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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
Butler County commissioners hired an attorney Wednesday, March 11, to help define the differences between townhouses and condominiums in a dispute over taxes to assist th...
March 12, 2026 Government
A 34-year-old man is accused of stealing $1,200 through a fraudulent wire transfer at Walmart in Cranberry Township. Luci Motreanu, 34, was charged Friday, March 6, by Cr...
March 12, 2026 Local News
The Butler County hazardous materials response team will respond to large-scale hazardous material incidents in four surrounding counties under a series of contracts coun...
March 12, 2026 Government
NEW YORK — A widening war in Iran has halted oil tankers, made targets of refineries and spooked investors worried about the cascading impact of spiking energy prices. In...
March 12, 2026 Business
NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market remained calm Wednesday, even as the price of oil got back to rising. The S&P 500 edged down 0.1% for a second day of modest moves follow...
March 12, 2026 Business
BUTLER TWP — The Ellen O’Brien Gaiser Center held its fourth annual Discover Recovery symposium Wednesday, March 11, at Butler County Community College. The forum address...
March 12, 2026 Local News
CENTER TWP — Officials selected a nearly finalized list of township roads that will see paving, seal coating or other work later this year. Center Township’s board of sup...
March 12, 2026 Local News
BUFFALO TWP — Freeport Area School District is projecting a $41.19 million budget for the 2026-27 school year, up slightly from the current year. The general operating b...
March 12, 2026 Local News
KANSAS CITY — Inflation remained stubbornly elevated last month as gas prices rose, but it's a snapshot of consumer prices before a U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran sent energ...
March 12, 2026 Business
ADAMS TWP — The population boom that led to a Mars Area Elementary School renovation could also push the district to pursue additional projects, spending more money to ac...
March 12, 2026 Local News
Other News
High school students from Butler, Armstrong, Clarion, Indiana, and Jefferson counties are invited to take part in PennDOT’s annual Paint the Plow contest. The Paint the P...
March 12, 2026 Pennsylvania News
PITTSBURGH — The head priest and dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Pittsburgh is facing charges after being accused of stealing more than $1,000 in baseball...
March 11, 2026 Pennsylvania News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran targeted the world's busiest international airport Wednesday and attacked commercial ships as U.S. and Israeli strikes rocked Tehran an...
March 11, 2026 International News
CINCINNATI — President Donald Trump toured an Ohio pharmaceutical company on Wednesday and planned to campaign in the nearby Kentucky district of a Republican in Congress...
March 11, 2026 National News
SANTA FE, N.M. — Democratic-led states alarmed by the prospect of federal immigration officers patrolling the polls during this year’s midterm elections are taking steps ...
March 11, 2026 National News
WASHINGTON — A man was taken into custody on Wednesday after driving his van into a security barrier outside the White House, authorities said. The Secret Service said th...
March 11, 2026 National News
Long security lines snaked into baggage claim areas and parking garages at some U.S. airports this weekend, a possible indicator of more widespread travel problems as the...
March 11, 2026 National News
PARIS — The rising prices causing winces of pain at gasoline pumps are due, in large part, to the impact of the Iran war on the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial passageway for...
March 11, 2026 International News
KANKAKEE, Ill. — Major storms whipped up tornadoes that killed at least two people in northwest Indiana and leveled buildings in Kankakee, Ill., authorities said Wednesda...
March 11, 2026 National News
Sports
North Catholic needed triple overtime to get past rival Knoch and now hopes to have fresh legs ahead of Friday’s PIAA Class 4A boys basketball quarterfinal matchup agains...
March 12, 2026 Sports
Western Pa. loves St. Patrick’s Day. Because the holiday falls on Tuesday this year, we have two weekends to drink green beer and wear our festive shamrock running shorts...
March 12, 2026 Sports
SHARON — For North Catholic girls basketball coach Molly Rottmann, her team’s effort in the first quarter Wednesday was a welcome sight, especially after the team had str...
March 11, 2026 Sports
Mars’ Dom Davis has a state swimming medal secured. Another could be in hand within 24 hours. The North Catholic sophomore, competing with the Planets in a co-op, has mad...
March 11, 2026 Sports
WEXFORD — The result was the same, but the effort surely wasn’t. For the second consecutive season, Slippery Rock girls basketball team was eliminated from the PIAA Class...
March 11, 2026 Sports
ADAMS TWP — JJ Wetherholt can just plain hit. Anywhere, apparently. The 2021 Mars graduate has hit above .300 for every team he’s ever played for from his freshman year i...
March 11, 2026 Sports
For the second year in a row, it’s North Catholic’s boys and girls teams left standing from Butler County in the PIAA basketball tournaments. The Trojans and Trojanettes ...
March 11, 2026 Sports
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Cam Heyward agreed to a one-year contract extension with the club Wednesday as the team transitions to new head coach Mi...
March 11, 2026 Professional
CRANBERRY TWP — Brady Wehner used to try to keep pace with her older siblings, both of whom starred in their respective high school sports and continued their careers at ...
March 11, 2026 Sports
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Quadir Copeland had 24 points and eight assists, Ven-Allen Lubin added 18 points and No. 7 seed N.C. State beat 15th-seeded Pittsburgh 98-88 Wednesday i...
March 11, 2026 College
Editorial
March 11, 2026 Cartoons
It’s good news for sports enthusiasts across the region that the Butler Township Planning Commission has recommended approval for the second phase of the Pullman Recreati...
March 11, 2026 Our Opinion
Taxpayers aren’t usually inclined to sympathize with the Internal Revenue Service, but this year they probably should. Thanks to a brutal combination of staff shortages a...
March 11, 2026 Other Voices
Community
With only three actors, a basement set and a little over 90 minutes, “Downstairs” is a play that defies easy categorization, built on character study that lets its actors...
March 11, 2026 Community
Announcements
In memory of Denny Ryan. March 12, 1985 – March 12, 2017 Today, and every day, we will remember, remember the 12th of forever… We Love and Miss You, Happy Birthday - M...
March 12, 2026 Birthday Tributes
In memory of Jean Baxter March 12, 2024 If you ask about our Mother... We will smile and say... She was kind, funny, and lit up every room. But if you ask us about her h...
March 12, 2026 In Memoriams
Arts & Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Rihanna, her partner A$AP Rocky, their three children and her mother were all at home when a woman now charged with attempted murder and many other felony c...
March 12, 2026 People
Washington’s Trail 1753 will be taking a look at George Washington’s experiences with the Revolutionary War on the frontier of the budding United States during its annual...
March 11, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
The Cranberry Men’s Chorus will tour senior centers on Saturday, March 21. The Senior Living Tour will begin at 9:45 a.m. at the Penn Mar Plaza in Mars, followed by a per...
March 11, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
“But surely your murderer, having chopped up and concealed his victim in a chest, wouldn’t ask all his friends to come round and eat off it.” That line lands with bite in...
March 11, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
The Karns City High School Incentive Committee is hosting a Spring Craft and Vendor Show on March 21. The show, taking place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 21, is ...
March 11, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Get your green on. St. Patrick’s Day is less than a week away! While the big man himself wasn’t actually responsible for the eradication of snakes in Ireland, he is consi...
March 11, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
The 27th annual Pittsburgh Arts and Crafts Spring Fever Festival takes place the weekend of March 20 at the Monroeville Convention Center. More than 200 exhibitors from 1...
March 11, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
The Jackson Community Foundation will host the Jackson Township Easter Egg Hunt at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 28, at Sippel Reservoir Park, 400 Reservoir Park Drive, Jacks...
March 11, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Greater Pittsburgh Civil War Roundtable will host “Civil War Jeopardy” at its March meeting. The meeting is at 7 p.m. Monday, March 16, at Hampton Township Community Cent...
March 11, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Cranberry Public Library and Classrooms Without Borders are hosting a screening of “The Cure for Hate,” a documentary that follows former white supremacist Tony McAleer o...
March 11, 2026 Weekend Entertainment
Other
The Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands. — Deuteronomy 7:9 ...
March 12, 2026 Verse of the Day
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