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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
The Freeport treasurer and tax collector is accused of punching a man following a two-vehicle crash in Jefferson Township, according to state police. Richard Bruce Fenne...
April 02, 2026 Local News
The statewide trout season opens Saturday, April 4, at 8 a.m. Throughout the 2026 season, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will stock about 3.2 million adult tro...
April 02, 2026 Local News
Cranberry Township is trying to get additional money to help complete future Route 19 improvement projects that would benefit drivers and pedestrians but create brief tra...
April 02, 2026 Local News
You don’t need to know how to play every board game to have fun on the first Wednesday of each month. Just drop into the Cranberry Township Municipal Center and have fun....
April 02, 2026 Local News
OAKLAND TWP — With paving season getting underway, township officials opened and immediately approved bids for two of its road upkeep projects. Township supervisors voted...
April 02, 2026 Local News
A Chicora man is accused of being under the influence of controlled substances while at district court. Ryan Nathan Banner, 39, was charged March 17 by state police in B...
April 02, 2026 Local News
A woman called police from Alabama to report an assault over the weekend in Middlesex Township, police said. Andrew Martin Graf, 41, of Valencia, was charged Saturday, M...
April 02, 2026 Local News
A second bald eaglet hatched Tuesday, March 31, from the eagle nest at the U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Works-Irvin Plant in West Mifflin. The first egg hatched Sunday. The a...
April 02, 2026 Local News
Adams Township and Mars Borough, which have publicly announced a proposal for merging into one township, are far from the only pair of municipalities in Pennsylvania that...
April 02, 2026 Local News
A Valencia man was charged with stalking after police said he stuck five sticky notes and miscellaneous keys to a woman’s front door in the early hours of the morning. A...
April 02, 2026 Local News
Other News
LONDON — Britain accused Iran on Thursday of holding the world's economy hostage as diplomats from more than 40 countries held talks on ways to reopen the Strait of Hormu...
April 02, 2026 International News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran fired more missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states Thursday, demonstrating Tehran’s continued ability to strike its neighbors even as U...
April 02, 2026 International News
The start of a scheduled preservation project for the Shearer Bridge in Butler and Summit townships, which carries Route 422 over Connoquenessing Creek, has been pushed b...
April 02, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Allegheny Health Network has announced its plans for providing health resources for the hundreds of thousands of visitors who are expected to enter the Pittsburgh area fo...
April 02, 2026 Pennsylvania News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said U.S. forces will “finish the job” in Iran soon as “core strategic objectives are nearing completion,” offering a full-throated de...
April 01, 2026 National News
FBI Director Kash Patel joined U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R.-Pa., at a roundtable event in Allentown on Wednesday to tout state and federal efforts to combat Pennsylvania’...
April 01, 2026 Pennsylvania News
Russia’s armed forces have taken control of the entire Luhansk region of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed Wednesday, but a Kyiv military official denied the ...
April 01, 2026 International News
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Four astronauts embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon Wednesday, humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century and the thril...
April 01, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced Wednesday what they are calling a path forward to fully funding the Department of ...
April 01, 2026 National News
MOSCOW — A Russian military plane crashed in annexed Crimea, killing 29 people on board, officials said Wednesday. The An-26 military transport plane went missing Tuesda...
April 01, 2026 International News
Sports
One game doesn't make a successful career. It did make a special memory for Brad Mueller — and proved a small part of a career that has landed the 2003 Mars graduate in t...
April 02, 2026 Sports
The 2026 NFL Draft is coming to Pittsburgh for the first time, allowing fans to see where the league’s top prospects end up in person next month. Here’s information on ho...
April 02, 2026 Sports
Bryce Galan won three individual events to help Karns City’s boys defeat Keystone 100-50 in track and field action on Wednesday. Galan captured first place in the 100-met...
April 01, 2026 Sports
CINCINNATI — Oneil Cruz had a three-run homer, his third in two games, Paul Skenes allowed one run in five innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds...
April 01, 2026 Sports
Nolan Stefaniak and Kyle Casteel might be selected in the MLB draft this summer. They might not. The Butler seniors, both pitchers, have spoken to professional scouts...
April 01, 2026 Sports
PHOENIX — Even though it wasn’t officially on the agenda, NFL owners voiced their support of the Rooney Rule on Tuesday after comments made by Florida Attorney General Ja...
April 01, 2026 Professional
Editorial
April 01, 2026 Cartoons
Clean Plate Innovations, a Pittsburgh-based startup, wants to become the world’s leading technology company when it comes to food-waste management and sustainability in l...
April 01, 2026 Our Opinion
With the Iran war threatening supplies of critical, energy-intensive materials, one might assume the U.S. government was prepared for this risk and has been working hard ...
April 01, 2026 Other Voices
Community
Connoquenessing Township will be hosting multiple cleanup and recycling events in May. On May 9 and 16, the township will host recycling days in partnership with Connoque...
April 02, 2026 Community
Slippery Rock Area High School will stage “Anastasia: The Musical” April 10 to 12, at the high school, 201 Kiester Road, Slippery Rock. “Her past is a mystery. Her future...
April 01, 2026 Community
Announcements
In memory of Louise Kunkle who passed away ten years ago today. The world changes from year to year, Our lives from day to day. But the love and memory of you, Shall not ...
April 02, 2026 In Memoriams
Arts & Entertainment
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce plan to say “I do” in her beloved Rhode Island this June, at least according to sources shedding light on the star-studded nuptials. The Gra...
April 01, 2026 People
The Bach Society will have two spring choral concerts in early May. Under the direction of Leo R. Sayles, the choral group will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 1, at Cen...
April 01, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
A Ross Township artist will display a solo show in the Cranberry Township Municipal Center through April. Kenneth Hall, a father of five boys, has an art style described ...
April 01, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Slippery Rock University will host a different kind of senior at a basketball tournament Saturday, April 11. Students in the school’s sports management program are organi...
April 01, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Foodie Fridays, Moon Markets coordinated separately, but take place on the same days
April 01, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
As a special surprise, the following column has been written by the Easter Bunny himself! My questions from last week were relayed to him, and he sent a response. Here’s ...
April 01, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Other
April 02, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
The fool says in his heart there is no God. — Psalm 14:1 ...
April 02, 2026 Verse of the Day
April 01, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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