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.
A person was arrested Thursday, Oct. 15, in connection with a Tuesday bomb threat made toward Mars Area High School.
According to a statement by superintendent Mark Gross...
The Slippery Rock Area Parks and Recreation department has announced the cancellation of its fall foliage color run, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 17.
In a social media p...
BUFFALO TWP — Following the example of numerous other municipalities in Butler County, Buffalo Township is preparing an amendment to its zoning ordinance to address how i...
CRANBERRY TWP — Butler County, Pennsylvania state and township officials gathered at the Cranberry Township Municipal Center on Wednesday, Oct. 14, to discuss the ongoing...
BUFFALO TWP — For the second meeting in a row, Freeport Area School District’s school board meeting had an audience dressed almost entirely in red.
The matching red shirt...
The number of measles cases is growing statewide.
While no cases had been reported in Butler County, confirmed cases have started popping up in several surrounding munic...
PENN TWP — Scott Longdon has been named Penn Township Police Department’s new chief.
At the meeting Tuesday night, Oct. 13, the board of supervisors officially approved t...
This Election Day, residents of Mars Borough and Adams Township will vote on a question that could — quite literally — remake the map of Butler County: whether the two mu...
JACKSON TWP — A ceremony at Seneca Valley’s secondary campus on a rainy Wednesday morning commemorated Pennsylvania Flag Day.
Wayne Roccia, a retired teacher at the dist...
Real Estate Transactions
These real estate transactions were recorded in Butler County from Aug. 24 to 28:
Adams Township
Sagrario Uresti and Saul Garcia to Ro...
WASHINGTON — Federal authorities investigating Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar seized the Democratic lawmaker's phone and have issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas, in...
ROME — Pope Leo XIV’s lung has recovered well from surgery to remove a cancerous nodule, and he resumed working from the hospital on Thursday, his doctors and the Vatican...
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian drones attacked a refinery in Russia’s Ryazan region early Thursday, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a brief truce...
PORTLAND, Maine — The Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of a lobster fisherman who alleged the government requiring commercial fishing boats to use electronic t...
BANGKOK — China's new airfield in Laos is a work in progress, with satellite imagery showing many areas where construction appeared to be ongoing even as it was officiall...
NEW YORK — Lawyers for a man wounded by an immigration officer while driving with his young son in New York said in a court filing Wednesday that the agent who shot him n...
NEW YORK — New York City lawmakers plan to ban horse-drawn carriages from Central Park, ending their more than 150-year run as an iconic, old-timey tourist attraction, fo...
WASHINGTON — More than a year after President Donald Trump deployed National Guard members to begin patrolling the streets of the nation’s capital, a federal appeals cour...
WASHINGTON — U.S. inflation accelerated last month as gasoline and many other goods and services became more expensive, evidence that rising prices remain an economic cha...
“I haven’t had one minute to think.”
Look who’s back! It’s Brendan Howe, friend of the show, making his debut as a guest this week.
Howe joins “Eye on Sports” to talk abo...
Friday night’s matchup between Butler and Karns City football is the first of its kind.
The teams are already giving it some lofty names.
“We’ve titled this the Butler C...
It’s a first-of-its-kind meeting taking center stage this weekend when Butler visits Karns City.
But that’s not the only big game of the week. North Catholic opens the 41...
Here are the Top 10 passers, rushers, receivers and scorers in the Butler County area so far in 2026. Stats are provided by teams directly, via MaxPreps or accumulated vi...
Here are the latest standings involving Butler County-area teams, as well as full schedules for the week. All games at 7 p.m. Friday unless otherwise noted:
Independent
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Katelyn VanDyke had two goals and two assists to lead Karns City girls soccer to a 5-1 win Wednesday night over Forest.
Phoebe Brandon added two goals and an assist, and ...
BUTLER TWP — Butler drew closer on the scoreboard. The Golden Tornado could not draw close to the net afterward.
A goal by Lexi Rudish — off a log cross from fellow fresh...
Karns City Area School District announced it is offering free shuttle services for fans attending Friday’s high school football game against Butler.
It is the first meeti...
PITTSBURGH — Defining chemistry with a wide receiver is easy for Aaron Rodgers.
It's a nod. A wink. A glance. A gesture. Sometimes there are no verbal or physical cues a...
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...
I hope readers of Oct. 9 Butler Eagle appreciate the irony of that publication. While the front-page headline read, “Kicked Out of America, Carrizalez family bids farewel...
Although I didn't vote for Mike Kelly during his first run for Congress based on his stance on abortion and Obamacare, I felt he was an honorable man and would do a good ...
The botched execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee was absolutely horrifying. The Secretary of Defense (not War) Pete Hegseth has now announced that a military execution ...
Two years ago, Donald Trump was $2 billion poorer, we could eat lettuce and weren’t at war, and gasoline was $3.49 a gallon.
The Trump family has made billions since Janu...
With the November election approaching, we need to take a hard look at the values of the candidates running to represent the 16th Congressional District.
As soldiers, we ...
Thank you for the important article on Oct. 4 (“Newcomer challenges Kelly,” Page A1,) about the candidates for Pa.’s 16th Congressional District.
I read with interest mu...
If I were to detail all of the unconstitutional, illegal, unethical, destructive things that President Donald Trump and his administration have done, the Butler Eagle wou...
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...
When you gaze at the Butler night sky, especially in the dark countryside, you can see all kinds of “people and creatures” up there.
Right now, there’s a disgraced hunte...
Mars Area High School seniors Brian Biaku and Marin Raible were crowned as the school’s 2026 homecoming king and queen during homecoming festivities Oct. 9 and 10.
Other...
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 Lowrie House will host a free talk at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, exploring the history of those who lived in the house, as well as those who are buried in the Old Bu...
Jacob Szul and Leela Hyatt were named the 2026 Tornado prince and princess at Butler High School’s homecoming Friday, Oct. 9.
Jacob is the son of Richard and Kelli Szul, ...
The Friends of Cranberry Public Library will host a book donation drive Oct. 21-24, followed by the library’s fall book sale Oct. 26-31.
Books and DVDs will be accepted d...
Allegheny Clarion Valley High School seniors Andrew Preston and Ruby Watson were crowned the 2026 Homecoming King and Queen Oct. 1.
Ruby is the daughter of Rebecca Watso...
In loving memory of our parents and grandparents on the anniversary
of their passing.
Lydia C. Prokopchak,
October 15, 2012 and
Michael J. Prokopchak,
October 15, 1996.
D...
In loving memory of Roy “Pop Pop” Kimmel who went to live with Jesus 17 years ago today, October 15.
If our thoughts could build a stairway,
And our memories a lane,
We'd...
In loving memory of our beloved Linda DeLaney who passed away 10 years ago today.
April 9, 1962 - October 15, 2016.
Ten years and you’re still loved and missed.
J.D.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, as somebody once wrote, that a Jane Austen novel is a precursor to the modern rom-com.
And so we find ourselves, in a new adaptati...
Since we're going back to the 1990s in “Street Fighter,” let’s use a “Seinfeld” episode to describe how I felt coming out of Kitao Sakurai’s adaptation of the vintage arc...
NEW YORK — It was something most people have likely done at one time or another: complain to others about feeling judged or dismissed during an interaction, maybe even ta...
Almost all of the dialogue in the upcoming Musical Theatre Guild of Butler production is sung by its characters. It will be underscored by a pit of musicians performing m...
I have started to appreciate a little hocus-pocus in the past year or so.
Previously, I wanted nothing to do with jumpscares, suspense or hair-raising tales. The world is...
The Christian Fellowship of Sts. 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, Oc...
