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Supreme Court Justice Brett “I Like Beer” Kavanaugh on Wednesday compared former Mahanoy Area High School cheerleader Brandi Levy to the person he considers...
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Youth Summit Participants Reminded That Schuylkill County is a Place to Chart Their Future
ELECTION 2025: 22 Contested Municipal Primary Races in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County Judge Chides GOP Challenger for District Attorney, Finds Him In Contempt
Chair of Pottsville Democrat Committee, Director of City Sewer Authority Charged With Felony Theft
“Tweaking” Schuylkill County Man Tried Jumping Off Porch While Exposing Himself
- News
Youth Summit Participants Reminded That Schuylkill County is a Place to Chart Their Future
ELECTION 2025: 22 Contested Municipal Primary Races in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County Judge Chides GOP Challenger for District Attorney, Finds Him In Contempt
Chair of Pottsville Democrat Committee, Director of City Sewer Authority Charged With Felony Theft
“Tweaking” Schuylkill County Man Tried Jumping Off Porch While Exposing Himself
- Business
Rock School Wins Launch Pottsville Business Competition
Coal Region Canary Wants to Showcase Your Small Business
Schuylkill County Funeral Home Celebrates Expansion Into Pottsville
VIDEO: Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce Q&A with Penn State Trustees Chairman David Kleppinger
The Farm Store Officially Opens in Downtown Pottsville
- Crime
Schuylkill County Convenience Store Employee Accused of Swiping Customer’s Missing Credit Card
Police Announce Increased DUI Patrols in Schuylkill County
Woman Appears to Fall Asleep During Suspected DUI Traffic Stop, Police Say
Police Investigating Vehicle Theft in Shenandoah
Chair of Shenandoah’s Sewer Authority Accused of Punching Neighbor’s Face While Stumping for Council Votes
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- 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
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Schuylkill County News
Youth Summit encourages teens to see a future for themselves in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County News
There are 22 contested Municipal Primary races in May.
Schuylkill County News
The challenger in this year’s Republican Primary for Schuylkill County District Attorney was scolded twice and was found to be in contempt of court...
Schuylkill County News
Joseph Spotts resigns from key city position amid accusations.
Mahanoy Area v BL
Lawyers representing Mahanoy Area School District on Wednesday asked the 9 justices of the Supreme Court of the United States to rule that it...
Schuylkill County News
The editing of public comments at Schuylkill County Commissioners meetings continued Wednesday. On two separate occasions, Chairman Boots Hetherington openly admitted that the County...
Mahanoy Area v BL
Supreme Court Oral Arguments in Mahanoy Area School District v. BLLawyers on both sides of the Mahanoy Area School District v. BL case presented oral arguments before the Supreme Court of the United States...
Mahanoy Area v BL
On Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court will hear the case of Mahanoy Area School District v. BL. Judicial experts are calling it the most...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
About 5,800 COVID vaccine doses were administered last week in Schuylkill County. That number is down by 1,900 over the last week. It’s also...
Schuylkill County News
So, tonight’s the big “pink” supermoon, the first of two supermoons of 2021. The next supermoon is actually next month and it’s known as...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
It appears the local hijinks with federal COVID aid money will have a 2021 (and probably 2022) version. Last week, Schuylkill County officials discussed...
Schuylkill County News
State Police are asking for the public’s help finding a Pine Grove man they say is a danger to himself. According to information released...
Schuylkill County Me Too
The number of protestors outside Schuylkill County Courthouse on Saturday afternoon was about half of the previous two demonstrations. But one of its organizers, Lisa...
Schuylkill County News
An Ashland man says someone recently stole, among other things, his medicinal marijuana right from his home. According to State Police in Frackville, at...
Schuylkill County Me Too
At this point, Schuylkill County taxpayers should start wondering why we pay the Commissioners and all the other folks lined up at the public...
Schuylkill County Me Too
During the first protest in front of the Schuylkill County Courthouse in March, organizers told us they’d be coming back regularly to voice their...
Local Sports
Pottsville Area graduate Travis Blankenhorn made his 2021 debut for the Minnesota Twins Wednesday. He even scored a run, coming into the game in...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Nearly one-third of Schuylkill County residents 16 years old and older have gotten a full COVID vaccine. According to information from the Pennsylvania Dept....
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Governments in Schuylkill County are about to experience quite the windfall from the American Rescue Plan. According to estimates from the National Association of...
Schuylkill County Man
A Schuylkill County man faces a DUI charge after a wild ride that ended on the 1300 block of Walnut St. in Ashland Sunday...
Coal Region Consumer
There’s now a candle that smells like the snack bar of the former Hills department store. That’s right. A candle that smells like the...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
There’s a controversy brewing in Pittsburgh over the city’s beloved Pirates. And it has nothing to do with the mediocre baseball team. It’s got...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
You’ve no doubt heard that white conservatives are hesitant to get the COVID vaccine. That’s definitely the narrative the mainstream media has adopted. But...
Schuylkill County Man
These days you really need to be careful of who you meet online. And Schuylkill County man recently learned that lesson. According to State...
Schuylkill County News
Police have released details on the explosive tractor-trailer crash that closed part of Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County earlier this week. According to State...
Schuylkill County Man
A Schuylkill County man was discovered recently laying along the Gold Star Highway in Mahanoy Township. According to State Police in Frackville, troopers were...
Schuylkill County News
On Wednesday, police in Shenandoah released photos of a man they say ran from them the evening prior. They say this guy, pictured on...
Patrick Murphy Murder Case - The Latest
Megan Hall, the woman accused of killing Pottsville businessman Patrick J. Murphy in New Orleans in February 2019, will go on trial for the...
Schuylkill County News
After boasting about expecting a $1.2 million surplus next year, and a $600,000 surplus this year, Pottsville Area school board members voted 8-1 on...
Schuylkill County News
Pottsville Area school board members voted 7-2 on Wednesday to select Sarah Yoder as its next Superintendent. Yoder replaces Jeffrey Zwiebel and Acting Superintendent...
Schuylkill County News
https://www.facebook.com/ctidepride/videos/300263681504664/ Pottsville Area school board members are meeting Wednesday evening to consider the hiring of a new Superintendent. It’s expected they’ll hire Sarah Yoder...
Schuylkill County News
Schuylkill County Commissioner Boots Hetherington decided to edit public comments submitted to be read during last week’s public meeting. The comment we’re talking about...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
More than 27% of Schuylkill County residents approved to get a COVID-19 vaccine have gotten their full dosage. And more than 43% of locals...
Schuylkill County News
Board members at Pottsville Area School District are set to vote on hiring a new Superintendent at tomorrow night’s regular monthly meeting. According to...
Schuylkill County News
A Pottsville man is charged with murder in the stabbing death of an Orwigsburg man following a road rage incident Monday. According to a...
Schuylkill County News
State Police have identified an Orwigsburg man as the victim of a homicide during a road rage incident on Route 61 in West Brunswick...
Schuylkill County News
DEVELOPING STORY … Pennsylvania State Police are currently conducting a homicide investigation in southern Schuylkill County. The incident happened mid-afternoon Monday along Route 61...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
All adults in Pennsylvania can begin scheduling appointments for a COVID-19 vaccine starting April 13. That announcement came today from Gov. Tom Wolf, who...
Schuylkill County News
A Reading man admitted in federal court last week that he helped traffic a large amount of meth and heroin in Schuylkill and surrounding...
Schuylkill County News
A Dauphin County man died last week in a crash along Route 209 in Porter Township. According to State Police in Schuylkill Haven, the...
Schuylkill County News
School administration at Mahanoy Area Junior/Senior High School threatened students on Friday who they believe are planning a silent protest Monday against the school’s...
Schuylkill County News
On March 10, emergency services in Schuylkill County responded to a distressing call involving a child who claimed to have escaped from his home...
Schuylkill County News
A Schuylkill County man was robbed of $8,000 on a Facebook Marketplace sale gone wrong. State Police in Frackville say an unidentified person agreed...
Schuylkill County Man
A Schuylkill County man is accused of dropping his ATM card on the floor of Boscov’s while he was dashing out of the store...
Schuylkill County Me Too
Two Democrat groups have planned a second rally this Saturday in front of Schuylkill County Courthouse seeking the resignation or impeachment of Commissioner George...
Schuylkill County Me Too
There was nothing untoward about the vote to restructure Schuylkill County tax offices at the Courthouse. At least, that’s what the County says. But...
Schuylkill County Me Too
Schuylkill County Commissioner George Halcovage, along with co-defendants Administrator Gary Bender and Solicitor Glenn Roth, want a federal judge to dismiss the harassment, discrimination...
Schuylkill County News
A Saint Clair man has died from injuries he suffered last week in a crash along Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County. According to information...
Schuylkill County News
A Shenandoah man was eventually taken into custody by police last week but he didn’t go quietly. According to information released by State Police...
Schuylkill County News
State Police in Schuylkill Haven are warning locals to keep the vehicle doors locked at night following a string of reported thefts in Auburn...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
About 23% of Schuylkill County residents have now gotten their full COVID vaccine dosage. And all Pennsylvanians in Phase 1B of the state’s vaccine...
Schuylkill County News
Three people sustained serious injuries in a head-on collision on the Gordon Nagle Trail Saturday afternoon. According to State Police in Schuylkill Haven, one...
Schuylkill County News
State Police in Frackville say they were dispatched to Shenandoah last week for the report of a fight at a house on W. Lloyd...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
A total of 73 small businesses in Schuylkill County recently got word they’d been awarded a CHIRP grant. This grant was created specifically for...
Canary Reader Survey
How do you turn a Good Friday into a great Friday? Order some Pottsville Pizzeria, of course. Go-to Good Friday Foods We were in...
Schuylkill County News
One of Pottsville’s most famous native sons will be in town on Memorial Day weekend to commemorate the solemn holiday. Former Supreme Allied Commander...
Local Business News
DG Yuengling and Son Inc – better known locally as Yuengling Brewery – once again topped the list of best sales by a craft...
Local Sports
Schuylkill County has a storied history in professional baseball. In fact, when you watch games today, you will likely see some coal region influence....
Schuylkill County Me Too
Schuylkill County Commissioners Chairman Boots Hetherington is telling his fellow GOP Commissioner George Halcovage to resign from office. According to the Times-News, Hetherington has...
Patrick Murphy Murder Case - The Latest
Lawyers representing the woman accused of killing Pottsville businessman Pat Murphy more than 2 years ago in New Orleans were in court again Wednesday....
Obituaries Index
Here are the latest coal region obituaries. Obituaries are collected from funeral homes around Schuylkill County. Follow the links to see the full...
Schuylkill County News
We hate to be the bearer of bad news so in this case, we’re pointing to our friends over there at Coalspeaker.com. It was...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
A total of 10 Schuylkill County businesses were recently cited by Pennsylvania Liquor Control Enforcement for COVID violations Many of these violations won’t even...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Businesses in Pottsville have a chance to get back some of the losses they’ve incurred during the COVID pandemic. The City, along with Pottsville...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County’s COVID positive rate jumped to 11.4% over the last week, a 3.3% hike over last week’s rate. But before everyone starts panicking...
Schuylkill County News
State Police are trying to figure out who did a Supermarket Sweep (more like a Supermarket Swipe) through the Giant grocery store at...
Schuylkill County News
Schuylkill County taxpayers should be on graft alert as the schools they helped fund just got another $33.7 million in funds to help “navigate...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
COVID vaccination administration dropped 19% in Schuylkill County last week. And the number of shots delivered into local arms has dropped for the last...
Schuylkill County Dept of Memes
We don’t normally dabble in international news but considering how well our collection of the Best Suez Canal Memes were received in the last...
Schuylkill County Me Too
A small but energetic group of protestors gathered on the steps of Schuylkill County Courthouse Sunday afternoon calling for the resignation of Commissioner George...
Schuylkill County News
A Schuylkill County man died Saturday morning, nearly 2 weeks after a motorcycle crash earlier this month. According to a report from WNEP.com, via...
Schuylkill County Man
State Police say a Pottsville area man was recently taken for nearly $5,000 in a job scam. This is just the latest of many...
Schuylkill County News
A Mary D man is accused of threatening to stab a woman during a domestic disturbance earlier this week. According to State Police in...
Schuylkill County Me Too
Schuylkill County’s three Representatives in Harrisburg joined others this week in calling for Commissioner George Halcovage to step aside. State Reps. Jerry Knowles, Tim...
Schuylkill County Me Too
The County Committees from each of the major political parties in Schuylkill County called on Commissioner George Halcovage to resign Friday. In statements issued...
Schuylkill County News
Thousands of PPL Electric customers in Schuylkill County are currently without power as an intense wind storm has wreaked havoc on the grid. According...
Schuylkill County Me Too
Five Schuylkill County Courthouse officials have signed and delivered a letter to Commissioner George Halcovage demanding he resign. The letter was hand-delivered this week...
Schuylkill County Me Too
Schuylkill County Commissioners completely ignored a demand that they rescind a vote they took last week during a County Salary Board meeting to re-organize...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
After consistently dropping for months, the COVID percent positivity rate in Schuylkill County rose over the most recent 7 days tracked. According to information...
Coal Region Op-Ed
EDITORIAL On Thursday, Nativity BVM’s boys’ basketball team won its first State Championship in school history. It took an epic second-half comeback and 4...
Local Sports
The Nativity BVM Hilltoppers have clinched a spot in the PIAA State Championship game for the first time in school history. Nativity has enjoyed...
Schuylkill County Me Too
We’ve detailed some of the shocking allegations leveled at Schuylkill County Commissioner George Halcovage in a new 75-page federal sexual harassment, discrimination, and workplace...
Obituaries Index
Here are the latest coal region obituaries. Obituaries are collected from funeral homes around Schuylkill County. Follow the links to see the full obituaries...
Schuylkill County News
The agenda for this morning’s Schuylkill County Commissioners meeting isn’t exactly chock full of attention-grabbing items. But we suspect what’s not on the agenda...
Schuylkill County Me Too
A Schuylkill County says expressing outrage over the current scandal at the Courthouse on social media is not enough. So, she is organizing a...
Letters to the Editor
LETTER TO THE EDITOR The January 6th Capitol insurrection occurred due to the “original lie” that Biden won due to a fraudulent election. Rudy...
Schuylkill County News
Police say a Lebanon man recently led them on what is the latest car chase through Schuylkill County. According to State Police in Schuylkill...
Coal Region Op-Ed
EDITORIAL Schuylkill County’s been rather rocked by the allegations that have come to light via the big federal lawsuit involving County Commissioner George Halcovage...
Schuylkill County News
A 17-year-old died Thursday evening in a vehicle crash just outside Pottsville. According to State Police in Schuylkill Haven, the victim of the crash...
Schuylkill County Me Too
Four anonymous women – identifying themselves as Schuylkill County employees – have filed a bombshell sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit in federal court...
Schuylkill County Me Too
In our breaking news report Friday, we detail the alleged sexual relationship Schuylkill County Commissioner George Halcovage had with one Courthouse employee identified as...
Schuylkill County Me Too
Earlier this week, 4 women identified as Schuylkill County government employees filed a federal lawsuit alleging persistent sexual harassment by Commissioner George Halcovage. Other...
Local Sports
We probably watched about 13 minutes of college basketball this season so that qualifies us to make the most accurate March Madness predictions, right?...
Obituaries Index
Here are the latest coal region obituaries. Obituaries are collected from funeral homes around Schuylkill County. Follow the links to see the full...
Local Business News
People and businesses in Schuylkill County adversely affected by Tropical Storm Isaias back in August 2020 have more time to apply for low-interest recovery...
Schuylkill County News
State Police are trying to locate a Schuylkill Haven man who fled on foot following a lengthy car chase on Wednesday morning. According to...
Schuylkill County News
A group of 3 Schuylkill County men are charged with stealing a classic Corvette and burning it in Lebanon County. According to information released...
2021 Election
The 2021 Municipal Primary Election is not like most primary elections. Usually, the primaries are restricted to Republican and Democrat voters. But in 2021,...
Schuylkill County News
A Pitman woman died Sunday afternoon in a UTV crash in Northumberland County. According to PA State Police, 21-year-old Karli M. Snyder was one...
Schuylkill County News
A Pottsville man is facing a host of charges after police finally were able to catch up to him following a high-speed chase on...
Schuylkill County Man
Police continue to investigate an incident late last month outside of Orwigsburg. According to information released by State Police in Schuylkill Haven, a Schuylkill...
Schuylkill County News
The Pottsville Area school board voted in favor of cutting 2 jobs last week, including a teacher and a nurse. Directors did not identify...
Obituaries Index
Here are the latest coal region obituaries. Obituaries are collected from funeral homes around Schuylkill County. Follow the links to see the full obituaries...