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.
Slippery Rock Area School District administrators will temporarily oversee operations at Moraine Elementary after its principal voluntarily transferred to a newly created...
A Butler Township man was sentenced Tuesday, Sept. 1, in U.S. District Court to 4 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to t...
Despite some delays, work toward the demolition of 123 S. Main St. in Butler is still ongoing, city officials clarified at a Monday, Aug. 31 meeting.
City Mayor Bob Dando...
Parking will be restricted on eight streets in Butler between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, for street cleaning.
The roads affected are Beckert and Madison avenue...
West Nile virus was found in mosquitoes collected from Butler, according to the Mercer County Conservation District.
This is the ninth sample to test positive for the vir...
A Penn Township man is facing DUI and other charges after witnesses told state police he wrecked his motorcycle and then hid in the woods.
Nicholas Dav Kristophel, 36, of...
Butler-based telecommunications company Armstrong is launching its ninth annual Avenge Hunger Month campaign to fight hunger across its service area.
Throughout the campa...
Pennsylvania State Police are reminding people to remain vigilant and never send money — whether cash or gift cards — to unknown individuals as residents continue to lose...
VA Butler healthcare system is hosting a walk and resource fair Sept. 10 for veterans in recognition of Suicide Prevention Month at the Abie Abraham VA healthcare Center,...
PennDOT and state police are urging Pennsylvanians to celebrate responsibly ahead of the Labor Day holiday on Monday, Sept. 7, as a national crackdown of impaired driving...
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A Pennsylvania police officer who fatally shot a 22-year-old college student, who had ended up at the wrong house late at night and was waiting for frie...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday after it said Tehran tried to attack commercial ships and American forces in the Middle East, as hostilities...
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Edouard was expected to strengthen significantly and possibly reach hurricane force Tuesday as it moved toward the Gulf Coast, where heavy rains an...
Iran's president said Tuesday his country is ready to return to the ceasefire deal reached with the United States in June if Washington does the same, in conciliatory rem...
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is meeting with finance ministers of the world’s largest economies this week at a time when the United States has disru...
NEW YORK — The online prediction market platform Kalshi said Monday that it has permanently banned former U.S. Rep. George Santos for his bets on whether he'd attend the ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — After six months of war, Iran’s leadership has coalesced around a hard core of military generals and clerics long entrenched in the ruling t...
WASHINGTON — Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, the White House said Monday, in the latest departure of a top military leader durin...
MIAMI — A controversial policing tactic that permitted staggering amounts of deadly fentanyl to reach the streets as federal authorities sought to build bigger drug cases...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has frequently suggested he wants to seek a third term, posting about mounting another campaign, donning 2028 caps and discussing way...
Sustaining success to the level achieved by North Catholic girls basketball requires young players to not only buy into the culture upheld by veteran coach Molly Rottmann...
STARKVILLE, Miss. — When Brandon Fusco went from playing Division II football right to the NFL, he took a giant leap.
Now he’s taking another one.
The Seneca Valley High ...
BUTLER TWP — Lucia Leyland always goes right.
“Every single time,” said the Butler senior midfielder, who booted in a penalty kick a minute into the second half of a 3-1 ...
Slippery Rock girls volleyball rallied from a two-set deficit to down host Wilmington 3-2 Monday.
Lexi Caldwell had 30 assists and 10 digs while teammate Savannah Smith d...
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Omar Khan said cornerback Joey Porter Jr. knows how the club feels about him.
The team, however, doesn't feel strongly en...
CHERRY TWP — The Moniteau Warriors ultimately lost their opening game of the 2026 season on Friday night, Aug. 28, but most Moniteau supporters expressed optimism for the...
ADAMS TWP — Some members of Mars Area School District’s athletic department are looking to potentially restructure the district’s baseball program to expand opportunities...
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County.
Monday, Aug. 31
Boys Golf
3:15 — Riverview at Freeport, at Buffalo GC
3:30 — North Allegheny at B...
Susan Hetz would spread a purple yoga mat onto her wooden porch every morning in 2009, where sunlight drenched brightly colored prayer flags and several ceramic sun plaqu...
The Butler Collaborative for Families is partnering with the Butler County Suicide Coalition to host a free QPR Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training at noon Thursday, S...
The Rotary Club of Slippery Rock installed its 2026-27 executive board during a luncheon last week.
Judith “Judy” Hughes was named president, Steven M. Plavny was named v...
The Big Butler Fairgrounds will be full of family fun at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, and Wednesday, Sept. 2, at 625 Evans City Road in Franklin Township, as the Zerbini Fami...
In loving memory of our dear dad and grandpa, Regis R. Ferrere, whose 99th birthday is today, September 1, 2026.
Happy Heavenly Birthday
To our Angel in the sky.
Nothing ...
In loving memory of our nephew, cousin, grandson, Kevin Neal Jackson.
August 2, 1991- September 1, 2017
“Sometimes solutions aren’t so simple,”
“Sometimes goodbye’s the o...
In loving memory of my beloved Phyllis Roudybush, whose birthday is September 1st.
No one knows the silent heartaches
Only those who lost can tell,
The grief that is born...
Evoking the same do-it-yourself pop-rock feminism of her '90s musical influences, Olivia Rodrigo raised $20 million for women's well-being with a benefit show that activa...
Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. — Psalm 95:6-7...
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
Rabbit Breeds
Dwarf Papillion – Blue/Sr. Buck, Cora Schneider, Ellwood Cit...
