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.
Two winning lottery tickets totaling over $300,000 were sold last week in Butler County according to the Pennsylvania Lottery.
A Treasure Hunt ticket sold Oct. 1 at the G...
The Pennsylvania government is investing more than $400,000 in environmental education projects across the state through the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Prot...
One person died and another was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital following a two-vehicle, head-on crash Tuesday morning, Oct. 6, on Route 68 in Oakland Township.
Tanner Z....
Update: One person was killed and another lifeflighted to an area hospital following the crash. Read more.
One person was reportedly unresponsive when a head-on collisi...
After a renovation that lasted nearly a year, Buffalo Township’s employees and police department have officially moved back into the municipal building on Bear Creek Road...
The new West Virginia University Health System signage in and around Butler Memorial Hospital are the first of many changes patients can expect to see as it takes over In...
JACKSON TWP — At its work session Monday, Oct. 5, the Seneca Valley School District board decided to move two items to its Oct. 12 meeting agenda in a 7-0 vote.
Notably, ...
NEW YORK — Former President Bill Clinton opened this year’s Clinton Global Initiative conference Sept. 22 in New York, calling on attendees to promise to “step into the v...
In observance of Columbus Day, all driver’s license and photo centers will be closed Oct. 10-12, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
Customers may...
WASHINGTON — A lawyer for ABC on Tuesday asked a federal judge to prevent the Trump administration from conducting an unusual, early review of its broadcast licenses, lik...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday that he will stop using taxpayer funds for television advertisements glorifying himself that sparked a major backlash, and...
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian air defenses intercepted nearly 900 Ukrainian drones overnight over multiple regions of the country, as well as the occupied Crimean Peninsula and...
VIENNA — Air Force Secretary Troy Meink made headlines recently by confirming the United States has deployed weapons in space. He did not, however, detail what the weapon...
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell students thronged a campus plaza to protest the university's response to allegations of sexual assault at a fraternity house, and the school's main...
President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas.
The U.S. military has...
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — President Donald Trump on Monday took his Republican midterm rescue mission to Nebraska, where he signed an executive order to ease limits on the tax...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said it attacked a boat suspected of being used to smuggle drugs in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday, killing four people, as the Trump administ...
NEW YORK — Pennsylvania has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, state health officials said Monday, making it the largest state outbreak in more than three decades.
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Seneca Valley girls soccer already had a standout goalkeeper and a strong back line entering this season.
But there was one glaring question surrounding the Raiders ...
Joe Rapp’s second gold medal in the District 9 Class 2A Individual Boys Golf Championship came a lot easier than the first.
The A-C Valley/Union senior shot a 7-under...
PITTSBURGH — Alex Iafallo had a goal and an assist, Clay Stevenson made 29 saves and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 Monday night.
Pittsburgh's Declan ...
North Catholic’s Riley Kontul is moving on to the PIAA Individual Golf Championships.
The junior shot a 10-over 82 Monday at Valleybrook Country Club to finish fourth in ...
MCCANDLESS TWP, Allegheny County — It took all of 22 seconds.
After Seneca Valley girls soccer standout senior goalkeeper Sydney Postler collided with North Allegheny for...
MCCANDLESS TWP, Allegheny County — Maggie Conger gave Freeport the lead. Then she helped ensure the Yellowjackets kept it.
The junior forward scored Freeport’s first two ...
PITTSBURGH — Pat Narduzzi is tired of ACC football being a punching bag in the polls and seemingly everywhere else.
The pathologically unfiltered Pittsburgh coach is rea...
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers placed second-year defensive tackle Derrick Harmon on injured reserve Monday.
The club made the move four days after Harmon injured h...
WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin said Monday his 22nd season in the NHL will be his last, beginning the farewell tour for the longtime Washington Capitals captain who holds the...
Down the hall from the coaches’ office at Butler football stadium, pads and helmets hang from thick hooks and sit stacked on tall metal shelves inside a cramped equipment...
If you know eight women, statistically, you know someone who will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in her life.
According to data from breastcancer.org, bre...
Chicora firefighters demonstrated their newly acquired ladder truck for students of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church preschool on Oct. 8, 2009.
The firefighters came to the s...
Seneca Valley students will celebrate a lively homecoming with this year’s theme, “New York City.” The dance is taking place at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10.
This year’s fes...
Knoch High School’s homecoming dance is Saturday, Oct. 10, and has a neon theme.
There will be a parade through Saxonburg beginning Thursday at 7:15 p.m. Homecoming king ...
The Center for Community Resources will provide people with warm clothing at an annual event on Friday.
Bundle Up Butler will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the Butl...
NEW YORK — Journal entries kept by Pope Francis before and during his papacy will be published this fall for the first time.
Image, an imprint of Penguin Random House Ch...
Mars Area High School will have its homecoming parade at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, in Mars, preceding the football game against the Blackhawk Cougars at 7 p.m. at Mars Athle...
Cranberry Township will present an award for giving at a ceremony Thursday, Oct. 8.
The Cranberry Public Library will host the ceremony from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8, to awa...
Glade Run Lake has some new safety features thanks to an Eagle Scout project.
Patrick Quinn, a 15-year-old sophomore at Mars Area High School and member of Boy Scouts of ...
In loving memory of our beloved Kathy Zima Kloock whose birthday is October 6th.
Every day in some small way
We miss you more than words can say.
You’re forever in our he...
CHICAGO — It’s official: Skydance-owned Paramount closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, ushering in a new Hollywood giant.
The merger bri...
CBS Sports and Tony Romo have officially parted ways, one month after the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback pleaded no contest to charges of operating a vehicle while int...
NEW YORK — Nearly 12,000 bans took place in public schools over the past year, according to a new study from PEN America, the highest total since the free expression orga...
Butler Cultural District and Experience Butler County will present “A Taste of McKean” from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, on McKean Street in Butler.
The event will fea...
Kathy Garrison has been cancer free for decades now, but her experiences during and after treatment had stuck with her.
One especially impactful struggle for her was in ...
CENTER TWP — When it comes to cancer, Cheryl Schaefer is all about the fight.
Schaefer, 68, of Center Township, has fought uterine, breast and thyroid cancer over the yea...
St. Faustina Kowalska, a Polish Catholic nun, spent her life sharing a message of compassion and mercy. At the Slippery Rock parish named for her, sewing ministry volunte...
When Claudia Marley began crocheting breast prostheses at age 70, she hoped to provide comfort to women recovering from mastectomies. The work also brought comfort to her...
While getting a mammogram may not seem like the most glamorous activity, Dr. Matt Miller, a radiologist at Allegheny Health Network, said it’s the “single biggest thing t...
Not long after completing treatment for breast cancer, Linda Todaro found herself in Italy, seated in a dragon boat with other survivors and preparing to compete against ...
The World Health Organization reports that roughly 2.4 million new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year. That makes breast cancer the most common cancer in wome...
