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 piece of Western Pennsylvania’s industrial history is coming to Cranberry Township to stay.
A Westinghouse spokesperson said the company plans to disassemble its famed,...
CRANBERRY TWP — At its Thursday, July 30, agenda preparation meeting, the board of supervisors held public hearings on two proposed residential developments: Henry Farm a...
America’s 250th birthday, which garnered the recognition of communities and organizations nationwide, included displays and exhibits locally that took residents back in t...
WASHINGTON — Twenty-five states sued the Trump administration Monday over its latest tariffs, calling them a pretext for replacing import taxes the Supreme Court struck d...
A Butler man had his charge dismissed Monday, Aug. 3, after being accused of assaulting a woman who allegedly faked a drug overdose to get away from him, according to pol...
A New York woman charged with prostitution in Cranberry Township did not attend her preliminary hearing last week because authorities believe she is in U.S. Immigration a...
(The Center Square) — The state Supreme Court denied the Allegheny County district attorney's request to extend a stay on a ruling that declared unconstitutional language...
A driver charging his electric taxi and a former law enforcement officer who tried to intervene were among the seven people wounded in a mass shooting at an Idaho fast fo...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday that U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro “choked” and “folded like an umbrella” in moving to drop charges against a former Olympia...
CEUTA, Spain — The teenage girl made it through the waves to Spanish territory. Her little brother did not, drowning in the Mediterranean, while their mother disappeared ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The Pacific Island country of Nauru has changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, its president said, matching the spelling and pronunciation ...
The man serving two life terms plus 40 years after pleading guilty to federal charges related to killing a top Democratic lawmaker and her husband made his initial appea...
SPOKANE, Wash. — Some residents returned to devastated neighborhoods in eastern Washington state to find their homes leveled by wildfires that erupted across a parched la...
Two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan, state health officials announced Monday, the first deaths confirmed in the U.S. related to the microscopic pa...
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Numerous governments across Central and Eastern Europe are taking steps to conserve electricity and avert an energy crisis as record low water levels...
TOKYO — Residents in Japan's quake-hit southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto put out heaps of debris for collection as the region baked under intense heat.
The heat and a ...
Slippery Rock University football is hoping to rebound.
Coming off a 6-4 season, but with a quarterback entering his second season — and still just a redshirt sophomore —...
He’s big, green and you won’t like it when he’s angry.
He’s not the Incredible Hulk.
He’s Ben Lane, ex-Freeport football standout and current Slippery Rock University sen...
MILWAUKEE — Spencer Horwitz hit a three-run double, and the Pittsburgh Pirates extended their dominance over the Brewers this season, beating Milwaukee 4-3 Monday night i...
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates made a significant push to improve their beleaguered bullpen at the trade deadline Monday, acquiring a handful of relievers, most nota...
SLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock University athletics are all about winning in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference — in more ways than one.
SRU had the highest ov...
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County.
Friday, Aug. 7
Dirt Track Racing
7:30 — Fab4 Racing, Schaltenbrand Memorial, at Lernerville Speed...
The Regatta has become a tradition at Moraine State Park and it has now survived for 27 years. It’s such a great way to commemorate what is a pretty great resource.
Lake ...
A Pizza Hut in southwest Pennsylvania was recently highlighted for preserving its retro 1990s appearance, even as hundreds of other locations have closed across the Unite...
Almost every week, someone walks into one of our branches holding their phone, asking the same question: “Is this real?”
Maybe it's a text that looks like it's from thei...
The Greater Pittsburgh Civil War Roundtable will have its next presentation Aug. 17.
Bill Binzel will present “Mary Surratt — Innocent or Guilty?”
The program begins at ...
The Butler County Genealogical Society will host a presentation meant to save researchers “hours of searching” next Tuesday.
The society will meet at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 11 at...
Dressed in the black Benedictine habit and sporting a foot-long beard, the Rev. Boniface Hicks is hard to miss.
During one of his first outings in Ellwood City, Hicks att...
NEW YORK — It’s been six months since Nancy Guthrie, mother of “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie, was last seen alive, and her family is still desperate for answers.
“...
The return of “Ted Lasso” and Billie Eilish's immersive concert film are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
Also among the st...
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” made box office history in its first weekend in theaters. The Sony-released superhero movie became the second-biggest North American openi...
