Families whose children receive free or reduced-price school meals in Pennsylvania public schools could see changes in their eligibility for the upcoming school year.
The...
With a $50.85 billion state budget agreement signed Sunday, July 12, local school leaders avoid another four months of panicking over lost funds.
The agreement between t...
Kyle Casteel’s pro career has officially begun.
The standout Butler right-hander has signed with the Chicago White Sox and accepted a $1.25 million signing bonus, accordi...
Never before has Butler’s baseball scene burned so bright.
On Sunday, three Golden Tornado graduates — David Leslie, Kyle Casteel and Madden Clement — heard their names c...
BUTLER TWP — Butler Area School District is taking a proactive approach to cellphone usage in the district’s schools.
The district’s board voted unanimously Monday evenin...
In what has become a banner day for the program, another former Butler ace could start his professional baseball career this summer.
Madden Clement, who recently entered ...
Following a stellar senior season at Butler, senior pitcher Kyle Casteel was taken by the Chicago White Sox with the second pick in the 11th round round (315th overall) o...
David Leslie’s path to the pros has been a winding one.
The 2020 Butler High School graduate was a catcher growing up. He only became a full-time pitcher after impres...
Butler Senior High School awarded 67 scholarships to graduating seniors May 19.
The Goodman Educational Trust Fund Award went to Rylie Blystone and Grant Ordy.
The Butler...
The musician-led band of Butler will have its second of three summer performances Thursday evening, July 9. The event will feature songs “in celebration of our country.”
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Nolan Stefaniak’s stellar senior season almost never was.
The recently graduated Butler standout loved another sport so much in his early teens that he considered droppin...
This article is one in a series of articles about what life looks like in Butler County ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Stories in this serie...
Two recent Butler High School graduates were named recipients of the 2026 Rosanne and Jane Cavalero Scholarships.
Emily Cornish will receive $6,737. Emily is the daughter...
JEFFERSON TWP — The custodial staff of Knoch School District has been hard at work the past two weeks, with three to four people in each school cleaning and disinfecting ...
BUTLER TWP — Butler High School swimmers Bob Cummings, Mike Kriley, Pat Kriley and Larry Dillon set the school record in the medley relay in 1976.
They also became All-Am...
The 2026 boys volleyball season saw Butler turn in the best campaign in program history, reaching the WPIAL championship match and the state semifinals. Rival Seneca Vall...
Butler freshman Landon Slear reached the podium in his high school debut in the 2026 Nike Outdoor Nationals in Eugene, Ore.
Slear finished fifth in the freshman 800-meter...
The readers have spoken, and North Catholic senior Logan Schade is the fan-vote winner of the Butler Eagle Male Athlete of the Year.
Schade, who made the Butler Eagle Swe...
BUTLER TWP — A successful wrestler himself at Slippery Rock University, Scott Stoner has developed many a mat man in more than 30 years as Butler Senior High School’s hea...
With Butler’s baseball season having passed, the 2026 MLB Draft is fast approaching. Two Golden Tornado star pitchers — Kyle Casteel and Nolan Stefaniak — are gaining att...
When it came to softball at St. Francis University, Mars graduate and current Butler coach Kara Sroka was as good as it got.
A 2009 SFU graduate, Sroka left the Red Flash...
Butler graduate Madden Clement has entered the transfer portal, marking a likely end to his baseball tenure at Virginia Tech.
According to the Hokies’ athletics website, ...
Butler Senior High School’s class of 2026 announced Rachel Arnovitz Dohme, of the Butler High School Class of 1970, as its choice for the 46th annual Butler Senior High S...
UNIVERSITY PARK — A little after 4:30 p.m. Thursday, about three-and-a-half hours before the PIAA Class 6A title game’s first pitch was thrown, a group of six children as...
Mars boys lacrosse’s journey back to the PIAA Class 2A championship game began a year ago on a sweltering day in Mechanicsburg.
Hoping to reach the final for the fifth st...
UNIVERSITY PARK — The clutch play that had been such a big part of Butler baseball’s historic 2026 season eluded the Golden Tornado in the most crucial moments Thursday n...
That’s it. Butler (23-4) took on Neshaminy (21-7) looking to win its first PIAA baseball championship in program history — in its first appearance — at Penn State’s Medla...
BUTLER TWP — Butler baseball is entering the state championship game for the first time in program history.
The 1992 Golden Tornado team — the only team before this year ...
BOGGS TWP, Centre County — While far from a direct path, the road to Butler’s upcoming trip to Penn State University began at Upper St. Clair’s Boyce Mayview Park three y...
Butler has made history already — twice — this season. It’s hoping to do so one more time.
The WPIAL champion Golden Tornado (23-3) take on District 1’s fourth-place team...
