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Schuylkill Commissioners to Consider Raises for Some Election Workers
Pottsville Among the Cheapest Places to Rent in the US
TS Ophelia Latest: Schuylkill County Rain and Wind Forecast
The Latest on Tropical Storm Ophelia and Its Impact on Schuylkill County
11 Nabbed Friday as Part of Minersville’s Operation Clean Sweep; 6 Remain Wanted
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Schuylkill Commissioners to Consider Raises for Some Election Workers
Pottsville Among the Cheapest Places to Rent in the US
TS Ophelia Latest: Schuylkill County Rain and Wind Forecast
The Latest on Tropical Storm Ophelia and Its Impact on Schuylkill County
11 Nabbed Friday as Part of Minersville’s Operation Clean Sweep; 6 Remain Wanted
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More Than 50 Vendors Lined Up for Pottsville Outdoor Markets This Saturday
More Than 50 Vendors Ready for Pottsville Outdoor Markets This Saturday
Ribbon Cut on New Event Venue in Downtown Pottsville
Dozens of Vendors Confirmed for May 13 Pottsville Outdoor Market
Schuylkill Chamber Foundation Announces Entrepreneurial Development Competition
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Schuylkill County Woman Threatens to Kill a Daughter and Mother with Kitchen Knife
Apparently High Man Arrested for Running Into a Vehicle
Bomb Threat Emailed to Fairlane Village Mall, Stores Evacuated Tuesday
Pottsville Man Seriously Injured in Motorcycle Crash
Things Escalate Quickly for Schuylkill County Man After Running Stop Sign
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More Rain Expected Sunday as Ophelia Moves Out to Sea
Police Say Thief Boscov’d Nearly $900 in Merchandise from Fairlane Village Store
Schuylkill County Under Tornado Watch Until 9 p.m. Monday
Weather for August 7: More Than an Inch of Rain Expected
Severe Thunderstorm Watch in Effect Until 8 p.m. Friday
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Local News
The company that owns the radio stations T-102, A-106, and WPPA-1360 in Pottsville say someone robbed them of about $100,000 in copper earlier this...
Pottsville News
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck around Mifflintown, Juniata County, just around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. So far, one person in Tower City says they felt...
Pottsville News
Hundreds of people joined a call Monday in support of Pottsville High School band director Craig N. Shoener. He’s allegedly been replaced in that...
Local Fire News
Fire on Monday afternoon partially destroyed a Pottsville auto detailing business. The incident also snarled some busy city traffic right around the rush hour....
Local News
What happens when people pass under this bridge in Pottsville? Based on recent events … we don’t want to know. Earlier this week, police...
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Then, The Canary recently criticized Schuylkill County’s elected representatives in Harrisburg for not acting against their college, Rep. Brian Sims. You’ll remember, Sims is...
Local Business News
The news yesterday sounds fantastic. Just 4% unemployment in Schuylkill County. That’s got to be some sort of modern record. The Bureau of Labor...
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Port Carbon, Palo Alto, and Mechanicsville agreed to a inter-municipal agreement earlier this week to share police forces. The deal goes into effect on...
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Schuylkill County’s unemployment rate hit the lowest it’s ever been in at least the last 30 years. According to new numbers out from the...
Local News
Flash Flood Watch Until 11 p.m. Thursday for Schuylkill County Heavy rain, thunderstorms, damaging winds forecast for today Nearly 2 inches of rain Wednesday...
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Heavy rain continues to inundate Schuylkill County Wednesday evening, causing panic on the roads, localized flooding and felled trees. Pottsville Streets Flood, First Responder...
Local News
During Memorial Day speech, President Trump: Honors Tower City fallen soldier John Schaeffer Asks his grand nephew, Daniel Schaeffer, of Williamstown (Nativity BVM, ’99)...
Local Community News
Schuylkill County has a proud and rich military history. That’s why you can’t go a few miles this weekend without finding some Memorial Day...
Pottsville News
The Allentown Diocese announced new assignments for some of its priests. The moves affect Catholic several churches in Schuylkill County. Reverend Francis J. Baransky...
Local News
A rush of warm, humid air expected in Schuylkill County Thursday afternoon holds potential for severe thunderstorms and maybe a tornado. National Weather Service’s...
2019 Municipal Primary
Polls open at 7 a.m. for the 2019 Municipal Primary election in Schuylkill County. Don’t know where to vote? Check out our complete list...
MAGA News
A massive crowd gathers to see President Donald Trump deliver one of his infamous MAGA rally speeches tonight in Montoursville, PA. Trump’s in Pennsylvania...
Local Business News
Dollar General Corporation announced last week it purchased a cold-storage facility at the Highridge Industrial Park. The company says it will add 100 full-time...
Local Weather Alerts
National Weather Service issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Schuylkill County until 9 p.m. on May 19. The Watch area consists of 30 counties...
Pottsville News
Rep. Dan Meuser (PA-9) spoke on the House floor Tuesday in support of the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act. The U.S. House of...
Local Business News
You’re on the road in Schuylkill County and nature calls. Well, those looking to relieve themselves in the best gas station bathrooms in Pennsylvania...
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Someone at Schuylkill County Courthouse botched processing a convicted heroin dealer. It allowed serial suspect Nancy Cole — convicted and sentenced — to sell...
Local News
Two videos surfaced recently of Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Sims berating pro-life protesters outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Philadelphia. Sims posted the latest video...
Local News
Rep. Dan Meuser (PA-9) appeared on Fox Business Network on Tuesday to discuss details of the Trump infrastructure deal, trade talks with China, and...
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Tremont Police think rats can help the town’s growing drug problem. On Tuesday morning, Tremont police arrested a 25-year-old man following a search warrant...
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The Schuylkill County unemployment rate dropped to 4.9% in March 2019. That rate represents a 0.4% drop in the unemployment rate compared to February...
Pottsville News
Parents of students at St. Ambrose Elementary School in Schuylkill Haven aren’t thrilled with the idea of the school closing. Specifically, the idea of...
Pottsville News
Only 53 students attend St. Ambrose Elementary School in Schuylkill Haven. You can count all the kids in sixth and seventh grade on one...
Local News
The American flag flying above Schuylkill County Courthouse looks ragged. Ragged, is putting it kindly. It’s torn and frayed all along the stripes. Coal...
Local News
Where’s everyone going? Anywhere but here, apparently. Almost no Pennsylvania county suffered a population drop as big as Schuylkill County in the last 8...
Local News
Pottsville Police say missing teen Kylie Cicero is found. Kylie Cicero has been located and is safe. Thank you to everyone who offered information....
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UPDATE: Kylie Cicero was found on April 24, 2019. Pottsville police seek the public’s help in finding a missing girl, 16-year-old Kylie Rose Cicero....
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North Schuylkill School District challenges a ruling it failed to provide a suitable education environment for an autistic student. The school filed a federal...
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Mahanoy Area School District announced recently it’s appealing a federal court ruling that said it had to let a girl kicked off its cheerleading...
Local Weather Extra
An Easter weekend storm threatens Schuylkill County with as much as 2 inches of rain before Sunday. The heavy rain could cause widespread significant...
Local News
On Monday, Pottsville police arrested a high school student for a veiled threat of gun violence against a teacher. Then on Tuesday, in Pine...
Pottsville News
Pine Grove Area School District announced the resignation of its school board president Monday. Evelyn Wassel is “relocating” and resigning her post as head...
Local News
A security alarm prevented a burglary at Frackville Laundromat last month. State Police in Frackville ask the public’s help in identifying the man they...
Pottsville News
Before you go about improving schools, you’ve got to get the students in the door. And at some Schuylkill County schools, that’s a problem....
Local News
Volunteer firefighters and emergency personnel remain on high alert late Sunday night as heavy rain pours on Schuylkill County. Check out the latest glimpse...
Local Fishing and Hunting
Locust Lake State Park launched a new program this year aimed at younger campers. It’s part of the state’s DiscoverE program. This program offers...
Local News
Saint Clair Police identify John “Bucky” Berger as the person who stabbed a Harrisburg man in the neck Tuesday in the borough. Today, the...
Local News
Schuylkill County’s representative in Congress spoke today against Democrat attempts to reinstate Net Neutrality rules. On the floor of the House of Representatives Tuesday,...
Local News
There was a heavy police presence Tuesday in Saint Clair following a reported stabbing. Coal Region Canary confirms reports of a stabbing in the...
Local Fire News
Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale found last week that Tremont Ambulance Firemen’s Relief does not meet requirements to receive certain state aid. The Auditor...
Local News
A Schuylkill County judge agreed to reduce bail for accused child rapist Dale Schimpf on Monday. According to court records, Judge Jacqueline Russell agreed...
Local Fire News
The beautiful weekend weather brought out coal region thrill seekers. But it ended in serious injuries for at least two people on the famed...
Local News
A couple years ago, former Schuylkill County DA Christine Holman was working to lock up guys like Dale Schimpf. Now, she’s working for him....
2019 Municipal Primary
Democrats maintain control of Pottsville government. And it looks like that’s going to be the case for at least another 4 years. In order...
Local Entertainment
Are you ready to go back to the 80s? Did you ever leave? No doubt, if you lived in Schuylkill County then, T-102 radio...
Local News
Schuylkill County’s current Clerk of Courts Maria Casey recently tried to block a potential opponent from getting on the May Republican primary ballot. There’s...
Local Fire News
About 28,000 chickens died in a devastating fire just over the county line in Shartlesville, Berks County. According to reports, fire broke out at...
Local News
Mahanoy City’s Police Department cracks us up. No, it’s not because of the work they do. It’s their Facebook page. Not only does it...
Local Community News
Do they save the best St. Patrick’s Day parade in America for last? The festivities in Girardville certainly made a solid case for that....
Local Community News
America’s last St. Patrick’s Day parade is ready to step off in Girardville, Pa. It begins at noon on Saturday, March 30. This tiny...
Pottsville News
Officials at Pine Grove Area School District say there is no credible threat of a potential school shooting there this week. The school responded...
Local News
Jose Cruz, the man accused of shooting at Pottsville police and State Police in the early hours of March 8, has a new court...
Pottsville News
TLDR: Public schools: Quit crying, start practicing. Right before the PIAA basketball championships started, a movement to split the annual spectacle started. It called...
Local News
An SUV slammed into the Brok Sel market in Pottsville Sunday afternoon. No one was injured in the wreck. Pottsville PD and members of...
Local Fire News
UPDATE: No cause for the fire has been determined. An investigation into the blaze continues. A dramatic three-alarm fire in Ashland overnight resulted in...
Local News
Schuylkill County’s former Clerk of Courts Steven Lukach has pleaded guilty to fraud and tampering with an FBI investigation. According to a brief from...
Local News
We don’t mean to come across crass. But, leadership inside Pottsville Area School District is clueless. Not in the generic, “oh those dumbos are...
Local Business News
Hydro now knows what caused a major cyber attack on the company Tuesday. The attack likely has impacted work at the company’s Cressona facility....
Pottsville News
Pine Grove Area school officials got into a bit of trouble with the state recently for not holding enough fire drills. That’s one of...
Local Fire News
This may come as a surprise to no one — State Police today ruled the fire at the former Days Inn on Friday afternoon...
Local Community News
Coal Region Canary at the Pottsville St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 16, 2019. Pottsville’s strong Irish heritage was on full display Saturday morning...
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Port Carbon councilman Chuck Joy along with two Tamaqua men were arraigned on numerous child sex charges Thursday afternoon. Joy is one of three...
Local News
The man who shot at Pottsville and State police officers last Friday now awaits a preliminary hearing. Jose E. Cruz, of Allentown, appeared before...
Local Business News
America’s Oldest is also America’s best. The Brewers Association just released its list of Top Craft Brewing Companies for 2018 and D.G. Yuengling &...
Local Business News
Yuengling looks like it’s ready to roll out some “new” retro cans. According to the blog “My Beer Buzz“, the Pottsville brewery (and America’s...
Local News
TLDR (Too Long, Didn’t Read): Pottsville school officials trying to separate themselves from the public. Incident exposes the problems of nepotism at the school....
Pottsville News
Time to turn your clocks ahead tonight. Daylight Savings Time starts Sunday morning. This week in Harrisburg, one member of the House of Representatives...
Local News
Pottsville Police say two of its officers were involved in a shooting in the 500 block of Mahantongo Street overnight. According to several TV...
Pottsville News
Mahanoy Area School District is fed up with the kids at one particular bus stop. So, they’re making them walk. Well, either that or...
Local Business News
The convenience store and gas station Rutter’s plans an expansion in Schuylkill County. Rutter’s just finalized a deal to buy 1148 Centre Turnpike near...
Pottsville News
Another day, another head-scratcher from our county schools. This time, it’s from North Schuylkill School District. It recently presented assemblies to students on the...
Local News
UPDATE: The National Weather Service has cancelled the Winter Storm Warning for Schuylkill County. Snowfall is either light or stopped completely by 2 a.m....
Local News
The Pottsville Area School District school board likely violated Pennsylvania’s Sunshine Act when it met Wednesday night, Feb. 27. It’s probably the least news-worthy...
Pottsville News
Did you hear the extremely on-air hot take following Monday’s Pottsville basketball game? Despite controversy swirling around the entire school district, the Crimson Tide...
Local News
Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming is the keynote speaker at the annual Schuylkill GOP Lincoln Dinner. The dinner is held this year on Thursday,...
Local News
Voters are atwitter about the financial mess and open nepotism in the office of Schuylkill County Prothonotary David Dutcavich. Dutcavich is not providing his...
Local Fire News
It’s basically the last thing any firefighter wants to call over their radio. But in Freeland today, one volunteer firefighter was forced to say...
Local Fire News
Firefighters spent much of Thursday battling a massive fire that destroyed an Ashland neighborhood. Right now, there are more than 20 people homeless from...
Local News
Schuylkill County is under a Winter Storm Watch. The Winter Storm Watch goes into effect from 9 a.m. Wednesday through 8 a.m. Thursday. The...
Local News
UPDATE, 3 P.M. >> Though road conditions have kept travelers to a minimum, there have been several reports of minor traffic accidents around the...
Pottsville News
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Schuylkill County. The warning will go into effect at 7 p.m. Monday evening...
Local News
Schuylkill County is under a Winter Storm Warning from noon on Monday, Feb. 11, until 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 12. The Weather Channel...
Local Fire News
Members of Schuylkill Hose Co. No. 2 in Schuylkill Haven recently pulled a pickup truck from the Schuylkill River. The incident occurred on Feb....
Local Fire News
Three homes in Port Carbon were torched by a three-alarm fire Saturday night, February 2. The Red Cross of Eastern Pennsylvania says in a...
Pottsville News
Here’s a look at the latest Schuylkill County road conditions and projects. This page is regularly updated with the latest road projects from PennDOT...
Pottsville News
The National Weather Service has issued an updated Snow Squall Warning for Schuylkill County on Jan. 30 until 1:15 p.m. According to NWS, a...
Local Fishing and Hunting
The PA deer season change is a go. Commissioners at the Pennsylvania Game Commission on Tuesday approved a proposal to move the first day...
Local Fishing and Hunting
This is the first big game hunting season in Pennsylvania in which semiautomatic shotguns were allowed in the field. Now, the PA Game Commission...
Pottsville News
*** UPDATE: The snowstorm forecast for Schuylkill County hasn’t really materialized but conditions on the road could remain hazardous as temperatures drop steadily through...