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.
MARS — Borough council gave an update about new welcome signs coming to the borough at its agenda meeting on Monday.
Secretary Christine Clutter said the Butler County A...
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP ― Slippery Rock Area School District’s board unanimously passed a motion Monday evening, May 18, to up the daily rate substitute teachers make in the di...
The Butler County Historical Society has a new commemorative flag to display.
The historical society accepted a special Betsy Ross America250 U.S. flag made by Annin Fla...
All PennDOT Drivers License and Photo Centers, including its full-service center in Harrisburg, will be closed Saturday, May 23 through May 25, for Memorial Day.
Customer...
President Donald Trump on Monday announced more than 600 generic medications will be added to the government’s discounted-drug website TrumpRx, dramatically increasing of...
OAKLAND, Calif. — A federal court on Monday dismissed claims filed against OpenAI and its top executives by Elon Musk, who accused them of betraying a shared vision for i...
Wednesday’s unveiling of a historic trail marker commemorating Gen. Marquis de Lafayette’s contributions in the American Revolution and his 1825 visit to Butler County ha...
An 33-year-old East Butler man on an e-bike was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by an 84-year-old Butler man Friday, May 15, on North Main Street Extension, accord...
HARMONY — Multiple fire stations responded to a fire in Harmony, according to Butler County Emergency Services dispatch.
The fire was reported just after noon, Monday, Ma...
An Evans City woman is accused of leading police on a short chase Friday night along Route 422 through Clearfield and Summit townships, according to state police.
Nicole...
BEIJING — Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Tuesday night in China for meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping less than a week after U.S. President Donald Trump w...
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — More than 17,000 people were under evacuation orders in Southern California on Tuesday as a wildfire threatened suburban homes.
The wind-driven Sand...
JERUSALEM — Israeli forces on Tuesday intercepted six remaining vessels from a much larger activist flotilla attempting to challenge Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza. Two ...
NEW YORK — Oil prices and stock markets worldwide swung through a shaky Monday with uncertainty about what will happen with the Iran war.
The S&P 500 swiveled between gai...
NEW YORK — Negotiators on Monday reached a deal to end the strike that stalled service on the Long Island Rail Road, the busiest commuter rail system in North America.
G...
BOISE, Idaho — Former Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman, who was convicted of lying during testimony at the O.J. Simpson murder trial, has died. He was 74.
Fuhrm...
KINSHASA, Congo — Congo will open three Ebola treatment centers in the eastern Ituri province, and the World Health Organization is sending a team of experts to the count...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to oversee the management of a quarter-billion acres of public lands on Monday, as the adminis...
SAN DIEGO — Two teenage gunmen opened fire at an Islamic Center in San Diego on Monday and killed three men before killing themselves a few blocks away, police said.
The ...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he is holding off on a military strike on Iran planned for Tuesday because “serious negotiations” are underway to end the war.
T...
Butler has been one of the best baseball teams in the WPIAL and was rewarded as such with the top seed in the Class 6A tournament.
The district playoff brackets were rele...
Wouldn’t you know, a familiar pair of teams are in this year’s WPIAL Class 2A boys and girls lacrosse championships.
Mars’ girls (19-1) and boys (15-4) are once again pl...
The WPIAL boys volleyball playoffs conclude this week.
In Class 3A, No. 2 Butler (16-4) beat rival No. 3 Seneca Valley (13-5) to make its first district championship game...
Tennyson Voll had a good feeling right away.
At last week’s WPIAL Track and Field Championships, the Seneca Valley freshman pole vaulter shook off the less-than-ideal wea...
WEXFORD — Standing outside the home dugout at North Allegheny High School’s baseball field, Josh Forbes looked like he’d just stepped off the treadmill.
“I’m exhausted ri...
CRANBERRY TWP — Two sets down, but never out.
Butler rallied from an 0-2 deficit to stun Seneca Valley 3-2 in a WPIAL Class 3A boys volleyball semifinal Monday night at N...
Defending champion Karns City will take on top seed Brookville for the District 9 Class 3A baseball championship.
The No. 1 Gremlins scored five runs in the second inning...
OHIO TWP — The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
But when it comes to boys lacrosse in Western Pennsylvania, no program is more decorated than Mars, and the Planets ...
PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers has spent two-plus decades keeping everyone off balance.
From opponents to teammates to reporters and everyone in between.
The start of his 22...
ADAMS TWP — The Mars Athletic Complex might as well be Western Pennsylvania’s version of Lacrossetown.
Already boasting reputations as two of the most consistent outfits ...
Think you own that new car you just bought? Not all of it.
As many Americans are learning, automakers own their data, and they’re trying to dictate who can fix the vehicl...
Tuesday, May 19, is the primary election in Pennsylvania, and although Butler County only has a few locally contested races, all Butler residents who are registered Repub...
Two hundred fifty years ago this summer, delegates met in Philadelphia and signed their names to a document that risked everything. The Declaration of Independence was a ...
The Butler YMCA will host a National Senior Health & Fitness event Wednesday, May 27.
The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Butler YMCA lobby, 339 N. Washin...
A local preschool teacher, Jayme Williams, recently released her first book, “The Knotty Princess.”
Williams, who has taught preschool at Holy Trinity Preschool in Chicor...
FAIRVIEW TWP — For at least two months of each year, the MacKrell family piles into a Ford Bronco Raptor to travel hundreds of miles, usually westward, to visit around 20...
FORWARD TWP — Although America’s 250th birthday isn’t until July 4, Forward Township got an early start on the celebrations by holding its America250 event on Sunday, May...
A decade after Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian’s very public feud, the pop superstar has reportedly “moved on” and would be “cordial” during a run-in with the reality sta...
John Krasinski returning as Jack Ryan in “Jack Ryan: Ghost War” for Prime Video and “Stranger Things” masterminds the Duffer Brothers producing a Netflix show in which a ...
God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. — Hebrews 6:10
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