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.
NEW YORK — Warner Bros. Discovery has determined that Paramount’s latest takeover offer is superior to the streaming and studio agreement it struck with Netflix, marking ...
Instagram said Thursday it will start alerting parents if their kids repeatedly search for terms clearly associated with suicide or self-harm. The alerts will only go to ...
Burger King is testing AI-powered headsets that can recite recipes, alert managers when inventories are low and even track how friendly employees are to customers.
Restau...
A Butler woman reached speeds of 115 mph during a Friday, Feb. 20, chase that led police from Butler to Venango County, police said.
Victoria Baptiste, 38, is accused of...
Slippery Rock University is introducing a four-year, prelicensure bachelor of science in nursing program.
Beginning in fall 2026, students can complete the 120-credit pro...
Seneca Valley school board member Mark Gartner withdrew his bid for state representative of the 12th District, he announced in a Thursday morning Facebook post.
“After a ...
A Harrisville man was taken to a hospital after his vehicle hit a deer in Lawrence County, state police said Monday, Feb. 23.
Bryan K. Harriett, 53, was taken to UPMC Ja...
A Pittsburgh woman is accused of attempting to pick the lock of a Cranberry Township man’s apartment with a serrated kitchen knife and threatening to kill him, according ...
Butler County commissioners on Wednesday awarded $2.7 million in contracts to upgrade SEBCO Pool in Jefferson Township.
The pool will not open this summer to accommodate ...
Both Allegheny Health Network and Independence Health System have unveiled their lists of top baby names for boys and girls born in 2025.
If the lists are anything to go...
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday rejected a preservationist group’s request to block the Trump administration from continuing construction of a $400 million ballr...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — An Israeli strike on Thursday killed at least two Palestinians, who were identified by relatives as members of Hamas, and wounded five others east...
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is building up the largest force of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades, including two aircraft carrier strike groups, ...
CHICAGO — A line of mourners streamed through a Chicago auditorium Thursday to pay final respects to the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. as cross-country memorial services began i...
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched a barrage of 420 drones and 39 missiles at Ukraine overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, hours before U.S. and...
WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told members of Congress on Thursday that she had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's or Ghislaine Maxwell's crimes, ...
NEW YORK — As he watched the Boston Celtics play from the stands of TD Garden, one noise kept catching Adel Djellouli's ear.
“This squeaking sound when players are slidi...
HAVANA — Cuban soldiers killed four people and wounded six others aboard a Florida-registered speed boat that had entered Cuban waters and opened fire first on soldiers, ...
TEHRAN, Iran — Every day, Iranians go to stores and find prices rising. Some post photos on social media of the shrinking contents of their shopping carts as they strugg...
The Department of Homeland Security would be barred from using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP under a new bill introduced in the House on Wednesday.
The “Fu...
Knoch does not get to this stage often, but it has some advantages despite the inexperience.
The third-seeded Knights (21-4) take on No. 1 Quaker Valley (20-3) in the WPI...
Spring Thaw celebrates a milestone at 50 years.
The event in North Park, which will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, is the longest continuously run event in Western Pennsylvani...
RIMERSBURG — Karns City’s offense and ball handling appeared a bit sluggish early Wednesday night after an 11-day break.
Its defense showed up right on time.
The Gremlins...
MEADVILLE — Madison Romanovich added another chapter to the story of her outstanding 2025-26 season.
The senior guard for Slippery Rock girls basketball dropped 25 points...
Enzo Khalil’s 24 points simply overpowered Seneca Valley, as No. 3 Central Catholic beat the fourth-ranked Raiders in Wednesday’s WPIAL Class 6A third-place game.
The Rai...
The latest around the college sports landscape.
Butler grad earns college lacrosse honor
Brock Collins, a Grove City College lacrosse freshman and Butler graduate, was na...
NORTH PORT, Fla. — National League Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes lost four strikes to challenges in his first spring training start.
Skenes struck out four and walke...
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins will have to start their playoff push without Sidney Crosby.
The club placed its longtime captain on injured reserve on Wednesday. T...
Before last season, JuJu Johnson quietly committed to Nebraska.
The standout running back/safety at Farrell — about an hour northeast of Butler — didn’t shout it from the...
INDIANAPOLIS — With Aaron Rodgers undecided on whether to return for a 22nd season in the NFL, the Pittsburgh Steelers are anticipating quicker clarity about their quarte...
On Tuesday, 26 students from around Butler County celebrated completion of the Butler County Youth Leadership Program.
While the students were honored during the graduati...
Last weekend, Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to Germany for the annual Munich Security Conference, where he delivered a speech that was both reassuring to the Eu...
The Jefferson Township Board of Supervisors should be commended for its recent decision to approve a $2.7 million renovation of SEBCO pool at the township’s Laura Doerr M...
Disenchanted voters are fleeing the Democratic and Republican parties in droves. Their exodus is perpetuating the skyrocketing partisanship they seek to escape.
Gallup pu...
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — Dogs at the Butler County Humane Society may suffer from a little cabin fever in the snowy winter alongside people.
But the staff and volunteers of ...
NEW YORK — Debra Whitman was traveling for work when her father was suddenly admitted to the hospital in serious pain.
She jetted home to Maryland and took several days ...
End of the Hall Used Bookstore, supporting the Worthington-West Franklin Community Library, is hosting a puzzle sale throughout February following its recent puzzle excha...
Intermediate League of Butler will meet Monday, March 2, at Christ Community Methodist Church, 205 N. Duffy Road in Butler Township.
The executive board will meet at 6 p...
BUCHAREST, Romania — A Romanian court on Thursday rejected an appeal by American rapper Wiz Khalifa to annul his nine-month jail sentence handed down for drug possession ...
NEW YORK — Ann Godoff, a leading book publisher for more than 30 years with an eye for timely and timeless works from “Alexander Hamilton” and “Midnight in the Garden of ...
Tyra Banks is seeking more than $50,000 in connection to a court battle over her ice cream company, which she claims was nothing more than a “celebrity shakedown.”
The “A...
Seneca Valley School District will soon present a rendition of a musical phenomenon that took the world by storm when it premiered in 2014.
This year’s All-School Musica...
Book nerds and movie buffs have been at war since Valentine’s Day weekend, all thanks to Emerald Fennell’s rendition of “Wuthering Heights.”
Loosely based (if you can say...
Hope’s Road, formerly Good Samaritan Hospice’s Youth Bereavement Care, will host a free event for children, teens, young adults and their families who have experienced th...
The Worthington-West Franklin Community Library will host a basic fly tying workshop from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 5, at the library, 214 E. Main St., Building B, S...
A little girl named Lucy goes to visit with her grandparents, where she learns that her grandfather is quite the handyman.
It’s a short, simple story punctuated by pictu...
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your...
