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.
Mars Area High School was evacuated Friday morning, Nov. 13, due to an odor of gas in multiple areas of the building, according to Butler County Emergency Services dispat...
Harmony Borough Council worked on its 2027 budget at its Tuesday, Nov. 10, meeting, according to council President Greg Such.
The $893,855 budget looks to be a balanced ...
H. Jack Buzard, the founder of Buzard Funeral Home who died on Easter Sunday, now has his name permanently etched into the geography of Eau Claire.
Previously known as P...
FORWARD TWP — After a previous planning commission meeting regarding the proposed Misty Hollow Data & Energy Campus, the township is not taking any chances with available...
With the City of Butler’s budget due before the end of the year, city officials held a special meeting dedicated to discussing the projects and changes they want to make ...
WASHINGTON — Middle-aged men should undergo regular screening for prostate cancer, the American Cancer Society said Thursday in a major change to its guidelines.
The scr...
Jury selection took place Thursday in the homicide case against a Chester County man for the 2021 shooting death of a New Castle man who was found in a vehicle along a Mu...
Allegheny Health Network has received a $25 million gift in order to add improvements to the network’s Cancer Center, including its more than 35 clinical locations.
The g...
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine fired almost 1,200 drones at Russian targets overnight in one of its biggest aerial attacks since Moscow’s full-scale invasion nearly five years a...
NEW YORK — When Democrats take over Congress in January, one of their many oversight targets will be Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose overhaul of longstandin...
TORONTO — Canada threatened Thursday to sue automaker Stellantis and recover hundreds of millions of dollars in government funding after the company shifted planned vehic...
WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland said Thursday that he will run for Senate Majority Leader in the next Congress, setting up a challenge to Democr...
DENVER — Fresh off the best electoral performance in half a century, Democratic officials and strategists converged on Denver Thursday to plot a further course for the pa...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called for the world to recognize the environmental impacts of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and asked the Israeli gove...
WASHINGTON — The FBI said Thursday that it had seized more than $1.2 billion of cryptocurrency reported stolen last month from Binance, the world's largest crypto exchang...
PHILADELPHIA — A cargo ship struck a bridge across the Delaware River on Thursday, disrupting traffic between Palmyra, New Jersey and Philadelphia, according to a Pennsyl...
LIMA, Peru — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday denounced widespread “machismo” and violence against women in Peru, demanding that women be protected and respected as he set out ma...
WASHINGTON — More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but jobless claims remain at historically low levels, layoffs are rare and most workers enjoy unu...
Things to watch this weekend in the Big Ten:
Game of the week
No. 15 Southern California (7-2, 4-2, No. 18 CFP) at No. 6 Indiana (8-1, 5-1, No. 9 CFP), 3:30 p.m. Satu...
Things to watch this weekend in the Atlantic Coast Conference:
Game of the week
No. 11 Wake Forest (8-1, 5-1 ACC, No. 13 CFP) at No. 25 SMU (7-2, 5-2), noon Saturday, ESP...
Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals have been on a record run during their four-game winning streak.
The only things that may slow them down heading into Sunday night'...
Butler County soccer teams are off to a strong start in the PIAA tournament. Now it’s time to see who can survive and advance in Saturday’s quarterfinals.
Here’s a quick ...
Freeport and North Catholic girls volleyball have advanced to the PIAA tournament quarterfinals Saturday after big wins in Tuesday’s first round.
Here’s a quick break...
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Saturday’s PSAC championship game will feature the top two rushing attacks in the conference when No. 14 East Stroudsburg (9-1) visits No. 5 Slippery ...
Thursday, Nov. 12, marked the start of the 2026 fall national college signing period.
Butler High School seniors were celebrated with a commitment ceremony, with more pla...
The PIAA Boys Soccer Championships begin Tuesday, Nov. 10, and for the first time in decades will conclude in Pittsburgh with the finals at F.N.B. Stadium.
Two Butler Cou...
The PIAA Girls Volleyball Championships begin Tuesday, Nov. 10, and will wrap up in two weeks at St. Francis University.
Butler County’s Freeport (Class 3A) and North Cat...
The PIAA championships have begun. Who do Derek and Jake think will be the last teams standing, potentially raising the state championship trophy?
We’re here to break dow...
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Slippery Rock and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week.
Lunch is served at noon. ...
The Butler Elks is offering community meals Saturday, Nov. 21.
Call 724-287-4077 from 2 to 6 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, Nov. 16 to 18, to register for a meal. There w...
The Leonid Meteor shower — one of the year’s better showers — peaks this coming Tuesday, Nov. 17, in the early morning Butler sky from after midnight until the start of m...
In loving memory of our beloved husband and father, Bruce Pollock, who passed away seven years ago November 12, 2019.
Your memory is as dear today,
As in the hour you pas...
July 14, 1987 - November 13, 2006
In memory of our Megan Marie Peth.
She passed away twenty years ago while a freshman at I.U.P. of S.U.D.E.P.;
sudden unexpected death of...
Just in time for Veterans Day, Saxonburg’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7376 has added a new wave of veterans memorial banners for display throughout the borough.
Member...
“I Play Rocky,” Peter Farrelly’s comic and crowd-pleasing tale about the making of “Rocky,” might seem like a one-two punch of pure nostalgia. It’s been almost exactl...
Johnny Depp certainly leaves his mark as the latest to tackle Ebenezer Scrooge, one of the great Christmas-time villains. You'll likely not soon forget the scene wher...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Actor and race car driver Frankie Muniz has been released from a hospital following a practice-lap crash at Daytona International Speedway.
The 40-...
LOS ANGELES — “Grand Theft Auto” has never been much for following the rules.
Nearly three decades after a video game built around stealing cars, outrunning police and e...
Sportscaster Dan Hicks, who was the voice of golf, Olympic swimming and Notre Dame football during a 35-year career at NBC Sports, has died, his family and NBC announced ...
Richard Lloyd, the fiery guitarist of the influential New York rock band Television, has died. He was 75.
Lloyd died on Saturday in Chattanooga, Tenn., from cholangiocarc...
LONDON — British children’s author and comedian David Walliams used his fame to groom girls and young women for sex, two British news outlets reported on Tuesday.
ITV Ne...
