2020 Election
Schuylkill County’s representative in the Pennsylvania Senate spent a considerable amount of time in the national spotlight Wednesday. Sen. Dave Argall, who represents the...
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- 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
Plain n Fancy’s New Owner Taking On Challenge of Reviving an Iconic Schuylkill County Brand
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
- Crime
Makeup Taken by Suspected Porch Pirate
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
- 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
Schuylkill County News
Some residents in one Schuylkill County community are wondering what can be done about fart cans on vehicles. Folks in one neighborhood of Port...
Schuylkill County News
UPDATE: McCoy has been located, according to PA State Police. State Police have issued a Missing Endangered Person Advisory for a woman from Schuylkill...
Schuylkill County News
One of the four suspects in the armed robbery at Minersville General Store earlier this year, pled guilty on separate charges Friday morning in...
Schuylkill County News
Winter starts this Saturday at 3:21 a.m. and this weekend, you’ll have ample reminders that it is, indeed, winter. The new season will be...
Local Weather
Schuylkill County Weather Report for Thursday, November 26, 2020 The overnight rain will let up by early morning. And then your Thanksgiving Day in...
Coal Region Consumer
Thanksgiving is a holiday with a few classic stalwarts in turkey, football, and beer. If you can’t get control of the remote and aren’t...
Schuylkill County News
This is an open suggestion for Schuylkill County Commissioners to address their Zoom woes. If you’ve ever tuned in to a virtual meeting of...
2020 Election
Pennsylvania’s Senate Majority Policy Committee will hold a hearing this afternoon to discuss “recent issues” surrounding the integrity of the 2020 election. State Sen....
Local Weather
Schuylkill County Weather Report for November 25, 2020 It wouldn’t be 2020 if a holiday weren’t marred by weather. Thankfully, rain on Thanksgiving will...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
An inmate at SCI-Mahanoy who had tested positive for COVID-19 has died. On Tuesday, the state prison reported that the inmate is the first...
2020 Election
The 2020 Election in Schuylkill County is officially in the books. Final results were posted on the County website on Monday and that includes...
Schuylkill County News
Pottsville Area School District officials have 30 days to release emails from its estranged Superintendent, according to an order handed down Monday from Pennsylvania’s...
Schuylkill County News
A New Philadelphia man is being charged with assault after having contact with a 3-year-old girl from the borough. According to information released Monday...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is banning sales of alcohol at restaurants and bars on the eve of Thanksgiving to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the state....
Schuylkill County News
Last week, Pennsylvania State Police released information about a pair of investigations currently underway in Schuylkill County involving assaults on children. Details are minimal...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Regarding recent school closures in Schuylkill County … are we trusting the science and data or are we trusting the teachers unions? In the...
Schuylkill County News
Pottsville Police are once again asking for the public’s help identifying a person of interest. In the video below, shared to the PD’s Facebook...
Canary Jumped the Shark
A home on South Centre St. in downtown Pottsville got a surprise visitor recently. As you watch the video and don’t see much happening...
Schuylkill County News
A Saint Clair man suffered serious injuries during a crash on Route 61 earlier this week. According to information made available by State Police...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
As Schuylkill County Commissioners faced increased criticism of its reckless spending of the $12.7 million in CARES Act funding it received earlier this year,...
Schuylkill County News
State Police are investigating a recent pair of crossbow thefts at Dunham’s Sports in the Fairlane Village Mall near Pottsville. According to information released...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pine Grove Area School District announced Friday that its school board committed on Thursday to keeping schools open through the second marking period. Specifically,...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Minersville Area School District announced Wednesday that it’ll be going to a full virtual classroom schedule for 2 weeks, starting this coming Monday. The...
Local Business News
President Donald Trump picked two Schuylkill County officials on Wednesday to serve on the President’s Export Council. Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce CEO Bob Carl...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
UPDATE: The state has revised this order and will not require masks to be worn by some athletes. Leaving the article as-is to show...
Schuylkill County News
Pottsville Police are again asking for the public’s help in identifying someone. On its Facebook page Wednesday, they posted a photo of a man...
Schuylkill County News
You can listen in on all the fun of a Schuylkill County Commissioners work session meeting on Wednesday just by calling in to the...
Schuylkill County News
An Orwigsburg man had a rough day a couple weeks ago. At around 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10, police say they received reports...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania now requires people to wear face masks in their homes if they’ve got people from other households visiting. This is just one of...
Schuylkill County News
After reading this post, you’re going to wonder what the bacon was used for … According to State Police in Schuylkill Haven, two men...
Schuylkill County News
** UPDATE: This suspect has been identified and located. ** Pottsville Police are looking for the man pictured above who they say is a suspect...
2020 Election
What good reason did Schuylkill County election officials have to block photographers from taking photos or recording video inside the local ballot counting headquarters...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
After dropping for a week, the percent-positivity rate of COVID-19 cases in Schuylkill County rose 3.5% in the last week. According to new data...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
A recent rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in Schuylkill County prompted local hospitals to restrict visitors once again. These visitation policies were...
Schuylkill County News
A Schuylkill County woman was recently cited with a disorderly conduct charge after she refused to come down off a roof. According to information...
Schuylkill County News
Shenandoah Police are looking for a man they believe stole a package from a porch in the borough. On Sunday, police posted a picture...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Some Schuylkill County schools have been very open about their ongoing battle with COVID-19 infections. Others, not so much. At North Schuylkill School District,...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Students at Blue Mountain High School will attend all classes virtually for the rest of November, the district announced Friday. After telling more than...
2020 Election
Schuylkill County completed its ballot counting for the 2020 General Election. And it’s released unofficial final results from the vote. In its final vote...
2020 Election
Schuylkill County officials defended their execution of the 2020 General Election last week after a member of the public openly criticized it during their...
Schuylkill County News
A woman from Lebanon was the victim of a suspected vandal when she visited Swatara State Park recently. According to State Police in Jonestown,...
MAGA Country
Washington DC played host to the Million MAGA March on Saturday. It was designed as a show of support for President Donald Trump in...
PA News
A woman from Pennsylvania was killed along Interstate 78 in northern Berks County Saturday afternoon. According to information provided by PA State Police in...
Schuylkill County News
Schuylkill County’s unemployment rate dropped a full 3% in September, according to the latest figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
When you see how another county managed its COVID business grant program and compare it with how Schuylkill County ran its program, you might...
Local Entertainment
It appears WNEP-TV has finally filled the vacancy created when Sharla McBride left the station earlier this year. The New Pittsburgh Courier is first...
Schuylkill County News
PennDOT crews will be working on several Schuylkill County road repair projects starting next week that could impact some travel times. Road Work in...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
If you missed Thursday’s Schuylkill County Commissioners meeting, you missed an opportunity to see what it looks like when someone gives themselves a celebratory...
Schuylkill County News
Fire broke out at an unoccupied home in Port Carbon early Friday morning. Calls went out just after 4:15 a.m. sending firefighters to 208...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Blue Mountain School District says it’s got numerous staff and students under a quarantine because they were determined to have had close contact with...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Earlier this week, Tri-Valley School District announced that students attending Tri-Valley Junior-Senior High School would return to a full virtual class schedule. The announcement...
Schuylkill County News
The Montgomery County District Attorney announced Tuesday that authorities have arrested a Philadelphia man they believe is a straw buyer of numerous guns in...
Schuylkill County News
A mother and son from Minersville are in Schuylkill County Prison after police busted their “large scale” meth ring this week. According to information...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Saint Clair School District announced Wednesday that it’s switching to a full virtual learning plan until after the Thanksgiving break. The switch to a...
Schuylkill County News
Late last month, a Nanticoke man suffered a flat tire while driving along Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County. According to State Police in Frackville,...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
A couple weeks ago, Schuylkill County Commissioners Chairman Boots Hetherington addressed a controversial part of the already controversial new Public Comments rules. He said...
Coal Region Consumer
Shortcuts are bred out of familiarity. A head nod or shake, a wave of the hand, and someone will know exactly what you mean....
2020 Election
The left wants Trump to concede. The media can’t believe he hasn’t conceded the 2020 Presidential election. After all, they’ve now DECLARED Joe Biden...
2020 Election
President Trump’s campaign filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday alleging Pennsylvania’s voting process in the 2020 General Election created an unfair, potentially fraudulent...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Tamaqua Area School District says it wants 56 people to quarantine after it learned of a positive case of COVID-19 in its high school....
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...
PA News
A Johnstown man has been charged with DUI vehicular homicide for an incident that happened along Interstate 78 in Berks County back in July....
Canary Jumped the Shark
Here’s a question everyone should be asking at this point in the election cycle but aren’t … How Many Votes Did Kanye West Get...
2020 Election
U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser (PA-9) says the administration of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf compromised public trust in the election process with how it handled...
Schuylkill County News
An elderly Cressona woman is out $250 and the latest victim of cyber crime here in Schuylkill County. According to State Police in Schuylkill...
Schuylkill County News
A West Brunswick Township man says someone was apparently marking their territory in an odd manner along his property line last week. According to...
Schuylkill County News
Fire left two men – brothers – without a place to stay Sunday night in Valley View, Hegins Township. Robert Schneider Jr., a lifelong...
Schuylkill County Me Too
The infamous video has surfaced. Surveillance footage from outside Schuylkill County Courthouse showing Commissioner George Halcovage scaling an embankment aside the public security entrance...
2020 Election
Schuylkill County’s Election Bureau will meet this Tuesday to conclude the canvassing of ballots completed in the 2020 General Election. The ballots to be...
2020 Election
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani held a press conference Saturday morning in Philadelphia presenting evidence of alleged voter fraud during the 2020...
2020 Election
State Sen. Dave Argall joined other Republicans in Harrisburg on Friday in calling for the resignation of Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar. Argall also...
Local Sports
Here are the high school football scores involving Schuylkill League teams playing in the first round of the District 11 playoffs. Friday, November 6...
Schuylkill County Me Too
Schuylkill County officials really didn’t want the “Halcovage video” to go public. Despite in the end deciding not to appeal the decision of the...
Schuylkill County News
A Minnesota man faces a felony strangulation charge following an incident in Girardville last week. According to State Police in Schuylkill Haven, they were...
Schuylkill County Me Too
Schuylkill County officials said Thursday they won’t appeal a decision by the state’s Office of Open Records and plans to release surveillance video footage...
PA News
UPDATE: PA State Police reported early Friday morning that Autumn and Evelyn Collis have been safely located. re: Amber Alert: Autumn and Evelyn Collis...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County Commissioners meet Thursday morning at 10 a.m. and you can once again join it virtually via Zoom or phone. To join the...
2020 Election
While the final results of the 2020 Presidential election may be a mystery, there certainly was no doubt about the final tally here in...
Schuylkill County Me Too
Schuylkill County government faces deadline today to turn over the video footage that purportedly shows Commissioner George Halcovage scaling an embankment next to the...
2020 Election
State Rep. Jerry Knowles easily romped to an election victory over Democrat challenger Taylor Picone Tuesday night. According to the latest results, Knowles grabbed...
2020 Election
Tim Twardzik will be the new representative for the 123rd District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. On Tuesday, the retired owner of Ateeco...
2020 Election
US Rep. Dan Meuser (PA-9) crushed his Democrat challenger on Tuesday by a more than 2-to-1 margin. Meuser romped over Gary Wegman, a Berks...
2020 Election
LIVE UPDATES: Schuylkill County Votes in the 2020 General ElectionWe’re tracking developments in the 2020 General Election and Schuylkill County votes. 2020 General Election Results – Schuylkill County Races Schuylkill County General Election...
2020 Election
A lot of people ask: Are face masks required to vote in-person on Election Day? No. Face masks are not required to vote in...
2020 Election
Election Day is finally here. And for thousands of Trump supporters in the area, it couldn’t come soon enough. If you’re like us, you’ve...
2020 Election
Stay with Coal Region Canary throughout Election Day 2020 for the latest results in all the races important to Schuylkill County voters. We’re tracking...
Schuylkill County News
State Police are trying to locate a North Carolina man they say dumped 2 pallets of mayonnaise in Frailey Township over the weekend. According...
Schuylkill County News
Talk about a Halloween fright … A Pine Grove man faces an open lewdness charge after he was busted standing naked taking photos of...
2020 Election
Tim Twardzik, who is running for a seat in the State House of Representatives, announced Sunday evening he and his wife, Carol, have tested...
Schuylkill County News
High winds have knocked out the power to more than 1,300 PPL Electric customers Sunday evening. According to the utility’s Outage Map, many of...
Local Sports
The matchups for the 2020 District XI high school football playoffs are set. The postseason tournament features 13 Schuylkill League teams across 4 classifications....
Schuylkill County News
Larry Padora doesn’t hide his politics. In fact, last week, the owner of Padora’s Italian Bakery in Tamaqua, started branding his politics right on...
Local Sports
Here are the high school football scores involving Schuylkill League teams in Week 8 of the 2020 season. Friday, October 30 NATIVITY BVM at...
2020 Election
Couldn’t make it to the Trump MAGA rally in Reading today? No worries. We’ve got you covered. You can check out the live feed...
2020 Election
President Donald Trump will appear in Pennsylvania 4 times for Make America Great Again Victory rallies between Saturday and Monday. On Friday, the President...
Schuylkill County News
The Philadelphia Eagles will honor two fallen heroes with a helmet decal during Sunday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys. Among them is Orwigsburg native...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
On Wednesday, Schuylkill County government officials spelled out just how it’s spent the more than $12.7 million in CARES Act funding it received to...
Schuylkill County News
Port Carbon Police are looking for the person who brazenly stole a Back the Blue yard sign outside Borough Hall recently. You can see...
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...
2020 Election
UPDATED: This article has been updated since it was originally published to reflect the new time for the rally in Reading on Saturday. President...
Schuylkill County News
Remnants of Tropical Storm Zeta could bring more than 2 inches of rain to Schuylkill County on Thursday. You likely awoke to rain and...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Not only are the Schuylkill County Commissioners squeezing out small businesses in the area from receiving aid grants from the CARES Act fund, they’re...
Schuylkill County News
A Donaldson man has died from injuries he sustained in a coal mining accident on Tuesday afternoon. According to State Police in Lykens, the...