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.
Work on a railroad crossing Thursday on Main Street in Evans City was expected to be completed by the end of the day.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is rep...
MIDDLESEX TWP — The planning commission granted its final approval to land development plans for the Amber Grove townhome complex during its monthly meeting on Wednesday,...
Allegheny-Clarion Valley School District’s board finalized and approved on Tuesday, June 23, a total budget of $20.12 million. Spending is roughly the same as last year a...
NEW YORK — All 32 of the nation's biggest banks passed the Federal Reserve's annual “stress test” of the financial system, the central bank said Wednesday, a sign that th...
Even though Meijer has not yet finished its already planned Western Pennsylvania locations, the Michigan-based grocer is looking at building a third location in Butler C...
Seneca Valley School District’s communications department recently earned awards from national and statewide organizations.
The district won a combined 21 awards from the...
A Butler man was arrested by state police after DNA evidence allegedly connected him to two separate vehicle thefts in Clearfield Township.
Ronald Raymond Piper, 47, was...
A Lawrence County personal care administrator will serve up to three years in prison for failing to renew a resident’s medications, which led to a fatal seizure in 2021. ...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday reached a multi-state settlement with chemical giant Chemours Co. over years-long, illegal discharges of synthetic “fo...
BOGOTA, Colombia — Conservative outsider Abelardo de la Espriella, a millionaire political neophyte, will be Colombia’s next president after electoral authorities on Wedn...
SAN FRANCISCO — A rural area of Northern California experienced its strongest earthquake since 1940 on Wednesday morning, causing some injuries but no immediate reports o...
A member of the cultlike group known as Zizians has been charged with murder in the shooting of her parents at their Pennsylvania home on her 30th birthday, and a prosec...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Thursday that a grand jury has reindicted two fired FirstEnergy Corp. executives whose initial prosecutions in...
NEW YORK — A former chief of staff to ex-New York Mayor Eric Adams was arrested Wednesday in a federal bribery case about a lucrative migrant shelter contract, the lates...
The 18-year-old suspect in a shooting at a Northern California library did a walk-through of the building, then went to his vehicle, got a shotgun and fatally shot a man ...
DALLAS — Camp Mystic filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on Wednesday, nearly a year after catastrophic floods killed 25 campers and two teenage counselors a...
PARIS — France recorded its hottest day ever Tuesday as an early heat wave gripped Europe, prompting the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre museum to restrict visiting hours and...
The Pennsylvania House has approved a measure that could help reinstate the rights of parents whose children are in state custody and another that would protect the paren...
A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections, part of which so...
Butler County athletes came away with multiple medals at the PIAA Track and Field Championships and dozens in the district meets.
But none had a more surprising champions...
The crown jewel of Western Pennsylvania dirt Super Late Model racing has arrived.
The annual Firecracker 100 returns to Lernerville Speedway Thursday through Saturday, br...
The 2026 boys volleyball season saw Butler turn in the best campaign in program history, reaching the WPIAL championship match and the state semifinals. Rival Seneca Vall...
The Butler County Commissioners are being admirably proactive in the fight against title fraud by approving the addition of AlertMe software to the recorder of deeds offi...
The stories would stop any parent cold:
Florida middle schooler Colton Remsburg, who was killed by a pickup truck while out buying flowers for his mom.
California 13-ye...
SAXONBURG — Ten fire departments spent their evening Wednesday, June 24, engaged in rigorous competition with surrounding departments for first, second and third place at...
Evans City is planning a sing-along event to commemorate the U.S. semiquincentennial.
Evans City Mayor Dean Zinkhann said the celebration will take place from 1 to 3 p.m....
After standing still for several years, the Pumping Jack Museum in Emlenton is preparing to reopen to the public as soon as spring 2027. Multiple local nonprofits have jo...
The South Butler Community Library, 240 W. Main St., Saxonburg, will have an educational workshop on Medicare at 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 26.
The library partners with th...
A birthday tribute to my son David Summers on his birthday June 25th.
Happy Birthday, David.
I think about you all the time and wish you were here. There is so much about...
In loving memory my beloved wife Karen L. Lewis who passed away three years ago today.
We cannot clasp your hand Karen dear,
Your face we cannot see,
But let this little ...
NEW YORK — David Clayton-Thomas, the lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears whose husky, high-strung tenor on “Spinning Wheel,” “And When I Die” and other hits helped make t...
NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey said she successfully “begged” her talk show audience not to share photos of Whitney Houston when the late singer “fell off of the stage,” amid a...
In honor of America’s 250th anniversary, Experience Butler County will celebrate its history and heritage through Butler County History Week from Sunday, June 28, through...
The Pennsylvania Game Commission will hold a one-day Junior Game Warden Camp from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 27, at the Butler City Hunting and Fishing Club in East ...
The Butler County Symphony Orchestra’s Concert in the Park is an updated version of its annual patriotic concert in Cranberry Township.
This year’s event is presented by ...
With 51 entries in the Saxonburg pet parade, the competition was tight. However, a few pets stood above the rest and earned honors.
The best group award went to J&J Farms...
Most artistic and entertaining endeavors involve embracing chaos. As I wrote this week’s column, I felt compelled to explore this idea within the context of a long-standi...
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
