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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
After weeks of heavy rain resulted in flooding across the county, Butler City Council is working to clean up a stream and is actively exploring mitigation efforts for the...
June 28, 2025 Local News
Named Sweepstakes Division II winner
June 28, 2025 Local News
A wave of property tax hikes swept school districts across Southwestern Pennsylvania this month in response to rising costs and COVID-19 relief funds running out. As scho...
June 28, 2025 Local News
After months of stalled negotiations, officials from Evans City and Seven Fields reached a long-awaited agreement on the division of assets from their now-defunct regiona...
June 28, 2025 Local News
A Kittanning man is accused of contractor fraud after he reportedly did not return a deposit or complete a job in Middlesex Township for about nine months. Kenneth R. Sch...
June 28, 2025 Local News
The Butler County Sheriff’s Department is searching for a prison inmate who left Butler Memorial Hospital while under their care. Michael A. Demko, 45, was charged Thurs...
June 28, 2025 Local News
Despite the sun beating down on Center Avenue Community School, Andi Kelly said she waited in line to receive free meals for her three children to help lift a weight off ...
June 28, 2025 Local News
A Cranberry Township man had assault and strangulation charges withdrawn after being accused of attacking a woman after he crashed into her parked car while driving under...
June 28, 2025 Local News
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts: Butler Twp June 25 — Patrick J. Mellon, 36, of Butler, was charged with one misdem...
June 28, 2025 Local News
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s driver's license and photo centers will be closed Friday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. Customers may still ...
June 28, 2025 Local News
Other News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms, which he called ...
June 27, 2025 National News
A trade war. A real war with bombs dropped in the Middle East. A barrage of insults hurled by the president of the United States at the head of the Federal Reserve. The ...
June 27, 2025 Business
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday scoffed at Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s heated warning to the U.S. not to launch future strikes on Iran, as well as the Iranian ...
June 27, 2025 National News
WASHINGTON — A united conservative majority of the Supreme Court ruled Friday that federal judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision lef...
June 27, 2025 National News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran's top diplomat said the possibility of new negotiations with the United States on his country's nuclear program has been “complicated” ...
June 27, 2025 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine exchanged more long-range drone attacks that have become a staple of the more than three-year war, officials said Friday, as Russian Pr...
June 27, 2025 International News
Sports
Butler is one win away from the Pa. Little League sectionals. The 12U major division all-star team beat Franklin 5-3 Thursday, in Franklin, in the first game of the Distr...
June 27, 2025 Sports
Derek's Grass Cutting Service and Backwoods Contracting won the Butler Youth Baseball major division championship this season. ...
June 27, 2025 Sports
Butler County golf, trap and horseshoes results from this week: GOLF Lake Arthur Ladies League June 25 Standings: Tweedle Dees 19, Cheshire Cats 18, Qu...
June 27, 2025 Sports
Editorial
Weather isn’t climate, and a heat wave isn’t proof of human-induced global warming any more than a snowball disproves it. At the same time, nothing quite focuses the mind...
June 28, 2025 Other Voices
Welcome to “Monroeville North” folks, formerly known as Cranberry Township, where gridlock on Route 19 starts at noon. Apparently our sage township supervisors are conduc...
June 28, 2025 Letters to the Editor
June 28, 2025 Cartoons
U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly has supported President Donald Trump on tariffs while citing the North American Free Trade Agreement. NAFTA is one of Trump’s frequent talking points...
June 28, 2025 Letters to the Editor
For the past few years, Linda Gaiser has had a message to send. Despite describing herself as shy, Gaiser has had quite a bit to say since the COVID-19 pandemic. And she ...
June 28, 2025 Our Opinion
Community
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week. Lun...
June 28, 2025 Senior
Aria O’Brien, a fifth-grader at Haine Middle School in the Seneca Valley School District, was one of five winners in a western and central Pennsylvania coloring contest, ...
June 28, 2025 Community
United Way program puts 100 bikes into Butler County hands
June 28, 2025 Community
Announcements
Anthony and Patricia Stagno, of Butler Township, celebrated 50 years of marriage with a family dinner and vow renewal on June 21, 2025, at Anna Marie’s Winery and Cafe in...
June 28, 2025 Anniversaries
David and JoRenee Motko, of Butler Township, will celebrate 50 years of marriage with a family cruise on July 5, 2025. Motko married the former JoRenee Tackett on July 5,...
June 28, 2025 Anniversaries
The following area residents have been named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges and universities. Bucknell University Butler: Brayden Young Butler County Co...
June 28, 2025 Deans List
Arts & Entertainment
If you want to know how big an upgrade the “M3GAN” sequel has on the original, look no further than the very first scene. “M3GAN” was mostly set in a Seattle house, but “...
June 28, 2025 Reviews
The wide-screen spectacle of Formula One gets a gleaming, rip-roaring workout in Joseph Kosinski’s “F1,” a fine-tuned machine of a movie that, in its most riveting racing...
June 28, 2025 Reviews
July stargazing is certainly a late show, but it's worth losing some sleep over because it’s prime time for summer constellations. I suggest lying back on a reclining law...
June 28, 2025 Starwatch
Other
June 28, 2025 Daily Photo Gallery
Bees make up the largest portion of pollinator species in North America and are important to the pollination of food crops as well as flowers. When most people hear abou...
June 28, 2025 Special Sections
Kitchens are no longer a simple cooking space. They’ve transformed into the heart of most American homes as a preferred gathering place for family and friends. However, w...
June 28, 2025 Special Sections
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