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.
West Virginia University Health System has achieved Level 9 in the Acute and Ambulatory categories for the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives’ 2026 D...
Mill Hunky Coffee of Butler officially opened its second location at Clearview Mall on Wednesday, Oct. 21.
Its original location, 779 Route 422, will remain open, but the...
After a 25-year career leading projects in project management for Verizon, Brett Fox was ready for something new.
The Cranberry Township resident recently launched Peace ...
The large police presence Tuesday night on West Brady Street in Butler resulted from a brief vehicle pursuit where the alleged perpetrator fled to a home in the area, acc...
At least one person was transported to Butler Memorial Hospital following a two-vehicle crash Wednesday morning, Oct. 21, on Pittsburgh Road in Butler Township, according...
A seat on Zelienople Borough Council is vacant as Councilman Steve Schoppe recently stepped down from his role.
Schoppe’s resignation was “reluctantly and unanimously” ac...
PENN TWP — Township residents packed the municipal building on Tuesday, Oct. 20, to express their opposition to a proposed project planned to be constructed in an area ne...
A Butler woman is accused of sending sexually inappropriate photos and engaging in inappropriate acts with a 15 year old while the two were employed at a Cranberry Townsh...
A new law aiming to strengthen Pennsylvania’s consumer protections for telemarketers and robocalls took effect Monday.
The new law, Act 47 of 2026, adds restrictions to m...
PHOENIX — Hail the size of golf balls and damaging wind gusts pounded northern and central Arizona in a rare storm blowing through, bringing with it tornado risks and pos...
Russia on Wednesday freed an American who had been jailed for more than four years on charges of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine, a deal completed during a visit by a...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Vice President JD Vance defended an ad Wednesday by Vivek Ramaswamy that features the estranged mother of Dr. Amy Acton, his Democratic opponent for Ohio...
A teacher wounded in last week’s attack on a special education classroom at an Oregon elementary school says she never had a chance to try to shelter any of the children ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Jeffrey Epstein’s attorney and accountant, accusing them of concealing his sex traffic...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is asking a federal judge to let it reconsider a major federal permit granted for a large offshore wind farm, making it the fourth p...
Many employees in Allegheny County will soon be eligible to receive up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave after council this evening passed the first policy of its kind i...
A judge on Wednesday ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook, marking the biggest f...
NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market rose Wednesday following strong profit reports from SpaceX, Capital One Financial and other big companies.
The S&P 500 added 0.6% and pul...
Russia agreed Wednesday to resume three-way negotiations next month with Washington and Kyiv aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, a Kremlin official said, potentially sett...
North Catholic’s boys finished fourth and the girls sixth in Wednesday’s PIAA Class 2A Golf Team Championships.
The Trojan boys shot a collective 15-over, three shots out...
Dorothy Dohanics believed there was a strong chance the WPIAL Class 2A Girls Tennis Team Championship would come down to Quaker Valley and North Catholic for the third st...
NEW YORK — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday he has a high comfort level in the New Orleans Saints and Pittsburgh Steelers safely playing in Paris on Sunday i...
The postseason has arrived.
The 2026 WPIAL Girls Soccer Championships kick off Saturday, Oct. 24, with the finals set to be held in two weeks. Districts 9 and 10 will be ...
This is what it’s all led up to.
The 2026 WPIAL Boys Soccer Championships kick off Thursday, Oct. 22, and Districts 9 and 10 will open their playoffs in short order.
The ...
Strong bonds can help sports teams at any level in their quest for a successful campaign. In that regard, Butler girls soccer hit the ground running this season.
Nine pla...
BUTLER TWP — Jacob Prex had to take his lumps from his older siblings.
“They would make me play goalie for them (growing up),” the Seneca Valley senior forward said. “I w...
Boys
Karns City
Soccer: Trevor Rumbaugh, senior
Highlight: Scored three goals in a win over Central Clarion.
Seneca Valley
Soccer: Zach White, senio...
The Butler Education Association hosts a tailgate party food drive at a Butler Senior High School football game each year. A member of the union said the group also has a...
Just three years after OpenAI said its models were good at grade-school math, the company announced they had solved the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem in 88 hours...
Slippery Rock University secured funds to combat underage drinking.
SRU was awarded the $50,000 Reducing Underage and Dangerous Drinking grant from the Pennsylvania Liquo...
The YMCA is hosting its annual Turkey Trot Nov. 7 in Downtown Butler, with the start and finish line right outside the Butler YMCA, 339 N. Washington St., Butler.
Trotter...
Clarinetist Janice Coppola and the KleZletic Klezmer Band will liven Saxonburg Memorial Church at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, as the church’s concert series, Saxonburg Concer...
PENN TWP — The township is sending a collection of recently-discovered artifacts from Renfrew Park to the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, where they will be s...
The Yoga House is a new yoga studio in Butler. It will have an open house Sunday, Oct. 25.
The open house takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday at 113 S. McKean St. i...
Nixon United Methodist Church, 334 Airport Road in Penn Township, is hosting its annual Trunk or Treat from 5 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at the church grounds, rain or shi...
Freeport Area High School crowned its homecoming king and queen Friday, Oct. 16. Breanna Farineau was crowned queen and Camden Schlegel king.
Breanna is the daughter of K...
The Butler Knights of Columbus is hosting a flash back to the ’80s dance party from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, in St. Michael’s Church Hall, 432 Center Ave., B...
Have you ever walked around a cemetery this time of year? When the wind is cold, the ground is wet and leaves crunch with your every step?
I had occasion to take such a c...
Butler County’s law enforcement
Butler County Sheriff
Telephone: 724-284-5245
Sheriff: Mike Slupe
Pennsylvania State Police — Troop D
Address: 200 Barra...
For some individuals, an encounter with a police officer can be terrifying or uncomfortable even if they aren’t in trouble with the law.
This is why the Cranberry Townsh...
It’s not a new trend.
Anyone paying attention to things happening with fire departments and EMS agencies will tell you those involved have been raising alarms for years ...