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.
State police in Butler investigated a gift card scam Feb. 11 where a 58-year-old Jefferson Township woman was scammed out of $2,400.
Police said an unknown person contac...
A Shippenville man is accused of telling a Slippery Rock University police officer he would “shoot her between her eyes.”
Xavier Scott Van Tassel, 20, was charged Saturd...
Butler Township police are requesting assistance in identifying a hit-and-run driver associated with a Friday afternoon, March 6, crash in Butler Commons.
The crash occu...
Dollar General will continue to expand its presence in Butler County with a new store in Clay Township.
The township’s board of supervisors approved plans at its meeting ...
SLIPPERY ROCK — First responders in the borough stayed busy Saturday, March 7, as Slippery Rock University students celebrated St. Patrick’s Day early during an annual tr...
JACKSON TWP — Seneca Valley’s school board approved its share of funding for the Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School and Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV budget...
BUTLER TWP — With the chance to lock in a much cheaper electricity rate, Butler Area School District is considering establishing solar power on its premises.
District off...
ADAMS TWP — Township supervisors approved the purchase of an Autel Robotics Alpha L35T drone, plus accompanying pilot training, for the township’s police department durin...
BUTLER TWP — Over 100 students from four school districts learned about identifying and fact-checking misinformation they might encounter on social media sites and assume...
One of the so-called fixers in a sprawling betting scheme that allegedly raked in millions of dollars off of big bets on rigged NCAA basketball games pleaded guilty Monda...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the war against Iran may be short-lived despite the country’s selection of a new hard-line supr...
NEW YORK — As the price of crude oil surpassed $110 a barrel Monday, reaching heights not seen since 2022, consumers were feeling the effects of the Iran war and its dama...
FRANKFURT, Germany — The Iran war has put at risk some of the world’s most critical oil and gas infrastructure — the pipelines, refineries and shipping terminals that kee...
LONDON — A major fire in the heart of Glasgow crippled Scottish train services Monday as firefighters worked to douse the blaze that destroyed a four-story building next ...
PAOLI, Pa. — A state police trooper was shot and killed by a man he had pulled over in a traffic stop Sunday night, authorities said.
Cpl. Tim O’Connor was killed as he a...
The 2026 Lernerville Speedway schedule is out, and racing is just a month away.
The calendar runs from April through October.
See the full schedule for Fab4 racing, the D...
The defending champs have a chance to repeat.
Seneca Valley hockey beat Pine-Richland 2-1 Monday at Robert Morris University in the Penguins Cup Class AAA semifinals. The...
North Catholic boys tennis squeezed by Mars 3-2 in the season opener Monday at Mars High School.
Justin Garvey won the Singles 1 match against the Planets’ Cal Johnson 6-...
The 2026 Penguins Cup playoffs begin Feb. 23, starting with Class A.
Butler takes on North Catholic in a battle of Butler County teams in a play-in game Tuesday, Feb. 24....
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers gave their wide receiver group an upgrade Monday, acquiring veteran Michael Pittman Jr. from Indianapolis for a late-round pick in th...
Left standing are the two teams that have provided some of the most entertaining basketball games of the season.
Knoch takes on North Catholic for a fourth and final time...
Karns City’s defense, North Catholic’s resilience and Slippery Rock’s explosiveness have paved the way to the second round of the PIAA girls basketball tournaments.
Here’...
The Butler Chapter of the North Country Trail Association has two events planned in March.
The first will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, at Jennings Environm...
Good Samaritan Hospice, a mission of Concordia Lutheran Ministries, will host a free weekly grief support group from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Wednesdays from March 25 through ...
Tommy DeCarlo, who became the lead singer of classic rockers Boston for nearly 20 years based on a Myspace tribute to the band’s original singer, has died.
DeCarlo’s chi...
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police took a woman into custody after she fired gunshots outside Rihanna’s gated home, according to authorities and news reports on Monday.
No...
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Monday it has tentatively settled its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation Entertainment, striki...
God has saved us and called us to a holy life — not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus bef...
