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 Tennessee man is accused using a shower head to assault a nonverbal child with autism in Concord Township.
Marlin Bailey, 50, of Manchester, Tennessee, was charged Wed...
A 25-year-old man driving an e-bike died after running into the side of a Butler County Sheriff’s cruiser Tuesday, May 26, in New Castle, according to New Castle police. ...
A Buffalo Township man is accused of tearing down his home using an excavator while his wife and two daughters were still inside, according to township police.
Erik A. P...
A Jenkintown man is facing charges related to a rollover crash involving a tractor trailer on Interstate 79 in Worth Township.
Brett M. Kellogg, 53, was charged Tuesday,...
CHICORA — A Parker man accused of firing a gun inside a residence had a felony charge and two misdemeanor charges withdrawn after pleading guilty to a lesser charge at a ...
A Butler man was Tased twice while being arrested following an incident on Memorial Day, May 25, in Butler, according to state police.
Mario James Longo, 35, was charged...
JACKSON TWP — Earlier this month, Seneca Valley School District’s board heard two public comments expressing concerns about the district’s spending trajectory.
At the boa...
Nick Mulone knows just about everything about running a movie theater, including how to revive one.
The 82-year-old owner of South Pike Cinemas in Buffalo Township has be...
Just a few years ago, America’s public schools were rushing to get every child a laptop. Los Angeles middle school teacher Anna Soffer remembers it well: “The idea was th...
LONGVIEW, Wash. — Crews were set to resume searching Wednesday for nine workers at a Washington paper mill where a tank imploded, releasing a highly destructive chemical ...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will meet with his Cabinet on Wednesday at a precarious moment for talks aimed at ending the war with Iran, just days after insisting ...
Russian bank staff and branches could be joining the fight against Ukrainian drone attacks under an ambitious plan approved by the country’s lower house of parliament.
T...
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer confidence declined slightly this month as gas prices stayed high and inflation remained elevated, a sharp contrast to soaring stock prices hov...
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — About 16,000 people remain under evacuation orders in Southern California as an overheated chemical tank still poses a risk to homes closest to the...
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Manny Fernandez, a two-time Super Bowl-winning defensive lineman with the Miami Dolphins who was an anchor during the team's undefeated season in 19...
CUPERTINO, Calif. — Clarence B. Jones, a former speechwriter and confidante of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who helped pen his famous “I Have A Dream” speech, has...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is already ordering landers, rovers and drones for a sprawling moon base, less than two months after the Artemis II's record-breaking lunar fl...
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with President Donald Trump's administration in a lawsuit over speech restrictions for immigration judges that touched on ...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump had another medical exam on Tuesday, putting his health under renewed public scrutiny as he has worked to dismiss concerns over his ag...
The WPIAL softball playoffs reach the championship round on Memorial Day week.
See the latest WPIAL, District 9 and District 10 tournament brackets, including championshi...
WASHINGTON — Two key senators involved in a long-simmering debate over fixing college sports will introduce a bipartisan bill designed to break a congressional logjam tha...
Even 25 hours before first pitch of its biggest game in recent memory, Butler’s baseball team carried on with a certain measure of mindfulness.
The top-seeded Golden Torn...
Hempfield’s softball team has become accustomed to overwhelming its opponents.
Thirteen of the Spartans’ 20 victories this season have come via the mercy rule. Two no...
An old classic is back in a new way.
Mars Baseball Association introduced a twist on the dormant St. Barnabas Cup, once a yearly rivalry matchup between Mars and Pine...
North Catholic softball rallied with a pair of runs on four hits in the top of the seventh inning, and the No. 7 Trojanettes defeated No. 4 Hampton 4-3 in a WPIAL Class 4...
PITTSBURGH — Esmerlyn Valdez hit a two-run home run to cap a five-run first inning Tuesday night, and the Pittsburgh Pirates routed the skidding Cubs 12-1 to extend Chica...
PITTSBURGH — Evgeni Malkin is going to get a chance to finish what he started in Pittsburgh.
The Penguins re-signed the franchise icon to a one-year deal worth $5.5 mill...
The City of Butler is working on creating a land bank, but if a similar program in Erie is to be believed, it will probably take a few years before the city’s efforts ad...
In the Rumble in the Jungle, George Foreman came in expecting to end the fight early.
At first, it looked that way. He was stronger, faster and landing clean punches. I w...
Summit Township officials are to be commended for taking a proactive approach to the possibility of data centers coming to the township in the future.
Last week, the town...
Lenore Skenazy has spent the past 15 years shining a light on examples across the country of overzealous bureaucrats and law enforcement officials attempting to criminali...
The 2009 class of Leadership Butler County wanted to help in case of an emergency.
Each class of business leaders, who learn about county resources and organizations, is ...
Armco Credit Union awarded $1000 scholarships to 20 senior high school students from Butler County and surrounding areas.
Students attending colleges or vocational school...
In loving memory of our wonderful Mom and Grandma, Shirley Hilliard
who passed away 17 years ago on May 27th.
If yellow roses grow in heaven,
Lord, please pick a bunch fo...
In loving memory of Anna Curtis whose birthday is May 27, 1945.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANNIE! Wish you were here. Sadly missed by, David, Nancy, Chuck, Ellie, Nieces and Nephews...
LOS ANGELES — Matthew Perry’s live-in personal assistant, who had a central role in the “Friends” star’s descent into ketamine addiction and injected him with the fatal d...
NEW YORK — Donald E. Newhouse, president of one of the largest family-controlled publishing companies in the nation and a former board chairman of the Associated Press, d...
There will be a tea party with Jackie Totin on Thursday, June 4, at the Maridon Museum.
Totin received her first tea pot set for her sixth birthday, which sparked her int...
Butler Art Center & Gallery’s spring art show and sale is open through June 5 at the gallery, 344 S. Main St. in Butler.
More than 100 guests attended the show’s opening ...
Butler Township will have an event Saturday, May 30, aimed at the grill-loving people of the area.
Guys Who Grill, which features grilled entrees, raises money for the Ki...
Tickets are now available for a September music festival in Saxonburg.
The Boots and Grace Butler County Music Festival will feature local songwriters and touring musici...
A community choir — a group that formed under the umbrella of the Butler County Symphony Orchestra — will perform two shows this weekend.
The EchoPoint Chorale debuts at ...
Whenever I find myself cast in another play, I am always asked the same question:
“How do you memorize all of those lines?”
The truth is, I’ve been doing it for so long, ...
Thespians know what to expect from a Noël Coward play, even one written when the playwright was only 25 and still refining his famous style. There will be razor-sharp wit...
From the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York to … community access TV in Michigan?
One night after Stephen Colbert recorded his final episode of “The Late Show” on CBS, he ma...
Birds are returning and flowers are blooming as warmer spring temperatures and rain showers bring wildlife back to the Butler Freeport Community Trail. To one Western Pen...
BUFFALO TWP — Helen Comperatore is dedicated to making Corey’s Cruise 2026 — an event that honors her late husband while giving back to first responders — a smashing succ...
Nestled in the woods along Little Buffalo Creek, the Butler Freeport Community Trail spans 21 miles connecting the two municipalities. Open since 1989, the trail gives re...
For five months a year, a small patch of Butler County comes alive with the sound of revving engines and thousands of screaming fans.
That patch is Lernerville Speedway, ...
