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.
SLIPPERY ROCK — With the year coming to a close, borough officials considered whether purchasing a new police cruiser this year would be a feasible option instead of inco...
Butler County will see over $4.3 million in state funding distributed to its municipalities after the Commonwealth Financing Authority approved a wave of Local Share Acco...
Charges were filed Tuesday against a Bronx, N.Y., man after state police said he used bank account information from a deceased man to take $2,500 from his account at Firs...
The FBI said it followed a trail of clandestine internet activity stretching back years to catch up with a Butler County man just before officials say he intended to carr...
Parking will be restricted on nine streets in Butler between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, for cleaning.
The roads affected are Wren, Wick and Cleveland streets;...
Interstate 79 northbound is closed between two Butler County exits following a tractor trailer rollover Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 15.
According to a news release from Penn...
The VA Butler Healthcare System is partnering with Pennsylvania CareerLink of Butler County to host a job fair for veterans and their families.
The event is scheduled fro...
PITTSBURGH — Officials with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI held a news conference Tuesday, Sept. 15, following the arrest of Jonathan Hunter Kramer, 21, on Saturd...
BRADY TWP — A West Sunbury woman died when her Subaru collided with a truck at the intersection of William Flinn Highway and Duffy Road on Tuesday, Sept. 15.
According to...
You can spend thousands of dollars creating the perfect estate plan, but a beneficiary form you filled out 20 years ago could potentially undo much of that planning.
Bene...
NEW YORK — Photographer Chick Harrity, who documented the Vietnam War and eight sitting U.S. presidents for the Associated Press and U.S. News and World Report, has died....
PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge referred Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner to the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday for investigation into whether he broke ...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is planning to deliver powerful 2,000-pound bombs to Israel as part of an upcoming arms deal, weapons that prompted such concerns ab...
WASHINGTON — The Trump-aligned Kennedy Center board voted Tuesday to close most of the iconic performing arts venue just hours after a federal judge blocked the instituti...
WASHINGTON — FBI Director Kash Patel defended Tuesday a recent policy change to allow some applicants who have engaged in prostitution and bestiality to be considered for...
CAIRO — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince sought backing Tuesday from the president of Egypt, his ally across the Red Sea, as the kingdom faces increased attacks by Yemen’s Hou...
WASHINGTON — The United States has confirmed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space.
Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told the Air and Space Cyber Confer...
NEW YORK — Pennsylvania officials have reported a fourth measles-associated death.
The latest death involved an 18-year-old resident of Mifflin County, in the center of t...
A Houthi official said Tuesday that Saudi warplanes struck Yemen, killing three people, including two children, while Human Rights Watch accused the Houthi rebels of poss...
VILNIUS, Lithuania — NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace overnight, officials said Tuesday, the day after the head of the alliance said s...
BUTLER TWP — Basketball and the Lewandowski family are synonymous with each other.
Joe Lewandowski coaches United States 3x3 teams on an international level. His son,...
Following are the athletes of the week recognized in the Sept. 17 edition of the Butler Eagle.
Boys
Freeport
Football: Danny King, senior
Highlight: Passed f...
JACKSON TWP — Seneca Valley boys soccer was living large through the first four games of the season, scoring 19 goals in that span.
But the Raiders spent a frustrating ni...
Maddy Eury recorded her 500th career varsity assist and finished with 19 on the night to lead Moniteau girls volleyball to a 3-0 (31-29, 25-15, 26-24) win over North Clar...
PITTSBURGH — Jacob Misiorowski struck out seven in five shutout innings, and the Milwaukee Brewers moved to the brink of their fourth straight National League Central tit...
The biggest form of adversity that has encountered Freeport girls soccer in 2026 has not come from an opponent on the Yellowjackets’ schedule.
The defending WPIAL Cla...
Camryn Woods has gotten a glimpse of where her soccer career is going.
A recent setback has helped give her an idea of what might be even further along down the road....
Stacy Stoughton, regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution, will speak to the Evans City Area Historical Society at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28, at 204 S. Jackson St...
History buffs and people interested in acting are invited to take a closer look at the friendship between President Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant during a program ...
Richard Fudoli had jammed with the coolest cats in the Chicago jazz scene and played alongside world-renowned acts.
But most people would not have suspected it as they sa...
The return of “Dancing with the Stars” and a new album from Luke Bryan are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
Also among the ...
Crews from Grossman Construction were making structural repairs Monday afternoon, Sept. 14, to the historic structure on Rebecca Street in Saxonburg, where the borough’s ...
