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.
Stella and Irvin — the bald eagle pair who call a nest at U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Works’ Irvin plant home — welcomed their first eaglet of the year Sunday, March 29.
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A Lyndora man was charged last week with administering drugs that resulted in a woman’s death in 2025, Butler police said.
Matthew Richard Tolley, 40, is facing the char...
A Butler woman is charged with tampering with evidence after she removed a dead man’s cellphone from a crime scene in Westmoreland County.
Cheryl Anne Warner, 35, of Jef...
ZELIENOPLE — U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-16th, said he was pleased to be able to return $1.2 million in taxpayer dollars to the community Monday, March 30, to help Harmony Fi...
Leslie Sherman-Shafer, an Uber driver in the San Francisco Bay Area, likes to start each shift with a full tank of gas.
It used to cost her around $25 to fill up her Toy...
A Butler man is charged with statutory sexual assault after Butler police said he had sexual intercourse with a juvenile.
Keyon David Franklin, 21, was charged Friday, M...
Narcan will soon be available in courts and judicial buildings around the state thanks to an initiative from the state Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs.
The initi...
Windy conditions Thursday, March 26, elevated a brush fire to a structure fire near the Butler/Lawrence County line off Route 422. It’s exactly why firefighters advocate ...
These real estate transactions were recorded in Butler County from Jan. 5 to 9:
Adams Township
Joshua and Molly Funyak to Treavor Moore at 215 Union Church Road for ...
BUTLER TWP — Hundreds of bowlers racked up strikes and spares to raise money for local nonprofit Butler Downtown as part of its fifth annual “Bowl for Butler” fundraiser,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA began the countdown Monday for humanity’s first launch to the moon in 53 years.
The 32-story Space Launch System rocket is poised to blast off...
ROME — Thieves made off with three paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse worth millions of euros from a museum near the city of Parma in northern Italy, police said Mo...
HAVANA — Cuba prepared Monday to receive a sanctioned Russian tanker carrying roughly 730,000 barrels of oil, the first such fuel delivery this year to the island that ha...
BULVERDE, Texas — A 15-year-old student shot a teacher at a Texas high school and then fatally shot himself, authorities said Monday.
No other injuries were reported in t...
Frustrating security lines dwindled at U.S. airports Monday, clearing the worst bottlenecks as Transportation Safety Administration officers began receiving backpay for w...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened widespread destruction of Iran’s energy resources and other vital infrastructure, including...
Israel’s parliament approved a state budget that should stabilize the ruling coalition until elections later this year and which will see defense spending increase signif...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian-backed Houthi rebels entered the monthlong war in the Middle East on Saturday, claiming two missile launches at Israel. About 2,500 ...
A shooting in Boston. A carjacking in Washington, D.C. A robbery in New York. All were carried out with guns that were among hundreds bought in the South and trafficked n...
CAIRO — The Egyptian government is seeking ways to conserve oil-powered electricity during the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, enacting at least one policy that threatens Cair...
Quite literally, Aria Harcar is ahead of her time.
The sixth-grader from Butler compete at the Adidas Indoor Track Middle School National Championships, held in Virginia ...
Kelly Coffield enjoyed the best of both worlds — twice.
The 1995 Knoch graduate excelled in volleyball and track and field with the Knights and was named team MVP in both...
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County.
Monday, March 30
Baseball
3:30 — North Hills at Butler
3:45 — Seneca Valley at Pittsburgh Central...
Easton Bazzoli, a 2013 Seneca Valley graduate and current head coach of Gannon University men’s basketball, has guided the Golden Knights to the NCAA Division II national...
Every Wednesday, many students and staff alike don shirts at Mars Primary Center and Mars Area Elementary School reminding everyone to be the kind one first.
The #betheki...
As midterm elections approach in November, voters have one thing on their minds: Life is too expensive. Democrats are wise to campaign on “affordability.” Unfortunately, ...
The Butler Bike Blessing 2026 is scheduled for Saturday, May 9, at the American Legion Post 778 in Butler Township.
The event is an opportunity to connect with the motorc...
The Rotary Club of Slippery Rock is sponsoring a blood drive Wednesday, April 1, at the Slippery Rock Township Municipal Building. The drive will run from noon through 5:...
Mt. Chestnut Presbyterian Church will hold its annual Community Easter egg hunt at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 4, at 727 W. Old Route 422 in Franklin Township.
Guests are inv...
Butler County Community College will host a community blood drive Thursday, April 2, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Victor K. Phillips Nursing and Allied Health Building l...
The Intermediate League of Butler will meet Monday, April 13, at Christ Community Methodist Church, 205 N. Duffy Road, Butler Township.
The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m...
CRANBERRY TWP — Parents and minors at the Reality Tour drug prevention education event at Hope Lutheran Church in Cranberry Township were startled when a uniformed police...
Concordia’s Good Samaritan Hospice mission will host a free grief workshop for adults from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 18.
The workshop, titled “Blooming Beyond Be...
NEW YORK — Mary Beth Hurt, a Tony Award-nominated actor who starred on Broadway in “Benefactors” with Glenn Close and reunited with Close for the movie “The World Accordi...
