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.
CRANBERRY TWP — Tuesday, Aug. 4, marked the official completion of the 2026 Cranberry Township Community Chest Project of the Year: a new outdoor fitness court at UPMC Pa...
ZELIENOPLE — When walking into ShuBrew Brewery and Food on Sunday mornings, customers are treated to more than a standard brunch.
The small brewery on Zelienople’s Main S...
BUTLER TWP — Fathers and sons make up much of local law enforcement. John Herold and his son, John Jr., are a good example.
Herold, deputy chief of the Butler Township P...
A new cash award intended for local 4-H and National FFA Organization, formerly Future Farmers of America, members pursuing a career in farming or an agriculture-related ...
On Aug. 12, T & M Hardware’s Zelienople location will host a touch-a-truck event featuring the store’s rental equipment from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
Co-owner Samantha Post describ...
Two Butler County townships have received nearly $850,000 in funding from Pennsylvania Department of Transportation through the Green Light Go grant program, which provid...
NEW YORK — SpaceX reported a smaller loss than Wall Street expected along with a surge in revenue in its first quarterly report as a public company as it sharply boosted ...
CHICAGO — Chipotle Mexican Grill said Tuesday that it had removed jalapeños from some of its restaurants after determining the peppers could potentially be tied to a salm...
CAIRO — Iran said Wednesday it is in the "final stage" of drafting an agreement with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz, and U.S. President Donald Trump has said a deal could...
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian attacks on Kyiv and its surrounding region killed 17 people and wounded dozens, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday, as Ukraine’s deplete...
GUATEMALA CITY — Authorities in Guatemala have ordered evacuations in some southern communities around the Fuego volcano, which is erupting.
Claudinne Ogaldes, executive ...
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. — A man carrying ammunition and with a gun in his car was arrested Sunday at President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course after appea...
WASHINGTON — The extension of the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. until January 2029 will cost roughly $1.4 billion, according to a Defense Department estim...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is making a rare visit to California and Nevada this week to try to draw contrasts with Democrats on the economy, border security and ...
WASHINGTON — U.S. job openings fell slightly in June, but the labor market continued to show resilience in the face of an economic shock from fighting in Iran and the clo...
CAIRO — Iran and the Gulf Arab state of Oman have made progress toward a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a potential breakthrough that could help wind down the war i...
SPOKANE, Wash. — A man who went to prison for manslaughter in his father’s 2010 killing in Arizona has been charged with setting the largest of the wildfires that have de...
Russia and Ukraine traded accusations Tuesday that each side’s attacks caused civilian deaths, with officials in the Moscow region saying five people were killed there wh...
The Pittsburgh Pirates released struggling veteran designated hitter Marcell Ozuna on Wednesday as they gear up for a playoff push.
The club made the move following a nig...
Dan Robinson isn’t sure anyone shares with him the feat he recently achieved.
The Mars resident, formerly a Chrysler National Long Drive Champion and now a golf coach, ha...
MILWAUKEE — Jackson Chourio and Andrew Vaughn homered, Logan Henderson allowed two runs in six innings to win his sixth consecutive decision, and the Milwaukee Brewers be...
TEMPE, Ariz. — Larry Fitzgerald came to the Arizona Cardinals as a 20-year-old intent on becoming an NFL superstar.
First, he had to learn how to do some laundry.
As Fi...
Ohio State and Oregon hold down the top two spots and the Southeastern Conference has five of the top 10 teams in the USA Today preseason coaches football poll released T...
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...
A nearly-90-year-old herald of the Atomic Age is on its way to Butler County.
While there is no solid timeline for the move yet, the world’s first Van de Graaff generator...
I recently joined the board of my Manhattan co-op and I love it. One of my duties is reviewing applications for apartments, which — as both a prospective neighbor and a r...
Center Township supervisors are taking a welcome proactive stance on the growing emergency medical services worker shortage by considering hiring a full-time firefighter ...
At a time when both U.S. parties paint the other as a threat to the country’s future, both are ignoring one of the gravest threats of all: student achievement levels that...
Discover the scientific reasoning behind today’s recommended methods for making and processing jam and jelly at an event Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Mars Area Public Library...
The Christian Fellowship of Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 21 Evergreen St. in Butler Township, is sponsoring a Community Clothing Sale for infants to adu...
Joey Cafaro, 7, of Gibsonia, pedaled hard during the Kid's Tractor Pull competition Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008, at the Butler Farm Show.
More than 50 children ages 3 to 9 par...
Michelle “Mickey” Stewart ends all of her exercise sessions by reminding her participants to be kind to one another. It’s how she plans to end all of the meetings she hea...
Mike Rehm’s legacy is as visible in the work he left as it is in the memory of everyone he knew in his life.
Michael Robert Rehm, 61, of Butler, died Thursday, July 16. ...
In loving memory of Lois M. Panei, who passed away five years ago today, August 5, 2021.
Thinking of you and missing you always.
With love from all of your family.
...
In loving memory of our beloved Agnes Ryan, whose birthday is August 5.
Midnight stars gleaming on a lonely grave
Where sleeping, but not dreaming,
Lies the one we could ...
In loving memory and honor of my close beloved friend from 2003-2021, Barbara Ann (Bucher) Santos, a very beautiful lady in her time, who passed away five years ago, Augu...
Friendship Presbyterian Church's Second Saturday Concert will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, at the church's community center, 866 New Castle Road, Slippery Rock....
Zelienople will come to life with music, lively conversation and dancing as the Shindig Charity Music Festival returns to Zelienople Community Park.
The festival, which w...
Wow, Butler. You are sure keeping busy this summer!
I’ve been thoroughly impressed with the community-led events this year — the ones that benefit a certain cause, and ev...
Zelienople is hosting its first Creative Crawl from Friday to Sunday, Aug. 7 to 9.
A collaboration between four of the borough’s art studios, it offers time to relax and...
Tents will line Saint Ferdinand Parish’s parking lot in Cranberry Township again as Divine Grace Parish hosts its annual family festival Friday to Sunday, Aug. 7 to 9.
Th...
BAYREUTH, Germany — Richard Wagner likely would have appreciated the cutting-edge technology, if not the reaction.
Scenery selected by artificial intelligence sparked boo...
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 Butler Farm Show office is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday.
All gates open at 8:30 a.m.
DAILY ADMISS...
Live music is a staple at the Butler Farm Show. This year, several bands return to the stage for the first time in years, while two bands return from last year.
All of t...
Almost every morning before school, Nolan, Dylan and their mother, Misty, Thurber head down the lane of their Fenelton family farm and, before they hit Route 422, they tu...
One of the most exciting events at the Butler Farm Show is the annual cheese auction, which takes place Wednesday, Aug. 12, at 8 p.m.
The cheese auction is not only spec...
In 1947, a plowing contest was held on the Jack Roe property in Meridian.
This was the birth of an idea to get the city folk, business owners and farmers together to bett...
Every morning at 3 a.m., while most of Butler County is still sleeping, Jeff Ansell begins the first of two daily milkings with his father-in-law, Lou Boyle, and a farmha...
A wide variety of musical acts, playing in genres from bluegrass to gospel to classic rock, will take the stage at the Armstrong Pavilion to entertain Butler Farm Show vi...
“Gardening through the Decades” is the theme for this year’s Penn State Extension Master Gardeners of Butler County (Butler County Master Gardeners) education booth at th...
