Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
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Coal Region Canary
- Local
Incoming Administration at City Hall Seeks Applicants for Vacant Board Seats
Minersville Area Forced to Close Schools a Third Day Due to Cyber Attack
Schuylkill County’s 2026 Budget Calls for No Tax Increase
Police Searching for Armed Robbery Suspect in Schuylkill County
The Christmas Lights are Back On at Yuengling Bicentennial Park
- News
Incoming Administration at City Hall Seeks Applicants for Vacant Board Seats
Minersville Area Forced to Close Schools a Third Day Due to Cyber Attack
Schuylkill County’s 2026 Budget Calls for No Tax Increase
Police Searching for Armed Robbery Suspect in Schuylkill County
The Christmas Lights are Back On at Yuengling Bicentennial Park
- Business
- Crime
Schuylkill County Man Accused of Breaking Another Man’s Eye Socket During Assault Outside Laundromat
Two More Charged in Connection with Stabbing Incident at Schuylkill County Bar
Schuylkill County Man Charged with Domestic Assault in New Philly
Schuylkill County Woman Accused of Caning Another Woman
Pottsville Business Burglarized Monday Morning, Teen Charged
- Weather
- Obituaries
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
- State
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
- Sports
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
British Artist to Visit Ali Camp for Thrilla in Manila Event Later This Month
Fighter’s Heaven to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Thrilla in Manila
Schuylkill County News
Some committees have been dormant for a year or two, Mayor-elect says
Schuylkill County News
Ransomware affecting school systems, Superintendent tells The Canary
Schuylkill County News
$7M+ cut from preliminary spending plan
Schuylkill County News
Robbery took place Monday night in Rush Township, police say
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Last week, we got a lot of reaction to the news that Schuylkill County Commissioners were going to spend about $238,000 on automatic...
Schuylkill County News
A Reading man says more than $16,000 in arcade and vending equipment was stolen from a building in North Manheim Township last week. According...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
A Pottsville area bar owner was attacked by a customer Monday evening when he asked him to wear a face mask. According to State...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Pottsville Area school board members voted Tuesday to formally oppose the potential County government purchase of the former GIANT grocery store in the city....
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill Commissioners likely will approve a request to upgrade the HVAC system at Schuylkill County Prison this morning. But the price tag for the...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County Commissioners will try once again this week to pass a series of rules designed to limit public criticism and squash First Amendment...
Schuylkill County News
A Hershey man escaped injury after a bear ran into his Tesla Model X recently on a stretch of highway in Schuylkill County. According...
Schuylkill County News
A Pine Grove woman says she was robbed of $900 in winning scratch off tickets for the Pennsylvania Lottery. According to State Police in...
Schuylkill County News
A FedEx driver from Centre County was injured by shattered glass after someone allegedly dropped a rock on his windshield from an overpass on...
Schuylkill County News
UPDATE: On Tuesday, Oct. 21, former Schuylkill County Clerk of Courts Steve Lukach was sentenced to 27 months in prison plus a fine. You...
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
State Police in Schuylkill Haven are conducting an investigation of a suspected burglary at a church near Pine Grove. According to information released by...
Schuylkill County News
You’ve got to be careful of what you bring back from the bar. And several people in Washington Township learned that lesson earlier this...
Schuylkill County News
A Gordon man faces a pair of summary charges after police say he smashed a woman’s car with a baseball bat. According to State...
2020 Election
About 50 local Trump supporters gathered along Route 61 near Orwigsburg on Saturday afternoon for the latest Operation Flag Drop event in Schuylkill County....
Schuylkill County News
An overnight crash along Route 209 in Reilly Township claimed the lives of two young adults from Pottsville. State Police in Schuylkill Haven...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County totally botched its management of the $12.7 million it received from the federal CARES Act. But its mismanagement of this largess didn’t...
Local Sports
Here are the high school football scores involving Schuylkill League teams in Week 3 of the 2020 season. Thursday, Oct. 15 BLUE MOUNTAIN (3-3)...
2020 Election
The choice voters have in the upcoming election is pretty clear: Do you want freedom or do you want to bow to government control?...
2020 Election
John Pence and Congressman Dan Meuser will headline a Rally the Vote event for President Donald Trump in Schuylkill County Thurdsday. The event will...
Schuylkill County News
Free speech lives to see another day (or week) in Schuylkill County! On Wednesday, the County Commissioners did not pass a new rule that...
Local Politics
This morning’s meeting of Schuylkill County Commissioners may be the last time you can actively and freely participate in one for a while. Commissioners...
Schuylkill County News
Schuylkill County Commissioners will vote on a motion Wednesday that would severely limit participation at their weekly public meetings. The preview to the new...
2020 Election
Election Day is almost here and if you’re keen on actually going to the polls to cast your vote in the 2020 General Election,...
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...
PA News
A Berks County woman was arrested late last week for allegedly threatening on social media to kill Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf. According to information...
Schuylkill County News
Is Spice or K2 making a comeback? The drug was popular about 10 years ago but you haven’t heard about it much recently. That...
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
Fire broke out just after 1:30 a.m. Sunday and destroyed a home in Port Carbon. Five people are without a home following the incident,...
2020 Election
The 2020 General Election is getting closer. While you can apply for a mail-in ballot in Pennsylvania, we know many of our readers are...
2020 Schuylkill League Football
Here are the high school football scores involving Schuylkill League teams in Week 5 of the 2020 season. Friday, Oct. 9 MARIAN CATHOLIC (1-4)...
Schuylkill County News
We’ve been told the restrooms at Schuylkill County Courthouse aren’t the cleanest in the world. In fact, one person described them as “deplorable”. And...
Schuylkill County News
Schuylkill County Commissioners chairman Boots Hetherington clearly doesn’t enjoy dissent. On Wednesday, he scolded a colleague because he voted against a project that’s got...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Blue Mountain School District announced that 32 students and staff members have been “placed under quarantine” due to COVID-19 positive test results in the...
Schuylkill County News
Schuylkill County Commissioners voted Wednesday to spend another $855,045 on a project to upgrade its 9-1-1 capabilities. And the money for it will come...
Schuylkill County News
A second house fire in Pottsville in as many days has left 6 people temporarily homeless. The call went out just after 5 p.m....
Schuylkill County Man
A Schuylkill County man told police that 30 or more people were trying to steal his mom’s camper. When police investigated, they realized the...
Schuylkill County News
An 11-year-old Pine Grove boy was allegedly propositioned for nude photos on Instagram recently. According to State Police in Schuylkill Haven, an unknown Instagram...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced new limits on crowd sizes for outdoor and indoor events on Tuesday. While the move was mildly celebrated by...
Schuylkill County News
Pennsylvania Senators voted overwhelmingly in favor of legislation that would make it illegal for Schuylkill County to purchase the former GIANT grocery store in...
Schuylkill County Me Too
Schuylkill County was ordered Tuesday to make public a surveillance video purportedly showing Commissioner George Halcovage scaling an embankment next to the Courthouse. The...
Schuylkill County News
A woman jumped from a burning home in Pottsville Tuesday and was flown to a nearby trauma center. At about 1:20 p.m., Pottsville fire...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf says the rate of positive COVID-19 tests in Schuylkill County recently is concerning. On Monday, the state Dept. of Health...
Schuylkill County News
In the end, the fight over The Arts Barn’s future wasn’t much of a fight at all. On Monday night, members of the North...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
State health officials say 2 more Schuylkill County residents have succumbed to COVID-19 recently. In its weekend update on coronavirus case data, the Pennsylvania...
Schuylkill County News
Police say they’re trying to obtain an arrest warrant for a Schuylkill County man who they believe punched his girlfriend 8-10 times in the...
Schuylkill County News
The Arts Barn outside Orwigsburg is fighting for its life right now. Tonight, the owner of the property where the popular non-profit business sits,...
2020 Election
Democrats in Schuylkill County gathered Saturday afternoon for a walk through downtown Pottsville showing support for the party’s Presidential ticket. About 40 people attended...
Schuylkill County News
Schuylkill County’s unemployment rate is still really high but it’s definitely improving. As Pennsylvania attempts to limp out of its pandemic response, business is...
Canary Jumped the Shark
When local authorities took the Minersville meth dealer known as The Grinch into custody recently, they found him in possession of a lot of...
Schuylkill County News
A Minersville man had more than $103,000 in cash on him when police took him down for dealing meth in the borough. Robert Kull...
Schuylkill County News
A Cass Township man faces felony drug charges after getting busted selling meth to an undercover police officer in mid-September. Police say Joshua Bickelman,...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County’s COVID-19 death toll rose by 2 on Friday, according to data from the Pennsylvania Dept. of Health. These deaths are the 54th...
Local Sports
Here are the high school football scores involving Schuylkill League teams in Week 3 of the 2020 season. Friday, Oct. 2 PINE GROVE (1-3)...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania health officials reported the 53rd Schuylkill County death linked to coronavirus on Thursday. The sad news marks the first time in nearly 2...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
President Donald Trump announced on Twitter early this morning that he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19. Earlier in the...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
A Courthouse official is again questioning the local government’s protocol when dealing with confirmed positive COVID-19 cases among Schuylkill County employees. Clerk of Courts...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
The recent spike in coronavirus cases reported in Schuylkill County can be linked, at least partly to nursing homes here, and an outbreak at...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Parents of students at Mahanoy Area School District were warned about their kids violating the face mask policy on Tuesday. District officials say...
Schuylkill County Me Too
The internal investigation into alleged misdoings by Schuylkill County Commissioner George Halcovage is apparently not over. On Monday, The Canary learned that an agent...
Schuylkill County News
UPDATE Police have filed charges related to this incident against a Pottsville man they say violently shook an 11-month-old infant: Police Arrest Pottsville Man They Say...
Schuylkill County News
One local Democrat is planning to host a walk through Pottsville this Saturday in support of Presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate,...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Dept. of Health reported 60 new cases of COVID-19 in Schuylkill County over the last 4 days. That figure includes 41 new...
Schuylkill County News
A Westmoreland County man found himself in Schuylkill County Prison this weekend after what police describe as a drug-induced crash and home invasion. According...
Schuylkill County News
A Pennsylvania State Police officer was injured during a scuffle with a suspect earlier this weekend. The incident happened before 3 a.m. Friday along...
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,...
Schuylkill County News
A naked and inebriated Schuylkill County man had quite a Friday morning. State Police in Frackville say 18-year-old Damian Hester decided to go wandering...
Local Sports
Here are the high school football scores involving Schuylkill League teams in Week 3 of the 2020 season. Friday, Sept. 25 MARIAN CATHOLIC (1-2)...
Schuylkill County News
UPDATE: Lukach sentencing continued to Oct. 20, 2020. The former Schuylkill County Clerk of Courts is due to be sentenced on fraud and obstruction...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
State Rep. Neal Goodman (D-123) was 1 of 25 Democrat Representatives in Harrisburg who backed off overriding a veto on HB 2787, legislation that...
Local Sports
Pottsville Area School District will finally allow some fans to attend its home varsity football and volleyball games. After playing one home football game...
Schuylkill County News
Members of the Pottsville Area School District voted Thursday night to approve a plan that gets students back in school 4 days a week....
NEPA News
Federal investigators have found 9 votes cast for Donald Trump for President in the trash at the Luzerne County Board of Elections. According to...
Schuylkill County News
When we last heard of The Grinch, he was off to the slammer, And for his meth customers in Minersville, it caused quite a...
Schuylkill County News
The “backroom deal” in politics is usually just a metaphor. But what happened at the Schuylkill County Commissioners meeting Wednesday is about as close...
Schuylkill County News
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced charges against inmates and co-conspirators in a Pandemic Unemployment Assistance fraud ring. And one of those rings happened...
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
Schuylkill County Commissioners are expected to vote tomorrow, Sept. 23, to purchase the former GIANT grocery store in downtown Pottsville. Reliable sources say the...
Schuylkill County News
The two men who robbed an undercover agent at gunpoint in Frackville and then led police on a wild pursuit through Schuylkill County now...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed a piece of legislation Monday that would have given local school districts the liberty to set their own attendance...
Schuylkill County News
Two members of a local progressive political group expressed their concerns to Schuylkill County Commissioners over the pending appointment of a new head to...
Schuylkill County News
Pennsylvania State Police are looking for a missing Shenandoah man after they say he fled from a vehicle in Centralia over the weekend. According...
Schuylkill County News
A Pennsylvania Senate committee today approved passage of a bill that aims to protect sites like the former GIANT grocery store property in downtown...
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 Entertainment
Schuylkill County Historical Society is hosting a series of haunted history walks through Pottsville in October. Walkers can choose between 3 different haunted walking...
MAGA Country
The honkers were out this morning on your way to the Dirt Mall. A group of about two dozen Trump supporters were spotted enthusiastically...
Local Sports
Minersville Area’s football season is set for kickoff on Sunday at 2 p.m. in a rare clash with Pottsville Area. But with restrictions on...
Schuylkill County News
Right now, the highest paid Schuylkill County employee isn’t a County Commissioner or a Sheriff or even the District Attorney. Instead, the highest paid...
Local Sports
Schuylkill League Football 2020 Week 2 Scores JIM THORPE AREA at BLUE MOUNTAIN JIM THORPE AREA 22 21 BLUE MOUNTAIN FINAL PINE GROVE AREA...
Schuylkill County News
Schuylkill County Commissioners agreed to spend more than $2.8 million more on the county 9-1-1 system on Wednesday. However, the agreement wasn’t unanimous. The...
Schuylkill County Me Too
Kinda like how sports teams seem to bring their best when the sun goes down and the lights are on in the stadium, the...
Schuylkill County News
Pennsylvania State Police say they’ve got 2 men in custody following an overnight search in southern Schuylkill County. According to information just received from...
Schuylkill County News
A Pottsville man is behind bars tonight after allegedly stealing a vehicle in Saint Clair and leading police on a chase that ended in...
Schuylkill County News
The chances of Pottsville Area School District returning to in-person classes 5 days a week any time soon seem unlikely. The school’s pandemic planning...
Local Politics
Schuylkill County Commissioners are headed to prime time. And there’s one thing you can bet on if you virtually attend their regular board meeting...
Schuylkill County News
The estranged Superintendent at Pottsville Area School District Jeffrey Zwiebel told directors there he does not intend to seek a renewal on his current...
Local Business News
D.G. Yuengling & Son Inc. expect to announce a partnership today with MolsonCoors. The deal will make Pottsville’s iconic brew available for sale in...
MAGA Country
It’s safe to say whoever is living at this house in the 100 block of Haven St. in Schuylkill Haven is all-in on re-electing...
Local Sports
Pottsville native Travis Blankenhorn was promoted to the Minnesota Twins today. He had been on the Twins Taxi Squad this season waiting for his...