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.
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts:
Cranberry Twp
Aug. 4 — Kurt Alfred Effenberger, 54, of Jefferson, was charged with...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has removed former U.S. Rep. Billy Long as IRS commissioner less than two months after his confirmation, a White House official said F...
The Butler County nonprofit that once served as the county’s food bank contractor again finds itself under scrutiny from local elected leaders, after a second consecutive...
A new furniture store is on it’s way to Cranberry Township according to its website.
Amish Yard will take over 1.5 acres at 1331 Old Freedom Road. The 2,550 square foot r...
A former teacher of Michael Thompson is collecting money to pay for a headstone to mark the diseased Marine’s grave in West Sunbury Cemetery.
Thompson was born April 13, ...
An Ambridge man is accused of sexually abusing three girls for about 10 months in Cranberry Township, according to police.
Francisco Javier Rosalez Melendez, 34, was cha...
Cranberry Township is preparing to welcome a new automotive repair business to the community.
On Aug. 7, the township board of supervisors approved Crash Champions, a one...
A Cranberry Township woman accused of changing the password of her former employer’s business website and demanding a $36,000 ransom was admitted into the county’s Accele...
For Joe Franciscus and his team at the Lighthouse Foundation, the year-round grind never stops.
Housed in a reimagined elementary school in Middlesex Township, the Christ...
A trip to Moraine State Park is not complete without a walk through the Native Plant and Butterfly Trail.
Working in conjunction with Moraine, Penn State Master Gardener...
A man fatally shot his neighbor in rural Pennsylvania and then unleashed a hail of gunfire on first responders, wounding two state troopers, running an EMT off the road a...
WASHINGTON — The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan shook hands Friday at a White House peace summit before signing an agreement aimed at ending decades of conflict.
Presi...
HOUSTON — Billy Howton, a former Green Bay Packers star regarded as one of the most productive wide receivers of the pre-Super Bowl era who was a founder and the first pr...
CHICAGO — James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97.
Lovell died...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next Friday in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, a potential breakt...
PHILADELPHIA — Rocco Notte, 72, the Philadelphia musician and songwriter with the New Wave-era rock band, the A’s, who remained a key player in the local music scene for ...
A man suspected in a shooting at a Montana bar that left four people dead and prompted a neighborhood lockdown was captured Friday after a weeklong search, authorities sa...
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan says he's “always operated within the highest legal and ethical standards” after President Donald Trump said he should resign.
On Thursday Trump sai...
Grove City College has chosen Joshua Tustin of Slippery Rock and Abigail Vance of Butler as this year’s recipients of the Brandon Academic Scholarship, worth $9,100 per s...
PHILADELPHIA — The Department of Justice has asked Pennsylvania to turn over its entire, unredacted, voter registration list as part of the Trump administration’s nationw...
Kaelyn McCann and Jayce Kinney both shot 42 to lead Seneca Valley to a 179-195 girls golf victory over Butler at Hiland Golf Course on Friday.
Pacing the Golden Tornado w...
It wasn’t exactly hot this week during heat acclimatization, but the sounds of pads, panting and whistles filled the air around Butler County.
Those sounds portend the qu...
Fourteen days remain until the start of the high school football season. Fourteen days until fans get to see the payoff of an offseason of weight room training, playbook ...
No Butler County girls tennis team had a better 2024 season than North Catholic. Really, no school had a better tennis year than the county’s Catholic school, which saw b...
Butler County golf, trap and horseshoes results from this week:
GOLF
Werner Outfitters League
Aug. 7
Standings: Team 7 378.5, Team 6 346, Team 4 341, T...
I’m writing to urge fellow drivers to slow down and drive with more care and patience — especially around new drivers.
There’s been a noticeable rise in aggressive behav...
The Butler Eagle considers it a great honor to be able to award the Eagle Bowl to the Butler Farm Show family who has embraced this tradition of friendly — but serious — ...
We wanted to take a moment to recognize and thank the hardworking rangers and staff at Moraine State Park. Our family visits nearly every day, and we're constantly impres...
President Donald Trump is upset that President Vladimir Putin is “dragging his feet on negotiations.”
It is baffling and sad that a country (Russian Federation) can start...
Two events reported in the Butler Eagle have prompted me to write. The first is really “old news,” but it has bothered me.
Those who voted to sell the Bulter Area Sewer A...
As children of the 1930s, a few of us still recall the era of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1945), who mobilized the Greatest Generation of Americans, through...
BUTLER TWP — It was a little intimidating for Lavinia Grabe when she first found herself on the inside of Edwards’ Soft Serve, a long-standing ice cream shop next door to...
The Jefferson Grange will have a luncheon and card party beginning at noon on Wednesday, Aug. 13, at the grange, 211 Bullcreek Road, Jefferson Township.
A second luncheon...
The annual Pennington reunion will take place at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, at the North Butler Hunting and Fishing Club, 105 Christy Hill Road, Parker Township.
The group ...
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...
The 16th annual Penn Township Community Day will take place from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, at Harcrest Community Park.
The free event features food, Gellyball, l...
PHILADELPHIA — The fictional documentary team who filmed "The Office" is back. This time, they are spotlighting a different (but still wacky) workplace in the Peacock ser...
In Starz's “Outlander,” Caitriona Balfe's Claire Fraser is bold and brave. She can also think on her feet in high-pressure moments. Her husband Jamie Fraser, played by Sa...
New Orleans legend Big Freedia returning with a new gospel album and the acting trio of Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson and Keke Palmer teaming up for the armored truck actio...
It’s time once again this year for the Perseid meteor shower, and most years, it’s a marquee stargazing event over Butler, but not this year. You can blame it on the moon...
An enduring image from the new movie “Weapons” comes early: The sight of elementary school students running out of their homes and onto the suburban grass, moving like fl...
It’s a tale as old as time — or at least, a tale Hollywood loves to tell again and again: Body-swapping. It’s magical. It’s comical. It carries heartwarming messages abou...
Alpacas
Alpaca Showman/ Age 19 & Over
Alpaca Showmanship, Karen Bowman, Slippery Rock
Alpaca Obstacle Course, Karen Bowman, Slippery Rock
Alpaca Public Relation, Karen Bo...
The following are first place winners from the Butler Farm Show.
Junior Goat Show
Supreme Champion
Best Senior Doe In Show, Alexandria Mikolaczyk, Chicora
Best Junior Doe...
