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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.
Local News
The South Butler Community Library has its semiannual used-book clearance sale for just $5 a bag this weekend, Friday, March 20 through Sunday, March 22, during its regul...
March 18, 2026 Local News
NEW YORK — The COVID-19 pandemic’s early death toll was much higher than the official U.S. count, according to a new study that spotlights dramatic disparities in the unc...
March 18, 2026 Health
A Butler man is accused of pushing a security guard’s head into a wall multiple times at Butler Memorial Hospital. Cory T. Eichert, 36, was charged Sunday, March 15, by B...
March 18, 2026 Local News
Business also offers employment opportunities for people with disabilities
March 18, 2026 Business
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in and around Cranberry Township continue to result in individuals being detained, and occasionally, such incidents ar...
March 18, 2026 Local News
A Butler man is accused of sending a photo of his genitalia to a teenage girl. Dakota Lee Anthony, 25, was charged Tuesday, March 17, by Butler police with one felony co...
March 18, 2026 Local News
A Butler man has been charged with a felony count of endangering the welfare of children after a woman reported finding multiple abrasions on her 1-year-old daughter’s ne...
March 18, 2026 Crime & Courts
A Cranberry Township man is accused of assaulting correctional officers in Butler County Prison after his arrest for the alleged assault of a couple, police said. Derek ...
March 18, 2026 Local News
The Butler County Prison Board on Tuesday voted to request proposals for inmate phone, video and other communication services due to a federal rule going into effect in a...
March 18, 2026 Local News
Mars Borough is asking that all customers of its municipal water system conserve as much water as possible until a leak in the system is repaired. According to Mayor Gre...
March 18, 2026 Local News
Other News
WASHINGTON — The national debt surpassed a record $39 trillion on Wednesday, a milestone that comes just weeks into the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran. The unprecedented figur...
March 18, 2026 National News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israel killed another top Iranian official — the intelligence minister — in its campaign against the Islamic Republic’s leadership, and repo...
March 18, 2026 International News
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania regulators asked an administrative law judge on Wednesday to make a gas utility pay $2.6 million in civil penalties for a chocolate factory expl...
March 18, 2026 Pennsylvania News
NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione’s lawyers asked a judge on Wednesday to postpone his federal trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson until early next year a...
March 18, 2026 National News
NEW YORK — The Iran war has rattled the global flow of oil, with steeper fuel costs already straining households worldwide. And in the U.S., drivers are now facing the hi...
March 18, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government's top intelligence official told lawmakers Wednesday that Iran’s regime “appears to be intact but largely degraded” yet repeatedly dodged...
March 18, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — U.S. companies will be allowed to do business with Venezuela's state-owned oil and gas company after the Treasury Department eased sanctions, with some limit...
March 18, 2026 International News
Sports
Terry Bradshaw has still not sent a wig to Terry Hanratty. Bradshaw, the Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback, used to wear wigs when he started losing his hair 4...
March 18, 2026 Sports
Venezuela stunned the United States in Tuesday’s World Baseball Classic championship game, winning 3-2 despite a dramatic game-tying home run from Team USA’s Bryce Harper...
March 18, 2026 Sports
RALEIGH, N.C. — Sean Walker scored with 28.3 seconds left in overtime as the Carolina Hurricanes beat Pittsburgh 6-5 Wednesday night, spoiling Sidney Crosby’s return to t...
March 18, 2026 Professional
Gianni Varlotta’s win at No. 2 singles, coupled with doubles victories from Liam Schley/Kylan Meiers and Jackson Brandt/Andy Weng lifted Seneca Valley boys tennis to a 3-...
March 18, 2026 Sports
CRANBERRY TWP — Seneca Valley has grown accustomed to playing with a target on its back. The Raiders entered this PIHL boys hockey season as the reigning Class 3A state c...
March 18, 2026 Sports
Penn State is out to claim an elusive fifth straight NCAA Division I men’s wrestling title this weekend. The Nittany Lions have won four straight championships three time...
March 18, 2026 College
RALEIGH, N.C. — Sidney Crosby is back. The Pittsburgh Penguins captain will return to the lineup Wednesday night against Carolina after missing nearly a month with a low...
March 18, 2026 Professional
Editorial
March 18, 2026 Cartoons
While the season isn’t officially here, springlike weather is already upon us. That means fluctuating temperatures, varying precipitation and the high winds that go with ...
March 18, 2026 Our Opinion
If you’re a sports fan, you likely watched coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina. But did you watch the Paralympics when hundreds of athletes competed in...
March 18, 2026 Other Voices
Community
A cast of 60 children and adults will take the stage for Sing Hosanna!’s production of “The Little Mermaid,” showing at Butler County Community College at the end of Marc...
March 18, 2026 Community
The BETA Quartet, composed of Eftihia Arkoudis, Meg Brennen, Tatiana Cassetta and Cassandra Eisenreich, released an album in March that uses music as a vehicle for conver...
March 18, 2026 Community
Announcements
Arts & Entertainment
Oscar-nominated actor Timothée Chalamet committed a major faux-pas last week when he said he was glad he wasn’t part of dying art forms like opera or ballet because “nobo...
March 18, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Butler Little Theatre’s new production of Theresa Rebeck’s “Downstairs” leans hard into the duality of the play’s title: the action unfolds in a literal basement and an e...
March 18, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Seneca Valley Senior High Student Council is hosting its 12th annual Raiderthon — an evening of fundraising and community spirit supporting the Miracle League of Southwes...
March 18, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Comedians Adam Minnick and Tracie Jayne will perform at the North Country Taproom for a fundraiser supporting the Slippery Rock Community Library. Laughs for the Library ...
March 18, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
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