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.
Due to an ongoing $9 million building renovation project, the drive-through at Armco Credit Union’s Butler branch will be temporarily closed for construction.
The closure...
State police are investigating the theft of two tractors from a Connoquenessing Township company.
The two 2025 Kubota tractors were stolen in the early morning Monday, A...
A bus carrying Connoquenessing Elementary School students reportedly crashed Wednesday morning, April 15, into a tree along Shannon Road.
The crash was reported at about ...
PENN TWP — Due to lower-than-expected ticket sales, the Penn Township Volunteer Fire Department’s annual tool bash has been canceled for 2026.
The tool bash is an annual...
With the Butler chapter of PFLAG recently dissolving, other community organizations are stepping up to provide services for the local LGBTQ+ population.
Mid-last month, t...
KARNS CITY — When Hayes Design Group created plans for what a potential renovation of Karns City Area Junior/Senior High School could look like, it was asked to include p...
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts:
Adams Twp
April 7 — Dylan Mathew McConahy, 19, of Valencia, was charged with ...
An America 250 event will highlight the stories of Butler County soldiers who served the country honorably in France during World War I.
Local historian Deb Kruger and t...
As of Monday, April 13, road crews have begun the process of installing 32 new removable steel bollards on Saxonburg’s Main Street at both the Rebecca and Isabella street...
Butler County’s musical theater community will soon lose one of its contributors as the Sing Hosanna! group announced this week it will disband by the end of this summer ...
BERLIN — Ukraine and Germany are starting work on plans for the joint production of advanced drones and other battle-tested defense systems, Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
JERUSALEM — About 70 Palestinian men were found hiding inside a garbage truck by Israeli police as they attempted to cross into Israel from the occupied West Bank, appare...
MANILA, Philippines — More than 17,000 American and Filipino military personnel will participate in one of their largest annual combat exercises in the Philippines that u...
ISLAMABAD — Diplomats worked through back channels on Tuesday to arrange a new round of talks between the United States and Iran after Washington enacted its blockade of ...
An aviation safety bill seeking to address lessons learned from last year’s midair collision of a jet with an Army helicopter near the nation’s capital was approved by th...
WASHINGTON — Most Americans still think their taxes are too high, according to recent polls, even after last year’s tax law fulfilled several of President Donald Trump’s ...
OTTAWA, Kan. — A day after severe storms damaged communities in the Plains and the Midwest, forecasters warned that storms could bring giant hail, tornadoes and severe wi...
NEW YORK — Barely two weeks before it was due to shut down, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said Tuesday it had found a last-minute buyer — a successful nonprofit journalism ...
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck a rural part of Nevada east of the state's capital of Carson City on Monday.
The temblor hit just before 6:30 p.m., the U.S. Geological...
ISLAMABAD — The standoff between the United States and Iran deepened Tuesday as the U.S. declared it had blockaded Iran's ports, Tehran threatened to strike targets acros...
ADAMS TWP — It’s a missed snare on a Florida beach that eats at Danny Murray more so than any one in the baseball infield.
“I was surf fishing, and I usually don’t catch ...
JACKSON TWP — A reversed call gave Butler the lead it never lost.
Seneca Valley appeared to tie the fifth and deciding set at 11 during the rivals’ WPIAL Section 1-3A boy...
The 2026 NFL Draft is coming to Pittsburgh for the first time, allowing fans to see where the league’s top prospects end up in person next month.
Here’s information on ho...
PITTSBURGH — CJ Abrams went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double and two RBIs as the Washington Nationals held off the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 Tuesday night.
Brandon Lowe and...
Ian Ross, Carson Minnear, Dawson Cook, James Gillen and Beau Stewart all had two-hit efforts as Moniteau baseball downed Brookville 8-0 Tuesday.
The Warriors banged out 1...
PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes spent last season pitching on a razor's edge, aware that one mistake could tilt the balance of a game, no matter how masterful the Pittsburgh Pir...
Slippery Rock football fans can get their first look at the 2026 Rock this spring.
SRU, coming off a 6-4 season and led by head coach Shawn Lutz, will hold its annual...
It’s kind of an unspoken rule in the jungles of academia for students within a certain age range that math and science aren’t the cool things to be interested in.
Howeve...
In an 8-1 decision last week, the Supreme Court struck down a Colorado law that prohibited so-called conversion therapy aimed at changing the gender expression or sexual ...
The staff of the Tamarack Wildlife Center in Crawford County deserve praise for their successful efforts to heal an injured bald eagle found last fall near Slippery Rock....
For decades, there’s been a quasi-clandestine accord about expanding oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Nobody wanted to go there — well, except the oil and gas companie...
Andy Potyka retired from Armco in 1996, but his hard hat was still in use in Butler Township more than 10 years later.
On April 15, 2010, Potyka’s hard hat was in a tree...
Sonja Jo McMaster-Kummer
April 15, 1967 - January 26, 2013
You will celebrate your 59th birthday in Heaven with your Mom, Sister and Son.
We will celebrate your special d...
In loving memory of Cheryl (Chu) Revoir who passed away April 15th, 47 years ago.
It is said that we all die twice. Once when our bodies give out and again when our stori...
I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you... that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third...
