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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
NEW YORK — Hospital officials and union leaders traded barbs Tuesday, but failed to return to the bargaining table on the second day of New York City’s biggest nursing st...
January 13, 2026 Business
LONDON — The BBC plans to ask a court to throw out U.S. President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the British broadcaster, court papers show. Trump filed a la...
January 13, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
CLINTON TWP — A quick response by firefighters helped keep most of the damage from a Tuesday morning, Jan. 13, chimney fire to the roof of a family home. Family members e...
January 13, 2026 Local News
Area fire departments are reportedly responding to a chimney fire in the 200 block of Spring Valley Road in Clinton Township. The fire was reported around 10:30 a.m. Acco...
January 13, 2026 Local News
A federal judge ruled Monday that work on a major offshore wind farm for Rhode Island and Connecticut can resume, handing the industry at least a temporary victory as Pre...
January 13, 2026 Business
Apple will rely on Google to help finish its efforts to smarten up its virtual assistant Siri and bring other artificial intelligence features to the iPhone as the trends...
January 13, 2026 Business
ADAMS TWP - A Sarver man is accused of fleeing the scene of a crash on Route 228 then attempting to purchase insurance for the vehicle involved in the incident. Austin T....
January 13, 2026 Local News
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — Five girls in Butler County are looking to take their weaving skills to show this Wednesday, Jan. 14, at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Fleece to Shawl ...
January 13, 2026 Local News
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Adams Twp Dec. 31 — Christian Anthony Denney, 24, of New Freeport, was charged wit...
January 13, 2026 Local News
ADAMS TWP — The township will hold two separate public hearings on Feb. 23, to allow residents input on two potential new township ordinances. The first would add an amen...
January 13, 2026 Local News
Other News
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that they will refuse to comply with a congressional subpoena to tes...
January 13, 2026 National News
For the first time in nearly two decades, the Pittsburgh Steelers will be in search of a new head coach. Team president Art Rooney II announced Tuesday afternoon head coa...
January 13, 2026 Sports
Reports say more than 2,000 dead
January 13, 2026 International News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran spiked Tuesday to at least 2,000 people killed, activists said, as Iranians made phone calls...
January 13, 2026 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched a second major drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine in four days, officials said Tuesday, aiming again at the power grid amid freezing...
January 13, 2026 International News
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — At least four people died overnight in Gaza from walls collapsing onto their tents as strong winds lashed the Palestinian coastal territory, h...
January 13, 2026 International News
HARRISBURG — A contest that celebrates the much-maligned but enduring mullet hairstyle will get underway Monday at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. The short-in-the-front, lon...
January 13, 2026 Pennsylvania News
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota and its two largest cities sued the Trump administration Monday to try to stop an immigration enforcement surge that led to the fatal shooting of ...
January 12, 2026 National News
NEW YORK — A federal judge on Monday said she will hold a short hearing in the next two weeks on procedures that police said allowed them to seize and look through Luigi ...
January 12, 2026 National News
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The ex-husband of an Ohio woman charged this weekend in the killings of her and her husband waived his right to an extradition hearing Monday in Illinois...
January 12, 2026 National News
Sports
It's not always easy to live up to your own standards. For Seneca Valley senior diver Ali Waters, a UNC-Wilmington commit, her benchmark stares down at her from the walls...
January 13, 2026 Sports
The defending PIHL and state champion Seneca Valley boys hockey team will be represented by five players in this year’s PIHL Class AAA all-star roster. Jacob Gilbert (sen...
January 13, 2026 Sports
BUTLER TWP — Butler girls basketball has been unable to find its footing in 2026, after winning eight of its first 10 games. The Golden Tornado have dropped all four of t...
January 12, 2026 Sports
Nia Disanti scored 12 points and Maggie Congor 10 as Freeport girls basketball held off an impressive effort from one-win Knoch 44-38 Monday night. The Knights’ Neah Ewin...
January 12, 2026 Sports
Simply being back on the mat was not enough for Sutton Stoner last year. The Butler wrestler had missed his entire sophomore season with a dislocated left elbow. His juni...
January 12, 2026 Sports
PITTSBURGH — Sheldon Rankins returned a fumble by Aaron Rodgers 33 yards for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter to highlight a dominant performance by the NFL’s top-...
January 12, 2026 Professional
PITTSBURGH — Blake Lizotte is now part of the Pittsburgh Penguins' long-term plan. The Penguins signed the veteran forward to a three-year contract extension Monday. The ...
January 12, 2026 Professional
PITTSBURGH — Dave Giusti, a reliable reliever who spent 15 years in the majors and helped the Pittsburgh Pirates win the 1971 World Series title, has died. He was 86. The...
January 12, 2026 Professional
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County. Monday, Jan. 12 Boys Basketball 7 — Moniteau at Portersville Christian 7:30 — Karns City at Keyst...
January 12, 2026 Sports
Editorial
It’s a new year and no sooner than resolutions are broken, tax season arrives. It will officially begin Jan. 26 when the Internal Revenue Service begins accepting and pro...
January 13, 2026 Our Opinion
January 13, 2026 Cartoons
For years, I’ve sounded the alarm about foreign intervention against the United States throughout the Western Hemisphere. I believe it’s one of the most significant exist...
January 13, 2026 Other Voices
Community
A clinic in November at the RLA Learning and Conference Center in Cranberry Township aimed to help nonprofits in the area become more agile, resilient and sustainable in ...
January 13, 2026 Community
Announcements
In loving memory of Neil Smith January 12, 1953 - May 23, 2024 Happy Heavenly Birthday Those we love don’t go away, They walk beside us every day. Unseen, unheard bu...
January 13, 2026 Birthday Tributes
In loving memory of my dearest son, Billy Hronek whose birthday is January 13. Dearest Billy, I will hold you in my heart until I can hold you in Heaven. Happy Birthday, ...
January 13, 2026 Birthday Tributes
In loving memory of our beloved daughter Karen Jo (Garver) Woods who passed away seven years ago today. December 29, 1974 - January 14, 2019 Seven long years of wondering...
January 13, 2026 In Memoriams
Arts & Entertainment
Scott Adams, whose popular comic strip “Dilbert” captured the frustration of beleaguered, white-collar cubicle workers and satirized the ridiculousness of modern offi...
January 13, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Authorities in New Mexico issued an arrest warrant Friday for director and Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield to face a child sex abuse charge. An investigator wit...
January 13, 2026 People
Paul Thomas Anderson’s ragtag revolutionary saga “One Battle After Another” took top honors at Sunday’s 83rd Golden Globes in the comedy category, while Chloé Zhao's Shak...
January 13, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Paramount Skydance is taking another step in its hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery, saying Monday that it will name its own slate of directors bef...
January 12, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Other
Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. — Psalms 90:12 ...
January 13, 2026 Verse of the Day
January 13, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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