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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
One man died in a three-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer Wednesday morning, March 18, on I-80 in Mercer County, according to the county coroner. Coroner John A....
March 19, 2026 Local News
SAXONBURG — The borough is joining other municipalities in Butler County in celebrating the country’s semiquincentennial, holding its own America250 parade and fireworks ...
March 19, 2026 Local News
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday and Chairman Jerome Powell highlighted the increasingly uncertain outlook for the U.S. eco...
March 19, 2026 Business
A Louisiana man is accused of stabbing a man during an argument in Bruin. Byron Keith Laxey Jr., 31, of Lafayette, La., was charged Wednesday, March 18, with felony aggr...
March 19, 2026 Local News
The Blind Association of Butler and Armstrong’s education and meeting room received a significant furniture upgrade Wednesday, March 18, thanks to the support of the Butl...
March 19, 2026 Local News
“Pi Day” — 3.14 — fell on Saturday this year, so Mars Area Elementary School fourth-graders instead embraced mathematics activities Wednesday, March 18. Pre-service teac...
March 19, 2026 Local News
Additional resources coming in response to EBT skimming
March 19, 2026 Local News
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office withdrew charges Wednesday, March 18, against a Boston man who was charged with stalking and harassing Slippery Rock Mayor Jond...
March 19, 2026 Crime & Courts
CLAY TWP — At Dassa McKinney Elementary School, teachers and faculty see the importance of showing parents the work their children put in 180 days of the year. At the el...
March 19, 2026 Local News
Other News
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is seeking $200 billion in additional funds for the Iran war, a sizable amount that is certain to be met with questions from Congress, which wou...
March 19, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — The meeting that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will have at the White House on Thursday originally seemed like a prime opportunity to have President...
March 19, 2026 International News
Proposals to prohibit federal immigration agents from masking their faces have gained new life in states — thanks in part to a court ruling that blocked the nation's firs...
March 19, 2026 National News
PHOENIX — Mary Rose Wilcox and her husband marched and fasted alongside César Chavez. They helped him open a radio station in Phoenix and plastered their Mexican restaura...
March 19, 2026 National News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran intensified its attacks on oil and natural gas facilities around the Gulf on Thursday, raising the stakes in a war that is sending shoc...
March 19, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — Sen. Markwayne Mullin moved a step closer to becoming President Donald Trump's next homeland security secretary after a Senate committee Thursday narrowly ad...
March 19, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — The national debt surpassed a record $39 trillion on Wednesday, a milestone that comes just weeks into the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran. The unprecedented figur...
March 18, 2026 National News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israel killed another top Iranian official — the intelligence minister — in its campaign against the Islamic Republic’s leadership, and repo...
March 18, 2026 International News
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania regulators asked an administrative law judge on Wednesday to make a gas utility pay $2.6 million in civil penalties for a chocolate factory expl...
March 18, 2026 Pennsylvania News
NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione’s lawyers asked a judge on Wednesday to postpone his federal trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson until early next year a...
March 18, 2026 National News
Sports
CRANBERRY TWP — Seneca Valley has grown accustomed to playing with a target on its back. The Raiders entered this PIHL boys hockey season as the reigning Class 3A state c...
March 19, 2026 Sports
Joey Felitsky led the WPIAL in passing the past two seasons. Still, the North Catholic senior quarterback believes he has more to prove before moving to the next level. F...
March 19, 2026 Sports
Terry Bradshaw has still not sent a wig to Terry Hanratty. Bradshaw, the Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback, used to wear wigs when he started losing his hair 4...
March 18, 2026 Sports
Venezuela stunned the United States in Tuesday’s World Baseball Classic championship game, winning 3-2 despite a dramatic game-tying home run from Team USA’s Bryce Harper...
March 18, 2026 Sports
RALEIGH, N.C. — Sean Walker scored with 28.3 seconds left in overtime as the Carolina Hurricanes beat Pittsburgh 6-5 Wednesday night, spoiling Sidney Crosby’s return to t...
March 18, 2026 Professional
Gianni Varlotta’s win at No. 2 singles, coupled with doubles victories from Liam Schley/Kylan Meiers and Jackson Brandt/Andy Weng lifted Seneca Valley boys tennis to a 3-...
March 18, 2026 Sports
Penn State is out to claim an elusive fifth straight NCAA Division I men’s wrestling title this weekend. The Nittany Lions have won four straight championships three time...
March 18, 2026 College
RALEIGH, N.C. — Sidney Crosby is back. The Pittsburgh Penguins captain will return to the lineup Wednesday night against Carolina after missing nearly a month with a low...
March 18, 2026 Professional
Editorial
March 18, 2026 Cartoons
While the season isn’t officially here, springlike weather is already upon us. That means fluctuating temperatures, varying precipitation and the high winds that go with ...
March 18, 2026 Our Opinion
If you’re a sports fan, you likely watched coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina. But did you watch the Paralympics when hundreds of athletes competed in...
March 18, 2026 Other Voices
Community
Tri-County CleanWays and Community Partnership are working together to offer a workshop on backyard composting. The workshop is scheduled for 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Ma...
March 19, 2026 Community
The following area residents have been named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges and universities. The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Butler: Stephen Di...
March 19, 2026 Deans List
Schools planning for years in the future
March 19, 2026 Community
A cast of 60 children and adults will take the stage for Sing Hosanna!’s production of “The Little Mermaid,” showing at Butler County Community College at the end of Marc...
March 18, 2026 Community
The BETA Quartet, composed of Eftihia Arkoudis, Meg Brennen, Tatiana Cassetta and Cassandra Eisenreich, released an album in March that uses music as a vehicle for conver...
March 18, 2026 Community
Announcements
Cody Lynn Rodgers March 19, 1991 Today you would be 35 years old. It is so hard to believe. So much has happened since you’ve been gone. Your sister had two sons, so you ...
March 19, 2026 Birthday Tributes
Arts & Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Zendaya’s new ring has led many to believe she’s married to actor Tom Holland, but the star isn’t confirming it and shared why she’s intentional about keepi...
March 19, 2026 People
Oscar-nominated actor Timothée Chalamet committed a major faux-pas last week when he said he was glad he wasn’t part of dying art forms like opera or ballet because “nobo...
March 18, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Butler Little Theatre’s new production of Theresa Rebeck’s “Downstairs” leans hard into the duality of the play’s title: the action unfolds in a literal basement and an e...
March 18, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Seneca Valley Senior High Student Council is hosting its 12th annual Raiderthon — an evening of fundraising and community spirit supporting the Miracle League of Southwes...
March 18, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Comedians Adam Minnick and Tracie Jayne will perform at the North Country Taproom for a fundraiser supporting the Slippery Rock Community Library. Laughs for the Library ...
March 18, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Other
March 19, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. — Romans 15:13 ...
March 19, 2026 Verse of the Day
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