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- Local
Schuylkill Commissioners Approve Preliminary Budget with 3.5-Mill Increase in Property Taxes
Police Seek Info on Alleged Road Rage Incident with Shots Fired on Route 61 Tuesday Evening
Fourth Minersville Armed Robbery Suspect Turns Himself In
Rivers Gets 12½ to 38 Years for Role in Fatal Cass Township Crash
Commissioner: “Schuylkill County Has to be Open for Business”
- News
Schuylkill Commissioners Approve Preliminary Budget with 3.5-Mill Increase in Property Taxes
Police Seek Info on Alleged Road Rage Incident with Shots Fired on Route 61 Tuesday Evening
Fourth Minersville Armed Robbery Suspect Turns Himself In
Rivers Gets 12½ to 38 Years for Role in Fatal Cass Township Crash
Commissioner: “Schuylkill County Has to be Open for Business”
- Business
Saint Clair Walmart Celebrates Grand Reopening
Ethereal Hair Studio Opens in Pottsville
Burrito Cut to Celebrate Opening of Onvo Travel Plaza at Highridge Business Park
The Farm Store Wins Ignite Schuylkill Business Competition, $100K in Startup Capital
Pottsville Pizzeria Ready for 75th Anniversary Celebration
- Crime
- 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
Schuylkill County Commissioners approved a preliminary 2025 budget Wednesday morning that calls for a 3.5-mill increase in property taxes. That means for every $1,000...
Schuylkill County News
Altercation between two men resulted in shots fired
Schuylkill County News
Jeffcoat arrainged Tuesday
Schuylkill County News
Family of victims offer emotional testimony at sentencing
Schuylkill County News
The man Pottsville police seek in connection with a shooting on July 13 in the city is back on Facebook. But we don’t know...
Local Business News
Conservative columnist Kurt Schlichter clearly experienced a Tuesday night like many of you probably had. He cracked open a cold Yuengling and said he...
Schuylkill County News
A double meteor shower over Schuylkill County could result in fireballs blazing across the sky tonight. You could see as many as 25 meteors...
Schuylkill County News
James Cramer, who disappeared from his home last week, was found dead Sunday morning along the Appalachian Trail. According to Pennsylvania State Police Trooper...
Local Politics
President Trump didn’t hide his feelings on the city of Baltimore Saturday. In a morning tweet storm, Trump singled out Rep. Elijiah Cummings, who...
Schuylkill County News
A search continues today for James Cramer, a missing man from Myerstown, Lebanon County. According to Pennsylvania State Police-Jonestown, the 56-year-old Cramer left his...
Local Business News
Take a step back to the ‘Mad Men’ era of American advertising. It’s a time when a Pottsville classic, the Van Heusen shirt, adopted...
Local Sports
The Yankees lost Thursday night. Bad. Really bad! Boston beat them 19-3. And the person taking the heat for the loss is starting pitcher...
Schuylkill County News
Three months … When it was learned that former Port Carbon councilman Charles Joy could spend as little as 3 months in prison for...
Schuylkill County News
Here’s a question to consider: If last week’s heat wave is the result of global warming and it’s only going to get hotter …...
Schuylkill County News
Pottsville has 30 days to turn over records it has over the gaping hole on Progress Avenue. The Pennsylvania Office of Open Records ruled...
Local Politics
Rep. Dan Meuser got a lot of feedback on Tuesday regarding comments he made defending the recent controversial Trump tweets. In fact, one comment...
Schuylkill County News
The man suspected in a shooting incident in Pottsville Saturday afternoon let everyone know this afternoon that he’s innocent. And he’s at the beach....
Schuylkill County News
Pottsville Police say they’ve got a felony arrest warrant for a man suspected in a shooting incident in the city on Saturday afternoon. According...
Schuylkill County News
In Pottsville last week, two stabbings involved children. Before last week, how many stabbings do you remember in Pottsville? Any? But last week, one...
Schuylkill County News
Thousands of people packed Pottsville streets on Saturday for the first ever Yuengling Brewery Summer Celebration. The event marked America’s Oldest Brewery’s 190th anniversary...
Schuylkill County News
Yuengling Brewery celebrates its 190th anniversary today with a massive party in downtown Pottsville. Things get underway around 1 p.m. and wrap up with...
Schuylkill County News
A real American hero and Pottsville native has died. According to information from WJCS-FM, Frank Ginther died on Monday. He was 76. The headline...
Local Entertainment
Long-time radio DJ at T102 in Pottsville, known as RC, is off-the-air. According to a since deleted Facebook post over the holiday weekend, RC...
Local Business News
Want some food from your favorite restaurant in Schuylkill County but don’t feel like leaving the house? Check out DoorDash. There’s an increasing chance...
Patrick Murphy Murder Case - The Latest
Magen Hall appeared in a New Orleans court on Friday for the Discovery hearing in the Patrick Murphy murder case. According to sources in...
Patrick Murphy Murder Case - The Latest
On Friday, Magen Hall finds out what evidence the state of Louisiana has on her in the Patrick Murphy murder case. Hall appears in...
Pottsville Hazing Incident
The Pottsville hazing incident carries on. And there are indications it could extend well into 2020. Late last week, Pottsville Area School District responded...
Local Sports
Pine Grove’s Lady Cardinals state championship softball team collected another honor this week. On Monday, MaxPreps rankings Xcellent 25 named Pine Grove to the...
Patrick Murphy Murder Case - The Latest
Magen Hall, the woman accused of murdering Pottsville businessman Patrick Murphy in February, was formally arraigned on that and other charges Tuesday in New...
Local Politics
This tweet on Monday startled us. It’s from one of the Yang Gang. It comes from Twitter user @Kayrosis and it reads: Pottsville, #Pennsylvania...
Local Politics
Democrats always find a way to use the phrase “fair share” and they sure love blaming cows. It happened at the same time last week...
Patrick Murphy Murder Case - The Latest
The Patrick Murphy murder case now has a judge. According to information from Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, Magen Hall must answer charges of...
Local Sports
Pine Grove scored 5 runs on 5 hits, including a pair of triples to overcome a rare deficit and win the PIAA Class 3A...
Local Sports
Williams Valley shut out DuBois Central Catholic, 5-0, Friday morning to capture the PIAA Class 1A Softball championship. The win is the 2nd state...
Local Sports
Pine Grove’s Lady Cardinals softball team hasn’t let anyone stop them on their way to the PIAA Class 3A softball championship game. On Friday,...
Local Sports
Williams Valley tries for its second PIAA Class 1A softball championship in the last 4 years this morning at Penn State University in State...
Patrick Murphy Murder Case - The Latest
So, what happens next in the Patrick Murphy murder case? The last time Magen Hall was in court, she’d been in an Orleans Parish...
Patrick Murphy Murder Case - The Latest
IN BRIEF: Indictment handed down against Magen Hall (now officially Magen) on murder, robbery, obstruction charges Arraignment could happen within 2 weeks Megan Hall...
Local Sports
Blue Mountain’s run to the PIAA Class 5A baseball championship came up a little short. The Eagles committed 6 errors in a tightly played...
Local Sports
Pine Grove needed just 4 innings on Tuesday to take care of Bloomsburg, 17-0, in the semifinal round of the PIAA Class 3A softball...
Local Sports
Williams Valley peppered Millersburg all day in the PIAA Class 1A softball semifinal. Eventually, the Indians gave way and the Lady Vikings came away...
Local Politics
Schuylkill County’s representative in Congress voted against legislation he calls a “Democratic Amnesty Bill.” Rep. Dan Meuser (PA-9) says the bill, known as HR...
Local Sports
It’s been a big week for Schuylkill League baseball prospects. Earlier this week, both North Schuylkill’s Reggie Crawford and Pottsville’s Eli Nabholz got picked...
Pottsville News
What happens when people pass under this bridge in Pottsville? Based on recent events … we don’t want to know. Earlier this week, police...
Local Sports
We started with 6 and now we’re down to 3 Schuylkill League teams still standing in the PIAA baseball and softball playoffs. On Thursday,...
Local Sports
Three baseball players from Schuylkill League schools got picked to represent Pennsylvania at the upcoming Big 26 Baseball Classic. The Big 26 Baseball Classic...
Local Sports
Two Schuylkill League baseball standouts got picked in the late rounds of the MLB Draft on Wednesday. North Schuylkill senior pitcher Reggie Crawford and...
Local Politics
Then, The Canary recently criticized Schuylkill County’s elected representatives in Harrisburg for not acting against their college, Rep. Brian Sims. You’ll remember, Sims is...
Local Sports
Score updates from all the PIAA baseball and softball state tournament games with Schuylkill League teams involved:
Local Sports
Six Schuylkill League teams get started on their drive for a state championship in baseball or softball on Monday. This is the tentative schedule...
Local Sports
Schuylkill League teams performed mop-up duty on Thursday and Friday. They cleaned up nearly all the gold in the District 11 baseball and softball...
Local Business News
The news yesterday sounds fantastic. Just 4% unemployment in Schuylkill County. That’s got to be some sort of modern record. The Bureau of Labor...
Pottsville News
Port Carbon, Palo Alto, and Mechanicsville agreed to a inter-municipal agreement earlier this week to share police forces. The deal goes into effect on...
Pottsville News
Schuylkill County’s unemployment rate hit the lowest it’s ever been in at least the last 30 years. According to new numbers out from the...
Pottsville News
Flash Flood Watch Until 11 p.m. Thursday for Schuylkill County Heavy rain, thunderstorms, damaging winds forecast for today Nearly 2 inches of rain Wednesday...
Local Sports
District 11 softball schedulers got weather wise. Or they just got sick of it running their lives. Rather than mark the remaining District 11...
Local Sports
We started the week with a championship game on Memorial Day. After that, two days of rain outs and it may be hard to...
Pottsville News
Heavy rain continues to inundate Schuylkill County Wednesday evening, causing panic on the roads, localized flooding and felled trees. Pottsville Streets Flood, First Responder...
Local Sports
Our seniors receiving the District XI AAAA Championship trophy after today’s 3-2 win over N’western Lehigh! pic.twitter.com/s8RmoBNbsO — North Schuylkill SD (@NorthSchuylkill) May 27,...
Schuylkill County News
The severe thunderstorms impacting Schuylkill County knocked out the power for 400 PPL Electric customers so far Tuesday evening. According to PPL Electric’s outage...
Pottsville News
During Memorial Day speech, President Trump: Honors Tower City fallen soldier John Schaeffer Asks his grand nephew, Daniel Schaeffer, of Williamstown (Nativity BVM, ’99)...
Local Sports
The top teams in the Schuylkill League in 2019 are 7 innings away from being tops in District 11. Both Blue Mountain, the Schuylkill...
Local Sports
Yeah, you read that right. Pine Grove scored 20 runs — and needed more than half of them — to defeat Notre Dame-Green Pond...
Local Sports
Tri Valley defeated Nativity BVM, 2-1 on Friday, capturing the District 11 Class 1A baseball championship. Tyler McGrath hit a 2-run double in the...
Local Sports
Rain postponed a number of District 11 softball playoff games Thursday. Any game scheduled for a Schuylkill County site didn’t happen. They’ll play them...
Pottsville News
A rush of warm, humid air expected in Schuylkill County Thursday afternoon holds potential for severe thunderstorms and maybe a tornado. National Weather Service’s...
Local Sports
District 11 Baseball Scores – Wednesday, May 22 Class 2A Panther Valley 4, Minersville 0 Williams Valley 11, Shenandoah Valley 1 Class 4A Northwestern...
Local Sports
A pair of local high school softball teams advanced to the next round of the District 11 playoffs. However, North Schuylkill’s season ended early...
Local Sports
All 3 Schuylkill County teams in the District 11 baseball playoffs won Tuesday. And each win set up local contests in the next round....
2019 Municipal Primary
** GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS – TAP HERE ** We’ve broken down the many races in the 2019 Schuylkill County Municipal Primary to make things...
2019 Municipal Primary
Polls open at 7 a.m. for the 2019 Municipal Primary election in Schuylkill County. Don’t know where to vote? Check out our complete list...
2019 Municipal Primary
SCHUYLKILL COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS Here are the 2019 Primary Election results for school board races across Schuylkill County on Tuesday, May...
Local Sports
A dozen Schuylkill County school qualified for the 2019 District 11 Softball playoffs this year. Here’s a breakdown of the teams that qualified and...
Local Sports
The road to the PIAA baseball championship starts with the District 11 tournament. And this week, a dozen Schuylkill League baseball teams begin their...
Local Business News
Dollar General Corporation announced last week it purchased a cold-storage facility at the Highridge Industrial Park. The company says it will add 100 full-time...
Pottsville Hazing Incident
TLDR (Too Long, Didn’t Read) K.S. updates lawsuit filing in Federal court on May 10 Argument insists K.S. was victim of an unfair hearing...
Schuylkill County News
Local Sports
Blue Mountain and North Schuylkill met three times this season in Schuylkill League baseball. Before Thursday’s league championship game in Pine Grove, North Schuylkill...
Local Sports
Pine Grove won its third consecutive Schuylkill League softball championship Thursday, dispatching Williams Valley, 15-4. The game was played at Patton Field in Orwigsburg....
Local Business News
You’re on the road in Schuylkill County and nature calls. Well, those looking to relieve themselves in the best gas station bathrooms in Pennsylvania...
Local Sports
Rain postponed the start of the Schuylkill League softball playoffs this week. Now, the semifinal round gets started on Wednesday, May 15 at Patton...
Local Sports
Rain pushed back the start of the 2019 Schuylkill League baseball playoffs one more day. They’ll try to get the games in on Wednesday,...
Pottsville News
Someone at Schuylkill County Courthouse botched processing a convicted heroin dealer. It allowed serial suspect Nancy Cole — convicted and sentenced — to sell...
Schuylkill County News
Local Politics
Two videos surfaced recently of Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Sims berating pro-life protesters outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Philadelphia. Sims posted the latest video...
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Local Politics
Rep. Dan Meuser (PA-9) appeared on Fox Business Network on Tuesday to discuss details of the Trump infrastructure deal, trade talks with China, and...
Local Politics
If you’re a fan of the 76ers, you’ve seen a fair share of celebrity sightings courtside this season. For a while, it was Kendall...
Pottsville News
Tremont Police think rats can help the town’s growing drug problem. On Tuesday morning, Tremont police arrested a 25-year-old man following a search warrant...
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Local Sports
In 2019, the NFL plans to celebrate the 100th season in league history. You’re going to see NFL 100 references everywhere if you’re a...
Schuylkill County News
A fentanyl ring in Hazleton racked up more than a $1 million in sales already this year. On Thursday, it was taken down in...
Patrick Murphy Murder Case - The Latest
DEVELOPING STORY >> CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES >> It appears the woman accused of murdering Patrick Murphy will have to wait in prison for...
Pottsville News
The Schuylkill County unemployment rate dropped to 4.9% in March 2019. That rate represents a 0.4% drop in the unemployment rate compared to February...
Local Business News
Schuylkill County News
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro recently announced the arrests of 7 people connected to a statewide racketeering and identity theft ring. The 7 arrested...
Schuylkill County News
Local Politics
The American flag flying above Schuylkill County Courthouse looks ragged. Ragged, is putting it kindly. It’s torn and frayed all along the stripes. Coal...