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.
Multiple fire stations responded to a reported 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...
The remains of a Kittanning man who was last seen May 12 were found over the weekend in the Allegheny River, according to Armstrong County Coroner Bryan K. Myers.
Andrew...
The sister of a 19-year-old girl killed in a Saturday, May 16, crash in Summit Township faces a long road to recovery, according to a GoFundMe.
Nevaeh Schweinsberg, of B...
The Portersville Steam Show Spring Gas Up returned from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at the Portersville Steam Show Grounds, 1512 Perry Highway.
The event featured...
EVANS CITY — What was once Ronny Royhab’s senior project for Seneca Valley Senior High School has turned into an Evans City borough tradition.
The two-day EDCO Fest, a fu...
These real estate transactions were recorded in Butler County from Feb. 23 to 27, 2026:
Adams Township
NVR to Chelsea Rummel at 8027 Chief Way for $406,650.
NVR to D...
Making his first keynote address, Adam Hartwig, a municipal consultant and strategist, told members of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania about his four...
Saxonburg residents will get a third chance to see a Brooklyn Bridge documentary currently unavailable for streaming anywhere in the United States.
The documentary, “Broo...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — At 6 a.m., in the Mataderos neighborhood of Buenos Aires , workers unload sides of beef from a truck outside a butcher shop as customers line u...
It’s getting harder for officials in the Kremlin to cast the war in Ukraine — now in its fifth year — as something so distant that it doesn’t affect the daily routines of...
WASHINGTON — China has agreed to ramp up trade for U.S. agricultural products such as beef and poultry, buying at an annualized rate of $17 billion per year for 2026 and ...
NEW YORK — A gun and notebook that prosecutors say link Luigi Mangione to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson can be used as evidence at his murder trial, ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people streamed onto the National Mall for a daylong prayer rally Sunday billed as a “rededication of our country as One Nation under God....
The U.S. and Iran seemed far apart on a deal to end weeks of war and reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, as a drone attack sparked a fire at a United Arab Emir...
ABUJA, Nigeria — The World Health Organization declared the Ebola disease outbreak caused by a rare virus in Congo and neighboring Uganda a public health emergency of in...
NEW ORLEANS — When Charles Wandfluh voted in Louisiana's Republican primary over the weekend, he could only conjure the unflattering image of a panicked rodent when talk...
AUSTIN, Texas — Two people were in custody and a third suspect was being sought following at least 10 random weekend shootings in Austin, Texas, including at fire station...
BOISE, Idaho — All four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets collided and crashed Sunday during an air show at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in western Idah...
NEW YORK — As his daughter Olivia was born, Marlon White felt his wife's hand slacken as she fainted. The baby, born at 29 weeks weighing about 2 pounds, wasn't making a ...
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 ...
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County. It will be updated throughout the week as the playoffs progress.
Monday, May 18
Baseball
4 — WPIA...
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...
Butler County boasts four teams in this season’s WPIAL softball playoffs, which get underway next week.
Seneca Valley, seeded No. 2 in Class 6A, received a bye to the sem...
The WPIAL boys volleyball playoffs continue this week with an highly anticipated battle between Butler County teams.
In Class 3A, No. 2 Butler (15-4) will take on rival N...
In its quest for a fourth consecutive WPIAL Class 2A championship, Mars girls lacrosse was tabbed as the top seed in the district playoff tournament.
The Planets (17-1) ...
PITTSBURGH — Zack Wheeler pitched seven sparkling innings, and Bryce Harper hit a home run off ace Paul Skenes on Sunday to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-0 win ov...
Oklahoma native Hank Davis won Friday’s Lernerville Speedway Sprint car main event from the No. 8 starting spot, beating out pole-sitter Jacob Begenwald, who finished sec...
North Catholic boys tennis’ season came to an end in one win short of its first PIAA Class 2A Team Championship Saturday afternoon.
District 10 champion Cathedral Prep be...
Derrick Eggleton granted a rematch. He did not grant a victory.
A Butler High School junior, Eggleton won the main event of the annual Butler Cubs Amateur Boxing Show Sat...
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 ...
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...
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 North Was...
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...
In loving memory of Theresa Mogielski.
April 28, 1932 - May 18, 2022
We little knew that morning
That God was going to call your name.
In life we loved you dearly.
In dea...
In loving memory of our beloved Eric S. Brown who passed away 26 years ago today, May 18, 2000.
Rest in peace, loving son,
26 years have passed away,
You are gone, but st...
In memory of Ken McMurdy Sr.
Sept. 22, 1957- May 18, 2008
It has been 18 years now since you were called away. You are missed by your family and friends, even more as tim...
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 ...
After two weeks trailing “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” the Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” reclaimed the No. 1 spot at the North American box office with $26.1 million in t...
Not every hole needs to be a challenge. Some can remind you of why you love — or maybe just tolerate, if it’s that kind of day — the game.
And par-3s on a golf course are...
