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.
A Prospect man is being held in county jail after an alleged incident on Dec. 31 in which he is accused of physically assaulting his mother and threatening to kill her.
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David Johnston was sworn in Friday, Jan. 2, as the new mayor of Saxonburg by an old friend.
In one of his last acts as a full-time Butler County Common Pleas Court judge ...
Travelers on one of Pennsylvania’s busiest highways can expect to pay a bit more starting this weekend.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission announced Tuesday the 2026 to...
Butler-based nonprofit Lifesteps has achieved Keystone STAR 4 status in each of its five early care and education locations in Armstrong, Beaver and Butler counties.
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A Canadian National Railway train derailed on New Year’s Day, Thursday, near Industrial Drive near Slippery Rock.
According to an incident report from the Pennsylvania Em...
Butler County’s representative’s to the state General Assembly have had a quiet couple months to close out the year on the legislative front.
Here’s a look at legislatio...
With four years of mayoral experience under his belt and the funds to do necessary work, Mayor Bob Dandoy said he’s looking forward to getting Butler back to the place it...
Police found an Ohio man with firearms and controlled substances living inside the attic of a dead man’s apartment on New Year’s Day in Butler, according to charges filed...
Just a few months after a successful event in remembrance of Corey Comperatore, event organizers have found a home in Buffalo Township to plan the 2026 edition.
The C...
Two new Common Pleas Court judges, a new coroner and clerk of courts and an incumbent sheriff and controller were sworn into their offices Friday during Butler County’s a...
A solo hiker who authorities believe was killed by a mountain lion on a remote Colorado trail on New Year's Day was not the first person to encounter one of the predators...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday it's still searching for people in the eastern Pacific Ocean who had jumped off alleged drug-smuggling boats when the U.S. m...
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland — Investigators said Friday that they believe sparkling candles atop Champagne bottles ignited a fatal fire at a Swiss ski resort when they cam...
KYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday appointed the head of Ukraine's military intelligence as his new chief of staff, a move that comes as the U.S. lea...
NEW YORK — Enhanced tax credits that have helped reduce the cost of health insurance for the vast majority of Affordable Care Act enrollees expired overnight Wednesday, c...
WESTERLY, R.I. — A yellow Labrador out for a walk with his owner in Rhode Island had to be rescued by firefighters on New Year’s Day after he wandered onto a thin layer o...
MEXICO CITY — A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico on Friday, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum’s first press briefing of the new year as seismi...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The FBI said Friday it disrupted a New Year’s Eve attack plot targeting a grocery store and fast-food restaurant in North Carolina, arresting an 18-year...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump defended his energy and health in an interview with The Wall Street Journal and disclosed that he had a CT scan, not an MRI scan, duri...
Qualifying for the state wrestling tournament all four years of a high school career is a lofty goal. That was the standard Olympic Serrao set for himself as his freshman...
It’s time for resolutions.
We look back at what we’ve done last year and resolve to do better in the next. But what exactly does it mean to “resolve?”
My Webster’s New W...
History doesn’t just live behind glass in a museum.
That’s proven by the work of Connie Collier and her late husband, Harold, who painstakingly restored a Depression-era ...
We’re once again approaching the annual resetting of the Doomsday Clock. Last January, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, a group of ver...
Seneca Valley School District’s magic does not come from buildings, debt service or administrative plans. It comes from the people inside the building.
It comes from the ...
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week.
Lun...
Intermediate League of Butler will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 5 at Christ Community Methodist Church, 205 N. Duffy Road, Butler.
The Executive Board will begin its m...
Orion the Hunter is such a great constellation and I have to believe many stargazers share the same opinion. Even if you’re not all that much of a stargazer you can’t hel...
What to buy, what to serve, which events to attend — December is typically full of decisions. Here’s one more for you to contemplate: What are you going to do with your C...
The cheese ball is a cliché. I believe, however, that like the pig in a blanket and the baked potato, the cheese ball is so cliched it has actually become cool.
Socially...
Cranberries, brown sugar, orange juice and a touch of mustard come together to create a quick, mouthwatering sauce for beef tenderloin slices. This dish is perfect for th...
The following area residents have been named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges and universities.
Cedarville University
Butler: Chesna Tomko
Cranberry Towns...
The undercurrents of adolescent cruelty churn queasily in Charlie Polinger’s stylish first feature, “The Plague.”
The title of Polinger’s film might bring to mind Stephe...
Movies that begin with a wedding often don’t bode well for the couple. Starting with the so-called happy ending can only really guarantee a reversal of fortune. In th...
NEW YORK — They’re going to light up 2026 like dynamite: K-pop group BTS’ comeback has an official date.
According to a note shared to social media by the entertainment c...
