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.
Maggie Schott was named 2025 Volunteer of the Year by Zelienople Borough, the municipality announced in a news release Wednesday, July 15.
Schott, who is the board presid...
Todd Williams, co-owner of Kat’s Coffeehouse in Pine Township, Allegheny County, had a problem. After the morning rush, hardly anyone showed up to buy coffee ... or much ...
A Clarion County man was sentenced Thursday to serve 3½ to 7 years in prison following his conviction on drug delivery charges, even though the physical evidence in the c...
The City of Butler will seek the assets of the former Porchvue Winery company and its owner as a result of a Thursday ruling in Butler County Common Pleas Court.
Porchvue...
FORWARD TWP — Changes could be coming soon to the township’s subdivision and land development ordinance.
At a special joint meeting of the board of supervisors and planni...
ZELIENOPLE — Despite a hazardous air quality alert, a high temperature in the 90s and a parade cancellation, vendors and buyers from near and far peppered Zelienople’s Ma...
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ended Saturday.
Costume Class
Dairy Cattle, Nathan Rassau, Enon Valley
Beef Cattle, Lakin Palmer, S...
The following are first place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ended Saturday.
BEEF CATTLE
Angus
Junior Bull Calf, Beacom Farms, Tarentum
Senior Bull Calf, Beacom...
HONG KONG — Major Taiwan computer chipmaker TSMC said Thursday it plans to spend another $100 billion on expanding its manufacturing capacity in the United States.
The la...
LONDON — Andy Burnham got to the top through a mix of patience and risk-taking.
A decade ago, Burnham abandoned a 20-year climb up the Labour Party ladder in London to h...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States expanded its airstrike campaign against Iran early Friday by hitting more bridges, energy sites and collapsing a tower at ...
ATLANTA — Federal health officials have identified lettuce from Mexico served at Taco Bell locations across five U.S. states as a source of the widespread outbreak of dia...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump used a primetime address to the nation Thursday to once again raise doubts about the results of past elections, reviving a subject he'...
UVALDE, Texas — Catastrophic flash floods in Texas have killed two people and forced hundreds of rescues in areas still reeling from devastating floods a year ago, Gov. G...
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian authorities at the country's border with Iraq thwarted an attempt to smuggle weapons believed to have been headed to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah...
NEW YORK — It's an idea whose time, as it were, may have come — again.
The twice-yearly changing of the clocks in the United States could be a thing of the past if legis...
MEXICO CITY — The U.S. government has designated two new Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
They are the Juárez Cartel, on the border with Texas, and Lo...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The expanding U.S. military campaign against Iran has put three small islands that sit at the confluence of the Persian Gulf and the Strait ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States intensified its strikes on Iran early Thursday, hitting targets farther north and firing into a ship the U.S. accused of t...
Kyle Casteel’s name hadn’t even stopped echoing when he’d pulled up to a familiar spot Monday.
“Kyle gets drafted yesterday, he’s back in there this morning,” Battlegroun...
The Little League tournament season is under way. Butler Township has two teams in the Pennsylvania Section 1 Tournament, with both hoping to make the state tournament la...
Kyle Casteel’s pro career has officially begun.
The standout Butler right-hander has signed with the Chicago White Sox and accepted a $1.25 million signing bonus, accordi...
Happy second birthday to “Eye on Sports!”
Not really, but it’s close. The Butler Eagle’s top sports podcast concludes its second season today with our annual year in revi...
It’s not how you start, but how you finish.
Mike Battista and his son, Jacob, both of Cranberry Township, know that better than anyone after their recent experience in Eu...
Lexie Hames won’t move to Oxford, Miss., for about another month.
That doesn’t mean the ex-Seneca Valley star softball pitcher hasn’t settled in with Ole Miss in othe...
Zelienople loves to party, parade and run
Their Fourth of July salute included a week of America250 activities, a two-hour, flag-filled parade and a run/walk through town...
Butler Area School District is the latest in the area to vote to ban cellphone usage. The state may soon step in to remove the handheld distractions in all districts.
But...
Something is breaking in farm country and the warning signs are growing harder to ignore.
The clearest indicator arrived this spring, when farm bankruptcies reached their...
The following area residents were named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges and universities.
Georgia Institute of Technology
Sarver: Samuel Wygonik
Universi...
Ian and Theresa Smith, of Butler, will celebrate 65 years of marriage on July 17 with a private celebration.
Smith married the former Theresa DeKleva on July 17, 1961, at...
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 ...
Last week in Starwatch, I described how stars are born in gigantic families in part one of the trilogy of a star’s birth, life and death.
Every phase is controlled mainl...
We are pleased to present the official results for this year's fair competitions. To help participants and attendees easily find the information they need, we have organi...
DUQUESNE, Allegheny County — When the government shutdown affected federal aid programs throughout the U.S. in early 2026, the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank brou...
To our beloved sister and aunt
Joan M. (Joni) Jewart
July 17, 1959
Missing You Always
You had so much life left to live, so many sunrises to wake up to, so many memories ...
Christopher Nolan's “The Odyssey” was an epic undertaking for all involved. The cast and crew embarked on a globe-trotting mission to bring the story of Odysseus' hom...
Getting home, and turning back the clock, has long been at the root of Christopher Nolan’s films. The astronauts of “Interstellar” painstakingly lose 23 years in space tr...
In Christ, all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority. — Colossians 2:...
