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.
EVANS CITY — A Valencia man who was ordered not to return to The Goddard School in Adams Township testified in a Wednesday, Feb. 18, preliminary hearing the incident behi...
A man and woman are accused of attempting to steal more than $1,000 in gaming consoles from Walmarts in Butler and Allegheny counties.
Honny Alfredo Rosario, 31, of Hazle...
A Zelienople man allegedly replaced a contract signed for a home improvement project in Center Township with a false contract with different terms and did not complete th...
EVANS CITY — A Connoquenessing Township woman detailed how a Chicora man allegedly assaulted her and then attempted to intimidate her into not testifying against him in a...
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts:
Buffalo Twp
Feb. 2 — Angella Smith, 34, of Freeport, was charged with filing false...
Cherrie Mahan was 8 years old when she was abducted Feb. 22, 1985. She went missing less than 100 yards from her Winfield Township home after getting off the school bus.
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Mark Gartner was just elected to Seneca Valley’s school board on a campaign emphasizing his ties to the community, one he thinks could help him become a state representat...
LOS ANGELES — Mark Zuckerberg and opposing lawyers dueled in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday, where the Meta CEO answered questions about young people’s use of Insta...
Scott Timko, a retired Air Force pilot and former local business owner from Cranberry Township, is seeking the Republican nomination to run to represent the 12th District...
As Christians all over the world marked Ash Wednesday, local church leaders and their congregations were eager to recognize the start of the Lenten season.
At Divine Gra...
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to travel to Israel next week to update Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the U.S.-Iran nuclear talks, two Tr...
Another ransom note demanding $6 million in cryptocurrency in exchange for the safe return of Nancy Guthrie was sent to TMZ on Wednesday.
This note, the latest in a seri...
WASHINGTON — A coalition of health and environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, challenging the rescinding of a scientific finding that...
DENVER — Doug Moe, an ABA original who gained fame over a rumpled, irreverent and sometimes R-rated decade as coach of the Denver Nuggets in the 1980s, died Tuesday. He w...
More than 550 commercial driving schools in the U.S. that train truckers and bus drivers must close after investigators found they employed unqualified instructors, faile...
WASHINGTON — A red, white and blue color scheme championed by President Donald Trump will become the new look for Air Force One, the U.S. military said Thursday.
The Air ...
PHILADELPHIA — A judge has set a Friday deadline for the Trump administration to restore an exhibit on the nine people enslaved by George Washington at his former home on...
GENEVA — The latest U.S.-brokered talks between envoys from Moscow and Kyiv over Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine ended Wednesday with no sign of a breakthrough and w...
UNITED NATIONS — Members of the United Nations Security Council called Wednesday for the Gaza ceasefire deal to become permanent and blasted Israeli efforts to expand con...
WASHINGTON — The number of days when the weather gets hot, dry and windy — ideal to spark extreme wildfires — has nearly tripled in the past 45 years across the globe, wi...
Special Olympics and unified bocce athletes around Butler County recently celebrated various achievements at the end of their seasons.
At Knoch, ninth-grader Mason Kriber...
Seneca Valley girls basketball head coach Dorothea Epps was named the Class 6A Section 1 Co-Coach of the Year this week when the Big 56 all-section teams were released.
E...
CHERRY TWP — Moniteau boys basketball rocketed its way into the District 9 Class 2A semifinals Wednesday night — fueled by its female counterparts.
The Warriors (17-7) cr...
CHERRY TWP — Moniteau turned the ball over 36 times and sank only 11 of 23 free throws.
But when the Warriors needed to make plays at the end, they did.
Alyssa Thompson s...
CRANBERRY TWP — Elizabeth Forward showered 3-pointers on North Catholic during the front half of Wednesday’s WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinal playoff game.
The No. 7 Warriors ...
WEXFORD — It’s very difficult for most opponents to hang with Knoch boys basketball for an entire game.
After Wednesday night’s WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinal playoff, Centr...
MILAN — Sidney Crosby left Canada’s Olympic quarterfinal game against Czechia in the second period because of injury, did not return and his status for the rest of the to...
It was like riding a bike.
After spending a year away from Moniteau’s boys basketball team, Andrew Zepeda surprisingly returned this past fall. It took only a few practic...
We are inching closer to a Knoch-North Catholic rubber match.
The Knights cruised through last week’s WPIAL Class 4A playoff opener, and both teams are the presumptive fa...
The WPIAL, District 9 and District 10 playoffs continue this week, with five Butler County teams still alive.
The most recent addition is Slippery Rock, the D10, Region 4...
In November 2023 and more than 15 billion miles from Earth, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft started sending gibberish back to mission control.
The signals received from Voya...
This weekend, Butler County residents will have a chance to mark George Washington’s 294th birthday and his ties to Western Pennsylvania during the Cherry Pie Hike and na...
Play bingo for a chance to win plant prizes — like starters and gardening goodies — on April 19.
Glade Run Lutheran Services is hosting “Plant Bingo” to celebrate Earth D...
A musical being staged by Knoch High School next weekend tells a story set in Greek mythology about love, loss and redemption.
“Hadestown: Teen Edition” weaves together t...
Cranking up the volume in your car may sound harmless and fun, but it could lead to hearing problems in your older years -- and possibly even increase your risk of dement...
The day after our country’s sesquicentennial, Evans City will host the “A Voice For Liberty” 250th anniversary musical event on Sunday, July 5, at the Evans City Cemetery...
The Slippery Rock University Honors Flute Ensemble will have its final performance this weekend.
The ensemble, which is made up of honors students in the flute program at...
Steve Cicero — a former history teacher in Butler Area School District, who is now known as the History Hobo — will lead “Highway to History,” a presentation on Perry Hig...
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh was voted the No. 1 children’s museum in the country in the 2026 USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards.
This is the eighth year that the...
PARIS — Gisèle Pelicot’s memoir was released on Tuesday in 22 languages worldwide, sharing details of the horror she went through and sending a powerful message of hope a...
After a few months off, the Butler-Built Garage open house returned for a second season on Sunday, Feb. 15, at the Butler branch office of state Rep. Marci Mustello, R-11...
With the United States celebrating its 250th anniversary this year, it’s no wonder that Glacial Ice Works saw a huge uptick in the number of patriotic sculptures commissi...
Butlerites are going to attempt to celebrate the cold as the weather warms up this weekend.
Two events worth noting will take place outside — and thank goodness for that!...
The Armstrong Center for Community Learning is partnering with several local libraries to offer fun and educational escape rooms that will challenge participants to solve...
At Passavant Community in Zelienople, the beauty of kindness arrives on four wheels. Once a month, a pushcart filled with fresh-cut flowers donated by Trader Joe’s makes...
WASHINGTON — Colorectal cancer is a threat not just to older adults but increasingly to young men and women, too. It’s now the top cancer killer of Americans younger than...
BUTLER TWP — The dance floor may be new for the group of seniors who get together every Monday to line dance together, but the steps remain the same.
The senior line danc...
BROOKLYN, Ill. — Sr. Julia Huiskamp, all 4 feet and 10 inches of her, oversees everything at the Thomas Terry Community Center: the food pantry, the child care, the fundr...
