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.
These real estate transactions were recorded in Butler County from Jan. 20 to 23:
Adams Township
Far View Farms Development to NVR at 3065 Tremont Drive for $142,628...
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — While students are away for summer break, Slippery Rock Area School District is looking to make some small facility upgrades.
The district school boar...
One adult was flown to the hospital for suspected moderate injuries following a school van crash Monday afternoon, April 13.
According to state police, emergency responde...
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rallied Monday and recovered the last of their losses caused so far by the U.S.-Iran war, as Wall Street remains hopeful that the global economy c...
The Armstrong County Community Foundation is preparing to host its annual Week of Giving event May 11 through May 15, in partnership with NexTier Bank.
The Week of Giving...
The Mars Area High School Fightin’ Planets are making a deep run in the 2026 National High School Mascot Brackets.
The Fightin’ Planets are seeking votes to advance to t...
A Butler man pleaded guilty in federal court to threatening President Donald Trump and other United States officials, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday, Apr...
Cranberry Township has been named a Banner Community by the Allegheny League of Municipalities for the 14th consecutive year, officials announced Monday, April 13.
Being ...
An Elysburg man is accused of sending threatening emails to a representative of a Meridian addiction treatment center.
Jason B. Matukaitis, 46, was charged Tuesday, April...
A Miami man is accused of stealing more than $3,600 in makeup products from Ulta Beauty in Cranberry Township.
Willy Jesus Diaz-Pelayo, 19, was charged Thursday, April 9...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said it carried out another strike Monday on a boat accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people.
The cam...
A super typhoon is taking aim at several remote U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean, lashing Guam with heavy rain and tropical storm-force wind gusts hours before its arriv...
PHILADELPHIA — The bodies of two workers trapped when a stairwell roof collapsed at a parking garage under construction in Philadelphia have been found, authorities annou...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump had two bags of McDonald’s delivered to the Oval Office on Monday by a DoorDash driver he tipped $100, using his favorite food and a r...
WASHINGTON — A federal judge dismissed President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch on Monday over a story o...
It’s not just gas prices: Some U.S. water utilities are reporting the Middle East war is disrupting their ability to maintain recommended fluoride levels in the drinking ...
A dangerous super typhoon in the Pacific Ocean is barreling toward a group of remote U.S. islands.
Super Typhoon Sinlaku is expected to make landfall Tuesday in the N...
JERUSALEM — Ceasefire talks between the U.S. and Iran ended in the early hours of Sunday without an agreement, raising questions about what happens when a current two-wee...
CAIRO — U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the American military had begun a blockade of Iranian ports as part of his effort to force Tehran to open the Strait ...
SLIPPERY ROCK — Ian Ross could’ve walked out of Slippery Rock University’s Critchfield Park hanging his head Monday night.
As could his Moniteau baseball teammates, after...
Nolan Stefaniak and Trent Best combined for a two-hit gem as Butler baseball blanked Hempfield 5-0 to improve to 9-3 (4-2 WPIAL Section 1-6A) this season.
Stefaniak, an M...
PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes allowed one hit in six strong innings, and Brandon Lowe homered for the third time in two games, driving in five runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates s...
Bob Rottman knew he had something special when Lily Staab joined Moniteau varsity softball as a freshman in 2023.
“She was varsity-ready that year, and that wasn’t just f...
William “Bee” Thoma earned success through the years by “just following people.”
That method led to his decades of excellence in gymnastics, a career which has resulted i...
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County.
Monday, April 13
Baseball
3:45 — Mars at Fox Chapel
4 — Freeport at Deer Lakes
4 — Valley at Knoc...
Firefighters and other first responders saved a life last week on Wednesday, April 8, when they responded to a house fire on Center Avenue in Butler where a teenage girl ...
Pennsylvania has 61,000 jobs that require education beyond high school and not enough qualified workers to fill them. By 2032, the gap will grow to 218,000 jobs that lack...
When the Trump administration launched the war in Iran a month ago, higher oil and energy prices were surely expected, yet there was a positive feeling that the U.S. econ...
The Friends of the Mars Area Public Library will hold its Spring Book Sale from Thursday through Sunday, April 16 to 19.
Shoppers can browse a wide variety of gently used...
Hope’s Road will host a free “Planting Hope” event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at 116 Browns Hill Road, Suite 100, Middlesex Township.
“Planting Hope” is a fr...
Mars Area Elementary School third-grader Quinn Grady is seeking votes in the national “America’s Favorite Student” competition.
To vote for Quinn, visit americasfavstuden...
BUTLER TWP — Last spring, 186 Butler County Community College students transferred a number of credits to a four-year school without a BC3 degree. Another 101 transferred...
LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears has entered a substance abuse treatment facility just over a month after she was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alco...
NEW YORK — More than a thousand movie stars, writers, directors and other Hollywood professionals announced their “unequivocal opposition” to the proposed Paramount merge...
NEW YORK — Sid Krofft, the Canadian-born entertainment wizard who teamed with his brother and fellow puppeteer Marty Krofft to create such cult favorites as children's 19...
