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.
CHERRY TWP — A small group of agriculturally inclined Moniteau Jr./Sr. High School students skipped the bus and drove their farm equipment straight to school Thursday, Ju...
CRANBERRY TWP — The township’s board of supervisors voted 3-0 to approve a $237,355 contract with Heckman Diversified Construction Services for a waterline extension proj...
ADAMS TWP — Roughly 250 students tossed their caps Thursday, June 4, becoming the 117th graduating class of Mars Area School District.
While celebrating the end of high ...
SLIPPERY ROCK — Two charges were added and another was dismissed at a Wednesday, June 3, preliminary hearing for a Slippery Rock man accused of assaulting and raping a wo...
Armco Credit Union’s main branch on Hollywood Drive is putting up a crash wall following an accident in January 2025 when a garbage truck crashed into the branch’s west w...
CRANBERRY TWP — Two former Boy Scouts were recognized as distinguished citizens Thursday, June 4, by current Scouts.
The Moraine Trails Council of Scouting America, previ...
BUTLER TWP — Charges against a 12-year-old boy’s mother and stepfather accused of endangering the boy by waving a knife around and shoving him were dismissed at a prelimi...
A 12-year-old was taken to UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh with a reported severe hip injury after crashing an e-bike into a vehicle Sunday, May 31, Butler police ...
WASHINGTON — The rise of remote work since the pandemic has made businesses more reluctant to hire young, inexperienced workers and is the key driver of higher unemployme...
The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than a half century, with an infestation from its flesh-eating...
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A Colorado court reversed homicide convictions against two paramedics on Thursday in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was pinned do...
WASHINGTON — The House passed legislation Thursday that would aid Ukraine and sanction key segments of the Russian economy, overriding objections from Republican leaders ...
WASHINGTON — The United States imposed sanctions Thursday on Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, his wife and three other individuals, in the latest move by the Trump adm...
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans filing for jobless aid hit their highest level in four months last week, but layoffs remain historically low despite ongoing economic...
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia will strengthen its air defenses to counter recent Ukrainian drone attacks, which have reached...
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans cleared the first hurdle on Thursday as they are struggling to pass legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The group leading the charge in the search for extraterrestrial life has given the all clear: An interstellar comet looks to be completely natural ...
WASHINGTON — The Senate is beginning a long series of votes Thursday on legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies, moving toward passa...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah on Thursday rejected the latest ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese government, and the militant group demanded a complete Israeli with...
The PIAA boys volleyball tournament continues Saturday, and Butler (18-5) is hoping to extend its season into the Class 3A semifinals with another win.
Here’s what to kn...
Mars boys lacrosse looks like it’s peaking at the right time, and the girls avenged last year’s home loss in the first round.
The reward: quarterfinals half a state a...
During Thursday’s third round at the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III championship tournaments, Mitchell Covert posted a 6-over 78, pacing three ...
CRESSON TWP, Cambria County — Much of Mavrik Clement’s spring has been spent being a reliable battery mate to Butler baseball’s two ace pitchers — Nolan Stefaniak and Kyl...
The PIAA baseball tournament began Monday, and Butler has moved on to Thursday’s quarterfinals.
See the full PIAA brackets below. Results and upcoming matchups will be up...
The PIAA softball tournament began Monday and continues with Thursday’s quarterfinals.
See the full PIAA brackets below. Results and upcoming matchups will be updated thr...
The PIAA boys and girls lacrosse tournaments continue Saturday with both Mars teams advancing to the quarterfinals.
See the full PIAA brackets below. Results and upcoming...
The PIAA boys volleyball tournament continues with the quarterfinals Saturday, and Butler is still in the mix.
See the full PIAA brackets below. Results and upcoming matc...
Eleven Butler County-area high school football players will play together in the 11th annual Frank Varischetti All-Star game at Frank Varischetti Field later this month.
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Nick Herbig knew most NFL teams thought he was too small to play outside linebacker. That three years of creating chaos across the Big Ten while coming off the edge a...
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week.
Lunch is ...
The following area residents were named to the dean’s list at their respective colleges and universities.
Capital University
Seven Fields: Casey Wilkins
College of Willi...
The Cranberry Sunrise Rotary recently honored Abigail Harmon, Aidan Baird and Jemma Kohler as the March, April and May students of the month of Rowan Elementary School.
T...
One of the best shows of the year over Butler is this week in the evening twilight in the western sky. The bright planets Jupiter and Venus are in a tight celestial embra...
A rising senior at North Catholic High School ranked as one of the top 24 students in the nation at a national speech competition in late May.
Anna Pohl, a member of the ...
In loving memory of David Cumberland who passed away June 5, 2009.
It is now 17 years you left us to go to your Heavenly home.
I still think of you every day and miss you...
In loving memory of our beloved Raymond Wible who passed away 23 years ago today.
The way he talked, the smile he wore,
And all the thousand things so dear
We loved about...
Charles and Linda Savannah of Butler Township will celebrate 50 years of marriage June 5, with a family dinner at Anna Marie’s Winery in East Butler, and a trip to Sandbr...
Jennings and Geraldine Graham, of Clermont, Fla., will celebrate 70 years of marriage on June 8, with a weekend family gathering in the north Georgia mountains.
Graham ma...
PARIS — Acclaimed Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, a prominent advocate for women’s rights and author of “Persepolis,” has died at 56, the French ...
NEW YORK — Twenty-four shows on Broadway received Tony Award nominations this season, but not all will walk away with a trophy and the box office attention they usually b...
Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O Lord, is the kingdom; ...