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.
The person flown to a Pittsburgh hospital following a crash Oct. 13 on Winfield Road was a 21-year-old man from the Cabot area, according to state police.
Joseph J. Fehl...
BUTLER TWP — A familiar name to residents of Evans City, Skander Tire & Auto expanded its presence in Butler County by opening a second location at Lyn-Mar Plaza in Butle...
A youth advocate, a CEO, a public schools assistant superintendent, an attorney and a Buddhist monk are among those being honored Friday, Oct. 23, as distinguished alumni...
CRANBERRY TWP — More than 150 million users are active every day on Roblox, the free gaming platform that has drawn controversy for reported cases of child harm, like fin...
Progress on the restoration of John Roebling’s historic wire rope workshop on Rebecca Street in Saxonburg is proceeding on schedule and could finish by as soon as Decembe...
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts:
Middlesex
Sept. 18 — Caleb Richard McKee, 30, of Valencia, was charged with one m...
MUDDY CREEK TWP – The township’s board of supervisors will hold a public hearing prior to its next meeting to solicit public comment on a proposed data center ordinance. ...
BRADY TWP — Halloween and history go really well together. Just ask the roughly 75 people who turned out for the Hidden Cemeteries of Moraine program Wednesday, Oct. 21, ...
West Virginia University Health System has achieved Level 9 in the Acute and Ambulatory categories for the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives’ 2026 D...
Mill Hunky Coffee of Butler officially opened its second location at Clearview Mall on Wednesday, Oct. 21.
Its original location, 779 Route 422, will remain open, but the...
TEL AVIV, Israel — Seven oil tankers caught fire or were damaged in the Strait of Hormuz overnight after being hit by Iran or striking naval mines, Tehran said Thursday, ...
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia bombarded Kyiv with ballistic missiles in an hourslong nighttime barrage, while the Russian military said Thursday that its air defenses intercepte...
PARIS — Thousands of protesters took to the Paris streets on Thursday while other cities banned demonstrations following a weekend of clashes and widespread looting that ...
Like so many Americans, Jenny Escolastico has watched wearily as the cost of living has risen, straining her household budget. But as a mother of two children under 5, sh...
TOLEDO, Ohio — A ruptured chemical tank billowed a white plume into the air for hours Wednesday, forcing hundreds of residents out of their homes due to the potentially t...
PHOENIX — Hail the size of golf balls and damaging wind gusts pounded northern and central Arizona in a rare storm blowing through, bringing with it tornado risks and pos...
Russia on Wednesday freed an American who had been jailed for more than four years on charges of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine, a deal completed during a visit by a...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Vice President JD Vance defended an ad Wednesday by Vivek Ramaswamy that features the estranged mother of Dr. Amy Acton, his Democratic opponent for Ohio...
A teacher wounded in last week’s attack on a special education classroom at an Oregon elementary school says she never had a chance to try to shelter any of the children ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Jeffrey Epstein’s attorney and accountant, accusing them of concealing his sex traffic...
The key to a good Tom Phillips costume is the yellow ballcap.
That’s what we learned this week on “Eye on Sports” talking to Freeport volleyball’s Jayme Radvan and Macy S...
Moniteau’s football program hit rock bottom two seasons ago, going winless and losing the nine games — there was a forfeit to Central Clarion — it played by an averag...
Boats will not be needed this week.
We’re back to dry football weather Friday night for the penultimate week of the regular season.
We’ve got our picks for all of this w...
Here are the Top 10 passers, rushers, receivers and scorers in the Butler County area so far in 2026. Stats are provided by teams directly, via MaxPreps or accumulated vi...
Here are the latest standings involving Butler County-area teams, as well as full schedules for the week. All games at 7 p.m. Friday unless otherwise noted:
Independent
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Running doesn’t get much better than the Buffalo Creek Half Marathon.
More than 730 runners completed the scenic course Saturday in perfect conditions — cool temperatures...
North Catholic’s boys finished fourth and the girls sixth in Wednesday’s PIAA Class 2A Golf Team Championships.
The Trojan boys shot a collective 15-over, three shots out...
Dorothy Dohanics believed there was a strong chance the WPIAL Class 2A Girls Tennis Team Championship would come down to Quaker Valley and North Catholic for the third st...
NEW YORK — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday he has a high comfort level in the New Orleans Saints and Pittsburgh Steelers safely playing in Paris on Sunday i...
The postseason has arrived.
The 2026 WPIAL Girls Soccer Championships kick off Saturday, Oct. 24, with the finals set to be held in two weeks. Districts 9 and 10 will be ...
The Butler Education Association hosts a tailgate party food drive at a Butler Senior High School football game each year. A member of the union said the group also has a...
Just three years after OpenAI said its models were good at grade-school math, the company announced they had solved the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem in 88 hours...
Casey Hoolahan and Eddie Trizzino of Zelienople were united in marriage Oct. 10 at Beaver Station in Beaver. Ashley Hoolahan-Rice officiated. A reception followed at Beav...
Lots of Halloween characters will roam your neighborhood next Saturday night, but Halloween will hang in the night sky all this week and over the next few weeks.
Some sin...
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week.
Lunch is served at noon. ...
Evans City Area High School’s class of 1956 had a reunion Oct. 1, marking 70 years since the class’ graduation.
The graduating class of that year had 52 people, plus two ...
The Butler County Soccer Association reached its 50th anniversary this year, which was marked by a bump in participation that made this fall season the largest in the org...
When a nor’easter recently hit the Eastern Seaboard, it transformed my driveway into a stretch of whitewater rapids and nearly obliterated my perennials, their shapes irr...
Slippery Rock University secured funds to combat underage drinking.
SRU was awarded the $50,000 Reducing Underage and Dangerous Drinking grant from the Pennsylvania Liquo...
The YMCA is hosting its annual Turkey Trot Nov. 7 in Downtown Butler, with the start and finish line right outside the Butler YMCA, 339 N. Washington St., Butler.
Trotter...
Clarinetist Janice Coppola and the KleZletic Klezmer Band will liven Saxonburg Memorial Church at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, as the church’s concert series, Saxonburg Concer...
PENN TWP — The township is sending a collection of recently-discovered artifacts from Renfrew Park to the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, where they will be s...
The Yoga House is a new yoga studio in Butler. It will have an open house Sunday, Oct. 25.
The open house takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday at 113 S. McKean St. i...
Nixon United Methodist Church, 334 Airport Road in Penn Township, is hosting its annual Trunk or Treat from 5 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at the church grounds, rain or shi...
Freeport Area High School crowned its homecoming king and queen Friday, Oct. 16. Breanna Farineau was crowned queen and Camden Schlegel king.
Breanna is the daughter of K...
The Butler Knights of Columbus is hosting a flash back to the ’80s dance party from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, in St. Michael’s Church Hall, 432 Center Ave., B...
Have you ever walked around a cemetery this time of year? When the wind is cold, the ground is wet and leaves crunch with your every step?
I had occasion to take such a c...
Butler County’s law enforcement
Butler County Sheriff
Telephone: 724-284-5245
Sheriff: Mike Slupe
Pennsylvania State Police — Troop D
Address: 200 Barra...
For some individuals, an encounter with a police officer can be terrifying or uncomfortable even if they aren’t in trouble with the law.
This is why the Cranberry Townsh...
It’s not a new trend.
Anyone paying attention to things happening with fire departments and EMS agencies will tell you those involved have been raising alarms for years ...
