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.
PORTERSVILLE — Borough Councilman Dave Marcyjanik said Portersville has just begun the process of seeking interested candidates for the borough’s next mayor, who will suc...
BUTLER TWP — Township residents will have their trash services covered by their current vendor from 2027 through 2030.
Butler Township commissioners voted unanimously Mon...
BUTLER TWP — Just four months after creating and advertising for the position, township officials have sworn in their new deputy chief of police.
John Herold took the oat...
BUTLER TWP — The 1 p.m. band rehearsal April 21 was like any ordinary day for Jeff Kroner, head band director at Butler Area School District.
His students started the per...
The following items have been collected from various police departments and district courts:
Butler
April 19 — Paul Thomas Downey, 44, of Cranberry Township, was charged ...
The robotics pioneer who helped unleash the Roomba vacuum is now betting that you might one day replace your beloved dog or cat with a plush robot that follows you around...
A Cranberry Township resident, who was once employed as a teacher in Beaver County, is accused of attempting to commit sex acts with a person he thought was an 11-year-ol...
PennDOT announced Monday, May 4, a change to traffic patterns for the Route 422 bridge preservation project in Butler and Summit townships will take effect Thursday, May ...
California is investigating one of the Trump administration's deals to end an offshore wind project.
Golden State Wind was a floating offshore wind project proposed off ...
WASHINGTON — A man spotted carrying a gun in the vicinity of the White House by plainclothes officers and agents was shot by law enforcement Monday after he opened fire o...
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a lower-court ruling that had threatened to upend one of the ma...
EDMOND, Okla. — Authorities in Oklahoma were looking for suspects Monday in a weekend shooting at an unsanctioned lakeside party packed with young adults that left at lea...
NEW YORK — John Sterling, the longtime New York Yankees radio broadcaster known for extravagant, individualized home run calls, has died, the team and radio station WFAN ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. military said it fired on Iranian forces and sank six small boats targeting civilian ships as it moved to reopen the Strait of Horm...
MANILA, Philippines — Nearly 200,000 people in 124 villages in the northeastern Philippines were affected and over 5,400 fled massive plumes of ash that billowed from May...
NEW YORK — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is breathing on his own after being hospitalized with pneumonia and placed on a ventilator, his spokesperson said Mond...
Russia’s Defense Ministry declared a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine for Friday and Saturday to mark the 81st anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, b...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. military said Monday that two American-flagged merchant ships had successfully transited the Strait of Hormuz and that Navy guided-...
New opponent and a new venue, but the result was the same for boxer Michael Miles.
The Butler resident and 2011 Seneca Valley graduate won the Pa. Golden Gloves heavyweig...
SEATTLE — Steven Thompson began playing hockey in 2017, but it wasn’t until he met Joey Gale that he truly felt seen in his new sport.
Thompson said he had a few teammate...
Mady Bell and Addyson Caruso both had two hits and two RBIs as Freeport softball downed Greensburg Salem 13-0 in six innings Monday. Lauren Clark also homered for the Yel...
Kevin Trost’s eighth season as head coach of Seneca Valley boys varsity basketball will be his last.
He resigned from the position April 27.
A Seneca Valley athletic dep...
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — For Slippery Rock, charity definitely began at home.
The Rockets took advantage of 10 walks, three hit batsmen and an error — being handed 14 runners ...
PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes stood at his locker in a near-silent Pittsburgh clubhouse Thursday after a four-game home sweep at the hands of St. Louis and offered a predictio...
BUTLER TWP — Michelle Jacobson just missed qualifying for the WPIAL Track and Field Championships last year in the shot put with a season high of 32 feet, 8 ½ inches.
A r...
They say too much of anything is bad. Flexibility on a sports team is certainly an exception, and Karns City has a heavy dose of it in Addison Burrows and Abigail Dunlap....
See this week’s schedule of local sports across Butler County.
Monday, May 4
Baseball
4 — Freeport at Southmoreland
4 — Mars at Shaler
4 — Sharon at Slippery Ro...
High school students can recognize graffiti when they see it. They can also surmise that it is an art form that its makers spend a lot of time honing and working on, no ...
No amount of advertising money can sell a bad product — or at least, a product that consumers have determined they don’t want (see: New Coke). This time-tested business p...
Joanne Hagofsky, of Armstrong County, published a children’s book she wrote and illustrated that tells the story of the transformation of a caterpillar to a butterfly.
“T...
Mars Area High School will have its 2026 prom from 7 to 10:45 p.m. on Friday, May 8, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Pittsburgh — Cranberry Township.
This year’s theme is “Ma...
VENTURA, Calif. — Britney Spears pleaded guilty through her lawyer Monday to a lesser charge that will allow her to avoid jail time after California prosecutors accused h...
“The Drama,” a rom-com that goes bad starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, and the synth-pop group MUNA releasing their fourth studio album, “Dancing on the Wall,” are s...
Keller Williams Realty is asking everyone, parent or not, to “run like a mother” this Mother’s Day, May 10, for their annual 5K and one-mile walk at Moraine State Park.
B...
Stephen Harding, an instructor at the Butler Art Center and Gallery, has plenty of ideas for unique, affordable crafts for all ages. From bookmarks to painted terracotta ...
