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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
A Lyndora man was charged last week with administering drugs that resulted in a woman’s death in 2025, Butler police said. Matthew Richard Tolley, 40, is facing the char...
March 30, 2026 Local News
A Butler woman is charged with tampering with evidence after she removed a dead man’s cellphone from a crime scene in Westmoreland County. Cheryl Anne Warner, 35, of Jef...
March 30, 2026 Local News
ZELIENOPLE — U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-16th, said he was pleased to be able to return $1.2 million in taxpayer dollars to the community Monday, March 30, to help Harmony Fi...
March 30, 2026 Local News
Leslie Sherman-Shafer, an Uber driver in the San Francisco Bay Area, likes to start each shift with a full tank of gas. It used to cost her around $25 to fill up her Toy...
March 30, 2026 Business
A Butler man is charged with statutory sexual assault after Butler police said he had sexual intercourse with a juvenile. Keyon David Franklin, 21, was charged Friday, M...
March 30, 2026 Local News
Narcan will soon be available in courts and judicial buildings around the state thanks to an initiative from the state Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs. The initi...
March 30, 2026 Local News
Windy conditions Thursday, March 26, elevated a brush fire to a structure fire near the Butler/Lawrence County line off Route 422. It’s exactly why firefighters advocate ...
March 30, 2026 Local News
BUTLER TWP — Hundreds of bowlers racked up strikes and spares to raise money for local nonprofit Butler Downtown as part of its fifth annual “Bowl for Butler” fundraiser,...
March 30, 2026 Local News
These real estate transactions were recorded in Butler County from Jan. 5 to 9: Adams Township Joshua and Molly Funyak to Treavor Moore at 215 Union Church Road for ...
March 30, 2026 Real Estate Transactions
The largest Middle East aluminum producer sustained “significant damage” during an Iranian missile and drone attack on Saturday, highlighting the challenge to the global ...
March 29, 2026 Business
Other News
ROME — Thieves made off with three paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse worth millions of euros from a museum near the city of Parma in northern Italy, police said Mo...
March 30, 2026 International News
HAVANA — Cuba prepared Monday to receive a sanctioned Russian tanker carrying roughly 730,000 barrels of oil, the first such fuel delivery this year to the island that ha...
March 30, 2026 International News
BULVERDE, Texas — A student shot a teacher at a Texas high school and then fatally shot himself, authorities said Monday. The shooting happened at Hill Country College Pr...
March 30, 2026 National News
Frustrating security lines dwindled at U.S. airports Monday, clearing the worst bottlenecks as Transportation Safety Administration officers began receiving backpay for w...
March 30, 2026 National News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened widespread destruction of Iran’s energy resources and other vital infrastructure, including...
March 30, 2026 International News
Israel’s parliament approved a state budget that should stabilize the ruling coalition until elections later this year and which will see defense spending increase signif...
March 30, 2026 International News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian-backed Houthi rebels entered the monthlong war in the Middle East on Saturday, claiming two missile launches at Israel. About 2,500 ...
March 30, 2026 International News
A shooting in Boston. A carjacking in Washington, D.C. A robbery in New York. All were carried out with guns that were among hundreds bought in the South and trafficked n...
March 30, 2026 National News
CAIRO — The Egyptian government is seeking ways to conserve oil-powered electricity during the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, enacting at least one policy that threatens Cair...
March 30, 2026 International News
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan announced Sunday that it will soon host talks between the U.S. and Iran, though there was no immediate word from Washington or Tehran, and it was unc...
March 30, 2026 National News
Sports
Quite literally, Aria Harcar is ahead of her time. The sixth-grader from Butler compete at the Adidas Indoor Track Middle School National Championships, held in Virginia ...
March 30, 2026 Sports
Kelly Coffield enjoyed the best of both worlds — twice. The 1995 Knoch graduate excelled in volleyball and track and field with the Knights and was named team MVP in both...
March 30, 2026 Sports
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County. Monday, March 30 Baseball 3:30 — North Hills at Butler 3:45 — Seneca Valley at Pittsburgh Central...
March 30, 2026 Sports
Easton Bazzoli, a 2013 Seneca Valley graduate and current head coach of Gannon University men’s basketball, has guided the Golden Knights to the NCAA Division II national...
March 30, 2026 Sports
The Final Four is set. Illinois will face UConn, and Michigan will take on Arizona on Saturday, with the winners squaring off two nights later for the national title. Th...
March 29, 2026 College
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Lauren Betts and her fellow UCLA seniors wouldn't allow their season to end short of the Final Four. Betts had 23 points, 10 rebounds and five block...
March 29, 2026 College
NEW YORK — Ryan O’Hearn had three hits and two RBIs, including a go-ahead single in the 10th inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates threw out the potential tying run at the p...
March 29, 2026 Professional
Butler’s Santino Sloboda earned a 12-1 major decision, helping the WPIAL all-star team at the Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic trounce Oklahoma’s all-stars 56-3. The Saturday...
March 29, 2026 Sports
Editorial
March 30, 2026 Cartoons
Every Wednesday, many students and staff alike don shirts at Mars Primary Center and Mars Area Elementary School reminding everyone to be the kind one first. The #betheki...
March 30, 2026 Our Opinion
As midterm elections approach in November, voters have one thing on their minds: Life is too expensive. Democrats are wise to campaign on “affordability.” Unfortunately, ...
March 30, 2026 Other Voices
Community
The Butler Bike Blessing 2026 is scheduled for Saturday, May 9, at the American Legion Post 778 in Butler Township. The event is an opportunity to connect with the motorc...
March 30, 2026 Community
The Rotary Club of Slippery Rock is sponsoring a blood drive Wednesday, April 1, at the Slippery Rock Township Municipal Building. The drive will run from noon through 5:...
March 30, 2026 Community
Mt. Chestnut Presbyterian Church will hold its annual Community Easter egg hunt at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 4, at 727 W. Old Route 422 in Franklin Township. Guests are inv...
March 30, 2026 Community
Butler County Community College will host a community blood drive Thursday, April 2, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Victor K. Phillips Nursing and Allied Health Building l...
March 30, 2026 Community
The Intermediate League of Butler will meet Monday, April 13, at Christ Community Methodist Church, 205 N. Duffy Road, Butler Township. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m...
March 30, 2026 Community
CRANBERRY TWP — Parents and minors at the Reality Tour drug prevention education event at Hope Lutheran Church in Cranberry Township were startled when a uniformed police...
March 30, 2026 Community
Concordia’s Good Samaritan Hospice mission will host a free grief workshop for adults from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 18. The workshop, titled “Blooming Beyond Be...
March 30, 2026 Community
Announcements
In loving memory of Phyllis Nesbitt whose birthday is March 30, 1935. Birthday wishes sent to Heaven from your family below. We miss and love you dearly and want you to ...
March 30, 2026 Birthday Tributes
Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — Mary Beth Hurt, a Tony Award-nominated actor who starred on Broadway in “Benefactors” with Glenn Close and reunited with Close for the movie “The World Accordi...
March 30, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Amanda Seyfried starring in “The Testament of Ann Lee” and Bravo’s hit reality show “The Valley” returning for Season 3 are some of the new television, films, music and g...
March 29, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — “Project Hail Mary” stayed aloft in its second weekend, holding strongly with $54.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, and adding to the long-term ...
March 29, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
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