Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
On Wednesday, Gov. Tom Wolf ordered all bars across Pennsylvania closed. Restaurants must reduce building capacity to 25%. The slapdash decision puts businesses across...
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Schuylkill Commissioners Approve Preliminary Budget with 3.5-Mill Increase in Property Taxes
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Fourth Minersville Armed Robbery Suspect Turns Himself In
Rivers Gets 12½ to 38 Years for Role in Fatal Cass Township Crash
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Schuylkill Commissioners Approve Preliminary Budget with 3.5-Mill Increase in Property Taxes
Police Seek Info on Alleged Road Rage Incident with Shots Fired on Route 61 Tuesday Evening
Fourth Minersville Armed Robbery Suspect Turns Himself In
Rivers Gets 12½ to 38 Years for Role in Fatal Cass Township Crash
Commissioner: “Schuylkill County Has to be Open for Business”
- Business
Saint Clair Walmart Celebrates Grand Reopening
Ethereal Hair Studio Opens in Pottsville
Burrito Cut to Celebrate Opening of Onvo Travel Plaza at Highridge Business Park
The Farm Store Wins Ignite Schuylkill Business Competition, $100K in Startup Capital
Pottsville Pizzeria Ready for 75th Anniversary Celebration
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Michael W. Brennan Jr., 53 – Social Club Manager at Tower City Fire Co.
Carolyn Carroll, 82 – Went to High School with Chubby Checker
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Alberta “Dolly” Eye, 100 – Active in Girardville Community
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- State
Trump Shot at Pennsylvania Rally: 2 Dead (including the shooter) and 2 Critically Injured
Members of Deadly “Fentanyl Robbery Gang” Indicted by Federal Grand July
Roman’s Law for Autistic Students Passes PA Senate
State Senate Bill Would Limit “Vexatious” Right-to-Know Requests
It’s Now Illegal to Use Hand-held Devices While Driving in Pennsylvania
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Nahas Gets 2 Wins in Consecutive Outings; Blankenhorn Drives in Run vs. Phillies
Evitts Has Big Night in Rattlers Romp Over Strike Force
Source: Blankenhorn Being Promoted to Nationals
Blankenhorn Cracks 5 Homers in Series Against Lehigh Valley; Nahas Earns Second Win
Schuylkill Haven Grad Kicking for Playoff-bound Arizona Rattlers in IFL
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
It's about time!
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
At some point (like, in 2020), local governments need to take their own approach to COVID. We're not there in Schuylkill County, apparently.
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
It's really time to end the mask mandates at local schools.
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Just a few holdout schools remain.
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
The news – first reported statewide by The Canary – that Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is once again closing bars and limiting restaurant capacity...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Sources tell The Canary today that Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf will close all bars at midnight Thursday, July 15. Restaurants in the Commonwealth must...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
It may be one of the most talked about local Facebook Groups in the history of local Facebook history groups. But as of late...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
You’ve seen people doing it. You might point. A laugh probably follows. Someone drives by you. They’re all alone in their car. And they’re...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
UPDATE: This group has been archived and disbanded on Facebook: Just Like That, Schuylkill County Mask Watch Group is Finished Well, the debate and...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
School students in Pennsylvania will be required to wear face masks or face shields when the new term starts in August. That’s according to...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court ruled late Wednesday to uphold Governor Tom Wolf’s Disaster Emergency Declaration despite a legislative attempt to end it. When a concurrent...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
The Mask Marauder Tom Wolf today issued an updated order on wearing masks in Pennsylvania. Wolf, on Wednesday, announced that Pennsylvania Health Secretary updated...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
It’s like the Pennsylvania Dept. of Health consulted Joe Mayo for its latest coronavirus guidance. Now, they’re talking about cookout safety. Pennsylvania 2020 Coronavirus...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
(UPDATE: Apparently, the chart presented in this article is wrong. However, it is the data provided to the public by the Pennsylvania Dept. of...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
We’re trusting the science and the data. That’s what we’ve heard from the beginning from Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Health Secretary Rachel Levine....
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
*BREAKING – JULY 1* – Wolf Now Requires Masks in ALL Public Places After spending months waffling on the issue of face masks in...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is flat broke. We’re worse than broke. And Governor Tom Wolf’s anti-business pandemic response (one of the strictest in the nation) is making...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
*BREAKING – JULY 1* – Wolf Now Requires Masks in ALL Public Places Another week, another update on whether face masks are required in...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County will enter the Green phase of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s coronavirus reopening plan on June 19. Of course, there’s that pesky issue...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Today quickly developed into a classic shit show in Harrisburg and we hadn’t even eaten lunch yet. At noon, House and Senate Republicans gathered...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
In a statement released Tuesday night, State Sen. Dave Argall says the vote on concurrent House Resolution 836 ends the Disaster Emergency. Argall...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf addresses the House Resolution 834 vote on Tuesday, not appearing to back down from his Disaster Emergency order signed in...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State Rep. Russ Diamond plans a noon press conference on Wednesday, June 10, to address the vote on House Resolution 836 last night....
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives voted to end Governor Tom Wolf’s coronavirus Disaster Emergency declaration Tuesday night. The vote on concurrent Resolution 836 was 121-81....
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
*BREAKING – JULY 1* – Wolf Now Requires Masks in ALL Public Places We previously discussed the double-talk from the administration of Pennsylvania Gov....
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Support is growing to impeach Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. But even some Republican voters wonder if this...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
It’s time for Pennsylvania business owners to “take a real gamble” and fully reopen. That’s what Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said he did when...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
UPDATE (6/12): Schuylkill County Going to Green Phase on Wolf’s Coronavirus Plan on June 19 Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced Friday, June 5, that 12...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Tom Wolf Virtue Signals at Harrisburg Black Lives Matter Protest, Violates Own Pandemic Restrictions
While thousands of Pennsylvania small businesses worry about going broke, Gov. Tom Wolf wants you to know he’s so woke. On Wednesday, Wolf joined...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
State Rep. Jerry Knowles says he did not call fellow Rep. Brian Sims a “little girl” during a floor debate on Thursday night. You...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
UPDATE: On June 9, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted to adopt concurrent House Resolution 836 to formally end Gov. Tom Wolf coronavirus Disaster...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf once again used the coronavirus pandemic to push his socialist far-left agenda. The tone-deaf message from the governor comes just...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Every once in a while we’ll get a reader who gets the vapors when reading The Canary. The thing that really causes them to...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Streaking across the top of today’s mainstream local news source it reads that the Green phase of Pennsylvania’s coronavirus reopening plan is “the goal”....
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
So, you’ve made it to the Yellow phase of Pennsylvania’s coronavirus reopening plan. Way to go! But don’t pop the corks just yet until...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Despite daily case totals of Chinese virus being higher than they’ve been in weeks, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf decided to move Schuylkill County to...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf expects to announce a new round of counties to move into the Yellow phase of the coronavirus reopening plan today....
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Mike Glauda called The Canary Thursday night to tell us he’s been contacted by Pennsylvania State Police and the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
*BREAKING* Following Threats Against His Livelihood, Pottsville Area Bar Owner Stands Down – Will Open Friday Morning for Take-Out On Wednesday morning, Mike Glauda,...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
On Friday, Lebanon County Commissioner Jo Ellen Litz, a Democrat, voted against her county going “rogue” in defiance of Governor Tom Wolf. While her...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
The popular Frackville fireworks display held around Independence Day is being postponed until this September this year. We have a feeling Frackville’s decision starts...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Associated Press reports today that Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf will announce 12 more counties that get to move to the Yellow phase of the...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Today should have been the day Schuylkill County moved to the Yellow phase of Pennsylvania’s grand reopening scheme hatched by Gov. Tom Wolf. Instead,...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Courthouse insiders are buzzing, as the GOP race for State Representative in the 125th district between County Controller Christy Joy and Register of Wills...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Dept. of Health reported 31 new cases of coronavirus in Schuylkill County over the last 2 days. On Wednesday, there were 19...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
On Wednesday, Schuylkill County Commissioner Gary Hess led the charge on us flip-flopping our decision to defy Gov. Tom Wolf’s persistent Stay at Home...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County Commissioners backed off their stance of moving to the Yellow phase of Pennsylvania’s coronavirus reopening plan on Friday. During a virtual public...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
State Sen. Dave Argall, representing Schuylkill County and part of Berks County, took to the Senate floor on Tuesday to deliver a rebuttal to...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
*BREAKING* – Wolf Now Requires Masks in ALL Public Places Pennsylvanians remain confused on the alleged universal mask order that took effect on April...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Soon after Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf delivered a public temper tantrum over the counties defying his endless Stay at Home order, Republican State Sen....
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Tom Wolf pulled out his big book of names today and started slapping them on the “local politicians” and “businesses” in Schuylkill County. Now,...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
We’re not the biggest Pennsylvania political historians. But it’s hard to imagine a crazier time in Pennsylvania political history than right now. On Saturday,...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Perhaps buoyed by neighboring counties, Schuylkill County officials now say we’re going to Phase Yellow of the state’s coronavirus re-opening plan on May 15....
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
BREAKING NEWS: Schuylkill County officials now say we’re going to Phase Yellow, despite Wolf’s decision, on May 15. The Schuylkill County coronavirus task force...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County lost another round of the Pennsylvania Lockdown Lottery. On Friday, Gov. Tom Wolf announced 13 more counties that will move to the...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
UPDATE: Schuylkill County Staying Red After Gov. Wolf Announces Round 2 of Re-Openings Schuylkill County lost out on the first lockdown lottery. Will we get...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Apparently, you CAN get a haircut in Pennsylvania. IF … You can get a haircut in Pennsylvania IF you work for State Senate Democrats....
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Heisler’s Dairy Bar announced it’s re-opening for the season beginning on Monday. But there will be restrictions. If you’re looking to get some ice...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
We’ve said since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic that Gov. Tom Wolf is making things up as he goes along. And this is...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Bad news, folks! Schuylkill County lost the big lockdown lottery today. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf today released the much anticipated list of the first...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
State Rep. Neal Goodman (D-123) voted against re-opening garden centers across Pennsylvania on Thursday. Luckily, his ignorant vote wasn’t enough to tip the scale...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Two members of the Schuylkill County contingent in Harrisburg have signed a letter to US Attorney General William Barr urging him to investigate Gov....
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Map? What map? That’s been the response from the Wolf administration the last couple days. They’re talking about the regional map they originally said...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
A bill allowing real estate businesses to re-open in Pennsylvania passed the State House of Representatives. The vote on House Bill 2412 was 125-77...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s health secretary admitted in a press conference Saturday that the map used to separate the state into health regions is not new. In...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Fans of snitching on their neighbors and local businesses will surely rejoice at this news. The Pennsylvania Dept. of Health has opened a snitch...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
State Sen. Dave Argall got a chance to question the head of the state’s Dept. of Community and Economic Development about the secret business...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
On Monday, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf used the daily Dept. of Health briefing to extend his draconian Stay at Home order in response to...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
At today’s #ReOpenPA rally in front of the State Capitol in Harrisburg, State Rep. Russ Diamond (R-Annville) addressed the crowd on hand. Diamond is...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
State health officials say a fourth Schuylkill County resident has died from Chinese coronavirus infection. That’s the latest information from the Pennsylvania Dept. of...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
A third resident from Schuylkill County died after contracting the Chinese coronavirus, state health officials confirmed on Wednesday. Also, the state says 12 more...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Health officials confirmed 12 new cases of Chinese virus in Schuylkill County over the last 2 days. Four cases were identified on Monday and...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Health officials confirmed 9 new cases of Chinese virus in Schuylkill County on Easter Sunday. The county total, to date, is 188. Two people...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
A second death in Schuylkill County is being blamed on the Chinese coronavirus, public health officials confirmed Saturday. Also on Saturday, another 15 positive...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
To the people around Schuylkill County who seem to think it’s cool to be ruled by authoritarians, and to those of you who continue...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
In Schuylkill County on Friday, another 15 positive cases of COVID-19 coronavirus were confirmed. Cumulatively, the total number of positive cases in Schuylkill County...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State Sen. Doug Mastriano (District 33) threatened Gov. Tom Wolf with a subpoena if he doesn’t release the controversial business waiver list immediately....
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Way back when the coronavirus pandemic response started here in Pennsylvania, there’s been a controversy over the life sustaining business waiver list. This is...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Public health officials confirmed the first COVID-19 coronavirus-related death in Schuylkill County Thursday. A total of 338 Pennsylvanians have died from coronavirus-related complications since...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County’s total of positive COVID-19 coronavirus now stands at 136. That total is 17 higher than yesterday. And it represents the highest daily...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County’s total of positive COVID-19 coronavirus now stands at 119. That total is 16 higher than yesterday. And it represents the highest daily...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Last week, a fake statistic spread as fast as coronavirus around Hazleton. And since then, the city and some surrounding communities enacted curfews to...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County’s total of positive COVID-19 coronavirus now stands at 103. That total is 13 higher than yesterday. This is the 16th consecutive...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County’s total of positive COVID-19 coronavirus now stands at 90. That total is 13 higher than yesterday. This is the 15th consecutive day...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County’s total of positive COVID-19 coronavirus now stands at 77. That total is 14 higher than yesterday. This is the 14th consecutive day...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County’s total of positive COVID-19 coronavirus now stands at 63. That total is 9 higher than yesterday. This is the 13th consecutive day...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
We’re not trying to be alarmists. It’s just that seeing people lined up outside a grocery store isn’t a good look. Walmart announced Friday...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County’s total of positive COVID-19 coronavirus now stands at 54. That total is 7 higher than yesterday. This is the 12th consecutive day...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Liquor sales resumed in Pennsylvania on Wednesday. But in order to get turnt on spirits, you’re going to need to buy your booze online....
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County’s total of positive COVID-19 coronavirus now stands at 47. That total is 9 higher than yesterday. This is the 9th consecutive day...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
The fight over which Pennsylvania businesses are essential continues. Now, Republicans in Harrisburg demand Gov. Tom Wolf reclassify residential construction companies as essential businesses....
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
On Monday, after 25 days of reporting positive coronavirus cases in Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf officially grounded Schuylkill County through the end of April,...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County’s total of positive COVID-19 coronavirus now stands at 30. That total is 9 higher than yesterday. This is the 9th consecutive day...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Gov. Tom Wolf extended his draconian Stay-at-Home order to Schuylkill County on Monday. It starts tonight at 8 p.m. and lasts through April 30....
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
The bus company Greyhound continues to bus people in to Scranton from New York City amid the coronavirus pandemic. James May, a former PennDOT...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County’s total of positive COVID-19 coronavirus now stands at 21. That total is 5 higher than yesterday. This is the 8th consecutive day...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has recorded among the most COVID-19 coronavirus cases nationwide. We’ve created this space to track all the pertinent coronavirus related data released by...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County’s total of positive COVID-19 coronavirus now stands at 16. That total is 3 higher than yesterday. This is the seventh consecutive day...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County’s total of positive COVID-19 coronavirus is now at 13. That total is 4 higher than yesterday. This is the sixth consecutive day...
Coal Region Consumer
More than 2 weeks after people in Schuylkill County started panic buying toilet paper, people have been screaming to only buy what you need....
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
The Rich Family of Companies and Olympus Power announced Thursday they’ve donated much-needed PPE (personal protective equipment) to St. Luke’s Hospital-Miners Campus in Coaldale....
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County’s total of positive COVID-19 coronavirus is now at 9. That total is 3 higher than yesterday. This is the fifth consecutive day...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
The murder trial over the death of Pottsville businessman Patrick Murphy is likely to get pushed back again. This time, due to the coronavirus...