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.
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers created a surprising 165,000 new jobs last month and the unemployment rate dipped to 4.1%.
The hiring was far stronger than the 65,000 new job...
NEW YORK — AI stocks bounced back Friday and recovered some of their sell-off from the last two days. The rest of the U.S. stock market was mixed, though, following a whi...
NEW YORK — Tesla’s Cybertruck, the hulking, stainless-steel pickup that inspired devotion and derision with its science-fiction looks, will cease production next year.
CE...
A motion requesting the dismissal of a homicide charge against a Chester County man accused of a 2021 Butler County murder was denied less than a week before jury selecti...
Just over a month after being welcomed into the West Virginia University Health System, the newly renamed WVU Medicine Butler Memorial Hospital is welcoming a new physici...
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has announced overnight restrictions on Interstate 79 beginning Monday, Nov. 9, in Marshall Township and Franklin Park in Al...
OAKLAND TWP — Chairman Shaun M. Krill led the board of supervisors in a unanimous vote at its Wednesday meeting to adopt the township’s first regulations for data centers...
CRANBERRY TWP — A new recreation facility in the township is set to enter the initial design phase.
Township supervisors unanimously voted to approve two contracts relate...
A week before jury selection is scheduled, a Chester County man charged in a 2021 homicide in Butler County is asking a judge to dismiss the case because his constitution...
Cornell University’s Faculty Senate approved a resolution Friday declaring “no confidence” in the school’s top leaders, a symbolic gesture reflecting deep discontent on c...
ATLANTA — Zoo Atlanta’s newest pandas munched bamboo and lounged Friday during their public debut as smiling visitors lined up to welcome them.
Ping Ping, a male, and Fu ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Jay Rockefeller, the last member of his family’s political dynasty — and the only Democrat — who served as West Virginia’s governor and later a longti...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that Stephen Miller was replacing Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff, installing as his closest adviser a loyal, co...
HOUSTON — Houston’s mayor on Friday directed police to limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, signing an order that he called a result of Democrats recla...
U.S. President Donald Trump has discussed efforts to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East in a telephone call with Qatar's emir as the region remained on edge over...
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his government is seeking specific guarantees from Western allies on how post-war security support would func...
It’s a championship night in two kinds of football.
Eagle reporters will be at two pigskin-related games tonight — the District 9 Class 2A championship between Karns City...
DENVER — Federal appeals court judges handed the NCAA a significant victory in its struggle to implement a new five-year eligibility ruling Friday, though the win does no...
PITTSBURGH — Jaylen Warren's legs never stop moving. Which way they take the relentlessly upbeat Pittsburgh Steelers running back during a given play is a mystery, someti...
PITTSBURGH — Baye Ndongo had 23 points and 21 rebounds, Chase Foster added 20 points and Pittsburgh rallied from a 13-point halftime deficit to beat Buffalo 80-61 on Thur...
MIAMI — Former NFL star Antonio Brown pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated assault with a firearm in connection with a 2025 shooting outside a celebrity boxing match in Mi...
Week 10 is over, and now the PIAA football postseason kicks off in full force.
The WPIAL and District 9 announced the district playoff brackets Saturday, with several...
The postseason has arrived.
The 2026 WPIAL Girls Soccer Championships kick off Saturday, Oct. 24, with the finals set to be held in two weeks. Districts 9 and 10 will be ...
This is what it’s all led up to.
The 2026 WPIAL Boys Soccer Championships kick off Thursday, Oct. 22, and Districts 9 and 10 will open their playoffs in short order.
The ...
Some of the PIAA’s best girls volleyball teams reside in Butler County.
Now it’s time for them and the rest to prove themselves in the playoffs. The 2026 WPIAL girls voll...
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Slippery Rock University football head coach Shawn Lutz remembers the score well — 38-8.
Lutz even took a picture of the scoreboard at Edinboro’s Sox ...
A recent letter to the editor asked for fairness on the opinion page after a series of letters to the editor were published Oct. 15.
In response to that writer’s concern,...
Ask a young person what employers want and you will likely hear about credentials: a diploma, a degree, a good GPA. Those matter. But Butler County employers are asking f...
Santa Claus will make one of his first appearances in Butler County Saturday, Dec. 5.
Callery Volunteer Fire Company & Adams Area Police Association are sponsoring a free...
Elliott Acres Therapy Riding will have a spaghetti dinner Nov. 21, and the agency is looking for items to award through its basket raffle.
The dinner takes place from 2 t...
The annual Christmas party of the Butler County Genealogical Society will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, at St. Andrews United Presbyterian Church on the corner of E. Jef...
NEW YORK — Bingo, Care Bears, the Pokémon Trading Card Game and the humble playground slide have all made it into the National Toy Hall of Fame, taking their place alongs...
