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 Butler streets were filled with Italian red, green and white Friday evening, Aug. 28, with the country’s colors on shirts, hats and flags in every corner.
Returning ...
These real estate transactions were recorded in Butler County from May 26 to 29:
Adams Township
NVR to Louise Buono, trustee, at 3068 Tremont Drive for $688,950.
Phani G...
Issues over liens for $42,000 in unpaid taxes owed by a company Scott Timko formerly owned have been resolved.
The campaign team for Timko, who was the Republican candida...
WASHINGTON — Vaping company Juul Labs on Friday received federal permission to sell an updated version of its e-cigarette, which includes an optional age-verification sys...
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday is warning those who use MyChart, an online patient portal used by many hospitals and healthcare providers, to be aware of a phi...
A 36-year-old woman died and three others — including a 3-year-old boy — were taken to area hospitals following a head-on crash Thursday, Aug. 27, in Venango Township.
A...
CRANBERRY TWP — At Thursday’s agenda preparation meeting, township officials moved a number of items forward for a vote at the board of supervisors meeting on Sept. 3.
Zo...
BUTLER TWP — Hundreds of older residents came to Thursday’s debut of the Butler County Aging Resource Center.
The parking lot of the center located at 215 N. Duffy Road f...
WINFIELD TWP — A tiny bridge on Smith Road is becoming a big headache for the township and its residents. The bridge has been closed to all traffic since 10 as a result o...
Just over a year after a decision by Buffalo Township supervisors to grant conditional use permits for an energy company to operate two solar farms, attorneys argued over...
The leader of the Seneca Nation in upstate New York is criticizing President Donald Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” saying it violates a more t...
PHILADELPHIA — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s controversial policy mandating detention for nearly all undocumented immigrants is unlawful, a split Philadelph...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at the Pentagon.
Trump confirmed his plans Friday. Vice President JD Vance wil...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is appealing a judge’s ruling that blocked limitations on mail voting before the midterm elections, the latest twist in a court figh...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration has entered a sweeping agreement with Venezuela that, if realized, could give the U.S. access to v...
A judge has granted a hearing to explore claims that a man wants to recant allegations of sexual abuse years ago by Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.
Sa...
STAVANGER, Norway — King Harald V of Norway, who went into exile in the United States as a child during the Nazi occupation of his homeland and refused a string of potent...
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces on Friday resumed their drone barrage of Ukraine’s Kyiv region, hitting more than a dozen apartment buildings and storage depots in a secon...
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety Friday, as Nepal and China raced to respond to c...
UNITED NATIONS — The official in charge of President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan for Gaza criticized Israel on Wednesday for its attacks on the war-battered Palestinia...
The Butler Eagle’s photo team was at two big PIAA football games to kick off the 2026 season: Shaler at Butler, and Karns City at Moniteau.
From big hits to explosive pla...
Here at last.
The 2026 PIAA football season is here at last. Eleven Butler County teams kick off tonight at 7 p.m., and the Butler Eagle will have you covered all night w...
BUTLER TWP — Butler went to its “dagger” play with the game on the line.
Aptly named.
The Golden Tornado football team held a 17-14 lead over Shaler — scoring a pair of t...
CHERRY TWP — Despite improving by three wins last season, Moniteau football learned it still had some growing up to do.
Archrival Karns City soundly defeated the Warriors...
JEFFERSON TWP — A 63-point victory may seem devoid of drama, but Knoch football coach T.J. Wiley has a unique perspective.
In his first year with the program in 2025, he ...
ADAMS TWP — Jake Donesec hadn’t played football in a while, so forgive him for his show of excitement.
Following a 3-yard second-quarter rushing touchdown on a pitch out ...
Danny King threw one touchdown pass and set up another with a pass as Freeport won its football season opener 22-0 Friday night at Indiana.
The host Little Indians could ...
Jackson Kane shot a 36, and Max Zigo carded a 39 at Buffalo Golf Course on Friday to lead Freeport boys golf to a 196-238 win over Valley.
Kane’s score was par on the bac...
College football's offseason of discontent is almost over.
If you're tired of court cases, legislative haggling and uncertainty over who can even be a college athlete, y...
The fall high school sports season doesn’t consist of just football, but you probably knew that.
The soccer and volleyball in Butler County always has plenty of competiti...
Pennsylvania has seen two deaths from measles since the start of 2026 — the first measles-related deaths in 35 years.
There is one common thread between the 1990-91 Phila...
Few creatures play a larger role in agriculture and the environment than the honeybee.
Although small in size, honeybees are responsible for pollinating many of the crop...
During Sickle Cell Awareness Month in September, nonprofit blood provider Vitalant is highlighting the need for blood donors to meet all patients’ needs, including those ...
The Butler County Genealogical Society will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at Saint Andrews United Presbyterian Church, 201 East Jefferson Street. Attendees should e...
Springdale Lutheran Church recently celebrated its 150th anniversary by recognizing its history, as well as the people that made it an integral part of this unique northe...
Ronald Confer
August 30, 2019
It seems like forever.
If we could have one lifetime wish,
Our dream that could come true,
We’d ask with all our hearts for
Yesterday and yo...
In loving memory of Mary Rose Ogin.
August 29
Another birthday, another year,
With precious memories of one so dear,
Thoughts today of our lives together,
Hold a love tha...
In loving memory of our beloved Gary R. Miller, Sr., who passed away 2 years ago today.
In the rising of the sun, and in its going down...
We remember him in the blowing ...
There’s a poignant poetry in the Sisyphean quest of Looney Tunes character Wile E. Coyote. This born yearner roams the desert, trying to catch and eat the Road Runner, hi...
It says something about us that dogs are critical when it comes to postapocalyptic movies. Tom Hanks had an adorable terrier in “Finch” and Will Smith had a heroic German...
