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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
Tate and Becky Pacek’s home in Saxonburg will be lit with red, white and blue all summer long. The couple first set up permanent lights around the house during Christmas ...
July 04, 2026 Local News
When walking into Capitol Cleaners, it doesn’t take patrons long to see the history of the building — and the family that owns it — adorning the walls. From historical ph...
July 04, 2026 Local News
The Butler County Sheriff’s Office assisted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with 33 arrests in June. Those detained in June’s ICE operations were arrested on ch...
July 04, 2026 Local News
The Professional Disc Golf Association will host the Junior Disc Golf World Championships in the Pittsburgh area from Tuesday, July 7 through Saturday, July 11. The even...
July 04, 2026 Local News
Butler County has a long tradition of building America. American Bantam Car Company designed the Jeeps used in World War II. Armco Steel, now Cleveland-Cliffs, created t...
July 03, 2026 Local News
Butler Eagle mascot, Scoop, wishes all of Butler County a happy 4th of July on the nation’s 250th anniversary. ...
July 03, 2026 Local News
The annual Big Butler Fair opened on Friday, July 3 and continues through the end of next week. Saturday, July 4, activities include the Rodfathers Inaugual 4th of July ...
July 03, 2026 Local News
Butler County officials and U.S. Mike Kelly, R-16th, offered reactions Friday about Thursday’s surprise release of Butler resident Ignacio Carrizalez from the custody of ...
July 03, 2026 Government
A Butler woman is accused of striking a homeowner, refusing police commands to leave a property and exposing herself to homeowners and a camera in Jefferson Township. St...
July 03, 2026 Local News
Other News
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The fallout from Venezuela's powerful twin quakes has evolved into a major test for acting President Delcy Rodríguez, sending her scrambling to ...
July 03, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — Festivities commemorating the 250th anniversary of American independence ramped up across the United States on Friday as demonstrations of national pride — a...
July 03, 2026 National News
A group of Democratic governors, including Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, asked the U.S. Postal Service on Thursday to withdraw its proposed rule seeking to implement an...
July 03, 2026 National News
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Like plenty of local boys before him, Neil has come home to the stretch of Australian coast where he was born. Unlike most of them, he trails fa...
July 03, 2026 International News
Sports
Golf Lady Duffers League June 29 at Stoughton Acres Standings: 1st-Pars (76.5 points), 2nd-Drivers (67.5), 3rd-Putters (66), 4th-Birdies (62), 5th-Aces...
July 04, 2026 Sports
Josh Forbes was talking about what he’d seen out of his standout pitchers during the baseball season. Not that their mindset has changed at all, even with the 2026 MLB Dr...
July 04, 2026 Sports
Talon Netzel scored on a walk-off passed ball to secure Butler’s 6-5 win over Clarion on Friday night, claiming the 10U Little League District 25 title. Butler trailed 5-...
July 03, 2026 Sports
Editorial
I would like to thank Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., and Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., for making sure Pennsylvania was represented in the Great American State Fair. Without t...
July 04, 2026 Letters to the Editor
As we celebrate the 250th birthday of our nation, those of us who were born and bred in Butler County have seen many changes, and depending on your perspective, some good...
July 04, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Last week, an amazing all-American story quietly unfolded behind the scenes of the declaration by Gov. Josh Shapiro that Pennsylvania would not be participating in the Am...
July 04, 2026 Letters to the Editor
Before the news of 2026 makes history books, it first publishes on the pages and the website of local news organizations like the Butler Eagle. As journalists, the team h...
July 04, 2026 Our Opinion
July 03, 2026 Cartoons
As the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, American citizens are expressing some birthday blues. An Associated Pres...
July 03, 2026 Our Opinion
This past Easter, while walking to church up North McKean Street, a truck with the “stars and stripes” waving from its bed drove by my wife and I and it made me think how...
July 03, 2026 Other Voices
Community
Slippery Rock University’s marketing and communications office is a couple months into reviewing the effectiveness of its messaging over the past school year, looking at ...
July 03, 2026 Community
Announcements
Robert G. and Linda C. Norris, of Middlesex Township, will celebrate 50 years of marriage at 5 p.m. July 4, with a family and friends Mass and reception at St. Richard Ch...
July 04, 2026 Anniversaries
Arts & Entertainment
Every once in a while, Hollywood gets high on its own supply and makes a love letter to moviemaking. It happened recently with Steven Spielberg's “The Fabelmans” and Geor...
July 04, 2026 Reviews
The “Enola Holmes” movies have done nothing so much as chart Millie Bobby Brown’s evolution from child actor to movie star. She was 16 when the first “Enola Holmes” debut...
July 04, 2026 Reviews
Other
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Below are the even...
July 04, 2026 Special Sections
July 04, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. — Proverbs 14:34 ...
July 04, 2026 Verse of the Day
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Below are a number...
July 03, 2026 Special Sections
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Butler Area Pu...
July 03, 2026 Special Sections
This list is one in a series showing a snapshot of what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Butler Transit Aut...
July 03, 2026 Special Sections
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