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.
On July 29, Warren Wiebe, a 70-year-old resident of Ontario, Canada, will set out on a 24-hour journey through more than 165 miles of the Great Allegheny Passage on a bic...
A 3-year-old boy was found dead in late June in a Mercer County home, according to state police.
The boy was unresponsive and not breathing when emergency services arriv...
A trial has been scheduled for October for a West Sunbury man charged with sexually assaulting an 11-year-old runaway boy in 2011.
Joseph Andrew Betz II, 73, is facing nu...
SAXONBURG — After years of fundraising efforts, the borough is finally on track to restore one of the county’s historic landmarks, the original wire rope workshop of boro...
A trial has been scheduled for December for the alleged leader of a cross-state drug ring who was among 26 suspects indicted by the 51st Statewide Investigating Grand Jur...
Every day, hospitals around the country use over 40,000 units of blood products, all of which come from donors, according to the American Red Cross.
Although blood donor...
JACKSON TWP — As two new housing developments are under consideration in Jackson Township, current residents expressed concern over potential impact to their properties a...
Numerous inmates in Butler County Prison were taken to the hospital, and some were, admitted over the July 4 weekend due to severe withdrawal from a drug officials said i...
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts:
Butler
July 8 — Robyn Renee Kellington, 42, of Butler, was charged with misdemeano...
With growing concerns about the accuracy of wrist-worn health devices, a Slippery Rock University student is charting a course toward better results through undergraduate...
MANILA, Philippines — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Asian leaders Wednesday that Iran's demand to control and collect tolls in the Strait of Hormuz would thr...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Torrential rains caused flash floods that inundated homes and businesses, washed out bridges and led to numerous water rescues in portions of West Vir...
ISLAMABAD — The United States and Pakistan on Wednesday condemned Yemen’s Houthi rebels for threatening commercial shipping in the Red Sea after the group announced a nav...
NEW YORK — Wall Street is swinging back upward on Monday, as the roller-coaster ride for stocks of chipmakers and other winners of the artificial-intelligence boom snaps ...
PARIS — France banned children under 15 from using social media on Tuesday, becoming the first country in the European Union to pass a blanket ban on the platforms as con...
WASHINGTON — A planned joint U.S.-Canada ceremony Friday celebrating the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, is no lo...
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced fiery questions and protests Tuesday over the U.S. war with Iran, which he estimated has cost $37.5 billion so far, as R...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A two-armed space robot blasted off on a private salvage operation Tuesday to slap life-extending jetpacks on old satellites running low on fuel th...
HADDONFIELD, N.J. — About 6,600 people who indicated they were noncitizens while obtaining New Jersey driver's licenses and other state IDs were improperly registered to ...
NEW YORK — How many women hold executive-level positions at top U.S. companies? What is the racial and ethnic breakdown of those roles? What is the gender and racial brea...
BUTLER TWP — Give recognition to Butler football players, coaches, volunteers and supporters who have made an impact on their teammates, school and the Butler community.
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Butler Football is honoring its next Hometown Hero in the 2026 season opener against Sharon.
Here’s a look at every inductee into the exclusive club, which launched in 2...
Making a verbal commitment to a college prior to the beginning of her junior year was not in Kennedy Hummert’s plans. A recent visit to George Mason University changed he...
The 35th Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup, originally scheduled for Tuesday at Lernerville Speedway, has been postponed until Wednesday.
The move was prompted by a forecast...
NEW YORK — The Yankees' game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night was postponed because of a forecast of rain and will be made up as part of Pittsburgh’s third...
Patching up a football program sometimes goes far beyond roster numbers and Xs and Os.
Moniteau begins the 2026 schedule Aug. 28 at home against neighboring rival Kar...
The median house price in Nantucket, Mass., is nearly $4 million. It was just $500,000 in 1995. This sounds like a stunning increase in one of the hottest and least acces...
Awards for the Cranberry Artists Network’s 2026 “A Summer Night with Monet” have been chosen.
The following artists received awards at the opening reception on July 15. ...
The garden Donna Eubanks had grown by July 2009 helped her remember her late-husband and pay tribute to relatives who served in the military with varieties like the Veter...
MUDDY CREEK TWP — A local Sea Scouts troop spent an action-packed week in June sailing the Florida Keys where they had the opportunity to operate two ships, catch fish an...
IN MEMORIAM
Rose Savage
July 22, 2018
Mom,
I will remember you.
I’ve forgotten all the rest.
You to me were true.
You to me were the best.
Love and missing you,
Cindy
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In loving memory of our mom
Doris L. Barger
Life has been so different without you, but we still feel you by our sides.
There isn’t a day that goes by that you aren’t in ...
In loving memory of Martha Frishkorn who passed away July 22, 2025.
Don’t think of her as gone away, her journey’s just begun
Life holds so many facets, this earth is onl...
LOS ANGELES — A lightsaber with Luke Skywalker's severed hand from “The Empire Strikes Back” has sold for $3.75 million at auction.
Heritage Auctions announced the resul...
Madonna, Justin Bieber, BTS and Shakira each brought a bit of one of their hits to the World Cup's first halftime show in a whirlwind performance Sunday that also squ...
NEW YORK — Do your hands hurt when you use your phone? All that texting and scrolling might be stressing out your fingers.
The term texting thumb can describe a wide ran...
Most people may never have heard of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome, or CKM, which makes sense, considering the condition was only identified and named in 2023. ...
As yet another heat dome settles over part of the U.S., a depressingly predictable news cycle is unfolding. This week, the headlines will warn of dangerously high tempera...
