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.
Five men are accused of shooting a rifle for target practice and striking a neighboring home Sunday, Sept. 20, in Clinton Township, according to state police.
Two rifle ...
Multiple ambulances were requested to a crash involving a school van Friday morning, Sept. 25, in Prospect, according to Butler County Emergency Services dispatch.
Three...
Slippery Rock Borough Police Department warned the public about fraudulent charges appearing on bank statements that impersonate the department.
According to a social med...
Butler City Council approved several upcoming events and associated road closures at its meeting Thursday, Sept. 24.
The city will hold Butler YMCA’s Turkey Trot 5K from ...
ADAMS TWP — The circus came to town Thursday, Sept. 24.
At Mars Area Centennial School, a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performance kept the students enterta...
A woman was injured after being struck by a vehicle while riding a bicycle in Butler on Wednesday, Sept. 23, according to Butler County Emergency Services dispatch.
Disp...
CRANBERRY TWP — Township supervisors will vote on a conditional use application for a business seeking permission to use eight “amusement devices” at its existing space.
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The City of Butler is taking steps to improve safety in the Butler City Farmers’ Market parking lot with the purchase of bollards.
City council voted 4-0 during its meeti...
CRANBERRY TWP — Getting pulled over by police is not fun for anyone. But for individuals with autism, communication obstacles or hidden disabilities, it can induce seriou...
FRANKLIN TWP — Butler County Farm Bureau members approved a bushel full of policy recommendations Thursday, Sept. 24, at the bureau’s annual fall meeting.
The 18 policies...
PRETORIA, South Africa — Armed with their tongs and sausages, thousands of determined — and hungry — South Africans gathered on a national holiday Thursday to attempt to ...
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that he asked U.S. President Donald Trump to press China’s leader to use Beijing’s influence over Mosc...
WASHINGTON — Melania Trump and Peng Liyuan on Thursday toured one of the largest Asian art museums in the United States, celebrating cultural ties between the U.S. and Ch...
NEW YORK — Three news organizations banned from the White House for days were back Thursday after a judge handed CNN, MS NOW and Politico a reprieve in an extraordinary s...
MEXICO CITY — Residents along Mexico’s west coast stacked sandbags to fortify beachfront shops and evacuated their homes, while Hawaii’s Big Island and Maui braced for po...
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began the year declaring that he stood “shoulder to shoulder” with U.S. President Donald Trump as the two countries ...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina’s poverty rate jumped to 32.3% in the first half of 2026, official data showed Thursday, as incomes failed to keep pace with the risin...
WASHINGTON — Fewer people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, as U.S. jobless claims remain at historically low levels and most Americans enjoy job security...
NEW YORK — The nation’s cybersecurity agency on Thursday released an election infrastructure security plan 40 days before November’s midterms, laying out potential threat...
He doesn’t wear a mask or cape, but John DeBacker is a hero to one Long Island family.
Wearing his “Catman” T-shirt, DeBacker pulled off the intricate rescue of a frighte...
Knoch and Freeport will face off tonight looking to bounce back from difficult losses, with plenty at stake in the section and for the WPIAL playoffs.
The intra-Butler Co...
Things to watch this weekend in the Atlantic Coast Conference:
Game of the week
Wake Forest (2-1, 0-1 ACC) at No. 16 Louisville (2-1, 1-0), noon (ESPN)
The Cardinals won ...
Things to watch this weekend in the Big Ten:
Game of the week
No. 20 Oregon (2-1, 0-0 Big Ten) at No. 12 Southern California (4-0, 1-0), 7:30 p.m. (NBC)
This game of...
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — Winning football is second-nature to Slippery Rock and California (Pa.).
The two traditional PSAC West powers clash at noon Saturday at Adamson Stadiu...
Lexi Caldwell did not exactly savor her first two years of playing volleyball.
“I was a libero for two years in middle school,” she said. “I tried, you could probably...
BUTLER TWP — Through the first 53 minutes of Thursday night’s WPIAL Section 3-4A clash with Seneca Valley, Butler’s defensive effort was reflected on the scoreboard. It t...
Emma Rivers had six kills and four blocks while teammate Alyssa Patterson tallied eight kills in Knoch volleyball’s sweep of Blackhawk on Thursday.
Emersyn Jones added f...
The WPIAL announced on Thursday dates and sites for 12 of the district’s 14 soccer and football championship games. They are as follows:
Football
The Class 1A, 2A, 3A and...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ronny Simon raced home on Spencer Horwitz's eighth-inning sacrifice fly and the Pittsburgh Pirates assured themselves of the club's first non-losing sea...
Jameson Garvin has played baseball since he was 5 or 6 years old.
In the spring, though, the Mars senior running back/linebacker — an outfielder on the diamond — gets...
A pair of presentations on data center proposals showed two plans with a lot of similarities, including some important questions that remain unanswered.
A proposal in For...
President Donald Trump won a surprising number of Gen Z voters in 2024, with a particularly strong performance among young men. Although Kamala Harris still won a majorit...
Intermediate League of Butler will meet Monday, Oct. 5, at Christ Community Methodist Church, 205 North Duffy Road, Butler.
A social time will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a ...
The Butler Art Center & Gallery is accepting drop offs from Oct. 7 through Oct. 10 for its Nature and Wildlife exhibit, which will run later in the month.
Art submissions...
Butler County Dog Law Enforcement Officer, Cole Redrup, and his team will do a targeted dog license canvas Wednesday, Sept. 30, in Butler Township.
Owners of unlicensed ...
CRANBERRY TWP — Everything starts with a handshake at the Cranberry High Noon Toastmasters.
Not just the start of a meeting — every introduction of a Toastmaster member ...
October is such a wonderful time of year for stargazing over Butler. Nights are longer and offer great constellations, planets and other celestial treasures. Your Sky Gui...
The Butler Outdoor Club will host a luncheon this year instead of its annual dinner. It will begin at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at East Butler Fire Hall, 808 Grant Av...
Try spinning and weaving by hand for free — no experience needed — Wednesday, Sept. 30, at the Butler Area Public Library, 218 N. McKean St., Butler.
Drop by between 5 an...
The Butler Senior High School homecoming princess and prince will be crowned before the 7 p.m. Oct. 9 football game against Baldwin High School.
The homecoming dance wil...
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 Emerald Isle was looking a little brown around the edges when we arrived in Dublin a day before our bus tour of Ireland began.
For the past six weeks, the normally ra...
In loving memory of our beloved wife and mother, Gladdie Paczek, who passed away three years ago today, September 25, 2023
God saw you getting tired
and a cure was not to...
Of all the magical portals that transport you to another world, “Forgotten Island” may have the cutest. It's not a brick tunnel like “Spirited Away” or a hidden door like...
Buzzing with the sound of dial-up internet and the hum of grainy VHS tape, Lance Oppenheim’s “Primetime,” about Chris Hansen and his Dateline NBC series “To Catch a Preda...
After being removed from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour, Grammy Award winner Macklemore will soon return to the live stage. The rapper has announced “Free Palestine,” a series of...
The Tuff Tornado Run takes place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the top loop of Alameda Park, bringing a 2-mile muddy challenge to children and adults alik...
NEW YORK — Representatives for Dolly Parton’s estate have been granted an order of protection against the late singer’s nephew and former head of security Bryan Seaver. S...
Disc golf enthusiasts in Butler County have one more place to play this fall, as Adams Township officially opened a temporary, three-hole course at its community park on ...
Do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. — ...
