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Coal Region Canary
- Local
Schuylkill Technology Center Celebrates Launch of New HVAC Program
Schuylkill Haven, Minersville Football Squads Team Up to Spread Christmas Cheer
Lack of Transparency on Retired Finance Director’s Contract Forces Schuylkill Commissioners to Table Vote
Coroner Called to House Fire in Seltzer
Port Carbon Ponders Response to Fart Cans
- News
Schuylkill Technology Center Celebrates Launch of New HVAC Program
Schuylkill Haven, Minersville Football Squads Team Up to Spread Christmas Cheer
Lack of Transparency on Retired Finance Director’s Contract Forces Schuylkill Commissioners to Table Vote
Coroner Called to House Fire in Seltzer
Port Carbon Ponders Response to Fart Cans
- Business
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
Pottsville Elf Hunt Beginning at Various Businesses in City
- Crime
Pottsville Man Charged with Trespassing at 7-11 Then Breaking Into East Side Home
Police Investigating Smash-and-Grab Robbery in Minersville
Pottsville Man Jailed on Domestic Violence Charges
Schuylkill County Woman Jailed After Allegedly Throwing Cigarette Roller at Her Mom, Trying to Bite Her Neck
Charges Filed in Domestic Violence Incident at Lake Wynonah
- 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 Police News
Man allegedly told police he did an eight ball of meth
Schuylkill County Police News
$800 in merch reported stolen
Local Weather
National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for Schuylkill County on New Year’s Day. The Wind Advisory goes into effect at 7 a.m....
Schuylkill County Police News
A Schuylkill County woman is in jail Monday after police say she was involved in a series of violent incidents over the last two...
Schuylkill County News
Program launches on Jan. 25, 2025
Schuylkill County News
A Christmas tradition started four ago is now spreading in Schuylkill County. For the past few years, members of the Schuylkill Haven Area football...
Schuylkill County News
Paul Buber retired Dec. 13; On-demand contract would extend to end of year
Schuylkill County News
Some residents in one Schuylkill County community are wondering what can be done about fart cans on vehicles. Folks in one neighborhood of Port...
Schuylkill County News
UPDATE: McCoy has been located, according to PA State Police. State Police have issued a Missing Endangered Person Advisory for a woman from Schuylkill...
Schuylkill County Police News
A Pottsville man is in Schuylkill County Prison following an incident in Minersville on Monday. According to court documents, police were dispatched to an...
Schuylkill County Police News
A New York man is facing an aggravated assault charge following an incident late last month in Schuylkill County. According to court documents filed...
Schuylkill County Police News
Valenzuela-Garcia posts bail on Dec. 26th.
Schuylkill County Police News
Failed to appear at Schuylkill County Prison
Schuylkill County Police News
A Schuylkill County man was recently jailed after taking a joy ride in the middle of the night … in his neighbor’s vehicle. According...
Schuylkill County Police News
A Frackville man has been ordered to answer to charges that he swung a sword at another man during an altercation back in October....
Local Sports
Here is a weekly update on coal region natives in pro baseball.
Local Sports
Arizona advances to league championship game on Aug. 17.
Local Sports
Travis Blankenhorn is returning to The Show. The Washington Nationals are expected to promote the Pottsville native to their Major League roster today, according...
Local Business News
A lifeline for Big Lots and its local workforce?
Local Business News
Layoffs to be completed by end of March 2025
Local Business News
It's more than just donuts and sticky buns these days.
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...
Local Community News
Pottsville Rotary Club has named its December Students of the Month. Students are chosen from Pottsville Area High School, Minersville Area High School, and...
Local News
A woman pedestrian sustained a possible head injury after she was struck by a vehicle Saturday afternoon in Shenandoah. According to a report filed...
Local News
Schuylkill County Commissioners recently approved several property repository sales. At their Christmas Eve meeting, the Commissioners approved sales of the following properties, which were...
Local News
Charges against a Pottsville man accused of biting off part of another man’s ear earlier this month were held for Schuylkill County Court on...
PA News
US Rep. Meuser calls for prayers for Trump
PA News
US Attorney: Gang used drugs and guns for its heists
PA News
Bill now goes to State House for consideration.
Coal Region Culture
Host a spectacular cookout this summer!
Coal Region Culture
The results were pretty remarkable.
Coal Region Culture
Grover's prediction aligns with Punxsutawney Phil.
Schuylkill County Man
The wig apparently didn't work.
Pottsville News
An argument about the swords' pedigree escalated quickly.
Schuylkill County Man
His blood-alcohol level was 0.172%.
Schuylkill County Woman
She hit him in the face with tongs.
Schuylkill County Woman
Tamaqua has a no nonsense policy.
Schuylkill County Woman
Woman entered two homes without permission .
Local Weather
Wind Advisory in effect starting at 7 a.m.
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Local Weather
Rain may dampen outdoor New Year's Eve festivities
Opinion and Editorial
With 2025 fast approaching, there’s good reason to worry that a more authoritarian federal government is looming. In three weeks, Donald Trump will be...
Schuylkill County News
Last year, we heard some crime reports out of Pottsville indicating things are definitely taking a turn for the worse around here. We weren’t...
Obituaries Index
Here are the latest coal region obituaries. We collected these obituaries through the end of the day: January 21, 2020. Obituaries are collected from...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Elizabeth May Moyer, 72, formerly of Market St., Auburn, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, January 19, 2020 at Pine Brook Assisted Living Center, where...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
David Nicholas Scherr, Sr., 82, of Deer Lake, passed away Sunday, January 19, at his residence with his long time companion Linda by his...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
James H. Miller, 93, of Hegins, passed away Monday, January 20, 2020 at Rosewood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Schuylkill Haven. Jim was born in...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Jane K. Hammond, 62, of Orwigsburg, died Friday, January 17, 2020, at Penn State Health-Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey. Born in Pottsville, August...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Debra A. Kramer, 62, of Pottsville, PA, passed away Monday, January 20, at home. Born in Minersville on December 15, 1957, she was a...
Local Politics
The Canary can confirm former Ateeco Inc. owner and executive Tim Twardzik is running for Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives. Twardzik will seek the Republican...
Local Politics
State Rep. Mike Tobash (R-125) will not seek re-election in 2020, sources tell The Canary. He’s the second Schuylkill County representative in Harrisburg to...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Catherine Barton, 103, of Pottsville, fell into eternal sleep Wednesday evening, January 13, at Lehigh Valley Schuylkill–East. Born December 3, 1916, in the village...
Obituaries Index
Here are the latest coal region obituaries. We collected these obituaries through the end of the day: January 18, 2020. Obituaries are collected from...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Hilda E. Lamb, 101, of Pottsville, died Friday morning at Schuylkill Center, Pottsville. She was born July 31, 1918, in Clementon N.J. a daughter...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
John M. Stablum, 53, of Branchdale, passed away Wednesday at his home. Born in Pottsville, he was a son of the late Charles and...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Carter Jacob Larkin-Kukta, 14, of Branchdale, passed away Monday, January 13. Born in Reading, he was the son of Michael Kukta Jr. and Patricia...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Kathleen Rafferty, 90, Frackville, passed away peacefully on Saturday morning at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Born in Frackville, she was a...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Geraldine Mildred Hartranft, 89, passed away Thursday, January 16, at Orwigsburg Center, Orwigsburg, where she had been a resident. Born in Pottsville on April...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Dale W. Ferrier, 96, of Cressona, died Thursday, January 16, at Lebanon Valley Home, Annville. Dale was born in DuBois, on June 12, 1923,...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Josephine E. Leach, 66, of S. Willow Street, Mt. Carmel, former Lavelle resident, passed away Friday evening January 17. 2020, at the Mountain View...
Local Weather Extra
When Pennsylvania winter weather is on the way, you or someone you know is bound to ask, “How’re the roads?” You could check updates...
Coal Region Football 2020
Shenandoah Valley School District has named Ed Moran as its new Head Football Coach. Moran replaces a coal region football coaching legend, Kevin Keating....
Schuylkill County News
Pottsville’s Green New Deal to buy more than 4,000 solar panels sounds like a good environmental decision. After all, you’ve been led to believe...
Local Weather Alerts
The snowstorm predicted didn’t materialize as we’d hoped but Saturday promises to be a tricky travel day across Schuylkill County. According to our analysis...
Local Fire News
Firefighters remain on the scene Friday morning of a massive fire at the former United Wiping Cloth Co. factory in Shenandoah. Calls went out...
Local Entertainment
Daytime Emmy Award winner Steve Burton — you know him better as Jason Morgan on General Hospital — will appear at the Walk In...
Obituaries Index
Here are the latest coal region obituaries. We collected these obituaries through the end of the day: January 16, 2020. Obituaries are collected from...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Ian G. Campbell, 88, of Pottsville, passed away on Wednesday morning at Geisinger St. Luke’s Hospital, Orwigsburg. Services will be private at the convenience...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Charles K. Schartel, 57, of Pottsville, passed away on Wednesday afternoon in Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill E. Norwegian Street, Pottsville. Born in Pottsville on December...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Ronald E. Rose, Jr., 50, of Pottsville, passed away unexpectedly on Monday in his residence. Born in Pottsville, on June 10, 1969, Ron was...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Edwin W. Steigerwalt, 87, of West Penn Township, died Wednesday, January 15, 2020 in his home. He was the husband of Geraldine (Hill) Steigerwalt....
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