Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
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...
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Juvenile Male Airlifted to Hospital After Being Stabbed Thursday at High School Football Game in Schuylkill County, Police Say
Commissioner Pushes Back on Public Comments Regarding New Halcovage Lawsuit, Separate Investigation, Tax Sale Error
Minersville Polling Location Change Approved; Schuylkill County Adds Election Staff
Vibrant Fall Foliage Season in Store for Schuylkill County
Police Identify Body Found in Pottsville Sept. 4
- News
Juvenile Male Airlifted to Hospital After Being Stabbed Thursday at High School Football Game in Schuylkill County, Police Say
Commissioner Pushes Back on Public Comments Regarding New Halcovage Lawsuit, Separate Investigation, Tax Sale Error
Minersville Polling Location Change Approved; Schuylkill County Adds Election Staff
Vibrant Fall Foliage Season in Store for Schuylkill County
Police Identify Body Found in Pottsville Sept. 4
- Business
- Crime
Schuylkill County Man Jailed After Allegedly Threatening Woman, Striking Child
Schuylkill County Woman Jailed After Pouring Hot Soup on Man and Hitting Him with the Pot
Police: Schuylkill County Woman Tried Hiding Behind Garbage Cans While Running from Warrants Arrest
Schuylkill County Woman Jailed After Allegedly Stabbing Juvenile with Scissors
Schuylkill County Man Wanted on Robbery, Gun Charges Captured By Police Following Foot Chase
- Weather
- State
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
Proposed Bill Would End Ban on Sunday Vehicle Sales in Pennsylvania
Proposed Legislation Would Mandate Front License Plates in Pennsylvania
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Schuylkill County News
Jose Nunez Ovando held without bail at Schuylkill County Prison
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Outside voices were used but tensions cooled later
Schuylkill County News
County adds Election Day staff
Bush & Crick
Leaves starting to turn; Peak season weeks away
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 Schuylkill County
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 News
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 News
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 News
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 News
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 News
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 Schuylkill County
After consistently dropping for months, the COVID percent positivity rate in Schuylkill County rose over the most recent 7 days tracked. According to information...
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 News
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...
Schuylkill County News
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 News
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...
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 News
Four anonymous women – identifying themselves as Schuylkill County employees – have filed a bombshell sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit in federal court...
Schuylkill County News
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 News
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?...
Schuylkill County News
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...
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...
Schuylkill County News
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
US Rep. Dan Meuser took to the House floor earlier this week to voice his opposition to the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (aka...
Schuylkill County News
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
When you read the story a couple days ago, you probably had a gut feeling the woman involved in the suspected road rage incident...
Schuylkill County News
Two men were arrested in Girardville Wednesday after one threatened to attack the other with a knife. According to information from State Police in...
Schuylkill County News
State Police in Frackville need the public’s helping locating a suspected runaway child from Walker Township. According to information released Wednesday night, 15-year-old Vincent...
Schuylkill County News
A woman died Wednesday afternoon in a motor vehicle crash on Route 61, just outside St. Clair. Emergency officials were summoned to the scene...
Schuylkill County News
Bob Thomas, the father of Pottsville Area School District’s online watchdog Scott, announced Tuesday, he’s running for a seat on the school board in...
Schuylkill County News
At today’s Schuylkill County Commissioners meeting, the fellas will likely approve a contract with a company to rebuild the county’s website. According to this...
Schuylkill County News
Here are the latest coal region obituaries. Obituaries are collected from funeral homes around Schuylkill County. Follow the links to see the full obituaries...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
The percent positivity rate of COVID-19 tests in Schuylkill County continues to drop. Over the last 7 days tracked by the Pennsylvania Dept. of...
PA News
Police in Tilden Township, just over the Schuylkill County line, are looking for a woman they say was involved in a road rage incident...
Schuylkill County News
The public is being asked for help in locating a missing teen from Pottsville. According to information at MissingKids.org, 16-year-old Jasmine Keim has...
Schuylkill County News
Here are the latest coal region obituaries. Obituaries are collected from funeral homes around Schuylkill County. Follow the links to see the full...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
A Port Carbon business refuses to cower before Gov. Tom Wolf. Owners of The Port Bar and Grill said they won’t close despite being...
Local Sports
Several Schuylkill League boys’ basketball teams punched their ticket to the next round of the 2021 District XI basketball tournaments with wins on Friday...
Local Sports
2021 District XI Class 5A Boys Basketball Schedule and Results Here are the schedule and results for the District XI Class 5A Boys...
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2021 District XI Class 4A Boys Basketball Schedule and Results Here are the schedule and results for the District XI Class 4A Boys...
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2021 District XI Class 1A Boys Basketball Schedule and Results Here are the schedule and results for the District XI Class 1A Boys...
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2021 District XI Class 2A Boys Basketball Schedule and Results Here are the schedule and results for the District XI Class 2A Boys...
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2021 District XI Class 4A Girls Basketball Schedule and Results Here are the schedule and results for the District XI Class 4A Girls...
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2021 District XI Class 3A Girls Basketball Schedule and Results Here are the schedule and results for the District XI Class 3A Girls...
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2021 District XI Class 5A Girls Basketball Schedule and Results Here are the schedule and results for the District XI Class 5A Girls...
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2021 District XI Class 2A Girls Basketball Schedule and Results Here are the schedule and results for the District XI Class 2A Girls...
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2021 District XI Class 1A Girls Basketball Schedule and Results Here are the schedule and results for the District XI Class 1A Girls...
Schuylkill County News
The former Porter Township High School is one property that’s targeted with some of the $2 million in demolition grant money Schuylkill County received...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Small businesses in Schuylkill County’s hospitality industry can now apply for grants to get back some of the losses they suffered during the coronavirus...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill Transportation System will start offering free riders for COVID vaccine appointments to local residents. STS announced this service starts Monday, March 8. To...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Despite the fact that some of your friends may insist “no one wears a mask” or wonders why “people can’t just follow the rules”...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
US Rep. Dan Meuser slammed the Democrat idea that public schools need more cash to “reopen safely” after the COVID pandemic. In this Facebook...
Schuylkill County News
On Monday, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf posted to social media complaining that teachers don’t make enough money here. In this image, he says the...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
After Schuylkill County’s most productive week of vaccinating residents for COVID-19, there are now nearly 10,000 people who’ve gotten both doses of the Moderna...
Patrick Murphy Murder Case - The Latest
Today (Feb. 28) marks 2 years since Pottsville businessman Pat Murphy died in a New Orleans hotel room. And justice in his case still...
Local Sports
Nativity BVM topped Pottsville Area on Friday night to capture the school’s first-ever Schuylkill League Boys Basketball Championship. The school best known for its...
Local Sports
There’s little doubt that, over the course of time, North Schuylkill’s Lady Spartans basketball team is the best in the area. On Friday night,...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
A Schuylkill County volunteer fire company along with several local small businesses were recently cited by Pennsylvania’s Liquor Control Enforcement for COVID-19 mitigation violations....
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
A Schuylkill County restaurant has been ordered to close by the Dept. of Agriculture for violating COVID-19 orders. According to information from the Agriculture...
Local Business News
Fairlane Village Mall says national retailer TJ Maxx plans to open a store there some time in 2022. Rocco Arruzzo, the Pennsylvania regional manager...
Schuylkill County News
Police say they arrested a Pottsville man on Tuesday for violently shaking an infant last year at a home in Port Carbon. The baby...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County’s COVID percent positive rate is below 10% for the first time in months. According to information released by the Pennsylvania Dept. of...
Schuylkill County News
This is Victor Moulier and Mary Malave. They’re pickers. They’re allegedly breaking into the back kitchen door of a burned historic home in downtown...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
More than 7,300 Schuylkill County residents have gotten the full vaccine for COVID-19. That represents approximately 7% of the county’s population that’s been approved...
Schuylkill County News
Auburn Fire Company sent out the notice after it was determined two people broke into the secured area containing the borough’s water supply...
Local Sports
North Schuylkill graduate Reggie Crawford delivered an absolute monster home run over the right field wall on Friday in the 2021 baseball season opener...
Schuylkill County News
State Police are looking for the person or persons responsible for stealing several valuable items from a fire company in Schuylkill County. According to...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf clearly wants to handle the pandemic on his own even as the state’s COVID vaccine distribution remains one of the...
Schuylkill County Man
A Schuylkill County man was found passed out behind the wheel of his truck earlier this week, shortly after he was discovered passed out...
Schuylkill County News
State Police have provided an update on a multi-vehicle crash that shut down part of Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County during the ice storm...
Schuylkill County News
UPDATED TO REFLECT NEW PREDICTED SNOW TOTAL National Weather Service now places Schuylkill County and several others in Pennsylvania in a WINTER STORM WARNING....
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
As many as 100,000 Pennsylvanians will likely have to reschedule an appointment to get a COVID-19 vaccine due to an apparently supply chain error...
Schuylkill County News
National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Schuylkill County from tonight into Friday morning. NWS predicts between 6-9 inches of snow...
Schuylkill County News
You guys give up? Or are you thirsty for more? For the umpteenth time in the last couple weeks, Schuylkill County is set for...
Letters to the Editor
To the Editor: There is no Antifa organization. Antifa means anti-fascist. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Democrats and Republicans, including FDR and Dwight Eisenhower...
Schuylkill County News
Here are the latest coal region obituaries. Obituaries are collected from funeral homes around Schuylkill County. Follow the links to see the full obituaries...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County’s percent-positivity rate for COVID-19 infections continues an encouraging trend. According to information released Monday by the Pennsylvania Dept. of Health, the percent...
Schuylkill County News
National Weather Service has issued an ICE STORM WARNING for Schuylkill County and other areas of Pennsylvania. The ICE STORM WARNING lasts from now...
Schuylkill County News
UPDATE: This Winter Storm Watch has now become a Winter Weather Advisory, effective Monday 7 a.m. until Tuesday 1 p.m. National Weather Service has...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County businesses in the hospitality industry – bars, restaurants, and hotels, for example – once again have a chance at getting some financial...
Schuylkill County News
Schuylkill County District Attorney Mike O’Pake said this week he’ll pursue a murder charge against Pine Grove man who said he fought with his...
Schuylkill County News
A New Ringgold man says he fended off an attack from a person who showed up in the driveway at his East Brunswick Twp....
PA News
Pennsylvania Game Commission is looking for anyone with information about a bald eagle that was found dead outside Hamburg, Berks County, in late-January. Authorities...
Schuylkill County News
Teachers at Pottsville Area School District are not pleased with the school’s decision Wednesday to transition back to full in-person instruction. Pottsville’s school board...
Schuylkill County News
Board members at Pottsville Area School District voted Wednesday to return to full, in-person learning at all its schools through March, despite strong opposition...
Schuylkill County News
Another nuisance variety snowstorm is set to drop up to 2 inches of fresh powder over Schuylkill County late Wednesday and into Thursday morning....
Schuylkill County News
A Pottsville man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of cyberstalking and making threats over state lines. According to information...
Schuylkill County News
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has called off an investigation into possible criminal charges against Schuylkill County Commissioner George Halcovage. According to a statement...