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.
The air quality remained at Code Red in Butler Saturday afternoon, July 18, but the wet weather and change in wind pattern did help push some of the particles out of the ...
SAXONBURG — Putting together a jigsaw puzzle is usually a serene, relaxing hobby. However, for the six teams in the South Butler Community Library puzzle contest on Satur...
Entertainment at Horse Trading Days Saturday night, July 18, has been canceled due to expected severe thunderstorms and high winds, according to a Facebook post.
An annou...
Cranberry Township Police Sgt. Mike Marshall was recognized by Stock Stick for his deployment of the company’s tire deflation device to end a 14-minute pursuit in Februar...
Families whose children receive free or reduced-price school meals in Pennsylvania public schools could see changes in their eligibility for the upcoming school year.
The...
With a $50.85 billion state budget agreement signed Sunday, July 12, local school leaders avoid another four months of panicking over lost funds.
The agreement between t...
CHICORA — After a recent Erie boating accident killed his cousin, David “Bullwinkle” Rodgers, Zach Scherer and the Scherer Foundation are holding a charity concert to ben...
The Butler Eagle received six first place awards, three second place awards and two honorable mentions from the 2026 Professional Keystone Media Awards.
The Eagle’s news ...
CRANBERRY TWP — An FBI special agent spoke to a township man for just over a week while posing as a father soliciting his 11-year-old stepson for sex, according to testim...
The following are first-place winners from the Big Butler Fair, which ended Saturday, July 11.
Junior 4-H & FFA Exhibitors
Ages 16-21, Morgan Teets, Slippery Rock
Ages 14...
After 246 years, Pvt. John Pumphrey is unknown no more.
Through DNA testing and old-fashioned sleuthing, the Maryland teenager who died in one of the last big battles of ...
President Donald Trump said on Friday that he intends to charge Canada over wildfire smoke entering the U.S.
“We are holding Canada responsible for the fact that they ar...
COLUMBIA, S.C. — President Donald Trump said Friday that Darline Graham, the sister of the late Lindsey Graham, has his support to run for a full term to replace her brot...
VENICE, Italy — Several hundred protesters marched Friday against the arrival in Venice of the billionaire American ambassador's luxury yacht, briefly clashing with riot ...
WASHINGTON — Democratic members of Congress are demanding answers about Homeland Security's vetting and training of immigration enforcement agents after it was disclosed ...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli strike on a funeral in the Gaza Strip on Friday killed at least seven people and wounded another 22, according to a local hospital....
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 a widespread outbreak of diarr...
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...
I'm writing in response to Justin Wagner’s letter published July 12 (“Our seniors earned Social Security,” Page A4). It’s encouraging seeing someone stand up to U.S. Rep....
For over 200 years, America has demonstrated to the world that people of all backgrounds, regardless of race, national origin or beliefs, can work and play as one union, ...
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...
Samantha Capriotti, 17, of Butler Township, recently became a top 10 finalist in the Ms. Dance of America 2026 competition.
Samantha is a student of Jenna Molczan Higby, ...
Join Cook Forest State Park environmental education specialist Dale Luthringer for a look at Pennsylvania’s champion hemlock trees. The presentation will take place at 5:...
In loving memory of Gilbert Pennington
July 19, 1940 to December 17, 2013
In our hearts your memory lingers,
Sweetly tender, fond and true,
There is not a day, dear Gilbe...
Alexis McKinney
July 18, 1996 - July 11, 2012
15 Happy Birthdays with you!
15 Sad Birthdays without you!
Wishing you were here on your 30th birthday!
Happy 30th Birthday ...
LONDON — Brenda Fricker, who won an Academy Award for her role as Bridget Fagan Brown in the 1989 film “My Left Foot,’’ has died. She was 81.
The Irish character actor di...
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...
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...
