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- Local
POOL CLOSURE PLOT TWIST: Legion Tells Cressona Council, ‘We Want Our Land Back’
Decision on Possible PSU-Schuylkill Closure Delayed
Schuylkill Commissioners Question Proposed Coroner’s Office Lease
Schuylkill County Man Dies in Vehicle Crash After Fleeing from Traffic Stop
Tamaqua In Talks With Coaldale on Providing Police Coverage
- News
POOL CLOSURE PLOT TWIST: Legion Tells Cressona Council, ‘We Want Our Land Back’
Decision on Possible PSU-Schuylkill Closure Delayed
Schuylkill Commissioners Question Proposed Coroner’s Office Lease
Schuylkill County Man Dies in Vehicle Crash After Fleeing from Traffic Stop
Tamaqua In Talks With Coaldale on Providing Police Coverage
- Business
- Crime
Pottsville Police Looking for Strong-Armed Robbery Suspects
Schuylkill County Woman Arrested for Exposing Herself, Yelling at Convenience Store Customers
Schuylkill County Woman Accused of Racist Tirade, Assault, Flashing 12-Year-Old
Schuylkill County Man Jumped from Third-story Window After Breaking Into Two Apartments, Police Say
New York City Woman Accused of Trying to Cash Fake Federal Government Check at Schuylkill County Bank
- 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
Pottsville Area Accepts Resignation of Head Basketball Coach, Hires Replacement
Blankenhorn Signs a Minor League Contract with LA Angels
Blankenhorn Signs with Mexican League Team for 2025 Season
Nahas Gets 2 Wins in Consecutive Outings; Blankenhorn Drives in Run vs. Phillies
Evitts Has Big Night in Rattlers Romp Over Strike Force
PA News
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Since 2008, what has Crabtree Rohrbaugh & Associates done for Schuylkill County and how much has it cost?
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Another L for the County on its transparency record.
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It's just another secretive budget process and it doesn't have to be.
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It's a lot more than we're paying a County employee to do the job.
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Schuylkill County Me Too
We've got 15 days to file an appeal to the state.
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They could deny ours today but they'll wait until the last minute.
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At long last, Schuylkill County has released a somewhat digital version of its proposed 2022 budget. The proposed budget outlines how the county plans...
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CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION: Earlier this evening, we reported that Jeff Dunkel was removed from the Schuylkill County Commissioners meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 2, asked to leave...
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On Wednesday, Schuylkill County Commissioner Boots Hetherington said his administration will post the government’s 2022 budget online. But before you get too excited about...
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Schuylkill County government officials say they need more time to get us a digital copy of the proposed 2022 budget we asked for nearly...
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Last week, Schuylkill County government officials talked a lot about transparency. Actually, it was more of a discussion on how transparent they weren’t going...
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Ever since Boots Hetherington was appointed as a Schuylkill County Commissioner, he’s promised transparency. Rarely has he kept his promise. And the latest example...
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A persistent thorn in the side of Schuylkill County Commissioners started Wednesday’s regular board meeting by getting a public apology. The meeting ended with...
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Schuylkill County Commissioners split Wednesday on a vote to fire a Drug & Alcohol Administrator. But then, oddly and against his own comment rule,...
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Last year, Schuylkill County Commissioners approved rules on public comments at their board meetings in an attempt to curb some of the criticism and...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County Commissioners Chairman Boots Hetherington threw a temper tantrum on Wednesday during the board’s regular meeting. Boots didn’t like the public comments from...
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The editing of public comments at Schuylkill County Commissioners meetings continued Wednesday. On two separate occasions, Chairman Boots Hetherington openly admitted that the County...
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Schuylkill County Commissioner Boots Hetherington decided to edit public comments submitted to be read during last week’s public meeting. The comment we’re talking about...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Not only is Schuylkill County Commissioners Chairman Boots Hetherington choosing not to read public comments critical of his administration’s policies and decisions, public comments...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County Commissioners Chairman Boots Hetherington is openly editing and/or refusing to read public comments during regular meetings. On Wednesday, Hetherington acknowledged and then...
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...
Coronavirus in Schuylkill County
TL;DR … County Commissioners passed the new rules on Public Comments. It didn’t go over well. Lots of arguing. The County is probably going...
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...
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Free speech lives to see another day (or week) in Schuylkill County! On Wednesday, the County Commissioners did not pass a new rule that...
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Schuylkill County Commissioners will vote on a motion Wednesday that would severely limit participation at their weekly public meetings. The preview to the new...
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Schuylkill County Commissioner Boots Hetherington clearly has had enough of the sideshow that’s developing during public comments at his board’s weekly meetings. Last week,...