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.
As Christians all over the world marked Ash Wednesday, local church leaders and their congregations were eager to recognize the start of the Lenten season.
At Divine Gra...
The coroner’s office was called to a two-vehicle crash along Route 8 in Butler Township near the road’s intersection with Decatur Drive.
A woman driving one of the vehic...
The Jefferson Township Board of Supervisors, in a split decision, approved a $2.7 million renovation project for SEBCO Pool at Laura Doerr Memorial Park.
The SEBCO renova...
SAXONBURG -- With most of the necessary grant funding secured, Saxonburg is taking the first step toward restoring one of the county’s historic landmarks.
Borough manager...
Jason Sarver never turned down an opportunity to serve his community or the neighboring municipalities that needed his skill set.
“He was always there and always willing...
A Butler man is facing charges after allegedly resisting officers during an arrest for possible DUI on Monday night, Feb. 16.
Logan R. Maher, 29, has been charged with tw...
SLIPPERY ROCK — Two new police officers are expected to be patrolling the streets of Slippery the borough within coming months.
Mayor Jondavid Longo announced during a co...
The Butler County Prison Board is facing cost increases for security systems in the prison and a loss in revenue from the inmate phone and video visitation services.
At t...
Armstrong announced it is acquiring a northeast-Ohio-based cable company, expanding its footprint in Ohio and West Virginia.
The Butler-based telecommunications company a...
TRUCKEE, Calif. — Search crews slogged through mountainous wilderness and deep snow looking for nine backcountry skiers who remain missing Wednesday following an avalanch...
PAWTUCKET, R.I. — A person who opened fire Monday during a youth hockey game at an ice rink in Rhode Island killed their ex-wife and one son, authorities said Tuesday.
P...
Muslims worldwide will begin daily fasting from dawn to sunset as Ramadan starts, marking a period of worship, reflection and charity. The holy month, the ninth in the Is...
DNA from gloves found a few miles from the Arizona home of Nancy Guthrie did not match any entries in a national database, authorities said Tuesday, the 17th day of her d...
PUEBLO, Colo. — Four people died in a pileup involving over 30 vehicles, including six semitrailers, on an interstate in Colorado Tuesday after blowing dirt made it hard ...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Capitol Police in Washington, D.C., arrested an 18-year-old man Tuesday after he ran from his vehicle towards the west side of the Capitol Building arme...
SANTA FE, N.M. — State legislators in New Mexico launched an investigation Tuesday into past activity at a secluded desert ranch where financier and sex offender Jeffrey ...
WASHINGTON — Conservation and historical organizations sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and ...
AUSTIN, Texas — Late-night host Stephen Colbert said his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico was pulled from Monday night’s broadcast over net...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said Tuesday that it carried out strikes on three boats accused of smuggling drugs in Latin American waters, killing 11 people in one of th...
MILAN — Sidney Crosby left Canada’s Olympic quarterfinal game against Czechia in the second period because of injury, did not return and his status for the rest of the to...
It was like riding a bike.
After spending a year away from Moniteau’s boys basketball team, Andrew Zepeda surprisingly returned this past fall. It took only a few practic...
We are inching closer to a Knoch-North Catholic rubber match.
The Knights cruised through last week’s WPIAL Class 4A playoff opener, and both teams are the presumptive fa...
The WPIAL, District 9 and District 10 playoffs continue this week, with five Butler County teams still alive.
The most recent addition is Slippery Rock, the D10, Region 4...
MILAN — Marie-Philip Poulin won’t dispute how good the Americans have looked in romping through the women’s hockey tournament at the Milan Cortina Games. And Canada’s cap...
Forgive Anastasia Manchester for having a darker sense of humor. She’s endured more tragedy than most her age.
Or maybe don’t. She’ll laugh about it anyway.
The Butler gi...
In November 2023 and more than 15 billion miles from Earth, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft started sending gibberish back to mission control.
The signals received from Voya...
This weekend, Butler County residents will have a chance to mark George Washington’s 294th birthday and his ties to Western Pennsylvania during the Cherry Pie Hike and na...
As Americans recover from a barrage of Super Bowl food coupled with ads suggesting we eat even more — made light of in a funny and self-aware Uber Eats campaign starring ...
Every married couple remembers how they first met and fell in love with their spouse, whether it be through attending the same church or school or using the same dating a...
Cranking up the volume in your car may sound harmless and fun, but it could lead to hearing problems in your older years -- and possibly even increase your risk of dement...
Most people view beauty pageants as competitions for looking good.
For veteran pageant contestant Samantha Roth, they’re more about feeling great.
“They (pageants) build ...
There was a little too much snow in Butler County on Feb. 16, 2010, for area drivers and too little snow in Vancouver for Olympic athletes. However, it was just about per...
In loving memory of our beloved Mary Rose Ogin who passed away one year ago today.
August 29, 1949 - February 18, 2025
In our hearts your memory lingers,
Sweetly, tender,...
In loving memory of our beloved Joseph F. Shramawick whose birthday is February 18.
No dear father ever lived
Or dying, left so sad,
A family to miss him
Than you, our da...
In loving memory of our beloved Alan J. Martin whose birthday is February 18.
Happy Heavenly Birthday, Alan.
We send our love today.
Please look down upon us,
And pray fo...
In loving memory of Walter (Wally) Hudak.
It’s been six years, February 18, 2020, without you.
In our hearts always, we miss you every day.
Sadly missed by,
Janet, LeeAnn...
PARIS — Gisèle Pelicot’s memoir was released on Tuesday in 22 languages worldwide, sharing details of the horror she went through and sending a powerful message of hope a...
After a few months off, the Butler-Built Garage open house returned for a second season on Sunday, Feb. 15, at the Butler branch office of state Rep. Marci Mustello, R-11...
With the United States celebrating its 250th anniversary this year, it’s no wonder that Glacial Ice Works saw a huge uptick in the number of patriotic sculptures commissi...
Butlerites are going to attempt to celebrate the cold as the weather warms up this weekend.
Two events worth noting will take place outside — and thank goodness for that!...
The Armstrong Center for Community Learning is partnering with several local libraries to offer fun and educational escape rooms that will challenge participants to solve...
NEW YORK — Warner Bros. Discovery is briefly reopening takeover talks with Skydance-owned Paramount to hear the company’s “best and final” offer, while the Hollywood gian...
Emerald Fennell’s bold reimagining of “Wuthering Heights” brought crowds of women to movie theaters this weekend. The Warner Bros. release topped the box office charts an...
NEW YORK — Logan Paul has set a new world record — for the auction price of a trading card.
The wrestling and social media star’s rare Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon card, ...
The Emma Thompson-led thriller “Dead of Winter” and Hilary Duff’s first full-length album in 11 years are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a d...
At Passavant Community in Zelienople, the beauty of kindness arrives on four wheels. Once a month, a pushcart filled with fresh-cut flowers donated by Trader Joe’s makes...
WASHINGTON — Colorectal cancer is a threat not just to older adults but increasingly to young men and women, too. It’s now the top cancer killer of Americans younger than...
BUTLER TWP — The dance floor may be new for the group of seniors who get together every Monday to line dance together, but the steps remain the same.
The senior line danc...
BROOKLYN, Ill. — Sr. Julia Huiskamp, all 4 feet and 10 inches of her, oversees everything at the Thomas Terry Community Center: the food pantry, the child care, the fundr...
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or sword? ... No, in all these things we are more than conq...