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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.
Local News
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — Residents got a look at one of the potential plans for a townshipwide sewage system during a board of supervisors meeting Wednesday night, March 4. ...
March 05, 2026 Government
A scratch-off ticket worth $1 million a year for life was sold at a BP gas station in Armstrong County. The gas station is located at 222 Buffalo St. in Freeport. The ga...
March 04, 2026 Local News
NEW YORK — Fewer U.S. women died around the time of childbirth in 2024, a government analysis shows, and provisional data suggests the trend may have continued last year....
March 04, 2026 Health
NEW YORK — Apple CEO Tim Cook promised a “big week” of product announcements has seen the introduction of a new budget-friendly iPhone trim, an entry-level MacBook tier, ...
March 04, 2026 Business
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said that Mahood Road is closing for tree trimming operations between the intersections with Route 308 and the Center Townsh...
March 04, 2026 Local News
ADAMS TWP — Mars football players, parents and community members showed a great deal of support for newly hired coach Zachary Benedek on Tuesday night, but the hiring pro...
March 04, 2026 Local News
BUTLER TWP — Plans for future development for Pullman Recreation Complex are in the pipeline, pending final approval from the township’s board of commissioners. Butler To...
March 04, 2026 Local News
A few dozen Butler County luminaries got an early preview on Tuesday night, March 3, at the Penn Theater for July’s Steeples & Stacks event, planned for Friday and Saturd...
March 04, 2026 Local News
CRANBERRY TWP — “The unifying power of sport” has been a recurring theme at Seneca Valley School District events. With the Paralympics beginning later this week in Italy,...
March 04, 2026 Local News
Other News
Lou Holtz never met an opponent that couldn't beat him. Somehow, he squeaked out nearly 250 wins and a national title while cementing himself both as one of the most lova...
March 04, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump invited technology companies to the White House on Wednesday to commit to developing their own power generation as he tries to ease te...
March 04, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has formally nominated Kevin Warsh, a former top Federal Reserve official, to be the next Fed chairman when Jerome Powell's term end...
March 04, 2026 National News
SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk took the stand in a shareholder trial on Wednesday in San Francisco, where he's accused of making false and misleading statements that drove dow...
March 04, 2026 National News
Fetterman breaks from rest of Democratic Party
March 04, 2026 National News
CAIRO — A Russian-flagged tanker carrying liquefied natural gas exploded and erupted in flames before sinking in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, authorities in the North...
March 04, 2026 International News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, as Washington and Israel intensified their bombardment Wednesday of Iran's sec...
March 04, 2026 International News
BEIRUT — Israel's military ordered on Wednesday residents of dozens of border villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate “immediately” as airstrikes on suburbs of Beirut in...
March 04, 2026 International News
Sports
The PIAA boys basketball tournaments are nearing, allowing local teams to demonstrate their strength against foes they don’t normally meet up with. Let’s take a look at t...
March 04, 2026 Sports
Four Butler County wrestlers are making the trip Wednesday for the PIAA Individual Wrestling Championships at Hershey’s Giant Center. Butler’s Santino Sloboda is contendi...
March 04, 2026 Sports
Joe Haefner does not see it as hitting the ground running. Approved Tuesday night as the new boys soccer coach at Mars, the former Planets’ goalie and assistant coach wil...
March 04, 2026 Sports
Editorial
March 04, 2026 Cartoons
Hats off to the Slippery Rock Area School District educators and officials who are taking proactive steps to deal with the use of artificial intelligence by the district’...
March 04, 2026 Our Opinion
At 84, I am an analog guy in a digital world. Sure, I do Zoom meetings and check my smartphone too often. Yet my mental health suffers, I swear, from the almost vertical ...
March 04, 2026 Other Voices
Community
Announcements
Arts & Entertainment
Evans City will have its Easter Party on March 28, featuring a community egg crawl, Resurrection account and bunny Olympics. The event takes place at 10 a.m. at Gospel Li...
March 05, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
The best of Butler County music, food and business will be on display Thursday, March 12, at the Butler Eagle Readers’ Choice Awards’ first in-person celebration. The be...
March 04, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards will soon be a great-grandfather. The 82-year-old rock star’s granddaughter Ella Richards posted a photo on Instagram seeming to s...
March 04, 2026 People
“Curtains” is a suspenseful musical comedy, featuring a Golden Age-style score by the legendary songwriting duo John Kander and Fred Ebb — the minds behind “Cabaret” and ...
March 04, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
An upcoming play at Hobnob Theatre Company is a psychological thriller that asks not “whodunit,” but “will they get away with it?” “Rope” initially debuted in 1929, with ...
March 04, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
The Intermediate League of Butler is hosting its 74th annual Antiques Show and Sale from March 20 to 22. The show will bring dozens of dealers to the Ramada by Wyndham Bu...
March 04, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
“Mary Poppins” is coming to Moniteau School District March 13 and 14. The jack-of-all trades, Bert, introduces the audience to the troubled Banks family in 1910 England. ...
March 04, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Each of the three pieces the Butler County Symphony Orchestra will perform at its concert Saturday, March 7, has international themes and motifs, even though all of them ...
March 04, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
I thought April showers brought May flowers. Have we fast-forwarded through time? While this March is shaping up to be soggy (and I haven’t seen a rainbow yet), it is giv...
March 04, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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