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.
A 36-year-old woman died and three others — including a 3-year-old boy — were taken to area hospitals following a head-on crash Thursday, Aug. 27, in Venango Township.
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CRANBERRY TWP — At Thursday’s agenda preparation meeting, township officials moved a number of items forward for a vote at the board of supervisors meeting on Sept. 3.
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BUTLER TWP — Hundreds of older residents came to Thursday’s debut of the Butler County Aging Resource Center.
The parking lot of the center located at 215 N. Duffy Road f...
Just over a year after a decision by Buffalo Township supervisors to grant conditional use permits for an energy company to operate two solar farms, attorneys argued over...
The father of a Slippery Rock Area School District student has filed a lawsuit claiming a bus driver failed to report older students repeatedly abusing and verbally haras...
CRANBERRY TWP — The freshly completed synthetic turf infields at two of the recreational ball fields at Cranberry Township Community Park sparkled on a sunlit, late Thurs...
One person was transported to Butler Memorial Hospital Thursday evening, Aug. 27, following a motorcycle crash on Route 422 in Butler Township.
According to Butler County...
Parking will be restricted on eight streets in Butler between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, for street cleaning.
The roads affected are Garfield, Holcomb and Thomas ...
A Franklin Township woman is accused of giving a doctor a bloody and swollen lip Saturday, Aug. 22, at Butler Memorial Hospital.
Nicole Lynn Morin, 34, was already being...
The City of Butler’s redesigned website has launched as of Thursday, Aug. 27.
It features new sections and menus, including entire “for residents” and “for businesses” ta...
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces on Friday resumed their drone barrage of Ukraine’s Kyiv region, hitting more than a dozen apartment buildings and storage depots in a secon...
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety Friday, as Nepal and China raced to respond to c...
UNITED NATIONS — The official in charge of President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan for Gaza criticized Israel on Wednesday for its attacks on the war-battered Palestinia...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks, saying officers ...
A federal judge on Thursday halted — at least for now — attempts to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting.
The move stalled the directiv...
NEW YORK — Peter Cullen, a prolific voice actor who enlivened scores of TV series, specials and movies, including Optimus Prime in the syndicated 1984 series “Transformer...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday he is renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he exacerbates his trade war with Cana...
NEW YORK — Technology stocks are leading Wall Street on Thursday after Nvidia, Salesforce and others reported even fatter profits for the spring than analysts expected.
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WASHINGTON — The number of people filing for U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week, remaining at historic lows as layoffs are rare and most Americans enjoy job securi...
DEVIGHAT, Nepal — Rescue teams searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high...
The fall high school sports season doesn’t consist of just football, but you probably knew that.
The soccer and volleyball in Butler County always has plenty of competiti...
SLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock needed a miracle. It got one.
Trailing 30-14 early in the fourth quarter of Thursday night's football season opener against No. 12 Minnesota...
Evan Hock’s 36 led Seneca Valley’s boys golf team in a 195-208 win over Mars at Pheasant Ridge Golf Club on Thursday. Lucas Barber added a 37 for the Raiders.
The Planets...
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Becoming a high school football head coach for the first time at age 60 might prove overwhelming to some.
To Steve Monteleone, it’s opportunity.
After...
Everyone starts 0-0, including the Butler Eagle sports staff.
The PIAA football season is a day away, and eight county-area games are on the docket. Fans get a rare treat...
Labor Day used to mark the beginning of school and the end of summer. Nowadays, back-to-school happens in August and the Labor Day holiday eases us into fall. Two regiona...
Pennsylvania has seen two deaths from measles since the start of 2026 — the first measles-related deaths in 35 years.
There is one common thread between the 1990-91 Phila...
Few creatures play a larger role in agriculture and the environment than the honeybee.
Although small in size, honeybees are responsible for pollinating many of the crop...
During Sickle Cell Awareness Month in September, nonprofit blood provider Vitalant is highlighting the need for blood donors to meet all patients’ needs, including those ...
The Butler County Genealogical Society will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at Saint Andrews United Presbyterian Church, 201 East Jefferson Street. Attendees should e...
Springdale Lutheran Church recently celebrated its 150th anniversary by recognizing its history, as well as the people that made it an integral part of this unique northe...
Mars High School Class of 1971 held a 55-year high school reunion Saturday, Aug. 22, at The Sports Grille in Cranberry Township.
More than 50 guests attended the event. T...
GriefShare is a support group that meets at 1 p.m. Tuesdays beginning Sept. 8 at Orchard Hill Church, 120 Walker Ave. in Butler.
Overwhelming emotions — shock, numbness,...
William “Bill” and Carla Wagner, of Butler, will celebrate 50 years of marriage on Aug. 27.
Wagner married the former Carla Smith on Aug. 27, 1976, at Glade Run Church in...
The Butler High School Class of 1964 is throwing an 80th birthday celebration Saturday, Sept. 19.
The event begins at 1 p.m. at the Summit Township Sportsman’s Club, 501 ...
Butler summer stargazing can be so comfortable!
However, for many folks with Monday-through-Friday jobs, early wake-up calls restrict extended nights under the stars to ...
Attendees of an October virtual event will use Minecraft to learn coping strategies for grief.
Hope’s Road, formerly Good Samaritan Hospice’s Youth Bereavement Care, will...
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — The Butler Farm Show was more than an experience to some of the youth who spent the better part of a year raising animals to show at the annual week...
There’s a poignant poetry in the Sisyphean quest of Looney Tunes character Wile E. Coyote. This born yearner roams the desert, trying to catch and eat the Road Runner, hi...
It says something about us that dogs are critical when it comes to postapocalyptic movies. Tom Hanks had an adorable terrier in “Finch” and Will Smith had a heroic German...
The second annual 16066 BBQ Bash will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19, at Cranberry Township Municipal Center’s Armstrong Great Lawn, 2525 Rochest...
Blake Lively was awarded a meager portion of the millions of dollars in attorneys’ fees that she demanded be paid by Justin Baldoni.
Judge Lewis Liman on Wednesday ordere...
Slippery Rock University senior and commuter student Samuel Kightlinger said that for his 10 a.m. class last year, he had to arrive to campus at least an hour early to fi...
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
SHEEP
Border Leicester
Yearling Ram Lamb, Willem Meiser, Butler
Champion R...
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
GOATS
Alpine
Milking Doe – 2 & Under 3, Cheyenne Henry, Chicora
Milking Do...
The following are first-place winners from the Butler Farm Show, which ended Saturday, Aug. 15.
BEEF CATTLE
Angus
Spring Heifer Calf, Kenneth Cranmer, Butler
Jr Heifer Ca...
