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.
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...
If you've missed rooting around in a cereal box for a toy, you're in luck.
WK Kellogg Co. said Thursday it's including toys with some of its breakfast cereals for the fir...
Independence Health System will welcome 16 new residents to its family medicine residency programs in Butler, Clarion and Latrobe on July 1.
Those joining Butler Memorial...
CRANBERRY TWP — Steelers black and gold took over Ehrman Crest Elementary School as middle and elementary school students supported their favorite teams during NFL draft ...
LAS VEGA — The German company that owns Lufthansa Airlines and other European carriers said Tuesday that it would cut 20,000 short-haul flights through October as the Ir...
NEW YORK — The Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the U.S. president as the leader of the social media platform aft...
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...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” small Iranian boats that deploy mines in the Strait of Hormuz, anno...
After a school bus rolled on a West Virginia highway two years ago, forcing one boy to have his leg amputated and seriously injuring two other children aboard, police qui...
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s treasurer refused Thursday to approve payments for more than $1 million in security systems and other upgrades to the private home of Gov. Jos...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major...
NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market rallied to more records Wednesday after GE Vernova, Boston Scientific and other big companies joined the parade reporting fatter profits ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
WINFIELD TWP — A group of Cub Scouts from Saxonburg’s Pack 51 spent their Earth Day planting dozens of trees at Winfield Township’s Community Park.
“It’s a good day to br...
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...
