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.
While the enrollment cliff and other issues loom large in higher education, Slippery Rock University is highlighting positive trends and celebrating “historic enrollment ...
A Butler man who barricaded himself in a Mercer Street residence after pointing what police believed at the time to be an AR-15-style rifle at a 5-year-old boy will under...
Real Estate Transactions
These real estate transactions were recorded in Butler County from July 27 to 31:
Adams Township
First Home Associates to Donna Farlin...
On the Zelienople Harmony Area Community Forum Facebook page, you’ll see occasional posts of legacy businesses past and present. A recent post highlighted the town’s busi...
Now that road construction season is drawing to a close, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is accepting feedback from Pennsylvanians on construction and maint...
ZELIENOPLE — Borough council unanimously approved four special event permit applications at its Monday, Sept. 28, meeting, including three by the Zelienople Area Business...
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Township officials are preparing to review options regarding a small concrete bridge after a discussion with the county found it to be the township’s ...
Slippery Rock resident Dennis Snyder started to plug the drains in his basement after two substantial floods in two years lifted sewage into his home.
Yet, when Slippery ...
ADAMS TWP — Supervisors gave final land development approval for the retail portion of the Quincy Heights combined residential/retail planned development during its meeti...
LOS ANGELES — Six Flags Magic Mountain is retiring its famous X2 roller coaster amid lawsuits alleging serious brain injury caused by the ride.
The Southern California t...
KAMPALA, Uganda — A journalist on Tuesday was crowned king of a traditional monarchy that lost its onetime “boy king” last month, triggering widespread grief and a succes...
WASHINGTON — Former special counsel Jack Smith forcefully defended his prosecutions of President Donald Trump and his investigative tactics, pushing back against repeated...
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has tapped $20 million to pay for the campaign-style ads glorifying President Donald Trump that have drawn widespread cri...
WASHINGTON — U.S.-Canada relations, already tense, are likely to deteriorate further after the United States went ahead early Tuesday with a decision to ban nearly $1 bil...
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia fired ballistic missiles and dozens of jet-powered drones at Kyiv, Ukraine’s air force said Tuesday, as Moscow seeks to make Ukraine buckle under t...
KARNS CITY — Brock Dittman never figured he’d be playing soccer in junior high.
Now the Karns City junior can’t see himself stopping — mainly because he stops a lot of sh...
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — He was PSAC West Division Offensive Player of the Year last season.
He has won the division’s Offensive Player of the Week award in back-to-back weeks...
Following are the athletes of the week recognized in the Oct. 1 edition of the Butler Eagle.
Boys
Knoch
Soccer: Luke Myers, junior
Highlight: Has scored 10 g...
PITTSBURGH — It is the next-to-last day of September on the eve of Sidney Crosby's 22nd season. His team's opener across the state in Philadelphia less than 36 hours away...
North Catholic’s Christopher Faber is four strokes off the lead after the first round of the WPIAL Class 2A Boys Individual Golf Championships.
Faber shot a 5-over 76 Tue...
JACKSON TWP — Despite having her position shifted during a 3-0 girls volleyball win over Butler on Tuesday night, Payton Fisher was right at home.
“We talked about it bef...
ADAMS TWP — The first half of the WPIAL Section 3-5A girls volleyball slate is in the books, and North Catholic left no doubt as to which is the best team at the midway p...
KARNS CITY — Mercer boys soccer’s philosophy is to play keep-away.
The Mustangs executed that style of play to the tune of a 3-0 victory over Karns City on Tuesday night ...
BUTLER TWP — Entering this season, Lucia Leyland heard the words every soccer player loves to hear, though there were still some nerves attached with them.
“Last year, he...
Steve Lodovico spent the last few months like he had for so many years, directing summer workouts for a varsity basketball team.
Those previous instances, however, came a...
Slippery Rock Area High School will crown its homecoming king and queen Friday, Oct. 2, during halftime of the Slippery Rock football game.
Homecoming Community Night, wh...
JACKSON TWP — Mike Meredith doesn’t consider himself a local celebrity. However, people in the area know his handiwork so well that he often gets asked about it if people...
Cold weather and constant rain didn't stop hundreds of people from making the 2011 Mars Applefest the place to be on Saturday.
Stretching across several streets and bigge...
BUTLER TWP — The Maternal Health Program at LifeSteps received more than 350 new items Friday, Sept. 25.
The Intermediate League of Butler donated the items for its signa...
In loving memory of my beloved son, Stephen A. Haley
It's only been a year since you have been gone, but it feels like a lifetime.
I wait and watch for you to come home f...
Rachel Ann Blauser
September 30, 1993
So many years go by,
Our love for you remains.
We think of the beautiful baby
that should have began her life
on earth with us that ...
In loving memory of Lois McClaine whose birthday is September 30th.
It’s days like today we miss you most. We think back on all the amazing times we had and how much fun ...
Dennis Haskins, the actor best known for playing the affable Principal Richard Belding on the hit NBC sitcom “Saved by the Bell,” has died. He was 75.
Haskins' death was ...
Sylvester Stallone achieved peak fitness during his “Rocky” years and beyond, but at a price paid in steroid use and an eating disorder, he revealed in a new interview.
...
Butler County Federated Library System
Note: The Butler County Federated Library System operates a system of autonomous public libraries within Butler County, in...
County judges
Butler County Courthouse address: 124 West Diamond Street, Butler, PA 16001
Mailing: Court of Common Pleas of Butler County, Butler County Governmen...
Area Agency on Aging
The Butler County Area Agency on Aging provides information and services to help seniors remain independent in the community. The agency admini...
Journalism in Butler County can be traced to Aug. 17, 1818, when the Palladium and Republican Star first published in Butler, the county seat. The first daily appeared in...
Butler County Historical Society
Address: 123 W. Diamond St., Butler, PA 16001
Phone: 724-283-8116
Website:
www.butlerhistory.com
Email: society@butl...
Butler Art Center
operated by the Associated Artists of Butler County
Address: 344 S. Main St., Butler, PA 16001
Phone: 724-283-6922
Website:
www.butlerar...
Butler Transit Authority
Terminal address: 128 W. New Castle St., Butler, PA 16001
Mailing address: 130 Hollywood Drive, Suite 101, Butler, PA 16001
Terminal ...
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank is the officially designated county food bank for Butler County
Address: 1 N. Linden...
