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 farmers and agriculture-adjacent employees will have a chance to hear from expert voices on how to best care for their land, crops and businesses at an upcoming fie...
After months of delay, Butler city officials are moving forward with the plan to modernize parking using digital kiosks and online payment software.
City council voted un...
Butler County will need to withdraw $3.5 million from its fund balance to meet its 2026 budget expenditures, according to the county budget director.
During a finance rep...
During this year’s National Emergency Number Association (NENA) conference in Columbus, Ohio, the public safety technology company RapidSOS presented Butler County Emerge...
CRANBERRY TWP — Christmas decorations adorned the Cranberry Community Waterpark on Thursday as holiday-themed music played throughout the day.
The winter vibes on the sun...
The City of Butler is set to demolish a Main Street property after a court order was issued that will hand the property over to the city.
City council voted unanimously a...
With the worst of the drifting smoke from the Canadian and Minnesota wildfires seemingly in the rearview mirror — at least for the moment — Butler County homeowners and t...
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts:
Adams Twp
July 13 — Kristin Marie Hersh, 39, of Gibsonia, was charged with one mis...
On July 17, the office of state Sen. Elder Vogel, R-47th, announced $250,000 worth of Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) state grants will be awarded to Jack...
Federal health officials are investigating a new outbreak involving the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora.
The outbreak included 72 people as of Wednesday.
The Food ...
WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday narrowly passed a resolution to halt U.S. military action in Iran, sending a warning to President Donald Trump for the second time as t...
BOSTON — More than two dozen states, including Pennsylvania, on Thursday sued the Trump administration for requiring them to comply with election and immigration conditio...
MINNEAPOLIS — Friends and family of Minnesota Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman said the man sentenced Thursday to two life terms plus 40 years after pleading guilty to...
NEW YORK — Criticized by a federal judge for sloppy legal work, the government on Thursday grudgingly withdrew subpoenas that would have compelled three New York Times re...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is going ahead with new double-digit tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners just as the clock runs out Friday on stopgap levies he...
WASHINGTON — U.S. applications for jobless benefits tumbled to the lowest level in more than five decades last week as layoffs remain historically low despite global econ...
MADISON, Wis. — The shooting death of a man who police said injured an officer with a knife while resisting arrest has roiled the city of Madison, Wis., with Gov. Tony Ev...
The Ukrainian attacks on the sprawling Russian warehouses produced stark images, with massive pillars of black smoke rising above fires that raged at facilities for Wildb...
CAIRO — Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea on Thursday, potentially widening the Iran war as international oil brie...
MANILA, Philippines — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that the Trump administration is poised to help end the “senseless war” in Ukraine but acknowledge...
The landscape of Pennsylvania high school girls volleyball will look much different this fall.
The PIAA has moved the sport from four to six classes, shrinking the gap be...
Kaeleigh Tuell, a rising junior wrestler at Seneca Valley, went 5-2 in seven matches at the 2026 U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals, held July 16-18 in Fargo, N.D.
A memb...
Bill Mylan has seen the wrestling mat from a few different vantage points.
The Butler athletic director competed at Beth-Center High School and later coached there an...
Kaeleigh Tuell, an rising junior wrestler at Seneca Valley, went 5-2 in seven matches at the 2026 U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals, held July 16-18 in Fargo, N.D.
A mem...
One of the nicest Big Block Modified drivers you'll ever meet at the race track is Butler's Dave Murdick.
After nearly five decades behind the wheel of his familiar No. 6...
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week.
Lunch is ...
St. John’s Catholic Church, 668 S. Clearfield Road in Clearfield Township, will host a rummage sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, July 31, and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Satur...
The following area residents were named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges and universities.
Ohio University
Butler: Riley Mayer
Cranberry Township: Elle Al...
The following area residents were named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges and universities.
Ohio University
Cranberry Township: Abigail Bittner, Kylie Clark...
Elliott Acres Therapy Riding is holding its annual horse show Saturday, Aug. 1.
The event is a free-to-attend open house where clients and organization volunteers show of...
The 62nd annual Adam Rettig Sr. family reunion will take place at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2, at the Rotary Shelter at Butler Memorial Park.
The family said to bring an envelo...
Welcome to part three of my trilogy on stars’ birth, life and death. In last week’s Starwatch column about the life of stars, I told you how stars cook up energy in their...
MIDDLESEX TWP — While the three creators of a podcast about living in Middlesex Township have the capability to reach people around the world, they actually aim their con...
Danielle Whitney Kelly
July 24, 2026
Happy Heavenly Birthday
To our angel in the sky.
Nothing will ever be as hard,
As having to say goodbye!
We love you more than you’l...
Butler County Symphony Orchestra will take audiences to the movies with an August concert.
The concert is dedicated to the music of films from every era, including classi...
NEW YORK — Chadwick Boseman’s family is accusing the actor’s widow of mismanaging his estate and want her removed as its administrator.
The beloved Oscar nominee was just...
