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.
BUFFALO TWP — Freeport Area School District officials are poised to accept a bid at their next meeting for the replacement of the high school library’s roof.
Brad Walker,...
State Rep. Aaron Bernstine, R-8th, will host a “Protect Our Kids” internet safety seminar on Monday, Feb. 9 at 5:30 p.m. at the Middlesex Volunteer Fire Company station o...
JEFFERSON TWP — Somehow, it’s already budget season for local school districts.
Less than three months after Pennsylvania’s budget impasse ended, administrators at place...
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts:
Adams Twp
Jan. 15 — Robert Steven Dillman, 32, of Mars, was charged with two misde...
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — Township officials are charting a new path forward for their Act 537 sewage plan following the rejection of their previous $53 million proposal by t...
A Butler man is accused of imprisoning a woman and her two children in the bedroom of a Wick Street residence and forcing them to use a bucket to go to the bathroom.
Ter...
Minute Maid helped make orange juice a year-round morning staple in 1946, when it started shipping cans of frozen juice around the U.S.
But 80 years later, the brand’s pa...
Peter’s Chocolate Shoppe in Butler began receiving orders for its Valentine’s Day specialties — fresh strawberries hand dipped in chocolate and fresh raspberries covered ...
A used car sales business at 90 Pattison St. in Evans City could become a reality if it meets zoning requirements, according to a recent review by the borough’s director ...
While Butler Health System isn’t quite at profitability yet, it showed signs of financial recovery in its most recent quarterly report, released Wednesday, Feb. 4.
For th...
FORT PIERCE, Fla. — A man convicted of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump on a Florida golf course in 2024 was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison after a fed...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it wants to create a critical minerals trading bloc with its allies and partners, using tariffs to maintain...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the situation in Iran in a wide-ranging call as the U.S. administrat...
MINNEAPOLIS — The Trump administration is reducing the number of immigration officers in Minnesota but will continue its enforcement operation that has sparked weeks of t...
The Washington Post laid off one-third of its staff Wednesday, eliminating its sports section, several foreign bureaus and its books coverage in a widespread purge that r...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Russian missiles and drones have pounded Ukraine’s energy grid in recent weeks, plunging people into frozen darkness in one of the country’s cold...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes pounded Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 24 Palestinians, including two babies, according to health officials in the territ...
After having a six-season streak of reaching the NCAA Division II football playoffs snapped this past campaign, Slippery Rock University head coach Shawn Lutz has been on...
JACKSON TWP — Regarding Zach Hill’s ability to dominate opponents, the proof is in the numbers.
The senior 145-pounder for Seneca Valley boys wrestling reached 100 career...
Butler High School seniors got a jump start on winter national signing day ceremonies Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.
The official winter signing period began Wednesday, Feb. 4,...
Naomi Venesky scored 12 points in the first quarter and finished with a game-high 20 to lead Karns City girls basketball over Union/A-C Valley 53-21 Wednesday night.
Vene...
Butler County sports five boys high school wrestling programs that produce talented grapplers regularly. Butler and Seneca Valley feature wrestlers in the WPIAL tournamen...
Three North Catholic pass-catchers — receivers Ryker Kennedy and Preston Simko and tight end Thomas Arth — signed with their respective college football programs on Wedne...
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike McCarthy hired former Minnesota Vikings assistant Brian Angelichio on Wednesday to serve as Pittsburgh's offensive coordinator...
STATE COLLEGE — Penn State hockey star Gavin McKenna, a freshman center and the presumptive top pick in this summer's NHL draft, has been charged with felony assault foll...
PITTSBURGH — Right-hander Mike Clevinger agreed Wednesday to a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates and will attend big league spring training camp.
The 35-y...
NEW YORK — The NHL suspended injured Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Caleb Jones for 20 games Wednesday for violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Subs...
The current trajectory for college sports is unsustainable. Big-revenue sports such as football and basketball have undergone massive transformations over the past decade...
On Tuesday, Gov. Josh Shapiro unveiled his $53.5 billion 2026-27 state budget proposal in an address to the General Assembly. That gives Shapiro’s administration and memb...
With Valentine’s Day less than two weeks away, the AARP of Pennsylvania is warning the state’s elderly population to be extra vigilant of romance scams, which take advant...
Penn Township is mourning the loss of Donald J. Callen, a former township supervisor and a major driving force in the lives of township residents for decades.
Callen died...
The Super Bowl is this weekend, which is of no consequence to me. This is a column about arts and entertainment, after all.
However, as an aspiring Ina Garten, I took it ...
Do you know where to find Washington’s Trail? Do you think Heinz is just a ketchup? Do you really know as much as you think you know about Western Pennsylvania?
Find out...
James Rada will present “Battlefield Angels of Mercy,” to the Greater Pittsburgh Civil War Roundtable.
The presentation will begin at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, at Hampton T...
Katie Jenkins travels from her home in New York City to her home country of Wales several times a year — a routine she has maintained since she moved stateside about eigh...
An armed robber who smashed into a luxury London home where Hollywood star Anya Taylor-Joy was staying and tried to force his way into the actor’s bedroom with a crowbar ...
Valentine’s Day has never just been about flowers or candy for Ron Brooks. It’s been about creating memories.
Brooks, a longtime barbershop singer and entertainer, is onc...
