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Coal Region Canary
- Local
Port Carbon Ponders Response to Fart Cans
State Police Issue Missing Person Alert for Schuylkill County Woman
Suspect in Minersville Armed Robbery Pleads Guilty on Separate Charges
Bitter Cold to Usher in the Start of Winter
Schuylkill County Company Principals, Employee, and Former State Trooper Charged with Racketeering in Illegal Gambling Devices Scheme
- News
Port Carbon Ponders Response to Fart Cans
State Police Issue Missing Person Alert for Schuylkill County Woman
Suspect in Minersville Armed Robbery Pleads Guilty on Separate Charges
Bitter Cold to Usher in the Start of Winter
Schuylkill County Company Principals, Employee, and Former State Trooper Charged with Racketeering in Illegal Gambling Devices Scheme
- Business
Big Lots to Have Going Out of Business Sales at All 963 Stores; Company in Jeopardy After Sale Falls Through
Pottsville Elf Hunt Beginning at Various Businesses in City
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
- Crime
Schuylkill County Woman Jailed on Alleged Elder Abuse Charges
Police Identify Suspect in Kielbasi Shop Tip Jar Theft
A Pair of Worn Out Boots Helps Police ID Robbery Suspect at Schuylkill County Mobile Phone Store
Brockton Man Faces Charges After Allegedly Using Elderly Man’s Credit Card to Pay Garbage Bill, Amazon Purchases
Pedestrian Struck in Pottsville Monday Evening
- 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
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A Porter Twp. home was completely destroyed by fire early Saturday morning. Two adults and four children, plus several pets, were able to escape...
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3 adults, several cats displaced
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Victim had to be taken to the hospital by helicopter.
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Driver taken to hospital for treatment of injuries
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The Chief was informed of the suspension by phone in January.
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Neighbor saw dark smoke coming from second floor windows.
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Owner of the building had just taken his sister - who lived there - to Burger King before flames broke out Saturday.
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Firefighters battle flames, bitter cold on Bunker Hill.
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Firefighter also injured ... State Police Fire Marshal investigating cause of blaze..
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Child rescued from third-story bedroom where fire started
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Scene cleared in about 45 minutes
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Evacuation was precautionary, employee tells The Canary.
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Firefighters in Pottsville were fast on the scene Monday afternoon to douse a blaze at a home in the city’s Yorkville section. City fire...
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Third house fire in two months for New Philly
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Schuylkill County fire companies and EMS departments were recently awarded more than a combined $1.4 million in state grant money. The money, given to...
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Good Intent Fire Co. in Pottsville celebrated its 175th anniversary on Saturday with a raucous and circuitous lights and sirens parade all over the...
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The Minersville girl who was injured in a house fire last week succumbed to those injuries on Sunday. According to a WBRE/WYOU report, Nyah...
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The fire that claimed the lives of a Hegins Township mother and her 4-year-old son has been ruled accidental. According to information released Monday...
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Kidde has issued a product recall on its Kidde TruSense Smoke Alarms and Combination Smoke/Carbon Monoxide Alarms. They’re being recalled due to a fault that...
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The rescheduled 2021 St. Patrick’s Day parade in Girardville is now canceled. Parade organizers announced last week that the popular local event will be...
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Every once in a while, you’ll hear something on the emergency dispatch radio in Schuylkill County that’ll make you … Well, we’re not sure...
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Everyone and their mother is having a Lenten food sale today. Trying to pick one from the other can be tough. And for the...
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The Schuylkill Hose Dive Team helped rescue a deer stuck on the ice over Owl Creek Reservoir Friday afternoon. According to a post on...
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Firefighters remain on the scene Friday morning of a massive fire at the former United Wiping Cloth Co. factory in Shenandoah. Calls went out...
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Fire crews from in and around Pottsville responded to a call at Friendly’s restaurant Monday evening. At around 7 p.m., multiple departments responded to...
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Fire officials still search for the cause of a Sunday afternoon blaze in Pottsville. One man is temporarily homeless and a neighborhood is lucky...
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Fire claimed the life of one person and destroyed a Howard Avenue home in the Yorkville section of Pottsville overnight Thursday into Friday. Some...
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Emergency crews are speeding right now to a confirmed house fire in New Philadelphia. According to emergency radio, fire officials confirm a working fire...
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Firefighters from around Schuylkill County responded to a house fire on Glenworth Road just outside Pottsville Tuesday morning. At the scene, those firefighters found...
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Fire crews from western Schuylkill County got dispatched to a massive chicken coop fire near Gratz Thursday afternoon. Crews remain on the scene of...
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Fire on Monday afternoon partially destroyed a Pottsville auto detailing business. The incident also snarled some busy city traffic right around the rush hour....
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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...
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The beautiful weekend weather brought out coal region thrill seekers. But it ended in serious injuries for at least two people on the famed...
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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...
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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...
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This may come as a surprise to no one — State Police today ruled the fire at the former Days Inn on Friday afternoon...
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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...
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Firefighters spent much of Thursday battling a massive fire that destroyed an Ashland neighborhood. Right now, there are more than 20 people homeless from...
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Members of Schuylkill Hose Co. No. 2 in Schuylkill Haven recently pulled a pickup truck from the Schuylkill River. The incident occurred on Feb....
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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...
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Volunteer firefighters in Hometown responded to the scene of a fallen horse on Tuesday night. According to the Hometown Volunteer Fire Co. Facebook page,...