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- Local
Dangerous Wind Chill Values Prompt Cold Weather Advisory
Minersville Jacks Up Tax on Skill Machines in Borough
WINTER STORM WARNING Issued for Schuylkill County
Developer Appears to Back Out of Proposed North Manheim Warehouse Project
Pine Grove Man Dies in Single-Vehicle Crash Along Sweet Arrow Lake Road
- News
Dangerous Wind Chill Values Prompt Cold Weather Advisory
Minersville Jacks Up Tax on Skill Machines in Borough
WINTER STORM WARNING Issued for Schuylkill County
Developer Appears to Back Out of Proposed North Manheim Warehouse Project
Pine Grove Man Dies in Single-Vehicle Crash Along Sweet Arrow Lake Road
- Business
619 Collectables Celebrates Grand Opening in Pottsville
Big Lots Announces Sale; Fate of Schuylkill County Locations Unclear
500+ Big Lots Distribution Center Employees Notified of Impending Layoffs
Plain n Fancy’s New Owner Taking On Challenge of Reviving an Iconic Schuylkill County Brand
Big Lots to Have Going Out of Business Sales at All 963 Stores; Company in Jeopardy After Sale Falls Through
- Crime
Schuylkill County Woman Accused of Stabbing Man in Hand with Broken Mirror
Schuylkill County Man Wanted, Accused of Domestic Assault
Intruder Found Hiding Behind Basement Freezer in Schuylkill County Home
Schuylkill County Fugitive of the Week: Gage Harkins
Pottsville Man Charged with Striking Girlfriend Who’s 8 Months Pregnant
- 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 Schools
The January 2025 Students of the Month of the Pottsville Rotary Club were honored at the Rotary Club weekly meeting on Wednesday, January 8...
Local Community News
A student at Blue Mountain Elementary-West has been chosen as one of the 13 winners of the state Office of Attorney General’s 28th Annual...
Schuylkill Schools
National Apprenticeship Week is from Nov. 17-23
Schuylkill Schools
Schuylkill Technology Center’s Adult Practical Nursing Program recently announced that its 2023-2024 NCLEX-PN pass rate was a perfect 100%. The National Council Licensure Examination...
Schuylkill Schools
'Rafflesia' takes out our top speller.
Schuylkill Schools
Second place awarded to a student from Schuylkill Haven Area School District.
Schuylkill Schools
32 students were honored in all
Local Community News
Award given by Hawk Mountain Council BSA
Schuylkill Schools
The proposed cut to Pottsville Area School District’s Publications Department is being met with fierce public backlash. So far, in just a few days,...
Schuylkill Schools
Patricia Pacenta, a beloved educator in the city of Pottsville, died December 16. Pacenta worked in Pottsville Area School from 1956 until 1992. She...
Schuylkill County Election 2019
Voters in the Tamaqua Area School District headed to the polls last week with quite the dilemma. Do we want armed teachers in our...
Schuylkill Schools
Should public schools in Schuylkill County be allowed to display the national motto In God We Trust? Earlier this week, members of Pennsylvania’s House...
Schuylkill Schools
TLDR: Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale released a scathing 48-page report Thursday detailing gross financial mismanagement at Pottsville Area School District. The school also...
Schuylkill Schools
In a Philadelphia Inquirer article Friday (Sept. 6, 2019), Pottsville Area School District Superintendent Jeffrey Zwiebel says the school still doesn’t pay Gillingham Charter...
Schuylkill Schools
We’re Back to School purists. And we can see through a line of BS. That’s why we don’t understand why Schuylkill County schools start...
Pottsville News
Hundreds of people joined a call Monday in support of Pottsville High School band director Craig N. Shoener. He’s allegedly been replaced in that...
Schuylkill Schools
Pottsville News
Parents of students at St. Ambrose Elementary School in Schuylkill Haven aren’t thrilled with the idea of the school closing. Specifically, the idea of...
Pottsville News
Only 53 students attend St. Ambrose Elementary School in Schuylkill Haven. You can count all the kids in sixth and seventh grade on one...
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Pottsville News
Pine Grove Area School District announced the resignation of its school board president Monday. Evelyn Wassel is “relocating” and resigning her post as head...
Pottsville News
Before you go about improving schools, you’ve got to get the students in the door. And at some Schuylkill County schools, that’s a problem....
Schuylkill Schools
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Pottsville News
Officials at Pine Grove Area School District say there is no credible threat of a potential school shooting there this week. The school responded...
Pottsville News
Pine Grove Area school officials got into a bit of trouble with the state recently for not holding enough fire drills. That’s one of...
Pottsville News
Mahanoy Area School District is fed up with the kids at one particular bus stop. So, they’re making them walk. Well, either that or...
Schuylkill Schools
Pottsville News
Another day, another head-scratcher from our county schools. This time, it’s from North Schuylkill School District. It recently presented assemblies to students on the...