Patrick Murphy Murder Case - The Latest
Magen Hall appeared before a Louisiana judge Wednesday as she awaits her murder trial for allegedly killing Pottsville businessman Patrick Murphy back in 2019....
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Schuylkill County Man Jailed After Series of Alleged Events Involving Stolen Snacks and Threats to Fight Police
Schuylkill County Walmart Employee Charged with Theft from Cash Register
Police Arrest Man in Schuylkill County They Say Violated Conditions of Megan’s Law
Alleged Domestic Assaults: Schuylkill County Man Hits Woman with Door; Minersville Man Facing Strangulation Charge
Schuylkill County Man Allegedly Stole $350 in HBA Products from Grocery Store
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Jurors Hear From Accuser, Defendant in Schuylkill County Holiday Party Indecent Assault of Minor Case
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
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UPDATE: Trooper Released from Hospital, Another Has Condition Upgraded to Serious
THE LATEST: One State Trooper Critical, Another in Serious Condition Following Shootout with Retail Theft Suspect
Two State Troopers Shot in Franklin County
Two State Troopers Shot in Susquehanna County; Suspect Dead
Proposed Bill Would Restrict Phone Use in Pennsylvania Schools
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Blue Mountain Grad, Cressona Native Declares for NFL Draft
Schuylkill Commissioners Get Visit from Penn State’s Unmasked Mascot, Schuylkill Haven Native
Spooky Schuylkill 5K Draws 200+ Participants
Pottsville Maroons Author Remembers Mayor Clews as Huge Fan, Advocate of Storied NFL Team
Pine Grove Area Senior Thrilled to Showcase Bull Riding Talent to Local Crowd
Schuylkill County News
The ongoing water service outage in the Shenandoah area has prompted Borough officials to declare a Local Disaster Emergency. The Borough announced early Tuesday...
Schuylkill County News
Temporary water supply available to residents
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Borough frustrated with communication from Aqua
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In effect until further notice
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Schuylkill County Woman Says Someone Stole Her Rolex Watch; More Suspicious Activity in Lake Wynonah
A Schuylkill County woman says someone stole her Rolex watch and a diamond engagement ring. State Police in Schuylkill Haven are reporting they heard...
Schuylkill County News
Two arrests have been made in connection with the murder of a Pottsville man in Cass Township last week. According to information from State...
Schuylkill County News
A persistent thorn in the side of Schuylkill County Commissioners started Wednesday’s regular board meeting by getting a public apology. The meeting ended with...
Schuylkill County News
State Police have released a photo (above) of the Shenandoah man suspected of a deadly shooting outside a Mahanoy City lounge bar earlier this...
Schuylkill County News
Former longtime District Judge in western Schuylkill County Earl Matz has passed away at the age of 85. Matz served on the bench for...
Schuylkill County News
A New York man is facing a felony strangulation charge following an incident in Pottsville over the weekend. Pottsville Police say Elit M. CalderonBruno,...
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
Pottsville Police are asking for the public’s help locating a missing teen. They say 16-year-old Abby Splain left her home in Pottsville at about...
Schuylkill County News
State Police have identified a suspect in the deadly Mahanoy City lounge shooting on Sunday morning. An arrest warrant has been issued for 36-year-old...
Schuylkill County News
UPDATE:Â Police ID Suspect in Mahanoy City Lounge Shooting One man is dead, another was seriously injured and the shooter is still at large following...
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 historic brick building in downtown Pottsville which used to house the former Maroons bar and an antique store before that faced the proverbial...
Schuylkill County News
A Pottsville man is dead following a suspected fight in a wooded area of Cass Township, outside Minersville, Thursday evening. According to State Police...
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 Me Too
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says Schuylkill County government officials’ decision earlier this year to restructure the Tax Assessment office was an act of...
Schuylkill County News
Schuylkill County Commissioners split Wednesday on a vote to fire a Drug & Alcohol Administrator. But then, oddly and against his own comment rule,...
Schuylkill County News
State Police are asking for the public’s help locating a missing teen from Ashland. According to information we just received, 16-year-old Gavin Jago did...
Coal Region Consumer
Yuengling Brewery in downtown Pottsville may have won Halloween. We spotted this very creative decoration outside America’s Oldest Brewery’s Gift Shop along Mahantongo Street...
Schuylkill County News
Schuylkill County government officials have until today to indicate whether they’re going to take corrective actions after being taken to the wood shed by...
Schuylkill County Man
A Schuylkill County man was arrested last week after allegedly hitting a woman with a wooden board and threatening her with a knife. According...
MAGA Country
Even though it’s only been out for about a week, the Let’s Go Brandon song from Loza Alexander has reached the top of the...
Schuylkill County News
A Saint Clair man died Friday afternoon while trying to cross Route 443 in Washington Township. State Police in Schuylkill Haven say the 88-year-old...
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...
Local Politics
State Sen. Dave Argall (R-29) is hosting a telephone town hall this coming Monday to discuss the issue of redistricting and other topics. The...
Pennsylvania Politics
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf wants to hear from residents on the redistricting process currently underway in Harrisburg. But he really only wants to hear from...
Schuylkill County News
Police are looking for information that might help them identify who broke into several Lake Wynonah homes earlier this week. According to State Police...
Schuylkill County News
Schuylkill County Commissioners OK’d a settlement this week with the incarcerated former Clerk of Courts Steve Lukach for money he claims to have been...
Schuylkill County News
You may have read that Pottsville Area School District has saved more than $100,000 since installing thousands of solar panels on the roofs of...
Schuylkill County Man
A Schuylkill County man is accused of kicking a dog and punching a woman in the face. According to State Police in Schuylkill Haven,...
Schuylkill County News
A total of 18 vehicles were damaged by vandals in Pottsville during the overnight hours of Oct. 11-12. According to information released by police...
Schuylkill County News
A Schuylkill County firefighter is reportedly in serious condition Wednesday after being hit by a vehicle at the scene of a crash the previous...
Schuylkill County News
Police in Schuylkill County were able to track down and arrest a Pottsville man Tuesday wanted on strangulation and terroristic threats charges. According to...
Coal Region Op-Ed
EDITORIAL There is a chance that Schuylkill County government officials dismantled the way the Tax Assessment Office and Tax Claims Office were run as...
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
Police have obtained a search warrant for 2 men suspected of homicide in the 2015 killing of a Pottsville man. City police say they’ve...
Schuylkill County News
Pottsville Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing man. The report that Raymond Gower, of Pottsville, was reported missing by...
Schuylkill County Man
A Schuylkill County man was arrested and sent to prison last week after admitting to police that he masturbated in front of an underage...
Local Community News
Today marks the return of the popular annual Yuengling Light Lager Jogger 5K race in Pottsville. It, like many events, took a year off...
Schuylkill County Me Too
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has determined that Schuylkill County Courthouse officials did nothing to stop a pattern of sexual harassment, created a hostile...
Schuylkill County News
Two people from Tower City suffered serious injuries in a head-on crash along Route 209 Thursday evening. According to State Police in Schuylkill Haven,...
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
A Carbon County man died Wednesday after his vehicle crashed into a shopping plaza in Rush Township, Schuylkill County, earlier in the day. According...
Schuylkill County News
A second girl has come forward accusing a Minersville man, arrested earlier this week, of raping her. According to court papers filed Thursday morning,...
Schuylkill County Me Too
Schuylkill County Commissioners clashed on Wednesday over a hiring in the redeveloping Tax Claims office at the Courthouse. Commissioner Gary Hess voted against hiring...
Patrick Murphy Murder Case - The Latest
A new trial date for Magen Hall was not set today in a New Orleans courtroom. A pre-trial conference scheduled for Wednesday only resulted...
Local Community News
Schuylkill Reach, an overdose awareness and support group, is hosting a Walk for Recovery this Saturday in Schuylkill Haven. The event starts with registration...
Schuylkill County News
A Port Carbon man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash in the borough late last week. According to information from State Police in...
2020 Election
Pennsylvania State Sen. Dave Argall says Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth Veronica Degraffenreid ducked a key committee hearing he presided over regarding election reform. He...
Local Community News
The history of immigration at Ellis Island will be the focus of a discussion at Schuylkill County Historical Society tonight. Historical researcher and writer...
PA News
A Democrat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives wants men to undergo mandatory vasectomies at age 40 or after they’ve had 3 children. Rep....
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
A homeless Minersville man is accused of having sexual encounters with a 15-year-old girl. According to court papers filed Tuesday, police picked up 20-year-old...
Schuylkill County News
From the beginning of the COVID pandemic, Democrats at the federal, state, and local levels have screamed against politicizing the virus. Of course, it’s usually...
Schuylkill County News
A Schuylkill County woman is in prison after a rowdy incident in late September. According to information from State Police in Schuylkill Haven, they...
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
A Schuylkill County woman is currently in prison after police say she stabbed her boyfriend in the leg with a steak knife. According to...
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...
Schuylkill County News
A Mount Carmel doctor recently pleaded guilty to operating deadly pill mills out of his offices there and in Shamokin. Raymond Kraynak, 64, admitted...
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
Schools in Schuylkill County apparently aren’t immune to the Devious Licks Challenge. It’s the latest stupid trend on TikTok featuring short videos of kids...
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...
Local Community News
Feels like it was just blazing hot from the summer sun but the peak of Fall foliage season is only about 3 weeks away....
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
We’re coming up on a month of the state’s face mask mandate being enforced at most Schuylkill County schools. The mandate went into effect...
Schuylkill County Me Too
If you’re anxiously awaiting the civil trial to begin in the Schuylkill County sexual harassment case, you’re likely to be disappointed in this news....
Schuylkill County News
Police have identified the man who died in a motorcycle crash on Route 901 last week in Schuylkill County. They say 20-year-old Gregory Calkins,...
Schuylkill County News
The GIANT supermarket at the Cressona Mall is once again restricting how many rolls of toilet paper and paper towels customers can buy. If...
Schuylkill County News
A flasher is apparently on the loose in Norwegian Township. According to a report from Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers, State Police in Schuylkill Haven are...
Schuylkill County Man
A Schuylkill County man was arrested last week for allegedly trying to run down a family in a Walmart parking lot in a dispute...
Patrick Murphy Murder Case - The Latest
Megan Hall, the woman accused of killing Pottsville businessman Pat Murphy back in 2019, is now starring in a new Netflix series called...
Coal Region Consumer
A Girardville man is out more than $4,000 in a gift card scam where he thought he was giving money to his boss. According...
Schuylkill County News
UPDATE:Â Pottsville Man Died in Motorcycle Crash Last Week on Route 901 A motorcyclist died Thursday evening in a collision with a tractor-trailer along Route...
Schuylkill County News
State Police say they’re looking for a vehicle in connection with a rash of mail fishing thefts in Schuylkill, Berks, and other counties. According...
Coal Region Consumer
The employee shortage facing many businesses nationwide has affected some popular local businesses. Bowers Donuts Inc., which owns several Dunkin’ franchises in Pottsville and...
Coal Region Recipes
September 23rd is recognized as National Pot Pie Day. Depending on where you’re from, pot pie could mean something that it doesn’t mean to...
Schuylkill County Me Too
Two of the Jane Doe plaintiffs in a sexual harassment lawsuit against Schuylkill County government officials have been suspended from their jobs indefinitely and...
Local Weather
Between 2-4 inches of rain is expected to fall on Schuylkill County Thursday and National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch for...
Schuylkill County News
A Frackville man is locked up in Schuylkill County Prison and facing multiple felony charges after being charged with rape of a 15-year-old girl...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Tuesday’s Tamaqua Area school board meeting ended with a lot of shouting and some members of the public telling board members that they weren’t...
Coal Region Op-Ed
EDITORIAL Over the last week or so, we’ve heard about two school boards in the area chickening out when they’re faced with the proverbial...
Schuylkill County News
Police are asking for the public’s help in piecing together what exactly happened to a charter bus that crashed off Interstate 81 in Schuylkill...
Schuylkill County News
UPDATED FROM AN EARLIER VERSION … UPDATED AS NEW DETAILS ARE RELEASED … More than two dozen people were injured in a charter bus...
Schuylkill County News
Someone held up a small business in the Pine Grove area early Sunday morning and police are looking for information on who may have...
Schuylkill County Man
A Schuylkill County man says someone robbed him through a hole in the wall of his apartment. Police need your help finding the...
Schuylkill County News
An Indiana man died Saturday evening in a tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County Saturday evening. According to State Police in Frackville,...
Schuylkill County News
There have been a number of assaults and fights reported around Schuylkill County lately. Most notably comes a report from back on Sept. 7...
Schuylkill County News
A Port Clinton man sustained injuries in a crash along Interstate 81 in Lebanon County Friday evening. According to State Police in Jonestown, the...
Coal Region Consumer
A liquor shortage in Pennsylvania has caused the state’s Liquor Control Board to ration sales on some bottles. This rationing is now in effect....
Local Community News
A new sign has been added to the Butterfly Garden at Canal Park in Pine Grove. South Schuylkill Garden Club says the sign was...
Local Sports
Here are the scores from Week 4 of the 2021 Schuylkill League high school football season. SCHUYLKILL-COLONIAL LEAGUE – GOLD DIVISION Pottsville 47, Blue...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Blue Mountain School District released data on Thursday obviously trying to show that mandatory face masks on students and staff work. In reality, it...
PA News
A New York man died on Interstate 81 near Schuylkill County on Thursday when he crashed his motorcycle. The crash happened at Mile Marker...
Schuylkill County News
State Police say they’re still investigating an ATV crash late last month in Schuylkill County. A York man was seriously injured in the crash...
Local Weather
National Weather Service confirmed Thursday a “downburst wind event” on Monday near Hometown. The downburst happened when a line of severe thunderstorms blew through...
Schuylkill County News
When the Schuylkill County Commissioners voted to basically blow up the Tax Claims and Tax Assessors offices at the Courthouse earlier this year, you’d...
Schuylkill County News
A Shenandoah man walking along Ringtown Blvd. (aka Route 924) was taken to Reading Hospital Tuesday morning after he was struck by a vehicle....
Schuylkill County News
A Schuylkill County woman says her engagement ring is missing after she attempted to send it to the maker for maintenance. According to information...
Schuylkill County News
Since pandemic unemployment pay has dried up, it looks like catalytic converter thieves are back to work, too. State Police in Schuylkill County have...
Local Weather
More than 8,000 PPL Electric customers were without power Monday night and into Tuesday morning following a reportedly strong storm swept through the Tamaqua...
2020 Election
A liberal activist group is planning a protest this afternoon in front of State Sen. Dave Argall’s office in Pottsville. And a counter-protest could...