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 following divorces were granted in Butler County courts:
Keli Jerome from Jason Jerome, both of Zelienople
John Meyers, of Portersville, from Lee Meyers, of Grove Ci...
Lisa Nicholas Konesni and her late husband David Konesni were announced Wednesday, May 9, as this year’s Jean B. Purvis Community Cornerstone Award.
Lisa Nicholas Konesni...
The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh reports an increased risk of brush fires for Western Pennsylvania on Thursday, April 9, according to a post to its Facebook pag...
A Ridgeway man died when his vehicle crossed the center line and struck a tractor trailer in Boggs Township, Armstrong County, Coroner Brian K. Myers said Wednesday, Apri...
The Butler County commissioners will review the county’s liability insurance after learning its current coverage soon may not cover claims arising from situations where s...
Pennsylvania State Police said it investigate hundreds of crashes and made hundreds of DUI arrests over Easter weekend.
According to traffic enforcement and crash statis...
BUTLER TWP — A local car dealer is preparing to build a new indoor storage facility after receiving a recommendation for approval by the township’s planning commission.
J...
A Butler man is charged with aggravated assault after police said he threatened a woman and her children with a metal object.
Dana Dale Robinson, 55, was charged Saturda...
JEFFERSON TWP — Knoch School District’s board is trying to figure out whether it can keep its taxes flat for the ninth year in a row, a consistent financial state other l...
BUFFALO TWP — The township’s board of supervisors approved a five-year contract for public safety technology company Axon to provide body cameras, in-car cameras and upda...
LONDON — European leaders remained on the sidelines of the U.S.-Israel war with Iran on Thursday but tried to make their voices heard to help shore up a shaky ceasefire, ...
BRUSSELS — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has weathered a fresh ordeal with President Donald Trump, this time over the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, a conflict that does no...
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea Wednesday in its second launch event in two days, South Korea’s military sai...
MEXICO CITY — A miner was rescued Wednesday after being trapped for nearly 14 days following a collapse in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa, authorities said in a st...
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh has never seen two nests with a total of five eaglets live-streamed at the same time.
After recovering from endangered status, bald eagles now hav...
Two Western Pennsylvania skill games manufacturers — Buffalo Skills Games and J.J. Amusement — have agreed to dissolve and forfeit $5 million in assets after pleading gui...
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday announced plans to tap into unconventional natural gas deposits in an effort to lower her country's relianc...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Heavy rains in the Dominican Republic killed a 2-year-old child, damaged thousands of homes and caused power outages on Wednesday, for...
Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity, the likely Republican candidate for governor, raised $1 million during the first three months of 2026, campaign finance reports show...
WASHINGTON — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte met behind closed doors with President Donald Trump on Wednesday for discussions that were expected to focus on reopening t...
Hannah Hornick's evolution as a wrestler began over three years ago when she joined Seneca Valley's girls team as a freshman.
“I had no idea what I was doing, was lit...
Title IX helped open doors for Melinda Rhoads — and she proudly walked through.
The law, signed in 1972, prohibited sex discrimination in any federally funded education p...
Spring is springing in Western Pennsylvania.
It’s suddenly sunny, beautiful and fragrant, a relief from gray, windy and frosty. While we love to break out the shorts and ...
Santino Sloboda doesn’t exude a rugged toughness or nastiness like some wrestlers.
The Butler senior can actually appear aloof, even on the biggest stage.
But four y...
JACKSON TWP — Maybe getting the injury out of the way early in the season will be just what Gracyn Vardy needs to fulfill her postseason goals.
The Butler senior qualifie...
BUTLER TWP — When Nolan Stefaniak stood on the Pullman Park pitcher’s mound Wednesday, several radar guns stared back at him.
“It’s a privilege to have that every single...
JEFFERSON TWP — It wasn’t the perfect game. But it was close.
Marlee Fraser tossed a one-hitter, Knoch fielded the ball flawlessly and collected 12 hits in posting a 10-0...
Kaylin Garbinski was 3-for-3 at the plate, including two doubles, and tallied three RBIs in Butler softball’s 9-2 win Wednesday against visiting Mt. Lebanon.
Mikayla Crou...
SAN DIEGO — Nick Castellanos hit a two-run double, Jake Cronenworth added a two-run homer and the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-2 Wednesday.
Castellanos’...
PITTSBURGH — Konnor Griffin is with the Pittsburgh Pirates for the long haul.
The 19-year-old shortstop agreed to a nine-year, $140 million contract with the Pirates earl...
A genealogist group that meets at Zelienople Public Library takes time to focus on the stories that have been passed down from one generation to the next and ensure they’...
As the market for portable products offering recording capabilities continues to expand, so does the risk that comes with how users choose to use the technology.
In Minn...
The International Association of Fire Chiefs is launching its “A Hustle Worth Having” campaign, which is aimed at convincing younger generations to become volunteer firef...
In loving memory of our beloved mother Joyce Muscatello whose birthday is April 9.
Dear Mom,
Though you are not with us anymore, you are still adored by all of us.
We tha...
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Wednesday handed down a sentence of 15 years in prison to a woman who pleaded guilty to selling actor Matthew Perry the ketamine that kil...
Greater Pittsburgh Civil War Roundtable will have a presentation from Ronald Kirkwood, titled “Too Much For Human Endurance.”
The talk will take place at 7 p.m. Monday, A...
Bastin Distillery will host bingo on Saturday, April 11, as a fundraiser for the South Butler Community Library.
Bingo will be for cash prizes, and will begin at 6 p.m. a...
Butler Catholic School will stage “The Wizard of Oz” this month.
Performances will be at 7 p.m. April 16, 17 and 18, and at 2 p.m. April 18 at Butler Catholic School, 515...
Event held alongside Food Truck Family Night at Penn Christian Academy
Penn Township will host its first Touch-A-Truck Fundraiser on Friday, April 24.
The Touch-A-Truck F...
Cranfest, Cranberry Township’s annual celebration of community and culture, is set to return.
The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at Cran...
A group of students that performed at the annual Holocaust Remembrance Event at Slippery Rock University are taking their production of “The Singer of Shanghai” to the Ma...
“Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes,
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes,
Silver white winters that melt into springs,
These are a few of my favorite...
If, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life. — Roman...
Vendors and exhibitors scheduled to appear at this year’s Butler County Home Show include:
Agway Water Treatment of Western PA
Alex Restoration & Masonry Repairs
ARK Base...
When something in the house stops working or needs to be replaced, the first impulse of many people is to call a contractor or comparison shop online. Others have the min...
Many consumers are guilty of filling drawers or closets with old laptops, cellphones, fitness trackers and other electronic devices once they are no longer needed. It’s h...
As winter disappears into our rearview mirror, the annual ritual of spring cleaning is just ahead.
For some, this could include clearing out the attic, the garage or even...
The white fringetree, Chionanthus virginicus, is a beautiful but mostly unknown native tree of Pennsylvania, including Butler County. Also called “old man’s beard,” it ha...
