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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 online resource launched in Butler County is making it easier for residents to give back by connecting community members directly with local nonprofit organizations...
February 21, 2026 Local News
Police say the father of a former Penn Christian Academy teacher who faces indecent assault charges related to his time at an Allegheny County school was charged after a...
February 21, 2026 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Deceptive business practices and other charges police filed against the owner of the Oilology auto repair shop in the township were held for court at a Fr...
February 21, 2026 Local News
Company still hasn’t submitted corrective action plan to state
February 21, 2026 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — Burglary, assault and other charges Cranberry Township police filed against a Portuguese man, who court officials said is being detained by U.S. Immigrati...
February 21, 2026 Local News
Music For All, an influential and national music education organization, recognized SRU’s Early Childhood and Elementary Music Community Engagement Initiative, led by Cas...
February 21, 2026 Local News
Sen. Elder Vogel Jr., R-47th, will host an elder scams and prevention seminar at 11 a.m. March 9 at the Cranberry Township Senior Center, 2525 Rochester Road. The free ev...
February 21, 2026 Local News
A Cranberry resident has reached the century mark. Louise Attanucci turned 100 years old Thursday, Feb. 19. Attanucci, originally from Pittsburgh’s Beechview neighborhoo...
February 21, 2026 Local News
Crowds packed downtown Butler on a mild February evening as the city’s annual Carved in Ice Winter Festival kicked off with its popular light-up night on Friday in Diamon...
February 20, 2026 Local News
The Mars New Year Countdown Breakfast will be held Monday, Feb. 23, at the Regional Learning Alliance in nearby Cranberry Woods. Attendees will have the chance to meet C...
February 20, 2026 Local News
Other News
How a local nonprofit is helping to expand this Pa. business ahead of the NFL Draft
February 21, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Bart Layton’s “Crime 101” is a “Heat” pastiche that, even if it falls well shy of its Michael Mann blueprint, has some basic appeal going for it. Los Angeles crime movies...
February 21, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump warned on Friday that limited strikes against Iran are possible even as the country’s top diplomat said Tehran expects to have a propo...
February 20, 2026 National News
LONDON — Police continued on Friday to search the former home of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, a day after he was arrested and held in custody for the best part of 11 hours...
February 20, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — The late Rev. Jesse Jackson will not lie in honor in the United States Capitol Rotunda after a request for the commemoration was denied by the House Speaker ...
February 20, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's far-reaching global tariffs on Friday, handing him a stinging loss that sparked a furious attack on th...
February 20, 2026 National News
TALLINN, Estonia — Even now, safely in her new home of Estonia, Inna Vnukova says she can’t purge the terrifying memory of living under Russian occupation in eastern Ukra...
February 20, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week as layoffs remain at historically low levels. The number of Americans filing for jobless aid for t...
February 20, 2026 National News
Sports
Bill Mazeroski, the Hall of Fame second baseman who won eight Gold Glove awards for his steady work in the field and the hearts of countless Pittsburgh Pirates fans for h...
February 21, 2026 Professional
Following are the swimmers from Butler County high schools, and their seeds and times, who qualified for the WPIAL Swimming Championships, which will be held Thursday and...
February 21, 2026 Sports
Freeport’s Joy Beck posted a 309.50 score at Friday’s WPIAL Class 2A Girls Diving Championship at North Allegheny High School, earning the district’s seventh and final ti...
February 20, 2026 Sports
PINE TWP — Nobody currently involved with Seneca Valley girls basketball seemed to be aware it had been 20 years since the Raiders won a playoff game. Natalie Hambly ...
February 20, 2026 Sports
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...
February 20, 2026 Sports
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...
February 20, 2026 Sports
MILAN — The much-anticipated but never guaranteed U.S.-Canada showdown for gold in men's hockey at the Olympics is on. Jack Hughes scored two goals, including one with a...
February 20, 2026 Sports
Brandon Deal, of Petrolia, was named Amateur Trapshooting Association Open All-American second team. Deal won championships during the 2025 season at the Colonial Classic...
February 20, 2026 Sports
MILAN — Sidney Crosby is not playing for Canada against Finland in the semifinals at the Olympics on Friday because of injury. Crosby appeared to injure his right knee ...
February 20, 2026 Professional
SLIPPERY ROCK — Jence Rhoads has spent much of her life following in her mother’s footsteps. The 2007 Slippery Rock High School graduate put together a stellar basketball...
February 20, 2026 Sports
Editorial
For the last several weeks, almost all letters to the editor have been from left-wing/anti-President Donald Trump submitters. It felt unbalanced. I’m sure Butler County (...
February 21, 2026 Letters to the Editor
I find it quite ironic that Gov. Josh Shapiro is concerned about having detention centers in Pennsylvania as being unsafe but opposes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce...
February 21, 2026 Letters to the Editor
President Donald Trump does not want Canada trading with China, and has been threatening them with more tariffs. He truly does not understand that it is he, and his tarif...
February 21, 2026 Letters to the Editor
In the early 1950s, our country dealt with the rising fear of communism, stoked by Sen. Joe McCarthy and his infamous tactics. Republican Sen. Margaret Chase Smith oppose...
February 21, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Recently, every time that I go to Walmart, there are pet dogs in the food/grocery aisles of the store. One time a dog had pooped on the grocery floor and an employee was ...
February 21, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Community
The following area residents have been named to the president’s list at their respective colleges and universities. Ohio University Cranberry Township: Natalie Kurywchak ...
February 21, 2026 Community
Inspired by Chinese New Year celebrations, this easy steak stir-fry quickly came to mind. It takes just a few minutes to assemble and prep the ingredients, and only minut...
February 21, 2026 Recipes
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 ...
February 21, 2026 Senior
Sticky rice, aka sweet glutinous rice, is best steamed so its plump, chewy grains are ready to sponge up all the flavor. This dish from my cookbook “The Chinese Way” is a...
February 21, 2026 Recipes
The following area residents have been named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges and universities. Fairfield University Cranberry Township: Philip Storti Ohi...
February 21, 2026 Deans List
Recently Ryan Brubach, a senior Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School in the health assistant and EMT program, was honored at a Harmony Fire District banquet. Ha...
February 21, 2026 Community
Three Butler County 4-H members received Diamond Clover Awards at the Pennsylvania 4-H State Leadership Conference Jan. 31 through Feb. 2 in State College. The Diamond C...
February 21, 2026 Community
SLIPPERY ROCK — People with interesting jobs, hobbies and those looking to practice giving a presentation or defending a dissertation can likely find an audience with the...
February 20, 2026 Community
Butler resident films for HBO series ‘The Pitt’
February 20, 2026 Community
Announcements
Bill and Irene McCarrier, of Butler, belatedly celebrated 65 years of marriage with a family dinner. McCarrier married the former Irene Trabert on Dec. 30, 1960, in Grove...
February 21, 2026 Anniversaries
In loving memory of our beloved Andrew (A.J.) Smith who passed away 10 years ago today, February 21st, 2016 If tears could build a stairway, And memories were a lane, We...
February 21, 2026 In Memoriams
In loving memory of our beloved Roberta (Susie) Zanicky November 10, 1954 - February 21, 2015 You truly are an angel and will always be with us. Love always, husband Dave...
February 21, 2026 In Memoriams
In memory of our father, Ernest Baxter. February 21, 2015 Lonely Is Our Home Without You Lonely is our home without you, Life to us is not the same; All the world wo...
February 21, 2026 Birthday Tributes
In loving memory of our beloved sister Pam Geist who passed away five years ago on February 21, 2021. We’re thankful for every shared memory of laughter, jokes and having...
February 21, 2026 In Memoriams
Josh Boettner February 21, 2005 As we remember you on what would have been your 21st birthday, may we find strength in the love you gave and the joy you brought into our ...
February 21, 2026 Birthday Tributes
In loving memory of our beloved Mia Freyermuth whose birthday is February 21st Remembering you on your 32nd birthday. Missing you every single day. With love from your Fa...
February 21, 2026 Birthday Tributes
Arts & Entertainment
“How to Make a Killing,” starring Glen Powell as a working-class man who sets out to murderously reclaim his inheritance, has a clear inspiration: the great Ealing black ...
February 21, 2026 Reviews
WASHINGTON — Melania Trump said “it’s incredible” to see her white and black-trimmed inaugural ball gown on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Am...
February 20, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Other
February 21, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
He who covers over an offense promotes love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends. — Proverbs 17:9 ...
February 21, 2026 Verse of the Day
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