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.
FORWARD TWP — There are still pieces of the exhaust from Tyler Coon’s motorcycle on Mars-Evans City Road near the entrance of the Dollar General.
A wooden cross surround...
A man and woman are facing multiple drug charges after police served a search warrant at their Heim Avenue residence.
Lamar Palmero, 40, and Aquaya Nyzera De Geiger, 22, ...
A Cranberry Township man was accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in a van last year, according to charges filed by township police Thursday, May 2.
Dakota B. D...
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — The township is considering a new municipal building and is seeking a Local Share Amount grant from the state to fund its planning, design and const...
Decorated war veterans, bakers, retired steel workers, artists, loving grandparents and the keepers of family history were among the victims of former nurse Heather Press...
A Chicora man was accused of throwing an orange and a knife at a woman last week in Fairview Township, according to state police.
Ronald E. Harnish II, 52, of Chicora, w...
Slippery Rock Area School District superintendent Alfonso Angelucci confirmed Friday, May 3, that Moraine Elementary School principal Kristie Shulsky is on leave.
Angeluc...
JACKSON TWP — Legislators representing Butler County said Friday, May 3, that the killing and attempted killing a total of 22 nursing home patients by Heather Pressdee wa...
Five Mars Area Centennial School students helped decide the best book of the year at the 2024 Children’s Choice Awards hosted earlier this month by Allegheny Intermediate...
OAKLAND TWP — From the outside, Zanella Automotive and Mini Mart looks like a typical convenience store and gas station. Outside the brick building are a pair of Sunoco G...
SAN FRANCISCO — They’re lounging, biting each other and generally making a ruckus in numbers not seen in more than a decade. And don't even think about stealing their anc...
WASHINGTON — The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, remnants of Halley's comet, peaks this weekend. And with just a waning crescent moon in the sky, it should be visible.
The Eta...
HOUSTON — Heavy storms slammed the Houston area again Friday, widening already dangerous flooding in Texas and leading to numerous high-water rescues, including some from...
DORCHESTER, Mass. — A Massachusetts woman has won $1 million twice on lottery tickets in the last 10 weeks.
Christine Wilson, of Attleborough, won the most recent prize o...
NEW YORK — Anti-war demonstrations ceased this week at a small number of U.S. universities after school leaders struck deals with pro-Palestinian protesters, fending off ...
WASHINGTON — Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife were indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges and taken into custody Friday in connection with a U...
PITTSBURGH — A steel drum weighing thousands of pounds somehow rolled out of a construction site in Pittsburgh and eventually struck and killed a woman who was walking on...
DENVER — A fundraising dinner for the Jefferson County Republican Party slated to feature South Dakota governor and vice-presidential hopeful Kristi Noem has been cancele...
NEW YORK — Hope Hicks took the stand Friday in Donald Trump's hush money case, recounting in her morning testimony how she followed Trump from the real estate world to p...
TOKYO — Nippon Steel said Friday it has postponed the expected closing of its $14.1 billion takeover of U.S. Steel by three months after the U.S. Department of Justice re...
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills announced the signings of wide receiver Chase Claypool, defensive end Dawuane Smoot and linebacker Deion Jones to one-year con...
At home on Friday, the Slippery Rock University baseball team swept a twin bill against Clarion, winning the first matchup, 7-4, and the latter, 3-1.
The Rock (28-17, 16-...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers fired coach Darvin Ham on Friday after just two seasons in charge.
The Lakers announced on social media that they were dismissi...
SLIPPERY ROCK — The students got to experience organizing, planning and marketing an event.
The women got to play basketball.
It all came together recently during the ann...
NEW YORK — Yankees ace Gerrit Cole is scheduled to throw off a mound Saturday for the first time since getting injured in spring training.
“Whether that's a full bullpen...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ryan McMahon homered into the Allegheny River, Cal Quantrill pitched into the eighth inning and the Colorado Rockies finally held onto a lead during a 3...
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins agreed to sign wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. to a one-year contract, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associat...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — More than three hours before Caitlin Clark made her WNBA debut with the Indiana Fever in an exhibition game against the Dallas Wings on Friday nig...
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Jake Knapp is spending his weekends much differently now as a rookie on the PGA Tour, just more than two years after working security at a restaura...
BUTLER COUNTY TRAP LEAGUE
May 1 at RC Men’s Cub
EVANS CITY 245: D.Ritenour 50, N.Ponchek 50, S.Van Dyke 49, W.Herb 48, E.Aschley 48
RC MEN’S CLUB 245: T...
In regard to Melissa Somerville’s letter to the editor, “Trash cleanup much appreciated,” in the April 21 Butler Eagle, I could not agree with her more. Why people think ...
On behalf of the Community Meal Ministries in Butler — First English Lutheran Church, All Saints Parish, Saint Andrews United Presbyterian Church, St. Mark’s Evangelical ...
Recently, while cleaning out my basement, I came across a picture of myself from 1983. The photo was taken at my Reform Movement Jewish summer camp, located on several ac...
A plan to create a new home for the Mars Area Public Library, as well as a NASA-related discovery center, is an example of how communities can collaborate for the good of...
The 35 photos submitted for the Shutterbug Showdown photo competition at the Zelienople Area Public Library are available for public view at the library during regular ho...
People interested in learning fun and nutritious entertaining ideas are invited to attend “Let’s Cook Charcuterie Boards” from noon to 1 p.m. May 14 at the Penn State Ext...
Senior centers at Butler, Chicora, Cranberry Township, Evans City, Mars, Slippery Rock, Mount Chestnut and Winfield Township will serve the following menus this week.
Lun...
SUMMIT TWP — John Hasychak suspects his cherished late friend had a hand in a delightful discovery in the lineage of a favorite co-worker.
Hasychak explained that as a yo...
Tuesday’s Backyard Gardening workshop at the South Butler Community Library will see a Penn State Master Gardener demonstrating how to identify the common trees of Wester...
The TOPS Club of Butler 1105 will meet from 10:30 a.m. to noon each Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 120 Sunset Drive, Butler.
TOPS is an acronym for Take Off Pounds Se...
Mikayla Tillery, a 2020 Seneca Valley Senior High School graduate, has been named a recipient of the 2024 Truman Scholarship for her commitment to housing and energy just...
One of the worst movie sins is when a comedy fails to at least match the natural charisma of its stars. Not all actors are capable of being effortlessly witty without a t...
Now that we're well into May, as soon as darkness sets in, you can easily see the Big Dipper, a celestial marvel, upside-down in the high Butler northern sky.
It’s pouri...
In the warmly charming rom-com “The Idea of You,” Anne Hathaway plays a 40-year-old divorcee and Silver Lake art gallery owner who, after taking her teenage daughter to C...
