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 Karns City Area Jr./Sr. High School Incentive Committee hosted its second food truck event of the school year Monday, Oct. 12.
The event was split into two parts, wit...
Emergency services are responding to a two-vehicle crash Wednesday morning, Oct. 14, at Route 422 and Bonniebrook Road in Summit Township, according to Butler County Emer...
A Butler man is charged with DUI after police allegedly found him with scrapes on his body after falling off an e-bike in early September on Pillow Street, according to B...
Detectives recovered six bricks of suspected fentanyl and other substances while executing a search warrant on Federal Street in Butler, according to charges filed Sept. ...
SUMMIT TWP — Despite receiving approval from the state Department of Environmental Protection for a sewer plan for Summit Township, the sewer authority decided to contact...
A jury deliberated for about an hour Tuesday before finding a Cabot man guilty of inappropriately touching a 15-year-old girl in 2023.
Michael G. Saunders, 50, of Cabot, ...
First of seven stops in series
BUTLER TWP — Butler Area School District’s fifth grade class was treated to a performance by the Butler Symphony Orchestra as part of a wav...
ADAMS TWP — Two ongoing Mars Area School District expansion projects were at the center of the school board meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 13.
The board was informed there were...
PENN TOWNSHIP — After four months of work by the land use administrator, the township’s board of supervisors held a public hearing on and then voted to adopt a new ordin...
As the calendar reached Oct. 13, no last-minute intervention by the General Assembly materialized to prevent the thousands of skill game machines deployed across Pennsylv...
ROME — Pope Leo XIV underwent surgery Tuesday that confirmed that he has lung cancer, and doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung, the Vatican said.
Tests confi...
WASHINGTON — The White House publicly asked for U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle’s resignation on Tuesday as she faced mounting accusations of improper conduc...
LAS VEGAS — An aging ex-gang leader was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years to life in prison for orchestrating the 1996 drive-by shooting of rap icon Tupac Shakur near the Las...
This is not an article about politics, capital punishment or whether the Fort Hood shooter deserves to be executed in public for his crimes.
Instead, it’s focused on the...
NEW YORK — Nelson Vandermeer voted Republican for decades but balked at supporting President Donald Trump, fearing that the Republican's plan for tariffs on imports would...
Cornell University suspended parties at fraternity houses until next year and is giving state police a role in investigating reports of sexual assault on campus in the sc...
Six Flags temporarily closed nine roller coasters across six amusement parks on Monday after one person died and several others were injured in an incident involving a co...
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine received no early warning from its partners about a Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv in which five missiles hit civilian infrastructure, P...
ROME — Pope Leo XIV was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Tuesday ahead of surgery later in the day to remove a lung nodule, an operation that experts say will deter...
Less than three months after a special election between them was decided by fewer than 100 votes, Democratic Rep. Brandon Dukes and Republican challenger Scott Timko face...
George Williams knew all about winning before ever stepping foot on Seneca Valley’s campus.
He’s been teaching generations of boys soccer players that secret ever since h...
SLIPPERY ROCK — After 22 years of coaching basketball, Ricci LaRocco was planning on taking the year off.
A chance to realize a long-time goal changed all of that.
“I’ve ...
Boys
North Catholic
Golf: Chris Faber, senior
Highlight: Carded a two-round total of 153 to place 2 nd in WPIAL Class 2A and qualify for states.
Freeport...
CHICAGO — Teuvo Teravainen and Roman Kantserov scored two goals apiece, and the Chicago Blackhawks topped the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 Tuesday night in Connor Bedard's fir...
JEFFERSON TWP — Making it back-to-back trips to the postseason was certainly not a lock for Knoch boys soccer.
The Knights graduated 11 seniors and nine starters from las...
North Catholic is a back-to-back champion.
The Trojanettes won the WPIAL Class 2A Girls Golf Team Championships title Tuesday at Cedarbrook Red Golf Course to defend last...
STATE COLLEGE — Even though Penn State’s results don’t show it, Matt Campbell believes his team is making progress.
With a trip to Michigan looming, the Penn State head c...
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Within his family, Wade Freehling is stuck in the middle.
The Slippery Rock junior has two older brothers and two younger ones. It may be difficult fo...
After reading citizen concerns related to a proposed data center in Butler County (all of which are valid), another concern needs to be considered regarding the reasons t...
Kudos to Butler!
Last week, we celebrated our daughter’s wedding and it was a beautiful day surrounded by family and friends. We had guests from 12 different states and a...
On Nov. 3, Pennsylvania’s State House District 12 will elect its representative for the 2027-2028 term. Voters are encouraged to research candidate positions on key state...
The United States has opened another chapter in its decades-long campaign of economic pressure against Iran. The Treasury Department launched Operation Economic Outcast, ...
Jennings Environmental Education Center administrators said there are already people offering to help out with Old Stone House, which officially became the state park’s r...
Is it acceptable to bring an iced coffee to a job interview?
This seemingly mundane question has somehow consumed various corners of the internet, taking over social medi...
When I was sworn in for my latest term in 2025, my team and I immediately hit the ground running. There was no time to waste: the 2017 tax cuts that spurred the greatest ...
I’m not a career politician. I’m an Army veteran, engineer, former union member, dad to four girls, youth hockey coach, and Western Pennsylvanian. I started working as a ...
The South Butler Community Library in Saxonburg is hosting an educational workshop on the basics of Medicare and eligibility Monday, Oct. 19. Two sessions are available, ...
Slippery Rock University kicks off its 2026-27 free family music series with Sing Move Play: Halloween from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 at Swope Music Building, Room ...
John Kennedy, the owner of Four Seasons Game Bird Farm in Valencia, hosted a sporting clay shoot and pheasant hunt Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2009. He used golf carts and a huntin...
In loving memory of our beloved Chris Doerr who passed away 18 years ago today, October 14.
Sweet memories will linger forever,
Time cannot change them, it's true,
Years ...
The Christian Fellowship of Saints Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church is sponsoring a Ukrainian food fest from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (or until food runs out) Saturday, ...
NEW YORK — Actor Selma Blair has been issued a summons accusing her of assaults that occurred aboard a plane after she was taken into custody following a flight from Los ...
"I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." — Jeremiah 29:11
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