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.
An Evans City man is accused of threatening a caseworker with a knife and holding captive her in his home on Tuesday, May 26.
Justin Michael Eppinger, 33, allegedly wave...
A GoFundMe for the two people killed in a Memorial Day house fire in Forward Township has raised more than $10,000 in its first 24 hours.
The GoFundMe identified sisters...
Orchard Hill Church Butler, 120 Walker Ave., is partnering with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank to distribute food Saturday, May 30.
People attending the dist...
PennDOT announced a detour for a section of Prospect Road in Connoquenessing Township for the replacement of a larger drainage pipe under the road.
From June 8 to 18, the...
A Center Township man is asking a judge to dismiss or reduce charges alleging he fired a shotgun and a .45-caliber handgun at a group of young men he thought were tauntin...
FOXBURG, Clarion County — Members of Allegheny-Clarion Valley’s Class of 2026 tossed their caps into the air and began to look toward their futures Wednesday, May 27.
“I...
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts:
Butler
May 12 — Tahsir Dajan Walker, 21, of Butler, was charged with misdemea...
The Butler County sheriff’s office has almost $200,000 coming from the federal government for vehicle and equipment purchases related to its partnership with U.S. Immigra...
Fair housing organizations filed a lawsuit Wednesday over a federal rule change that they say would reverse decades of lending protections and open the door to discrimina...
PennDOT announced Wednesday, May 27, that utility work on a section of Ekastown Road is expected to impact traffic between June and October.
Gas line work is planned on E...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. military on Thursday accused Iran of violating a fragile ceasefire after Kuwait reported coming under attack following an American ...
MIAMI — The Trump administration has quietly instructed federal prosecutors in Miami to avoid pursuing criminal investigations into Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rod...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. Supreme Court has approved a settlement package designed to rein in groundwater pumping along one of North America’s longest rivers and ensur...
BLETCHLEY, England — Artificial intelligence is “an unstoppable force” that is being weaponized in ways that fall just short of traditional warfare, the U.K. cyberspying ...
LONGVIEW, Wash. — A second person who was injured when a large chemical tank ruptured at a Washington state paper mill has died, authorities said Wednesday, bringing the ...
WASHINGTON — U.S. forces carried out new defensive strikes on Wednesday on an Iran military facility after downing Iranian attack drones, according to U.S. officials.
The...
Russian bank staff and branches could be joining the fight against Ukrainian drone attacks under an ambitious plan approved by the country’s lower house of parliament.
T...
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer confidence declined slightly this month as gas prices stayed high and inflation remained elevated, a sharp contrast to soaring stock prices hov...
Just a few years ago, America’s public schools were rushing to get every child a laptop. Los Angeles middle school teacher Anna Soffer remembers it well: “The idea was th...
The search for Slippery Rock University’s first women’s flag football coach did not have to look too far, it turned out.
Lisa Horton, who has spent the last three sea...
Jacob Begenwald faced a dilemma Friday night: race or attend graduation.
The 18-year-old 410 Sprint car driver from Sarver decided to do both.
It wasn’t just another race...
NORTH FRANKLIN TWP, Washington County — Nolan Stefaniak was staring an ugly fifth inning in the face, with the bases around him full.
The senior Butler ace didn’t waver.
...
NORTH FRANKLIN TWP, Washington County — Butler had fortune on its side Wednesday, in the form of someone who almost certainly weighed less than the WPIAL Class 6A basebal...
CALIFORNIA, Pa. — Seneca Valley missed its chance at a big inning. Hempfield did not.
That’s the short version of Wednesday’s WPIAL Class 6A softball championship game.
T...
PITTSBURGH — Ian Happ hit a tiebreaking three-run home run and drove in five runs Wednesday night while playing in his hometown as the Chicago Cubs ended their 10-game lo...
The WPIAL baseball tournament concludes with the finals on Memorial Day week.
Same with District 9 and 10.
Check out the latest championship matchups, sites times and wi...
The WPIAL softball playoffs reach the championship round on Memorial Day week.
See the latest WPIAL, District 9 and District 10 tournament brackets, including championshi...
WASHINGTON — Two key senators involved in a long-simmering debate over fixing college sports will introduce a bipartisan bill designed to break a congressional logjam tha...
Even 25 hours before first pitch of its biggest game in recent memory, Butler’s baseball team carried on with a certain measure of mindfulness.
The top-seeded Golden Torn...
The City of Butler is working on creating a land bank, but if a similar program in Erie is to be believed, it will probably take a few years before the city’s efforts ad...
In the Rumble in the Jungle, George Foreman came in expecting to end the fight early.
At first, it looked that way. He was stronger, faster and landing clean punches. I w...
In loving memory of our beloved Robbie Smith who passed away six years ago today, on May 27, 2020.
No one knows our heartaches, only those who have lost can tell
Of the g...
LOS ANGELES — Matthew Perry’s live-in personal assistant, who had a central role in the “Friends” star’s descent into ketamine addiction and injected him with the fatal d...
NEW YORK — Donald E. Newhouse, president of one of the largest family-controlled publishing companies in the nation and a former board chairman of the Associated Press, d...
A community choir — a group that formed under the umbrella of the Butler County Symphony Orchestra — will perform two shows this weekend.
The EchoPoint Chorale debuts at ...
Butler Art Center & Gallery’s spring art show and sale is open through June 5 at the gallery, 344 S. Main St. in Butler.
More than 100 guests attended the show’s opening ...
Tickets are now available for a September music festival in Saxonburg.
The Boots and Grace Butler County Music Festival will feature local songwriters and touring musici...
Butler Township will have an event Saturday, May 30, aimed at area grill lovers.
Guys Who Grill, which features grilled entrees, raises money for the Kids’ Weekend Backpa...
There will be a tea party with Jackie Totin on Thursday, June 4, at the Maridon Museum.
Totin received her first teapot set for her sixth birthday, which sparked her inte...
Thespians know what to expect from a Noël Coward play, even one written when the playwright was only 25 and still refining his famous style. There will be razor-sharp wit...
Whenever I find myself cast in another play, I am always asked the same question:
“How do you memorize all of those lines?”
The truth is, I’ve been doing it for so long, ...
BUFFALO TWP — Helen Comperatore is dedicated to making Corey’s Cruise 2026 — an event that honors her late husband while giving back to first responders — a smashing succ...
Nestled in the woods along Little Buffalo Creek, the Butler Freeport Community Trail spans 21 miles connecting the two municipalities. Open since 1989, the trail gives re...
For five months a year, a small patch of Butler County comes alive with the sound of revving engines and thousands of screaming fans.
That patch is Lernerville Speedway, ...
Birds are returning and flowers are blooming as warmer spring temperatures and rain showers bring wildlife back to the Butler Freeport Community Trail. To one Western Pen...
