Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County Commissioners are set to vote Wednesday morning on whether or not to approve $6.11 million in bonds (or general obligation notes) that...
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- Local
Blue Mountain School Board Approves Preliminary Budget with 5% Tax Increase, $12 Million Bond Issue for Capital Projects
Mayor to Negligent Landlords: “Fix It Up, Pay It Up, or Give It Up.”
Residents Bring Speeding Traffic Concerns to Borough Council
2026 Schuylkill County Primary Election Results
Pottsville Advances Ordinance Strictly Limiting New Skill Games Machines in City
- News
Blue Mountain School Board Approves Preliminary Budget with 5% Tax Increase, $12 Million Bond Issue for Capital Projects
Mayor to Negligent Landlords: “Fix It Up, Pay It Up, or Give It Up.”
Residents Bring Speeding Traffic Concerns to Borough Council
2026 Schuylkill County Primary Election Results
Pottsville Advances Ordinance Strictly Limiting New Skill Games Machines in City
- Business
Mac-and-Cheese Restaurant Wins Latest Launch Pottsville Business Competition
Ruby Tuesday Closes Permanently in Schuylkill County
New Heisler’s Owners Plan to Preserve Iconic Schuylkill County Brand While Leaving Their Mark On It
Lineage Logistics Announces Mass Layoff at Schuylkill County Warehouse Facility
Saks & Company to Close Schuylkill County Warehouse
- Crime
Schuylkill County Man Facing Charges of Trying to Flee Police While Wanted Now Faces Charge for Trying to Steal ‘The Running Man’
Schuylkill County Man Jailed on Breaking-and-Entering Charges
Suspect Wanted by ICE Fights Officers in Schuylkill River, Police Say
Wanted Schuylkill County Man Leads Police on Foot Chase
“Boiling Hot” Soup Thrown on Pregnant Schuylkill County Woman’s Face During Argument Over Shoes on Carpet
- 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
Graver Wins $2,000 Crate Classic; Beach and Bassininsky Score at Big Diamond
Traffic and Parking Restrictions Announced Ahead of Soap Box Derby in Pottsville
Duane Howard Grabs 94th Big Diamond Speedway Modified Victory
Railway Park Little League Unveils $600K in Upgrades
Zelinsky Invited to an NFL Minicamp
Schuylkill County News
Future tax increases likely to avoid operating in the red
Schuylkill County News
Smith focuses on blight during State of the City Address
Schuylkill County News
Several dozen Cressona residents filled the Borough Council meeting room to capacity Monday night as they brought continued concerns about speeding traffic to officials....
2020 Election
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz urged the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to hear the emergency appeal of a case involving a challenge to Pennsylvania’s...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
A pair of Schuylkill County businesses were recently busted serving booze to customers without a meal and violating other COVID-19 mitigation regulations. According to...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Mahanoy Area School District is threatening to go to the extreme steps of pressing charges and contacting social workers for students who aren’t participating...
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...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has reported an unusually high number of positive COVID-19 cases in Schuylkill County lately. And on Monday, we learned that Schuylkill County has...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
PA CareerLink offices have closed for most services across Pennsylvania due to rising number of positive COVID-19 cases in the state. And that includes...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
A total of 7 Schuylkill County public school districts will have students attending virtually when classes resume this week. Many local school districts still...
2020 Election
A Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge wrote in an opinion last week that the lawsuit filed by several Republicans that Act 77 is unconstitutional has...
Coal Region Consumer
The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall recently on Crock-Pot® 6-Quart Express Crock Multi-Cookers due to a burn hazard. CPSC announced the recall on...
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 Weather
Schuylkill County Weather Report for Monday, November 30 Heavy rain is expected across Schuylkill County on Monday. Some places could see between 1-2 inches...
Schuylkill County News
A Schuylkill County woman faces a criminal mischief charge following a domestic disturbance incident last week. According to information released today, State Police in...
2020 Election
Trump supporters across Pennsylvania and the nation seem hopeful over the prospect of a resolution set to be introduced in the State House and...
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...
2020 Election
Of the numerous witnesses who testified at a Pennsylvania Senate committee hearing on Wednesday on election fraud and election process breakdowns in the state...
2020 Election
A Commonwealth Court judge on Wednesday ordered a halt to any certification of the 2020 Presidential Election in Pennsylvania. Judge Patricia McCullough ordered that...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania used the Wireless Emergency Alert System on Wednesday afternoon as its latest way to warn residents about the dangers of COVID-19. The alert...
Schuylkill County Man
A Schuylkill County man was recently found passed out drunk in a local Burger King drive-thru. According to State Police in Schuylkill Haven, the...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County officials finally released the money from its CARES Act allotment to small businesses, non-profits, and municipalities. The money was part of...
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...
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...