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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.
Local News
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...
May 04, 2026 Local News
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 ...
May 04, 2026 Local News
Butler County-based Concordia Lutheran Ministries, a senior residential services provider, has completed its acquisition of six former SpiriTrust Lutheran communities. In...
May 04, 2026 Business
VA Butler Healthcare System will offer a free vaccination clinic and disease prevention tips for veterans from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, May 7, at the Abie Abraham VA He...
May 04, 2026 Local News
Shares of eBay are soaring before the opening bell Monday as Ryan Cohen’s GameStop pursues an about $56 billion takeover of the company, seeing it as a vehicle to compete...
May 04, 2026 Business
A man shot a woman multiple times Saturday, May 2, in Moraine State Park, according to state police in Butler. Jevonn Jamie Brown, 31, was charged Monday, May 4, with one...
May 04, 2026 Local News
Multiple crews were dispatched to a reported vehicle rollover crash just after noon Monday, May 4, along Route 19 in Lancaster Township, according to Butler County Emerge...
May 04, 2026 Local News
Emergency crews quickly extinguished an oven fire Sunday, May 3, in Butler. Crews were dispatched at 6:36 p.m. to an oven fire in the 300 block of Liberty Street and arr...
May 04, 2026 Local News
Update: Emergency crews left the scene around 9:10 a.m. Emergency crews are responding Monday morning, May 4, to 330 Chicora Road in Oakland Township for a reported hous...
May 04, 2026 Local News
Before attending Moniteau’s prom Saturday evening, students stopped by The Legacy Barn in Donegal Township for pictures and refreshments. For the third year, the venue is...
May 04, 2026 Local News
Other News
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 ...
May 04, 2026 National News
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...
May 04, 2026 National News
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...
May 04, 2026 National News
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...
May 04, 2026 National News
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 ...
May 04, 2026 National News
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...
May 04, 2026 International News
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...
May 04, 2026 International News
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...
May 04, 2026 National News
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...
May 04, 2026 International News
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-...
May 04, 2026 International News
Sports
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...
May 04, 2026 Sports
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...
May 04, 2026 Sports
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 ...
May 04, 2026 Sports
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...
May 04, 2026 Professional
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...
May 04, 2026 Sports
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....
May 04, 2026 Sports
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...
May 04, 2026 Sports
Editorial
May 04, 2026 Cartoons
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 ...
May 04, 2026 Our Opinion
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...
May 04, 2026 Other Voices
Community
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...
May 04, 2026 Community
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...
May 04, 2026 Community
Andrew Effect initiative stocks Butler schools with ‘Dramatic Play Centers’
May 04, 2026 Community
Announcements
Arts & Entertainment
“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...
May 04, 2026 Arts & Entertainment
Other
May 04, 2026 Daily Photo Gallery
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...
May 04, 2026 Special Sections
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 ...
May 04, 2026 Special Sections
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