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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
Mars Mineral, a company based in Mars specializing in pelletizing technology, has shipped a 12th pin mixer for recovered carbon black processing to the European Union. Th...
May 01, 2026 Business
Independence Health System’s Butler Memorial Hospital was named to Newsweek and Statista’s America’s Best Maternity Hospitals 2026 list. Butler Memorial Hospital was amon...
May 01, 2026 Business
The drive-through at Armco Credit Union’s Butler branch, 101 Hollywood Drive, will reopen on Monday, May 4, following a temporary closure for construction as part of the ...
May 01, 2026 Business
Pennsylvania American Water has launched a $3 million Butler wastewater system inspection project. The first phase of the project included analysis from about 45 flow mon...
May 01, 2026 Local News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Friday that he will increase the tariffs charged on cars and trucks from the European Union next week to 25%, a move that coul...
May 01, 2026 International News
Lancaster Township’s five-member planning commission approved final development plans for the Paige Place residential development Tuesday, April 28. The plans now move t...
May 01, 2026 Government
A Cowansville man is accused of deliberately crashing into another vehicle, pulling a knife on two people and police said he gave law enforcement the dash camera footage ...
May 01, 2026 Local News
A family-owned cornerstore in Herman has closed its doors and will be sold so the owners can focus on family matters. Liz Schnur, co-owner of the Herman Mini Mart located...
May 01, 2026 Local News
A 10-year-old girl was found laying on an air mattress with suspected crack cocaine residue when police executed a search warrant Friday, May 1, on a Butler home. The gi...
May 01, 2026 Local News
One minor injury was reported in a tractor-trailer rollover crash Friday morning, May 1, in Washington Township, according to Butler County Emergency Services dispatch. ...
May 01, 2026 Local News
Other News
The East Brady Area Development Corporation is hosting the 33rd annual Attics & Cellars Days event on Friday and Saturday, May 22 and 23, featuring numerous attic, yard a...
May 01, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Pennsylvania 4-H member Sarah Bupp joined four other 4-H members across Western Pennsylvania on a trip to the nation’s capital for the National 4-H Conference, held Frida...
May 01, 2026 Community
WIMBERLEY, Texas — A small plane crashed among trees in Texas Hill Country, killing all five people aboard, authorities said Friday. The crash happened around 11 p.m. Thu...
May 01, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — When Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin was questioned by senators during his confirmation hearing about his vision for implementing President Dona...
May 01, 2026 National News
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces struck an oil terminal in the Russian Black Sea city of Tuapse, Ukraine’s General Staff said on Friday, marking the fourth attack targeti...
May 01, 2026 International News
TYRE, Lebanon — Israel carried out several airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Friday, killing at least four people, while the militant Hezbollah group said it fired rocket...
May 01, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is arguing that the war in Iran has already ended because of the ceasefire that began in early April, an interpretation that would a...
April 30, 2026 National News
Amtrak is considering allowing people to store guns in lockboxes on most of its trains, which critics say would weaken security measures that instead should be strengthen...
April 30, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump swiftly signed a bipartisan legislation Thursday to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcem...
April 30, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth clashed with Democratic lawmakers in Congress for a second day Thursday, rejecting senators’ accusations that the Iran war was...
April 30, 2026 National News
Sports
A season-ending injury is, physically and mentally, a bitter pill for an athlete to swallow. The adversity that struck Graysen Rottman is far worse. Last summer, the curr...
May 01, 2026 Sports
When the high school baseball season ends, Pullman Park won’t be quiet. The ballpark will be busier than ever. While the Butler BlueSox will not be returning — they last ...
May 01, 2026 Sports
Trailing 1-0 entering the bottom of the fourth inning, Karns City softball rallied to earn a 5-3 victory over Butler on Thursday at Diehl Stadium. The decisive frame came...
April 30, 2026 Sports
The high school track and field season continues on, with the postseason already here. Take a look at the Butler County-area track and field leaders in each event as of A...
April 30, 2026 Sports
A group of Butler athletes signed to continue their careers in college on Wednesday. Take a look at the gallery below to see who’s going where. ...
April 30, 2026 Sports
Editorial
For Pennsylvania voters registered with either of the two major parties, time is almost up to ensure their voices are heard when selecting candidates to run in the midter...
May 01, 2026 Our Opinion
May 01, 2026 Cartoons
Healthy soil doesn’t usually make headlines, but it should. Beneath every productive farm is a living system that quietly determines whether crops thrive or struggle, wh...
May 01, 2026 Other Voices
Community
A 4-year-old from West Sunbury is in the running to be featured in a Ranger Rick magazine — and he is now nearing the final rounds of the competition. Theodore “Teddy” O’...
May 01, 2026 Community
Three Mars Area School District student-athletes will represent Team Pennsylvania at the sixth annual Future Stars Invitational, taking place in August at ADK Bank Center...
May 01, 2026 Community
The largest trout of the day caught during the Boyers Sportsmen’s Association annual fishing derby was reeled in by Miranda Pisor. During the event on Saturday, April 18,...
May 01, 2026 Community
The Ellwood City Area Civic Chorale’s spring concert schedule at Passavant Retirement Community in Zelienople continues throughout the month of May with multiple shows. T...
May 01, 2026 Community
The Keep Conno Clean trash pickup will take place again this spring, with Connoqunessing Township planning to begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 16. The meeting location for t...
May 01, 2026 Community
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week. Lunch is ...
May 01, 2026 Senior
Parker Culp, 5, helps advocate for blood donation
May 01, 2026 Community
I hope you enjoyed the full moon on Friday night to kick off May. It’s considered by many cultures as the Flower Moon for obvious reasons. We're not done with full moons...
April 30, 2026 Starwatch
The Associated Artists of Butler County announced the winners of the annual Butler County High School Exhibit at the opening night reception Friday, April 24. Alessia Ham...
April 30, 2026 Community
Allegheny-Clarion Valley High School hosted “Get Tangled in Memories With Us” for its 2026 prom, which took place Saturday, April 25, at the Allegheny Grille Timberframe ...
April 30, 2026 Community
Announcements
Arts & Entertainment
The movies always feel bigger in the summer. The budgets. The ambition. The names. The stakes. This summer, Hollywood has many of the regulars on the lineup: “Spider-Man,...
May 01, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
David Allan Coe, the country singer-songwriter who wrote the working-class anthem “Take This Job and Shove It” and had hits with “You Never Even Called Me By My Name” and...
April 30, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Other
May 01, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
Speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. — Ephesians 4:15 ...
May 01, 2026 Verse of the Day
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