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 familiar face was sworn in as a Seven Fields council member during the monthly meeting on Monday, May 11.
Jennifer Sikora was appointed to fill the vacancy of Morgan Ha...
KARNS CITY –Karns City Area School Board has unanimously approved the district’s $27 million preliminary budget for the 2026-27 school year with no proposed tax increase....
Butler County Community College’s largest graduating class in four years will hear that commencement “is not a finish line” and to “allow yourself to wonder” from an auth...
Three people were transported to an area hospital following a three-vehicle crash Monday night, May 11, in Butler, according to Butler County Emergency Services dispatch....
At least one person was transported to a hospital following a Tuesday morning, May 12, crash involving a school van in Center Township, according to Butler County Emergen...
SLIPPERY ROCK – The Slippery Rock Area school board unveiled a preliminary 2026-27 budget with a deficit of around $430,000 at a Monday, May 11, meeting.
The preliminary...
A New Kensington man is accused of a fraudulent check scheme that affected multiple auto retailers in Allegheny, Butler and Westmoreland counties, according to charges fi...
CHERRY TWP — Taxpayers in the Moniteau School District may have to pay slightly more to send their children to school next year.
The nine-member school board approved the...
JACKSON TWP — The Seneca Valley school board voted 5-3 to update the district’s graduation requirements in compliance with Pennsylvania law during its meeting Monday, May...
Attorney says meeting in violation of Sunshine Act
HARRISVILLE — While business seemed to be as usual during the borough council meeting Monday, May 11, the chant of “we ...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A bomb rigged to a rickshaw exploded in a bazaar in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least nine people and wounding more than two dozen othe...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Kuwait accused Iran on Tuesday of sending an armed paramilitary Revolutionary Guard team to launch a failed attack earlier this month on an ...
BEIJING — President Donald Trump is set to leave on Tuesday for Beijing to meet with President Xi Jinping after weeks of trying, and failing, to persuade the Chinese gove...
BOSTON — An eruption of gunfire in Cambridge locked down Memorial Drive on Monday afternoon, as police investigated an officer-involved shooting.
State police responded a...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez told journalists Monday that her country had no plans to become the 51st U.S. state after President ...
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Interior Department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as President Donald Trump's administration eases re...
President Donald Trump nominated Cameron Hamilton Monday to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a notable comeback for the former Navy SEAL who was fired from h...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said the Iran ceasefire is on “life support” after rejecting Tehran’s latest proposal, which officials...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday he will move to suspend the federal tax on gasoline to help Americans shoulder surging fuel prices caused by the Iran war....
A U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine was due to expire Monday with both sides accusing each other of breaching the 72-hour arrangement, as American and Eu...
Freeport baseball has had the kind of season that has the Yellowjackets' faithful anxious to see what the team is capable of in the playoffs.
The 2026 campaign has in...
PITTSBURGH — Every player sort of feels like a kid again at rookie minicamp. It’s a function of your orientation at the NFL level.
But for Eli Heidenreich and Alex Tecza,...
Knoch baseball coach John Negley described Hunter Lang as “a quiet kid. He doesn’t have much to say.”
True to that reputation, Lang let his pitching do the talking Monday...
NORTH HUNTINGDON TWP — Sitting down the first inning’s initial two batters during Monday’s WPIAL Class 4A first-round softball playoff was an easy task for Ali Smith and ...
North Catholic softball was in comeback mode nearly the entire game.
The Trojanettes completed the comeback twice, beating No. 10 West Mifflin 6-5 in a dramatic 10-innin...
Butler has been one of the best baseball teams in the WPIAL and was rewarded as such with the top seed in the Class 6A tournament.
The district playoff brackets were rele...
Butler County boasts four teams in this season’s WPIAL softball playoffs, which get underway next week.
Seneca Valley, seeded No. 2 in Class 6A, received a bye to the sem...
In its quest for a fourth consecutive WPIAL Class 2A championship, Mars girls lacrosse was tabbed as the top seed in the district playoff tournament. The brackets were re...
The WPIAL released its boys volleyball playoff brackets Friday, and three Butler County teams will be in action beginning next week.
In Class 3A, Butler (14-4) is seeded ...
KARNS CITY — Brock Dittman is one of many three-sport athletes at Karns City.
It’s nothing unusual. What is, though, is the Gremlins sophomore is being trained by a natio...
Not all victories are won on the playing field. Sometimes the winners can be found on the sidelines.
The Mars Area High School mascot, the Fightin’ Planet, earned the tit...
The sharp rise in gasoline prices caused by the Iran war has led to bipartisan calls, and in some cases action, to reduce U.S. gas taxes. At least three Republican-run st...
The spring planting season is finally here. Learn how you can support your community, your garden, and your family at a free two-day event this weekend.
For over 20 years...
Nothing tastes better than fresh-from-the-garden tomatoes, making them a staple in even the smallest of home gardens. Success in growing tomatoes starts with choosing the...
Slippery Rock Area High School crowned its prom king and queen on Friday, May 8.
Liam Throm was crowned prom king and Ellie Jedrzejewski was crowned prom queen.
Liam is t...
Family Pathways is recognizing May as Foster Care Awareness Month, highlighting the importance of supporting youths who are in foster care.
Throughout the month, Family P...
Seneca Valley senior Arvand Esni and sixth-grader Madison Tunstall brought home major honors at the recent Academic Games League of America National Tournament in Charlot...
In loving memory of Caitlyn Marie Kaufman who would have be 32 today, May 12, 2026.
Happy Birthday, Sis!! YOU ARE MISSED MORE THAN WORDS CAN DESCRIBE!!!
Usually, when I a...
Comedian Martin Short, still in the early stages of processing his daughter Katherine’s death in February, revealed some of the “nightmare” his family has endured since s...
LONDON — The Beatles are headed back to one of the band's most famous sites with a new fan experience in London.
Apple Corps Ltd, the company founded by the Fab Four, an...
In a box office battle of the sequels, “The Devil Wears Prada 2” had the slight edge over “Mortal Kombat II” in North American theaters this weekend. According to studio ...
