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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
PennDOT announced Monday, March 23, that upcoming median work along Route 228 in Middlesex and Adams townships would be delayed one week. Work was originally scheduled to...
March 24, 2026 Local News
Seneca Valley’s school board approved Samantha Schmitt as the new assistant principal of Haine Middle School. Schmitt, a resident of Renfrew, has 15 years of experience i...
March 24, 2026 Local News
A portion of Geibel Road in Summit Township will experience a road closure while PennDOT replaces Neigh Wadsworth Bridge. During the work, which is expected to occur betw...
March 24, 2026 Local News
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank has been cleared for another six months of distributions out of Butler City Farmers’ Market. Butler City Council voted Monday, Marc...
March 24, 2026 Local News
ADAMS TWP — The problem wasn’t the new 25-year-old coach hired by the Mars Area School District, a handful of disgruntled parents said at a recent school board meeting. T...
March 24, 2026 Local News
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts: Butler Twp March 15 — Joshua Emory West, 22, of Butler, was charged with misd...
March 24, 2026 Local News
NEW YORK — Kalshi and Polymarket, the two biggest prediction market platforms, rushed to announce new industry guardrails on Monday after two key senators announced legis...
March 23, 2026 Business
Adams Township and Mars Borough are holding a joint second public hearing on the proposal for a municipal merger at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, at Twelve Oaks Mansion on Sc...
March 23, 2026 Local News
NEW YORK — A cautious relief swept through financial markets Monday after President Donald Trump said the United States has talked with Iran about a possible end to their...
March 23, 2026 Business
Real Estate Transactions These real estate transactions were recorded in Butler County from Dec. 29 to Jan. 2: Adams Township NVR to Taylor Ann Vancheri at 6044 Ruby...
March 23, 2026 Real Estate Transactions
Other News
PRAGUE — Tens of thousands of people protested in Prague on Saturday against the policies and plans of the new Czech government led by populist Prime Minister Andrej Babi...
March 24, 2026 International News
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has pledged to irreversibly cement his country’s status as a nuclear power while maintaining a hard-line stance towar...
March 23, 2026 International News
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Park Police officer was seriously wounded Monday evening in a shooting in Washington, federal law enforcement officials said. The unidentified officer...
March 23, 2026 National News
The U.S. Defense Department will remove media offices from the Pentagon after a federal judge sided with The New York Times in a lawsuit challenging limits on reporters’ ...
March 23, 2026 National News
PHILADELPHIA — Dr. Kermit Gosnell, an abortion clinic doctor sentenced to life for killing three babies who had been delivered alive, died earlier this month at a Pennsyl...
March 23, 2026 Pennsylvania News
LONDON — Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity were set on fire early Monday in London in what British police are investigating as an antisemitic hate crime. Dete...
March 23, 2026 International News
MELBOURNE, Australia — On shelves crammed with cuddly toy native animals in an Australian airport gift shop, one fluffy possum stood out: Its big brown eyes were moving. ...
March 23, 2026 International News
Even though some doubts have been raised about its effectiveness, the U.S. Census Bureau is trying out whether to use U.S. postal carriers as census takers this spring du...
March 23, 2026 National News
BOGOTA, Colombia — A military transport plane with 125 people on board, most of them soldiers, crashed shortly after taking off Monday in southwestern Colombia, injuring ...
March 23, 2026 International News
NEW YORK — An Air Canada jet carrying more than 70 passengers collided with a fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday, killing the pilot and ...
March 23, 2026 National News
Sports
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Kymora Johnson scored 28 points as 10th-seeded Virginia became the first First Four team to reach the regional semifinals after an 83-75 double-overtime...
March 23, 2026 College
CLEVELAND — Mitchell Mesenbrink and Levi Haines each won their second individual championship Saturday to help Penn State win its fifth consecutive team title at the NCAA...
March 23, 2026 College
ADAMS TWP — The standard is the standard. “That’s a Mike Tomlin phrase we use a lot of around here,” Mars boys lacrosse coach Bob Marcoux said. “Whoever takes the field f...
March 23, 2026 Sports
ARLINGTON, Texas — Andrew McCutchen will be on the opening day roster for the Texas Rangers, who expect the 39-year-old former MVP outfielder to split some time at design...
March 23, 2026 Professional
JUPITER, Fla. — JJ Wetherholt is heading to the majors. Cardinals director of baseball operations Chaim Bloom told reporters Monday Wetherholt, the seventh pick in the 20...
March 23, 2026 Sports
PITTSBURGH — College of Charleston coach Robin Harmony is heading north to take over Pittsburgh's struggling women's basketball program. Pitt athletic director Allen Gree...
March 23, 2026 College
For the second straight season, Seneca Valley has won the Pennsylvania state hockey crown in Class AAA, never trailing and dispatching Holy Ghost Prep 7-2 Saturday night ...
March 23, 2026 Sports
Turnover will be the theme of the 2026 PIAA boys volleyball season in Butler County. Butler, Mars, North Catholic and Seneca Valley all lost a significant amount from the...
March 23, 2026 Sports
Editorial
March 23, 2026 Cartoons
The Butler County Commissioners should be commended for getting the word out about where the county stands at the recent State of the County event. They outlined the oppo...
March 23, 2026 Our Opinion
We Americans are a proud bunch. We are a nation founded on the principles of freedom and the rule of law. Our commitment to these values has propelled human flourishing t...
March 23, 2026 Other Voices
Community
The National Alliance on Mental Illness Butler County is starting a new support group in April. The LGBTQ+ Allies Support Group is for family members, friends and allies....
March 23, 2026 Community
Connoquenessing Valley Elementary principal Jeremy Womer was recognized as a Distinguished Young Alumnus by Clarion University of Pennsylvania at its 60th annual Alumni A...
March 23, 2026 Community
Group also maintains six gardens on property
March 23, 2026 Community
Announcements
In loving memory of Edward J. Pfeifer, III, who passed way three years ago today, March 24, 2023. If love could have been the cure, you would have lived forever. Missing ...
March 24, 2026 In Memoriams
In loving memory of Virginia “Ginny” Uram, who passed away fifteen years ago today. Mom, our hearts still ache with sadness and many tears still flow, What it meant to lo...
March 24, 2026 In Memoriams
In loving memory of Nathan S. Finucan whose birthday is March 24. Happy 50th Birthday. We love you very much. Sadly missed by, Dad, Mom, Mike, Todd, and Chad ...
March 24, 2026 Birthday Tributes
Arts & Entertainment
NEW YORK — “Superman” actor Valerie Perrine has died. She was 82. Filmmaker Stacey Souther confirmed his friend’s death in a Monday Instagram post that links to a fundrai...
March 23, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Nicholas Brendon, an actor best known for his role as a loveable underdog sidekick on the hit television series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” has died. He was 54. Brendon’s...
March 23, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — A civil jury in California found Monday that Bill Cosby was liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 1972 and awarded her $19.25 million. Aft...
March 23, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
BURBANK, Calif. — “The Pitt” has won praise — and a gurney full of Emmys — for bringing a dose of classic episodic TV to the prestige streaming era. Its star, executive ...
March 23, 2026 People
Other
March 24, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. — James ...
March 24, 2026 Verse of the Day
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