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 Freeport man is charged in a short vehicle pursuit near the annual Freeport Halloween Parade where he told police “the devil had taken over his body,” according to char...
Butler County commissioners unanimously approved three revisions to hospitalization and prescription drug coverage in 2027 for eligible full-time, nonunion employees in ...
A judge affirmed the denial of a motion to strike or redact a report from an accident reconstruction expert hired by Butler County public defenders representing a man cha...
The trial for a Pittsburgh man charged with sexually assaulting a woman in Evans City following a 2022 New Year’s Eve party has been delayed due to a crowded trial schedu...
The following items were collected from various police departments and district courts:
Adams Twp
Sept. 25 — Steven Michael Darocy, 57, of Mars, was charged with a felony...
A Butler man was arrested after a woman accused him of strangulation, according to charges filed Wednesday, Oct. 28.
Shaun Russell Hess, 39, was arrested by the Butler C...
Slippery Rock University is looking for tens of millions of dollars to invest in “students, academic excellence, athletics and SRU’s future.”
The university announced a $...
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his party on Thursday amplified allegations that the country's Arab-led parties had “stolen” the election, as fi...
LOS ANGELES — Braddock Sandoval perused tables with wigs, a Darth Vader mask, a black tutu, and other items and garments on an unusually sizzling day in Los Angeles. He f...
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is opening a celebration of the popemobile, the now-iconic vehicle that for nearly a century has let popes get close to the faithful at home an...
It’s perhaps the most consequential map in American history. And it could be yours.
The hand-drawn chart of the Mason-Dixon Line that eventually divided the free from the...
Groups that provide legal services to immigrants filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to stop the Trump administration’s new policy of hiding the locations of tens of thousa...
King tides have inundated parts of both U.S. coasts, flooding streets and sending seawater into homes and businesses in beach communities in California, Florida and the C...
URDA, Spain — A high-speed train slammed into another that had stopped on the tracks in Spain Wednesday, killing at least 68 people and injuring dozens in the second dead...
DNA connects serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of another Utah teenager, authorities announced Tuesday, exactly 52 years after her body was discovered in the woods by ...
Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation’s fruit and vegetable fields and coined the phrase “Sí, se puede!...
KHERSON, Ukraine — A planned six-day ceasefire in and around a Russian-occupied city in southern Ukraine held for its first day and night, officials said Wednesday, but M...
“What illness did you get every year growing up?”
Yep, it was that kind of show. North Catholic star receiver Will Waskiewicz hopped on “Eye on Sports” this week ahead of...
The Western Pennsylvania Coaches Association announced the 2026 All-WPIAL boys soccer teams Wednesday.
Eight players from Butler County teams made the cut, all from teams...
The “next man up” mentality is one often repeated in football.
Karns City (8-1) sophomore Hayden Taylor embodied it during Friday’s 36-20 win over Port Allegany, step...
Welcome to the final week of the regular season (for most teams).
For Moniteau, the District 9 postseason is here with a big game at Clarion University. For Butler, a cha...
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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O’HARA TWP, Allegheny County — Dani DeFanti crouched down and put her face in her hands at the final whistle of Seneca Valley’s 3-1 WPIAL Class 4A girls soccer quarterfin...
BUFFALO TWP — For 62 minutes, Freeport shot the ball toward the net, around the net and over the net.
Just not into the net.
Junior midfielder Ella McConville changed all...
Slippery Rock girls soccer beat No. 5 Wilmington 3-2 in overtime at Meadville High School to advance to the District 10 Class 2A semifinals.
No stats were provided from t...
The postseason has arrived.
The 2026 WPIAL Girls Soccer Championships kick off Saturday, Oct. 24, with the finals set to be held in two weeks. Districts 9 and 10 will be ...
The times they are a-changing, as Bob Dylan once sang, but that doesn’t mean everybody has to like it.
For instance, Butler County residents recently learned the county h...
As voters approach the midterm elections, each party is eager to make the choice seem simple.
Democrats point to the cost of living and argue that Republicans have faile...
On Nov. 13, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., the Cranberry Township Municipal Center will transform into a showcase featuring art by Cranberry Artists Network artists.
Cranberry Fo...
There will be a fun run and walk Thanksgiving morning at Riverside High School, 300 Country Club Drive, Ellwood City.
The Gobbler’s Gallop features a 10K and a 5K run, an...
If you are anything like me, you are shocked that October has flown by and Halloween is this weekend.
You are probably also without a costume. And how can you ever go to ...
The Cranberry Women's Club is hosting its annual Farkleberry Craft show on Saturday, Nov. 7.
The event runs from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Cranberry Township Municipal C...
All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever. — 1 Peter 1...
LOS ANGELES — Strapped into a harness, Josh Law was lowered from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter into the rough Pacific Ocean in the pitch black night, far off the Mexican ...
A longtime Western Pennsylvania firefighter who died in 2022 at the age of 49 left behind memories for his colleagues and a lasting legacy as a fire instructor.
Jimmy...
