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- Local
Schuylkill DA O’Pake Flips to Republican Party
EV Charging Stations Approved for New Onvo Travel Center
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
- News
Schuylkill DA O’Pake Flips to Republican Party
EV Charging Stations Approved for New Onvo Travel Center
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
- 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
New Jersey Man Denied Bail After Allegedly Setting Pottsville Woman’s Foot on Fire
Homeless Man Arrested for Entering Vacant Downtown Pottsville Business Building
Schuylkill County Man Accused of Spitting Blood at Police Officer
Police Investigating Copper Theft from Schuylkill County Business
Pottsville Man Charged with Trespassing at 7-11 Then Breaking Into East Side Home
- 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 District Attorney Mike O’Pake announced Friday that he’s changing his political party affiliation from Democrat to Republican. In a statement released on...
Schuylkill County Police News
Diego Cruz allegedly violated a PFA order against him.
Schuylkill County News
This would only be Schuylkill County's second retail EV charging station.
Schuylkill County Police News
Man allegedly told police he did an eight ball of meth
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
Colburn wasn't happy to see the news media covering his hearing.
Schuylkill County Police News
He says gray-haired man invited him to stay there.
Schuylkill County Police News
Copper valued at $1,300+
Schuylkill County Police News
$800 in merch reported stolen
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 Schuylkill County woman is in jail Monday after police say she was involved in a series of violent incidents over the last two...
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
Schuylkill County Historical Society’s headquarters in downtown Pottsville has new windows … for the first time in 161 years! State funding combined with generous...
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 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 .
Pet Adoptions
Let's get Sissy and Bishop a fur-ever home today.
Local Weather
Snow showers this afternoon could make for some tricky travel at times
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Wednesday's winning numbers
Local Weather
Wind Advisory in effect starting at 7 a.m.
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....
MAGA News
Trigger your snowflake friends this New Year’s Day with an updated 2020 You Are Here meme. Let them know, they’re already halfway home on...
Coal Region Consumer
If you’re a New Year’s Day purist, you’ll likely join thousands of other Schuylkill County residents in feasting on some pork and sauerkraut first...
Schuylkill County News
What a weird year 2019 turned out to be here in Schuylkill County. For starters, we’re thankful for the thousands of people we reached...
Local Business News
This town ain’t big enough for two Pizza Hut restaurants. Pottsville Pizza Hut Closing According to a sign posted on the door to the...
Schuylkill County News
A recent headline from Shenandoah caught our attention. Actually, it wasn’t the headline — as disturbing as it is — as much as it...
Local Fire News
Fire officials still search for the cause of a Sunday afternoon blaze in Pottsville. One man is temporarily homeless and a neighborhood is lucky...
Local Sports
We’re right smack dab in the middle of college football bowl season. Both Penn State and Notre Dame won, so local fans are likely...
Schuylkill County News
Police in Mahanoy City continue searching for a suspected criminal they’re calling the Porch Pirate Princess. Mahanoy City Porch Pirate On the day after...
Schuylkill Arts
Pottsville Free Public Library announced plans for the upcoming John O’Hara Birthday Celebration. January 31, 2020, would be O’Hara’s 115th birthday. And in the...
Schuylkill County News
New Pottsville Parking Authority Executive Director Ian Lipton slammed the organization’s outgoing interim director in a poison pen letter. Unfortunately for Lipton, he has...
Coal Region Culture
We’re saying “Merry Christmas” again. And no one says “Merry Christmas” more than President Trump. Trump and Merry Christmas In fact, one of his...
Local Business News
We’ve already seen how Schuylkill County’s Christmas Tree at the White House looks all decorated. The Christmas tree from Mahantongo Valley Farms near Pitman...
Local Business News
(Cue Applause) Johnny Carson: Hey, have you seen the potholes in the Fairlane Village Mall parking lot. Those potholes are SO DEEP. Audience: HOW DEEP...
Schuylkill County News
Earlier this month, the School Property Tax Work Group released 5 plans that either reduce or eliminate school property taxes in Pennsylvania. The plans...
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...
Coal Region Culture
Will Schuylkill County have a White Christmas in 2019? Coal Region Canary keeps and eye on all the local forecasters to see what they’re...
Schuylkill County News
Winter Storm Finley, as some call it, probably isn’t worth getting all worked up about in Schuylkill County. The wintry storm that’s caused all...
Schuylkill County News
We don’t want to be like the school board members at Pottsville Area School District and hastily jump to conclusions on solar panels. Maybe...
Christmas Gifts 2019
Have you heard? They’re running low on the 2019 Hess truck! Hess Toy Truck 2019 Run, don’t walk, to the nearest online device to...
Canary Marketplace
Stocking stuffers have gone beyond just some candy and a few pieces of fruit. And the best place to find trinkets and tchotchke that make...
Local Politics
On the same day House Democrats decided to solidify his 2020 re-election, President Donald Trump will hold a Keep America Great rally tonight in...
Schuylkill County News
It’s news the parishioners at St. Stephen Church in Port Carbon knew was coming: the church is closing. In fact, the Christmas celebrated at...
Local Business News
Two iconic Schuylkill County brands announced a collaboration this week. Yuengling Brewery and Mrs. T’s Pierogies whipped together a fun party appetizer recipe featuring...
Schuylkill County News
State Police ask the public for help locating a missing 19-year-old Schuylkill County man. Pennsylvania State Police Public Information Officer Trooper David Beohm tweeted...
Local Fire News
Fire claimed the life of one person and destroyed a Howard Avenue home in the Yorkville section of Pottsville overnight Thursday into Friday. Some...
Local Outdoors News
Pennsylvania recently became the 13th state to pass Purple Paint Property laws. Gov. Tom Wolf recently signed legislation that unanimously passed both the state...
Local Politics
December 1 marked a major financial milestone for longtime Schuylkill County politician Dave Argall. Barring an unforeseen tragedy, State Sen. Argall will reach the ...
Local Business News
Mark Butler, founder and CEO of Ollie’s Bargain Outlets, died unexpectedly on Sunday. The company announced Butler’s death in a statement released Monday. Ollie’s...
Local Community News
Ashland did it again. First, Halloween. Now, Christmas. Ashland Christmas Tree 2019 Over the weekend, they got the town Christmas tree ready. According to...
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