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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
Butler Area School District residents will not see a tax increase next year. The board passed its budget for the upcoming school year at a Thursday morning, June 4, spec...
June 04, 2026 Local News
A 58-year-old man attempted to lure a 4-year-old boy into a vehicle with a dollar and the chance to get ice cream last week in an Armstrong County neighborhood, according...
June 04, 2026 Local News
SUMMIT TWP — Township supervisors moved forward with applying for a $2.5 million loan to help fund a sewer project at their meeting Wednesday, June 3. The loan will come...
June 04, 2026 Local News
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — With a new Act 537 public sewage plan due in less than a month, township officials announced the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection...
June 04, 2026 Local News
A state police investigation into Armstrong School District has concluded with no evidence of misconduct found, according to the school district. “While the district can...
June 04, 2026 Local News
Armstrong County residents to receive slight decrease
June 04, 2026 Education
Restoration work on the Alameda Waterpark slide, which the county commissioners approved Wednesday, will not interfere with Saturday’s opening of the facility. Commission...
June 04, 2026 Local News
Steel City Tunnel Partners, a joint venture between Saxonburg-based Brayman Construction Corporation and The Lane Construction Corporation, of Charlotte, N.C., was awarde...
June 04, 2026 Business
SEVEN FIELDS — Seven Fields Community Days welcomed the borough’s residents and visitors alike at the Seven Fields Community Center at 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 3. Nine carn...
June 04, 2026 Local News
JEFFERSON TWP — Knoch School District officially approved a tax hike for the 2026-27 school year, its first since 2017. The tax increase, along with a slightly increased...
June 04, 2026 Local News
Other News
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans filing for jobless aid hit their highest level in four months last week, but layoffs remain historically low despite ongoing economic...
June 04, 2026 National News
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia will strengthen its air defenses to counter recent Ukrainian drone attacks, which have reached...
June 04, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans cleared the first hurdle on Thursday as they are struggling to pass legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement a...
June 04, 2026 National News
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The group leading the charge in the search for extraterrestrial life has given the all clear: An interstellar comet looks to be completely natural ...
June 04, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — The Senate is beginning a long series of votes Thursday on legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies, moving toward passa...
June 04, 2026 National News
BEIRUT — Hezbollah on Thursday rejected the latest ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and the Lebanese government, and the militant group demanded a complete Isra...
June 04, 2026 International News
Sports
The PIAA baseball tournament began Monday, and Butler has moved on to Thursday’s quarterfinals. See the full PIAA brackets below. Results and upcoming matchups will be up...
June 04, 2026 Sports
The PIAA softball tournament began Monday and continues with Thursday’s quarterfinals. See the full PIAA brackets below. Results and upcoming matchups will be updated thr...
June 04, 2026 Sports
The PIAA boys and girls lacrosse tournaments continue Saturday with both Mars teams advancing to the quarterfinals. See the full PIAA brackets below. Results and upcoming...
June 04, 2026 Sports
The PIAA boys volleyball tournament continues with the quarterfinals Saturday, and Butler is still in the mix. See the full PIAA brackets below. Results and upcoming matc...
June 04, 2026 Sports
Eleven Butler County-area high school football players will play together in the 11th annual Frank Varischetti All-Star game at Frank Varischetti Field later this month. ...
June 04, 2026 Sports
Nick Herbig knew most NFL teams thought he was too small to play outside linebacker. That three years of creating chaos across the Big Ten while coming off the edge a...
June 04, 2026 Professional
It began eight years ago with an intention to do good and barely 100 finishers. This Sunday’s Run to Breathe Half Marathon and 5K in Moraine State Park at 8:30 a.m. build...
June 04, 2026 Sports
Editorial
Community
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 ...
June 04, 2026 Senior
The following area residents were named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges and universities. Capital University Seven Fields: Casey Wilkins College of Willi...
June 04, 2026 Community
The Cranberry Sunrise Rotary recently honored Abigail Harmon, Aidan Baird and Jemma Kohler as the March, April and May students of the month of Rowan Elementary School. T...
June 04, 2026 Community
One of the best shows of the year over Butler is this week in the evening twilight in the western sky. The bright planets Jupiter and Venus are in a tight celestial embra...
June 04, 2026 Starwatch
A rising senior at North Catholic High School ranked as one of the top 24 students in the nation at a national speech competition in late May. Anna Pohl, a member of the ...
June 04, 2026 Community
Isabelle Stephens still has shoes in her Butler Township home
June 04, 2026 Community
Announcements
Charles and Linda Savannah of Butler Township will celebrate 50 years of marriage June 5, with a family dinner at Anna Marie’s Winery in East Butler, and a trip to Sandbr...
June 04, 2026 Anniversaries
Jennings and Geraldine Graham, of Clermont, Fla., will celebrate 70 years of marriage on June 8, with a weekend family gathering in the north Georgia mountains. Graham ma...
June 04, 2026 Anniversaries
Arts & Entertainment
PARIS — Acclaimed Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, a prominent advocate for women’s rights and author of “Persepolis,” has died at 56, the French ...
June 04, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Twenty-four shows on Broadway received Tony Award nominations this season, but not all will walk away with a trophy and the box office attention they usually b...
June 04, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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