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 ― Slippery Rock Borough Council approved a purchase of $57,702.50 to Keystone Ridge for refreshed benching and trash cans at a meeting Tuesday, May 19, at t...
Despite concern from a Lancaster Township supervisor and residents at a Monday, May 17, meeting, a new 124-unit townhouse development was approved to be located along Per...
Butler Transit Authority is eyeing three new buses to replace half of its aging local fleet.
The authority’s board of directors voted 4-0 Tuesday evening, May 19, to orde...
A Butler man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Butler County Common Pleas Court to aggravated assault charges accusing him of pointing a shotgun at a woman and firing it after sh...
SAXONBURG — As the Hotel Saxonburg remains unsold following a recent Sheriff sale, the state of the nearly two-century-old property is near the top of the mind of some bo...
BUTLER TWP — There are 291 manufacturing establishments in Butler County offering many career opportunities, according to state data. Students from school districts aroun...
Tourism is on the move.
Experience Butler County, the county’s tourism promotion agency, plans to move its administrative offices from its Zelienople location to one in d...
Scott Timko appears to have won the Republican nod for the 12th district seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives following a tight race against Ethan Nicholas, ...
Jason Richey beat John Ventre in the race to be the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor by a significant margin.
Richey took just shy of 65% of the vote compared ...
Three new endowments totaling $4.5 million were announced Tuesday, May 19, to support Butler Area School District students, programs and the community.
Mei and Herald Ch...
Iran warned it would retaliate beyond the Middle East if the U.S. or Israel restart attacks on the Islamic Republic, following renewed threats from President Donald Trump...
BEIJING — Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed their strategic ties and growing energy trade as they met in Beijing Wednesday only days a...
CRESTWOOD, Ky. — Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie lost his Republican House primary Tuesday in another test of President Donald Trump’s power over his party after he hand...
WARMINSTER TWP, Bucks County — Democrats in Pennsylvania settled primary fights Tuesday to shape their congressional slate for the fall election, in which they hope — wit...
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel this week to a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Sweden, where U.S. plans to reduce troop levels in Europe coupled...
An adolescent owl that was found stuck in a concrete mixer in southwestern Utah is finally on the mend, flying free and maybe a bit wiser from the ordeal.
The great horne...
BEIJING — Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Tuesday night in China for meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping less than a week after U.S. President Donald Trump w...
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — More than 17,000 people were under evacuation orders in Southern California on Tuesday as a wildfire threatened suburban homes.
The wind-driven Sand...
JERUSALEM — Israeli forces on Tuesday intercepted six remaining vessels from a much larger activist flotilla attempting to challenge Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza. Two ...
NEW YORK — Oil prices and stock markets worldwide swung through a shaky Monday with uncertainty about what will happen with the Iran war.
The S&P 500 swiveled between gai...
The PIAA Track and Field Championships begin Friday at Shippensburg University, and Butler County teams have a chance to bring home several state medals.
Here’s what you ...
WEXFORD — It’s a new year and Seneca Valley softball has a new leader, but the Raiders have landed in an enviable spot once again.
Abby Kalkowski allowed just a pair ...
PLUM — Just moments after their season-ending 4-1 WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinal loss to No. 5 South Park on Tuesday evening, senior Kason Barker and junior Gavin Tola sat o...
WEXFORD — Facing adversity during the course of a game does not faze North Catholic’s softball team.
The Trojanettes are relishing in simply being on the field.
“A lot of...
Butler County boasts four teams in this season’s WPIAL softball playoffs, which get underway next week.
Seneca Valley, seeded No. 2 in Class 6A, received a bye to the sem...
The WPIAL baseball tournament continues this week, and District 9 and 10 kicked off. Butler, one of the best baseball teams in the WPIAL during the regular season, remain...
Wouldn’t you know, a familiar pair of teams are in this year’s WPIAL Class 2A boys and girls lacrosse championships.
Mars’ girls (19-1) and boys (15-4) are once again pl...
The WPIAL boys volleyball playoffs conclude this week.
In Class 3A, No. 2 Butler (16-4) beat rival No. 3 Seneca Valley (13-5) to make its first district championship game...
Sophia Lawrence smashed a two-run home run to center field, and Slippery Rock softball walked off No. 5 General McLane 8-7 Tuesday in the District 10 Class 4A play-in.
Jo...
TEMPE, Ariz. — Carson Beck had his fans and also some detractors during the NFL draft process, which explains why the quarterback fell to the third round before being sel...
At more than 3 million square miles, the continental U.S. is a lot of ground to cover. Add Hawaii and Alaska — which, at over 600,000 square miles, is larger than all but...
Think you own that new car you just bought? Not all of it.
As many Americans are learning, automakers own their data, and they’re trying to dictate who can fix the vehicl...
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — Shauna McChesney loves nature and loves painting.
So she decided to combine the two.
Less than two years after embarking upon a career as an artist,...
The Butler Collaborative for Families will host a free educational workshop, “Planning Ahead for Your Estate: Key Insights on Legal, Care and Tax Planning,” from noon to ...
The grass and playground equipment of the Butler Memorial Park were taken over May 20, 2011, by several hundred Emily Brittain Elementary School students participating in...
In loving memory of our beloved Marjorie Ellis whose birthday is May 20, 1940.
Missing you on your special day. Remembering all the great family parties.
Love forever,
To...
The wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who s...
