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.
PORTERSVILLE — One woman was taken to the hospital for injuries Tuesday morning, Jan. 21, after her vehicle overturned along West Portersville Road.
The crash was reporte...
The following Butler County schools are closed for Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025:
Alleghney - Clarion Valley School District — Closed
Butler Area School District — Closed (Rem...
WASHINGTON — Nothing was going to stop a handful of Butler County Republicans from making it to President Donald Trump’s second inauguration — especially with Butler’s fi...
The Cranberry Men's Chorus is once again offering its popular Singing Valentines.
A person can order a Valentine for a special someone, and they will be visited by a qua...
MERCER TWP — The township supervisors announced that both Mercer and Marion townships have signed an inter-municipal agreement with Kozy Rest Campground that will allow t...
Jackson Township supervisors moved forward with plans for a new development that will continue to expand residential property in the area.
At a meeting on Jan. 13, superv...
Helen Comperatore, the widow of Corey Comperatore, told the Butler Eagle she was deeply honored by the respect given to her husband at President Donald Trump’s inaugurati...
A chill settled across Butler County on Monday, Jan. 20, causing school delays for the upcoming days.
The National Weather Service placed a cold weather advisory on Butle...
Applications for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Scholarship Program are open.
The program provides four-year scholarships to two high school seniors per year....
CRANBERRY TWP — Children flocked to play in the snow Saturday after fresh snowfall accumulated overnight. The sledding hill in North Boundary Park served as a perfect spo...
NEW ORLEANS — A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast left New Orleans and Houston frozen Tuesday, closing highways, grounding nearly all f...
JERUSALEM — Israel's top general resigned on Tuesday, taking responsibility for security failures tied to Hamas' surprise attack that triggered the war in Gaza and adding...
WASHINGTON — Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes have been released from prison after their lengthy sentences for seditious co...
LOS ANGELES — Winds picked up on Tuesday in Southern California and at least a couple of new wildfires broke out as firefighters remained on alert in extreme fire weather...
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania's three statewide row officers will be sworn in to new four-terms on Tuesday, joining Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro in Harrisburg and markin...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump wasted no time announcing steps to implement many of his campaign pledges, including on immigration, energy, the military and federal ...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned more than 1,500 of his supporters charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, including pe...
PITTSBURGH — Early in 2023, on the advice of a colleague, Eric Olshan taped a photo to the wall near his desk in the U.S. Attorney’s office.
The photo — a collage of the ...
PHILADELPHIA — Among the things on Annette Kim’s agenda on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, watching President Donald Trump take the oath of office was not one of them.
Instea...
WASHINGTON — Fresh off President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Senate on Monday passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of thef...
Hayleigh Wolski, a seventh grader at Mars Middle School, was participated over the weekend in the 2025 U.S. Youth Soccer Interregional Olympic Development Program Tournam...
PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes has a lot on his mind. The chances of the perpetually curious National League Rookie of the Year staying with the Pittsburgh Pirates indefinitely...
CRANBERRY TWP — North Catholic girls basketball’s defense did not play a perfect game, but when it mattered most, the Trojanettes answered the call.
Over the final 11 min...
Vita Vargo became the eighth player in program history to reach 1,000 points Monday night in Mars girls basketball’s victory over Pine-Richland.
Vargo, a senior guard, en...
It seemed only a matter of time before Tessa Szymanski found her way to competing in triathlons.
The resident of Prospect and senior at Slippery Rock Area High School is ...
ATLANTA — Instead of crying over another collapse, Ohio State can celebrate another national title after holding off a Notre Dame comeback bid Monday night to walk away w...
Knoch grad Madilyn Boyer scored a season-high 20 points with four 3-pointers in Penn State-Behrend women’s basketball’s 98-47 win Monday against Carlow.
The junior guard ...
Butler’s 4x400 girls relay team, 4x400 boys relay team and 4x200 boys relay team all won Saturday at the Youngstown State Invitational.
The girls quartet of Adraya Baxter...
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County.
Monday, Jan. 20
Boys Basketball
7:30 — Karns City at North Clarion County
7:30 — Keystone at Unio...
I know more than a handful of West Side teenagers who can carjack Kia Optimas with a USB cable, but I also know nearly 100 Chicago students who can operate the excavators...
James “Officer Jim” Green at Broad Street Elementary School has given haircuts to students who needed them, helped a blind student learn to play catch and has fixed bikes...
Kindergarten students know learning is a lot more fun with toys involved, and the Seneca Valley School District is catching on.
The district and The Andrew Effect partne...
William C. Graham Manor and Lorraine Chapter DeMolay will host a sausage dinner fundraiser benefiting Isaiah 117 House in Butler.
The dinner takes place from 3 to 6 p.m. ...
LOS ANGELES — A$AP Rocky is at a crossroads. He could soar to new heights of celebrity in 2025, or be brought back to earth quickly by a trial starting Tuesday that could...
WASHINGTON — The Keke Palmer buddy comedy “One of Them Days” opened in first place on the North American box office charts on a particularly slow Martin Luther King Jr. h...