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WASHINGTON — As the rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, many of the police officers had to decide on their own how to fight them off. There was no direction. No plan. And no top leadership.
HARRISBURG — FBI authorities are seeking a Pennsylvania woman in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot earlier this month after an accusation from a former romantic partner that she took a laptop from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Snapchat photo of rifle-toting man leads to arrest
2 hurt in Adams Township wreck
Butler County Symphony officials have announced that because of continued issues surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, the live concert performances scheduled for February, March, April and May have been canceled.
Former Butler Health System COO Stephanie Roskovski has filed for another continuance, while her husband, former county detective Scott Roskovski, has filed a plea withdrawal.
LOS ANGELES — Media mogul Oprah Winfrey will have a biographical documentary released on Apple TV+.
Briefs for Sunday
WILKES-BARRE — A disgraced Pennsylvania judge who locked up thousands of juvenile offenders while he was taking kickbacks from the owner and builder of for-profit detention centers has lost his bid to be released from prison because of the coronavirus pandemic.
AUSTIN, Texas — The National Rifle Association announced Friday it has filed for bankruptcy protection and will seek to incorporate the nation’s most politically influential gun-rights group in Texas instead of New York.
BALTIMORE — The $1.9 trillion rescue plan unveiled by President-elect Joe Biden offers the chance to sculpt the U.S. economy toward the Democrats’ liking: a $15 minimum wage, aid to poor families and federal dollars going to public schools.
If you applied Early Decision or Early Action, you may have received notification that you’ve been deferred. It’s the purgatory of the college admissions process. You definitely weren’t accepted and yet you definitely weren’t rejected.
The American Kennel Club highlights a few things that dog owners should be careful of in frigid weather:
A New Castle man was cleared of charges that he drove a car into a group of people at a Slippery Rock Township apartment complex in 2019.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will leave Washington next Wednesday morning just before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration to begin his post-presidential life in Florida.
The following numbers on the coronavirus pandemic were compiled from regular news releases from the state Department of Health and Butler Health System.
Both in-state data and a report from Butler Health System show more recent deaths because of COVID-19.
The dust continues to settle from last month's statewide shutdown that forced many out of workplaces across the state.
info about meal distribution
County children can receive free meals through the end of the school year via districts.
An Emily Brittain Elementary School teacher on Friday told her third-grade class about Martin Luther King Jr.'s first experience with discrimination when, as a child, he was barred from playing baseball with his white friends.
Two local educators shared their thoughts on Martin Luther King Jr. as his annual day approaches.
There will be no newspaper on Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Butler Eagle will resume publication Tuesday.
For nursing homes and other long-term care facilities dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, it's been a bleak 10 months.
Girlfriend charged with harboring man wanted in murder of Butler native, nurse
January 14, 2021