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- Local
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
Local Entertainment
Yearly event held at Fairlane Village mall
Local Entertainment
Jaffe founded the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
Schuylkill County History
4 of the top 10 communities in the US with Ukraine roots are right here in Schuylkill County
Local Community News
Good Intent Fire Co. in Pottsville celebrated its 175th anniversary on Saturday with a raucous and circuitous lights and sirens parade all over the...
Local Sports
The historic 1925 NFL season got off to a flying start for the Pottsville Maroons. The coal region hosts pounded the visiting Buffalo Bisons,...
Local Entertainment
On this date – September 8 – in 1986, the hit 80s band Hooters played to a packed house at Martz Hall in Pottsville....
Schuylkill Arts
Pottsville Free Public Library announced plans for the upcoming John O’Hara Birthday Celebration. January 31, 2020, would be O’Hara’s 115th birthday. And in the...
Schuylkill County History
Schuylkill County History
Schuylkill County History
Schuylkill County History
No foolin’ — a guy from Port Carbon bought the first car in America. It happened on this day, April 1, 1898. That’s the day...
Schuylkill County History
Schuylkill County History
You’re not going to believe the quality of the footage from this 1940 Thanksgiving Day football clash between Pottsville High School and Reading High...
Schuylkill County History
