Colorado-Utah border, the U.S. Wildland Fire Service reported Sunday.
The agency —...
NEW YORK — The 2000 Year Old Man is turning 100. Mel Brooks on Sunday will celebrate his centennial birthday.
The comedian and filmmaker has been awaiting the milestone....
ORLANDO, Fla. — After six months in an ICE facility in Pennsylvania and a 31-hour train ride from Pittsburgh, Islam Aly on Monday stepped onto the platform of the Amtrak ...
Lawmakers are cautiously optimistic about reaching a deal on the state budget without an impasse as long as last year’s, but meeting their June 30 deadline is unlikely, a...
BUFFALO TWP — Devin Moran is nicknamed “The Mailman,” and he certainly delivered Saturday night.
The Dresden, Ohio resident won the 20th annual Firecracker 100 at Lernerv...
We hadn’t trolled more than a hundred yards when my light spinning rod bent into a bow. In the shallow water the fish came quickly to the top, intermittently bouncing acr...
Ben Perka and Aden Dressler are training for their first marathons — and found the 51st annual Butler Road Race to be a nice stepping stone.
Freeport graduate Perka, 22, ...
Second place did not suit Ava Brewster well.
She took no chance of it happening again, cruising to victory in the female portion of Saturday’s 5-Mile Butler Road Race Sat...
BEAVERTON, Ore. — Heat. Moisture. National pride.
These were top of mind as Nike designed its uniform kits for this year’s World Cup, including for football powerhouses F...
Managing a household's prescriptions, doctor visits and insurance appeals shouldn’t feel like a second job. But for my family, it is a daily reality made worse by pharmac...
Well, we’re finally here. Games of skill now, thanks to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, are slot machines (we all knew that). Casinos hate them because they are “losing m...
Guillard Road in Muddy Creek Township is being prepared to be paved. The township crew should be commended for taking the time to prep every house, driveway and landscape...
I am very upset that a working, productive member of our society has been held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for over 51 days now in detention for no appare...
MARS — A drizzle in the forecast did not stop shoppers from looking for farm-fresh food and vendors from selling their products at the Mars Farmers Market on Saturday, Ju...
Few things feel better than a long hike in the woods, exhausting yourself as you soak in the fresh air and tranquility. Then, back to camp, where you chip away at those h...
Larry and Barbara Coble, of Muddy Creek Township, will celebrate 60 years of marriage with a family vacation.
Coble married the former Barbara Rightmire on June 18, 1966,...
Last year’s “Superman” ended with Iggy Pop singing “Because I’m a punk rocker, yes I am” — an ironic coda for a superlatively square hero. But it rings straightforwardly ...
Soufflé is for dinner, but much more is on the table in Olivia Wilde’s deliciously entertaining chamber comedy, “The Invite,” about a couple whose marriage is on the rock...
