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.
Three new endowments totaling $4.5 million were announced Tuesday, May 19, to support Butler Area School District students, programs and the community.
Mei and Herald Ch...
NEW YORK — A biotech company that aims to resurrect lost creatures said Tuesday it has hatched live chicks in an artificial environment — a development that was met with ...
Jell-O — long known for its bright rainbow of artificially colored gelatins — is getting a line of products made without synthetic colors or artificial sweeteners to meet...
Republican voters in and around Cranberry Township carried the most weighty Election Day decision in the county on Tuesday, May 19, as they decide who will run against th...
MARS — Borough council gave an update about new welcome signs coming to the borough at its agenda meeting on Monday.
Secretary Christine Clutter said the Butler County A...
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP ― Slippery Rock Area School District’s board unanimously passed a motion Monday evening, May 18, to up the daily rate substitute teachers make in the di...
The Butler County Historical Society has a new commemorative flag to display.
The historical society accepted a special Betsy Ross America250 U.S. flag made by Annin Fla...
All PennDOT Drivers License and Photo Centers, including its full-service center in Harrisburg, will be closed Saturday, May 23 through May 25, for Memorial Day.
Customer...
CRESTWOOD, Ky. — Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie lost his Republican House primary Tuesday in another test of President Donald Trump’s power over his party after he hand...
WARMINSTER, Pa. — Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and Republican Stacy Garrity will face each other in November after winning their uncontested primaries in Pennsylvania on ...
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel this week to a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Sweden, where U.S. plans to reduce troop levels in Europe coupled...
An adolescent owl that was found stuck in a concrete mixer in southwestern Utah is finally on the mend, flying free and maybe a bit wiser from the ordeal.
The great horne...
BEIJING — Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Tuesday night in China for meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping less than a week after U.S. President Donald Trump w...
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — More than 17,000 people were under evacuation orders in Southern California on Tuesday as a wildfire threatened suburban homes.
The wind-driven Sand...
JERUSALEM — Israeli forces on Tuesday intercepted six remaining vessels from a much larger activist flotilla attempting to challenge Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza. Two ...
NEW YORK — Oil prices and stock markets worldwide swung through a shaky Monday with uncertainty about what will happen with the Iran war.
The S&P 500 swiveled between gai...
WEXFORD — Facing adversity during the course of a game does not phase North Catholic’s softball team.
The Trojanettes are relishing in simply being on the field.
“A lot o...
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 baseball tournament continues this week, and District 9 and 10 kicked off. Butler, one of the best baseball teams in the WPIAL during the regular season, remain...
Wouldn’t you know, a familiar pair of teams are in this year’s WPIAL Class 2A boys and girls lacrosse championships.
Mars’ girls (19-1) and boys (15-4) are once again pl...
The WPIAL boys volleyball playoffs conclude this week.
In Class 3A, No. 2 Butler (16-4) beat rival No. 3 Seneca Valley (13-5) to make its first district championship game...
Sophia Lawrence smashed a two-run home run to center field, and Slippery Rock softball walked off No. 5 General McLane 8-7 Tuesday in the District 10 Class 4A play-in.
Jo...
TEMPE, Ariz. — Carson Beck had his fans and also some detractors during the NFL draft process, which explains why the quarterback fell to the third round before being sel...
Tennyson Voll had a good feeling right away.
At last week’s WPIAL Track and Field Championships, the Seneca Valley freshman pole vaulter shook off the less-than-ideal wea...
At more than 3 million square miles, the continental U.S. is a lot of ground to cover. Add Hawaii and Alaska — which, at over 600,000 square miles, is larger than all but...
Think you own that new car you just bought? Not all of it.
As many Americans are learning, automakers own their data, and they’re trying to dictate who can fix the vehicl...
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — Shauna McChesney loves nature and loves painting.
So she decided to combine the two.
Less than two years after embarking upon a career as an artist,...
The Butler Collaborative for Families will host a free educational workshop, “Planning Ahead for Your Estate: Key Insights on Legal, Care and Tax Planning,” from noon to ...
The grass and playground equipment of the Butler Memorial Park were taken over May 20, 2011, by several hundred Emily Brittain Elementary School students participating in...
