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.
After a wrong-way crash on the Fort Duquesne Bridge in Pittsburgh, a Butler woman fled on foot, according to state police.
Lindsay K. Kleeman, 41, of Butler, is to be ch...
A fire on Tuesday morning, March 17, destroyed a building containing tractors along Browntown Road in Mercer Township.
The fire, reported just before 10:50 a.m. at 311 B...
A Parker teen was taken to the hospital after his vehicle rolled over in Center Township, state police said Tuesday, March 17.
The crash occurred at 10:24 a.m. March 11 ...
FRANKLIN TWP — At their monthly meeting on Monday night, March 16, the board of supervisors gave local construction company Specialty Precast the green light to go ahead ...
BUTLER TWP — The township is looking to complete 19 different asphalt projects on its roads and curbs this summer, along with 13 seal coat projects.
The Butler Township ...
The following Butler County schools are operating on adjusted schedules for Tuesday, March 17, 2026:
Allegheny-Clarion Valley School District - 2 Hour Delay
Butler Area...
Butler Memorial Hospital technicians held a sign-making event Monday, March 16, in advance of an “informational picket” planned for Wednesday, March 18, to raise awarenes...
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts:
Adams Twp
March 5 — Shannon Rose Mignogna, 32, of Pitcairn, was charged with ...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is delaying a diplomatic trip to China that had been planned for months but began to unravel as he pressured Beijing and other world p...
WASHINGTON — Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation on Tuesday, citing his concerns about the justification for militar...
WASHINGTON — Republicans are launching an unprecedented effort on Tuesday to hold the Senate floor and talk for days about a bill that they know won’t pass — an attempt t...
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A suspected meteor that fell over the Cleveland area on Tuesday shook homes and startled residents who heard a boom that some compared to an explosion.
...
LONDON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in London on Tuesday for talks with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the British government said, as European co...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israel said Tuesday it killed two senior Iranian security officials in overnight strikes in a major blow to the country's leadership. Iran, ...
A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked federal health officials from cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every child, and said U.S. Health Secretary Rob...
Climate change’s rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought because of mistaken research assumptions...
HAVANA — Officials in Cuba reported an island-wide blackout Monday in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen and its power grid co...
WASHINGTON — White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer but plans to continue working through her treatment, retaining her p...
The PIAA’s newest sport has officially kicked off — well, there aren’t kickoffs in it but the point stands.
With the inaugural girls flag football season upon us, here ar...
Pennsylvania high school girls flag football is taking another step forward this spring.
The season officially began Friday. This is the first year the sport is officiall...
The Butler Barracudas swim team recently turned in a strong showing at the 2026 Pa. YMCA West District Meet, held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
The event, which...
Top-ranked UConn and the other favorites in women's college basketball can't wait for March Madness to begin.
The Huskies are the defending champion, and the last time t...
Let the madness begin.
March Madness arrived Sunday evening when the NCAA released its 68-team tournament bracket, sending hundreds of thousands of fans scrambling to...
There was a time when the NCAA men's college basketball tournament was wildly unpredictable.
Hard as it may seem to believe, there was one season where a No. 4 seed, two...
For those who will be entering an NCAA women's college basketball tournament bracket pool this year, let's begin with the ending:
You're probably going to pick Connectic...
Simone Sharpless accounted for six touchdowns — five rushing and one receiving — to lead North Catholic to a 59-38 girls flag football victory over host Mars on Monday.
L...
MIAMI — Paul Skenes pitched with poise through pressure, dispatching a series of stars on a night of great stakes in a sold-out stadium with millions watching on TV.
This...
Having the best player returning from a team that won a district championship a year ago brings with it a certain level of optimism and confidence.
That's the luxury Nort...
The Butler County Board of Commissioners should be applauded for making it possible for the Butler County Hazardous Response Team 100 to respond to large-scale hazardous ...
The CIA calls it the “strategic commodity” of the Middle East. But it’s not referring to oil or natural gas. What the American spy agency has in mind is far more prosaic:...
“Addiction and isolation always go hand in hand like recovery and community go hand in hand.”
These words, spoken by Dr. C. Thomas Brophy, medical director of the Ellen O...
We pay for our government and it should answer to us. But too often, that’s not how it works.
Records get buried. Agencies stonewall. Officials wait out the news cycle or...
In March, 2008, Michael Cichra, 13, of Butler Township, became the first Elite Athletic Center gymnast to win a state championship.
The Knoch Middle School seventh-grader...
Elliott Acres Therapy Riding is having volunteer orientation on Saturday, March 28, from 10 a.m. until noon at 168 Headland Road in Summit Township.
The organization will...
Portersville Christian School will host a “Let Your Light Shine” Legacy Gala on Saturday, March 21, at the Butler Country Club.
The event honors alumni who have let their...
MERCER TWP — Mercer Township’s Board of Supervisors used their meeting on March 16 to discuss revisiting and updating their Agriculture Security Council in an effort to p...
The Pennsylvania Resources Council has hosted an annual Lens on Litter Photo Contest since 1984 to call attention to litter problems in communities across the state.
The...
The 17th annual Shamrock Shuffle returns to downtown Harmony on Saturday, March 21, bringing a day filled with fitness, fun and festivities to the area.
The event is host...
In memory of Bradley Zulick
August 21, 1986 to March 17, 2016.
Today is ten years since you left us so suddenly and heart broken,
in a way that our lives changed forever....
Country megastar Dolly Parton assured fans she’s taking care of herself after facing a series of health issues while grieving her late husband, Carl Dean.
The “Jolene” si...
WASHINGTON — The Kennedy Center’s board of directors voted on Monday to shut down operations for two years following this summer’s July 4 celebrations. The widely expecte...
Verah Vucelich, 3, kicked away from the side of the pool, a small foam backpack strapped to her chest, as her instructor encouraged her from a few feet away.
In adjacent ...
