Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
The percent-positivity rate of COVID-19 infections in Schuylkill County dropped nearly 2% in the last week. According to information released Monday from the Pennsylvania...
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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”
- News
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
- Crime
- Weather
- Obituaries
Michael W. Brennan Jr., 53 – Social Club Manager at Tower City Fire Co.
Carolyn Carroll, 82 – Went to High School with Chubby Checker
🇺🇸 Stanley P. Brozana Jr., 72 – Served 37 Years as Orwigsburg Police Chief
Alberta “Dolly” Eye, 100 – Active in Girardville Community
🇺🇸 Robert Donton, 75 – Awarded Bronze Star for Heroism
- 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
- Sports
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 Pennsylvania
Pottsville Area School District released its updated Health and Safety Plan on Tuesday. It calls for an end to the mask mandate, just not...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Now that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled the school mask mandate was illegal as a statewide rule, most schools in Schuylkill County are...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Friday that Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam didn’t have the authority to issue a school mask mandate like she...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
The Grinch comes in all forms, shapes, and sizes. And this year, at least for county government employees, he comes in the form of...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
So few people dress for the theater these days but when Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf goes, he never forgets his mask. And he also...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Blue Mountain School District announced that 32 students and staff members have been “placed under quarantine” due to COVID-19 positive test results in the...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced new limits on crowd sizes for outdoor and indoor events on Tuesday. While the move was mildly celebrated by...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf says the rate of positive COVID-19 tests in Schuylkill County recently is concerning. On Monday, the state Dept. of Health...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
State health officials say 2 more Schuylkill County residents have succumbed to COVID-19 recently. In its weekend update on coronavirus case data, the Pennsylvania...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County’s COVID-19 death toll rose by 2 on Friday, according to data from the Pennsylvania Dept. of Health. These deaths are the 54th...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania health officials reported the 53rd Schuylkill County death linked to coronavirus on Thursday. The sad news marks the first time in nearly 2...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
President Donald Trump announced on Twitter early this morning that he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19. Earlier in the...
2020 Election
Joe Biden was greeted by his biggest group of supporters in public on Wednesday during a stop in Greensburg. Biden’s on a whistle stop...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
A Courthouse official is again questioning the local government’s protocol when dealing with confirmed positive COVID-19 cases among Schuylkill County employees. Clerk of Courts...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
The recent spike in coronavirus cases reported in Schuylkill County can be linked, at least partly to nursing homes here, and an outbreak at...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Parents of students at Mahanoy Area School District were warned about their kids violating the face mask policy on Tuesday. District officials say...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Tom Wolf has clearly contracted the Election Infection. And he doesn’t want you to get it because you probably won’t vote the way he...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Dept. of Health reported 60 new cases of COVID-19 in Schuylkill County over the last 4 days. That figure includes 41 new...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
State Rep. Neal Goodman (D-123) was 1 of 25 Democrat Representatives in Harrisburg who backed off overriding a veto on HB 2787, legislation that...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed a piece of legislation Monday that would have given local school districts the liberty to set their own attendance...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
About a month ago, we asked our readers a question we expected to have lopsided results. But honestly, we’re a little baffled that it...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Back on June 24, Schuylkill County approved receiving $12,765,970 in CARES Act funding through the COVID-19 County Relief Block Grant. At that time, Commissioners...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania health officials reported just 5 new cases of COVID-19 among Schuylkill County residents in the past 2 days. And for the fourth straight...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Public health officials say 4 more cases of COVID-19 were found in Schuylkill County in the last 24 hours. That brings Schuylkill County’s cumulative...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday that restaurants in the state can increase their indoor seating capacity to 50%. But it doesn’t start until...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County has finally launched a small business grant program for companies adversely impacted by the state’s coronavirus pandemic response. Officials within the Courthouse...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Dept. of Education updated its guidance Monday on face masks for students in schools. Now, school students must wear face masks at all...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Lebanon County Commissioners reached an agreement Friday that gets the rogue county its $12.8 million in CARES Act funding....
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
If you’re a local bar or restaurant owner, you need to be on the lookout for the state’s Happy Plate patrol. Apparently, the Pennsylvania...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County Commissioners rushed through a resolution on Wednesday to spend $2.197 million on communications devices for the 9-1-1 center in Pottsville in case...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County Coroner Dr. David Moylan says he “would not hesitate” to take hydroxychloroquine if he were afflicted by COVID-19. “Not for a New...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
It was the mic drop heard around Pennsylvania on Thursday. At a press conference to discuss, what else but the coronavirus pandemic, someone in...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has activated threat mode. Earlier this week, Wolf visited the Susquehanna Township Police headquarters to lecture us all on the many...
Canary Reader Survey
We think we know where our readers stand on this question, but we’re putting it out there to get a better assessment. The coronavirus...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
For the entirety of the coronavirus pandemic, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has ruled on his own. But now that schools are set to reopen...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro says a Pottsville area business was gouging customers on the price of N95 face masks. The N95 face mask...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Health Sect. Rachel Levine are expected to be in northern Dauphin County on Thursday to announce the opening of...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf can’t figure out why people think things like masks and his response to the pandemic is political. But if there’s...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf may be on the cusp of imposing new restrictions on the state in response to the coronavirus pandemic. In a...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
If Schuylkill County moves forward with plans to purchase the property where the former GIANT grocery store sat, it could use some of the...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board released new guidelines for bars and restaurants. The PLCB is now trying to define what is and...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Could keeping students at home away from schools turn them into marshmallows? One local school board president believes it could. At their recent...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
If you’re in Cressona and drive by Hot Rod Bar & Grill, you’ll notice this sign: Hilarious, yes. But the scene inside Hot Rod’s isn’t...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Dept. of Health reported 18 new cases of COVID-19 in Schuylkill County on July 17. That total, if true, marks the 4th...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Having a beer at a bar? Nah, fam. You’ll catch your death from the COVID. Having a little meal with that beer at a...
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...
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
On Wednesday, Pennsylvania State Rep. Brian Sims took to Facebook to deliver a foul-mouthed rant about a fellow representative who’d been diagnosed with COVID-19....
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
Who thought this would be a fitting tribute to those who’ve lost their lives to the coronavirus? On Saturday, someone decided to create a...
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...