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.
Two local music legends, including a Butler County native, are expected to take the stage to kick off the second day of the 2026 NFL Draft.
Bret Michaels, the Chicora-bor...
Residents of Butler, Callery, Connoquenessing, Saxonburg, Valencia and West Sunbury have until Thursday, April 30, to get a 2% discount on their municipal real estate tax...
Independence Health System is welcoming the return of orthopedic surgeon Jason Clark to the medical staff at Butler Memorial and Clarion hospitals.
Clark brings more than...
Independence Health System’s Butler Memorial Hospital is aware of its techs’ union strike authorization vote, and is ready to meet and negotiate a contract, an official s...
Norfolk Southern railroad’s first-quarter profit fell 27% because it didn’t collect big insurance payments related to the East Palestine, Ohio, derailment and its planned...
After nearly five decades of bringing legal advice and managerial expertise to NexTier Bank, board of directors member Robert Wagner will retire at the end of April.
Wagn...
U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-16th, has released his list of 2027 fiscal year Community Project Funding grant program requests for projects within the 16th Congressional Distri...
SLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock University on Thursday unveiled the Haverlack College of Business. The college was made possible by a $5 million gift — the largest in unive...
Nine months after beginning negotiations for their first union contract, 92% of Butler Memorial Hospital’s techs voted to authorize a potential strike Thursday evening, A...
PITTSBURGH — Sunny skies, varied activities and excited fans made Thursday, April 23, a perfect day to celebrate the unofficial start of the next NFL season.
Football fan...
NAHUNTA, Ga. — Two large wildfires burning in drought-stricken southeast Georgia have destroyed more than 120 homes and are threatening nearly 1,000 more, Gov. Brian Kemp...
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department will adopt firing squads as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishme...
ISLAMABAD — President Donald Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan, the White House said Friday, just hours after Iran’s top diplomat he...
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has ended its investigation into Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, clearing a major roadblock to the confirmation of Kevin Warsh...
ENID, Okla. (AP) — Communities began cleaning up Friday after a powerful tornado in Oklahoma damaged at least 40 homes, ripping roofs off of some and reducing others to ...
RALEIGH, N.C. — Two young people have been arrested in an alleged plot to attack a Texas synagogue that involved driving through the congregation to “kill as many Jews as...
NAHUNTA, Ga. — Some of the destructive wildfires tearing through Georgia this week are being fed by not only a persistent drought, but also by fallen trees and limbs scat...
PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania arm of the American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit to obtain information from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...
Washington — President Donald Trump said Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group by three weeks after talks a...
BATON ROUGE, La. — An exchange of gunfire at a food court inside a Louisiana mall on Thursday killed one person and wounded five others and sent workers and shoppers scra...
STATE COLLEGE — For the last five months as construction cranes have swung steel beams and other fortifications into place at Beaver Stadium, Matt Campbell has undertaken...
Butler will host WPIAL Track and Field Team Championships boys and girls semifinals at 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 28.
The Golden Tornado earned hosting duties after going 6-0...
The crowd of Steelers fans who packed the Penn Theater’s NFL Draft party on Thursday night, April 23, welcomed Arizona State offensive tackle Max Iheanachor into the NFL ...
BUTLER TWP — When Dakari Payne first leaped onto the WPIAL track and field scene, he was most known for his high-jumping ability.
Now a senior, he’s still quite good at c...
The Pittsburgh Steelers took Arizona State offensive tackle Max Iheanachor with the 21st overall pick in the NFL draft Thursday.
They sat pat during a sometimes-confoundi...
Brock Dittman scattered six hits harmlessly, and the offense racked up 12 hits and 11 steals as Karns City baseball routed North Clarion 12-1 in six innings.
Camden Slate...
While hundreds of thousands converged upon Pittsburgh’s city center for the first night of the NFL draft, a Butler County football icon brought a piece of the draft exper...
HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders hope they have finally landed their franchise quarterback, taking Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza with the first overall se...
KARNS CITY — After every game, Karns City senior baseball player Joey O’Donnell called his grandfather to tell him how it went.
O’Donnell pitched a one-hitter and struck ...
Pittsburgh expects more than 50,000 participants for the annual running rite of spring — Pittsburgh Marathon on the first weekend in May.
While there’s nothing like the t...
Thursday night, the city took the first concrete step to provide itself with another valuable tool in efforts to ensure a healthy future community.
City council voted una...
When will the U.S. government confirm that aliens exist? How many people will fall ill with measles this year? Will President Donald Trump be impeached?
Today, you can be...
Butler Catholic School Math 24 Club students recently placed in the fourth annual Math Madness competition, hosted by Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV.
The event, held on...
Chicora United Methodist Church will have a craft and bake sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 2.
On sale will be child-safe wooden toys, jewelry, crocheted animals ...
Congregation B'nai Abraham Synagogue will have its annual rummage sale this weekend.
The sale will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 1 and 2, and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Ma...
Fred Rogers Productions recently started an advisory program to get suggestions and ideas for its children’s programming from people involved in education, and a Butler A...
Butler Senior High School will crown its prom king and queen the evening of Friday, May 1, at Butler County Community College. The theme of this year’s prom is “Enchanted...
The following area residents have been named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges and universities.
Emerson College
Zelienople: Samuel Buenaventura
Grove City...
Four Seneca Valley students recently won awards at the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America State Leadership Conference.
Students competed in job interviewing...
We’re approaching another full moon this week on Friday to kick off May, but that’s just the first full moon in May. There’ll be another full moon to end the month over B...
BUTLER TWP — Pete DeSantis whittles wood with a knife for hours on end, but it doesn’t bother him.
It’s not out of boredom, but woodworking does keep him from becoming bo...
Magee Women’s Hospital
Born: April 9, 2026
To Jade and Austin Goepfert, of Cabot, a daughter named Nova Lynn Goepfert, at 3:53 a.m. Grandparents are Jay Wagner, Chri...
You might not realize it, but watching Zach Galifianakis poke around in the dirt like he’s just discovered it is exactly what you need right now.
In “This Is a Gardening ...
Birders will guide a search of Moraine State Park for early season migrants from sparrows, warblers, tanagers, thrushes, kinglets, gulls, terns, loons, grebes, cormorants...
