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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
Jennings Environmental Education Center rented snowshoes to visitors 62 times over the week following late January’s snowstorm. This winter is the first in years that th...
February 03, 2026 Local News
Co-defendants waive, continue preliminary hearings
February 03, 2026 Local News
Butler County Humane Society is launching a “Bark-chelorette” fundraiser, the second installment in the popular “Bark-chelor” series, which debuted last February. The fi...
February 03, 2026 Local News
Butler-based Armco Credit Union is shaking up its leadership team, following the announcement of the retirement of two of its members. Randy Cypher has been Armco’s CEO s...
February 03, 2026 Business
Robotaxi pioneer Waymo has raised another $16 billion to help fuel its ambition for its fleet of self-driving cars to provide rides throughout the world while other deep-...
February 03, 2026 Business
Despite a sluggish start, the Salvation Army Western Pennsylvania Division’s Red Kettle campaign for the 2025 holiday season surpassed its 2025 fundraising goal of $2.3 m...
February 03, 2026 Local News
In a news release issued Monday, Feb. 2, the nonprofit America250PA announced it was “actively coordinating with local leaders” to reschedule the planned Butler County Am...
February 03, 2026 Local News
Concordia Lutheran Ministries is expanding yet again, acquiring a Johnstown, Pa., facility. The Cabot-based senior residential services provider has acquired Arbutus Park...
February 03, 2026 Business
An assistant district attorney dropped all charges during a preliminary hearing for a Butler man accused of beating and threatening to kill a woman on Monday, Feb. 2. Sk...
February 03, 2026 Local News
A Brady Township woman is being charged with assaulting a man and endangering the welfare of a child on Feb. 1. Jennifer Lynn Huffman, 24, was arrested after state police...
February 03, 2026 Local News
Other News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran's president said Tuesday he instructed the country’s foreign minister to “pursue fair and equitable negotiations” with the United State...
February 03, 2026 International News
KYIV, Ukraine— Russia carried out a major attack on Ukraine overnight, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday, a day before representatives of the two countries were ...
February 03, 2026 International News
NEW YORK — The Justice Department said Monday it had withdrawn several thousand documents and “media” related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein after lawyers complai...
February 02, 2026 National News
RALEIGH, N.C. — Four homes blasted by icy winds on an eroding North Carolina island collapsed into the ocean and Florida farmers anxiously waited for frozen plants to tha...
February 02, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — The Labor Department, citing the partial federal government shutdown, said Monday that it will not release the January jobs report on Friday as scheduled. In...
February 02, 2026 Business
SAN FRANCISCO — A series of small earthquakes rattled the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday morning in an area that has had a lot of seismic activity in recent months. Th...
February 02, 2026 National News
NEW YORK — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday announced that his department will devote $100 million toward a pilot program addressing homelessness and subs...
February 02, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump implored the House on Monday to end the partial government shutdown, but neither Republicans nor Democrats appeared ready to quickly a...
February 02, 2026 National News
PUNXSUTAWNEY — Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of wintry weather Monday, a forecast sure to disappoint many after what's already been a long, cold season acros...
February 02, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Sports
The drive between Butler High School’s gym and Slippery Rock University’s Morrow Field House is nearly 18 miles. The path between the two basketball courts felt much long...
February 03, 2026 Sports
KARNS CITY — Karns City girls basketball is known for its defense. The Gremlins took that to the extreme Monday night. Buoyed by 28 Moniteau turnovers, KC (17-2) rolled t...
February 02, 2026 Sports
After not playing a game in 10 days due to inclement weather, Moniteau boys basketball returned to the court Monday and handled host Union easily with a 71-37 decision. D...
February 02, 2026 Sports
PITTSBURGH — Claude Giroux scored with just over five minutes remaining in the third period and the Ottawa Senators beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 Monday night. Giroux ...
February 02, 2026 Professional
Union/A-C Valley senior girls basketball player Maddy Dehart reached 1,000 career points with a 22-point effort in Monday's 56-50 loss at Smethport. She added 14 rebounds...
February 02, 2026 Sports
After having a six-season streak of reaching the NCAA Division II football playoffs snapped this past campaign, Slippery Rock University head coach Shawn Lutz has been on...
February 02, 2026 Sports
The latest around the college sports landscape. Vance twins sparkling at Grove City College Following home dual meets Friday and Saturday, Butler graduates and Grove City...
February 02, 2026 Sports
Al Washington, who served as Slippery Rock University’s defensive line coach from 2009-10 and was most recently an assistant at Notre Dame, has joined new head coach Jeff...
February 02, 2026 Sports
The basketball season flew by. The clock is ticking on the high school hoops regular season, meaning it’s time for Butler County teams to put it all on the line in the na...
February 02, 2026 Sports
BUTLER TWP — Three times the fun, maybe. Three times the run, definitely. Butler seniors Carter, Logan and Lilly Ekas have been shining during the indoor and outdoor seas...
February 02, 2026 Sports
Editorial
All nine school districts with Butler County footprints closed or moved to remote learning Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 26 and 27. Most followed that trend for the rest of t...
February 03, 2026 Our Opinion
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, part of the Bill of Rights, guarantees each person the freedom to speak out, untethered by government, in addition to freedo...
February 03, 2026 Other Voices
February 03, 2026 Cartoons
Community
Woman takes advantage of the cold to make a snow sanctuary
February 03, 2026 Community
Announcements
In loving memory of Brian Payment Jr. who passed away three years ago, February 3, 2023. If tears could build a stairway, And memories were a lane, I would walk right up...
February 03, 2026 In Memoriams
Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — X.J. Kennedy, an award-winning poet, author, translator and educator who schooled millions of students through “The Bedford Reader” and other textbooks and eng...
February 03, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Trevor Noah once again roamed through the audience during his monologue to open the Grammy Awards, taking pokes at the stars while standing right next to th...
February 03, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Bad Bunny won album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards for his critically acclaimed “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” closing out a surprising and history-making n...
February 03, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Other
As it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived — what God has prepared for those who love him..." — 1 Corinthians 2:9 ...
February 03, 2026 Verse of the Day
February 03, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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