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.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation added a specialized webpage to its 511 traveler information website to provide real-time travel information during the NFL d...
The Butler County prison board Tuesday approved an amendment to the inmate phone system contract reflecting federally mandated lower rates for inmates and a lower commiss...
A U.S. district judge in Pittsburgh separated a class-action lawsuit against Summit Academy into seven different suits for individual plaintiffs Wednesday, April 15, and ...
SLIPPERY ROCK — Nearly a year after entering into an agreement of sale for the grass lot at 100 S. Main St., both the borough and the new prospective owner are ready to c...
The lack of maintenance at a now-condemned apartment building in Butler resulted in the carbon monoxide poisoning death of a man in January 2025, according to a lawsuit f...
SAXONBURG — Borough council approved a motion to put the bid for restoration work at John Roebling’s original wire rope workshop out for advertisement during its monthly ...
President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested that the federal government could help keep a struggling Spirit Airlines afloat, while also encouraging a buyer to step in and...
WASHINGTON — As the United States was preparing a daring mission to rescue an airman whose fighter jet was shot down by Iran, there was money to be made.
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JACKSON TWP — The Seneca Valley Raiders hockey team was honored at the school district’s Monday, April 21, board meeting, receiving praise from board members and coaches....
ATLANTA — Wildfires burning across the southeastern U.S. were intensifying Wednesday after destroying nearly 50 homes in southeastern Georgia and forcing evacuations in s...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on shipping in the key water...
WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida resigned from office on Tuesday moments before the start of a hearing that could have led to a recommen...
President Donald Trump and many of his leading Christian supporters and top Republicans are taking part this week in a marathon reading of the Bible in an America 250-the...
NEW YORK — The Trump administration will require all 50 states to explain their plans to revalidate some of their Medicaid providers in a national escalation of anti-frau...
LUXEMBOURG — Buoyed by the election of a new leader in Hungary, Europe's top diplomats are meeting in Luxembourg to forge plans of action on multiple crises from the ongo...
Millions of people around the world will pause Wednesday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It's an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir activism to c...
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — An explosion at a Texas natural gas or oil well site set off a large fire that was seen for miles and led to some evacuations, but caused no injuries...
ISLAMABAD — President Donald Trump said Tuesday the United States was indefinitely extending its ceasefire with Iran — a day before it was to expire — as a new round of p...
The lifetime road of Levi Wentz is a weary one.
But the Valencia resident and Pine-Richland graduate is more than energized these days.
Growing up a basketball player, We...
ARLINGTON, Texas — Kumar Rocker allowed a run in six innings and Evan Carter drove in the tying run before robbing Oneil Cruz of a three-run homer, leading the Texas Rang...
JACKSON TWP — Physically, Brady Dumbaugh was not 100%.
Mentally, he was right where he needed to be to help Butler’s boys track and field team win a section championship....
BUTLER TWP — Xavier Bartoe was on cruise control — until Brookville’s bats took control.
The Karns City sophomore right-hander was working on a three-hit shutout through ...
JACKSON TWP — Even having secured a WPIAL Class 6A baseball playoff spot, Seneca Valley hasn’t quite peaked just yet.
“We’ve gotta work on everything. It’s never good eno...
Thanks to the hitting stylings of Gavin Tola, Ashton Bricker and Trey Schreckengost — each of whom had a pair of knocks — Freeport remained hot Tuesday by downing Burrell...
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins' resilience carried them to a surprise playoff berth.
Sidney Crosby and company will need to rely on it, maybe a lot of it, if th...
Mike Tomlin is going from the glare of an NFL sideline to the glare of television lights.
The former Pittsburgh Steelers coach will join NBC's “Sunday Night Football” cov...
JACKSON TWP — North Catholic students have a game of senior assassins, where students use squirt guns out of school to shoot water at each other and “assassinate” a targe...
Two Butler County flag football players will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity this week during the 2026 NFL Draft.
Seneca Valley senior quarterback/defensive back Mad...
Jimmy Carter was president, the country was still riding the wave of the U.S. men’s hockey team’s “Miracle on Ice,” the original Pac-Man was gearing up to chomp its way t...
April 24 is Arbor Day, when Americans will gather to plant trees on city streets, in parks and within other open spaces. But this year, as wildfires, drought and flooding...
Hats off to Miss Butler County Annie Rieg for using her public appearances to push for more organ and tissue donations.
At a recent appearance at Butler Memorial Hospital...
From the ultra-deep waters of Brazil’s Santos Basin to the arid shale fields of Argentina’s Patagonia, a new hydrocarbon boom is welling up across Latin America.
About 44...
JEFFERSON TWP — Whether being bitten by a dog, avoiding a thrown beer bottle, braving minus 40 wind chills, undergoing hernia and back surgeries … none of that stopped hi...
FAIRVIEW TWP — The township will have its annual spring cleanup day on Saturday, May 2.
The cleanup is intended for township residents only and takes place from 8 a.m. to...
Orchard Hill Church in Butler is partnering with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank to distribute food to those in need Saturday, April 25.
People in need will b...
Outdoor enthusiasts had a reason to check out Butler County Community College’s main campus after April 2013, when the college opened its 1-mile blacktop-covered Shaffer ...
In loving memory of our beloved Judie Bortz who passed away eight years ago today.
Sadly missed along life’s way,
Quietly remembered every day,
No longer in our lives to ...
NEW YORK — Alan Osmond, the eldest member of the chart-topping family act The Osmonds, died Monday after decades with multiple sclerosis. He was 76.
According to a family...
Jesus said, "I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no on...
While spring marks the return of warmer weather in Western Pennsylvania, it also brings back the unmistakable sights and sounds of roadwork — including fresh surface tre...
