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Port Carbon Ponders Response to Fart Cans
State Police Issue Missing Person Alert for Schuylkill County Woman
Suspect in Minersville Armed Robbery Pleads Guilty on Separate Charges
Bitter Cold to Usher in the Start of Winter
Schuylkill County Company Principals, Employee, and Former State Trooper Charged with Racketeering in Illegal Gambling Devices Scheme
- News
Port Carbon Ponders Response to Fart Cans
State Police Issue Missing Person Alert for Schuylkill County Woman
Suspect in Minersville Armed Robbery Pleads Guilty on Separate Charges
Bitter Cold to Usher in the Start of Winter
Schuylkill County Company Principals, Employee, and Former State Trooper Charged with Racketeering in Illegal Gambling Devices Scheme
- Business
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
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
- Crime
Schuylkill County Woman Jailed on Alleged Elder Abuse Charges
Police Identify Suspect in Kielbasi Shop Tip Jar Theft
A Pair of Worn Out Boots Helps Police ID Robbery Suspect at Schuylkill County Mobile Phone Store
Brockton Man Faces Charges After Allegedly Using Elderly Man’s Credit Card to Pay Garbage Bill, Amazon Purchases
Pedestrian Struck in Pottsville Monday Evening
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- 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
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Schuylkill County News
There have been a number of assaults and fights reported around Schuylkill County lately. Most notably comes a report from back on Sept. 7...
Coal Region Consumer
A liquor shortage in Pennsylvania has caused the state’s Liquor Control Board to ration sales on some bottles. This rationing is now in effect....
Local Sports
A Mount Carmel man died and 3 Schuylkill County residents were injured in a head-on vehicle crash Friday afternoon in Schuylkill County. According to...
Local Weather
National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Warning for Schuylkill County on Thursday. The warning lasts from Noon until 7 p.m. on Thursday....
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A Schuylkill County man pleaded guilty this week to a federal charge of meth trafficking. According to the information from the US Attorney’s Office...
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Last week, US Rep. Dan Meuser (PA-9) announced a more than $21 million federal grant will go toward the reconstruction of Route 61 from...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
A total of 10 Schuylkill County businesses were recently cited by Pennsylvania Liquor Control Enforcement for COVID violations Many of these violations won’t even...
Schuylkill County News
State Police in Frackville continue to look for the person who is responsible for striking a hunter with his utility terrain vehicle about a...
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Get ready for a whopper of a snowstorm on Wednesday. Unless these forecasts fall apart completely over the next 24 hours – it’s happened...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
John Stanley Bernadyn Jr. of Frackville, joined our Lord on Tuesday, November 23, 2020, at the age of 72. John died peacefully with his...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Kyle R. Gronski, 37, of Frackville, formerly of Mill Creek Manor died Tuesday October 13, 2020 as a result of an ATV accident in...
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Lester A. Wright Jr., 69, of Frackville, died Friday October 9, 2020 at his home. Born in Washington DC, October 27, 1950, He was...
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Pamela A. Clark, 60, Frackville passed away on Friday, October 9th, at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Born in Cheverly, MD, she was a daughter...
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Police say they’re trying to obtain an arrest warrant for a Schuylkill County man who they believe punched his girlfriend 8-10 times in the...
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Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced charges against inmates and co-conspirators in a Pandemic Unemployment Assistance fraud ring. And one of those rings happened...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Dorothy J. Klimko, 85, Frackville, passed away peacefully Monday morning at Broad Mountain Manor, Frackville. Born in Frackville she was a daughter of the...
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The two men who robbed an undercover agent at gunpoint in Frackville and then led police on a wild pursuit through Schuylkill County now...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Betty Lou Decker, 86, Frackville, passed away peacefully Friday at Schuylkill Center, Pottsville. Born in Shenandoah she was a daughter of the late Naysh...
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Helen M. Bosevich, 77, Frackville, passed away peacefully on Thursday at Geisinger Medical Center, Shamokin with her daughter at her side. Born in Shamokin,...
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Joseph S. Pascavage, 76, Harrisburg, passed away unexpectedly Friday, Sept. 4, at his residence. Born in Frackville he was the son of the late...
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Stephanie M. Mcentee, 42, of Williamsport, passed away Thursday in Frackville. Visit www.Fritzfuneralhome.com. The Richard W. Fritz Funeral Home, Ashland, is in charge of...
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Michelle Smith, 55, of Frackville, died Saturday August 8, 2020 at her residence, Born in Pottsville, May 25, 1965, She was a daughter of...
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Madelyn Louise Maurer, 18 months, Frackville, passed away peacefully Saturday evening at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, with her family at her side. Born in...
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Jean M. Becker, 90, former Frackville (Moon Lake) resident, passed away at Cedarhaven, Lebanon County on August 3, 2020. Born in Frackville, she was...
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Gerald Gaughan, 73, lifelong Girardville resident passed away peacefully Wednesday morning at Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest, Allentown. Born at Ashland State Hospital, he...
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Christine Rennick, 67, St. Clair, passed away Sunday July 19, 2020, at Providence Place, Pottsville. Born in Mount Union, September 13, 1953, she was...
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Walter H. Kneipp, 89, Frackville passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his loving wife. Born in Newark, NJ, he was a son...
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Theodore “Ted” Samelko , 90, Frackville, died Thursday July 16, 2020 at Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest, Allentown PA. Born in Shenandoah on January...
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Judith A. Syzdek, 77, Frackville, passed away peacefully Sunday at her residence with her husband at her side. Born in Lost Creek #2, she...
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Carol A. Herb, 77, of Frackville, died Friday, June 19, 2020, at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton. Born Nov. 10, 1942, in Frackville, she was a...
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A Port Carbon was arrested on theft charges after police allege she stole a Mahanoy City woman’s purse at the Walmart store in Hazle...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Marlys (Molly) Jones, 89, of Schuylkill Haven passed away peacefully on Monday, May 18 at Broad Mountain Manor in Frackville. Born in Waterloo, Iowa...
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Kevin J. Mentusky, 41, Frackville passed away suddenly on Sunday, May 17, at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville with his family by his side. Born in...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
The popular Frackville fireworks display held around Independence Day is being postponed until this September this year. We have a feeling Frackville’s decision starts...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Evelyn Ann Kuczynski, 87, of Frackville, a former resident of the Ringtown Valley, passed away Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Evelyn was born in Shenandoah,...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Adrianne E. Kulak, LPN, of Valley View, passed away unexpectedly at Lehigh Valley Hospital- Cedar Crest on Friday, May 8, 2020 due to COVID-19...
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Michael Naydock, 91, of Waynesville, NC (formerly of Orwigsburg) passed away Wednesday, April 22, at Maggie Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation, Maggie Valley, NC. Born...
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Richard W. Kemmery, age 73, died April 17, 2020 at home in Frackville surrounded by his immediate family. Richard died peacefully in his sleep...
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Mary Ellen Davidson, 68, Frackville, passed away peacefully on Monday evening at Lehigh Valley Hospital Schuylkill, Pottsville. Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, she was...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
You’ve seen the people on the news stockpiling toilet paper and thought … WTF! Check out this footage of a toilet paper brawl in...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County nursing homes are taking measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus. Currently, there are no presumed positive cases of the deadly...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Susan S. Yost Grant, 73, of Frackville, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at Lehigh Valley Hospital Schuylkill East, Pottsville, surrounded by her loving...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Rozalie Diane Brosius, 72, of, Frackville, died Thursday February 27, 2020 at her home. Born in New York, November 8, 1947, She was a...
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A pair of Philadelphia women face possession and other charges after getting caught bringing drugs in to the SCI-Mahanoy prison. State Police at Frackville...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Joseph T. Renaldi, 89, of Frackville passed away peacefully on February 25, 2020 at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center. He was born on...
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State Police at Schuylkill Haven say a 10-year-old student at Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29 in Mar Lin is being charged with criminal mischief following...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Thomas F. Butler, 70, of Altamont Boulevard, Frackville, died Friday Feb. 21, 2020, at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill E. Norwegian Street. Born Aug. 15, 1949,...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Brian E. Bernotas, 43, of Campbellsburg, KY, died Wednesday Feb. 19, 2020, while working as a laborer for US Housing Components of La Grange,...
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Mary Rose Sklaris, Frackville passed away peacefully at Shenandoah Manor Nursing Center on Wednesday morning, her 91st birthday. Born in Shenandoah, she was a...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Anthony “Tony” Kurdilla , 82, a well known Frackville musician, passed away peacefully on Wednesday February 12th at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill, Pottsville surrounded by...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Arthur C. Flail Jr., 89, of West Palm Beach, Fla., formerly of Frackville, died Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, at his residence. Born Jan. 10,...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Tammy Lynn Franklin, 52, of Frackville, passed away at Lehigh Valley Cedar Crest, Allentown. Tammy was born in Kingsville, TX, on September 7, 1967,...
Local Weather Alerts
National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Schuylkill County starting Wednesday evening. The Winter Weather Advisory lasts from 8 p.m. Wednesday until...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Edward J. Eiche, 81, Frackville, passed away peacefully early Tuesday morning at his residence with his loving family at his side. Born in Frackville...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Julia Cresina, 95, of Frackville, died Tuesday January 28, 2020, at Broad Mountain Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Frackville. Born in Frackville, October 7, 1924,...
Local Politics
John Leshko, the former mayor of Middleport borough in Schuylkill County, announced his candidacy for the State House of Representatives. Leshko’s seeking the Republican...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
John Sedar, 93, formerly of Frackville died Thursday January 23, 2020 at Schuylkill Center, Pottsville. Born in Frackville, October 11, 1926, he 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...
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...
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...
Canary Announcements
With a big snowstorm in the forecast, you’re bound to see some fantastic photos of the Coal Region covered in a wintry white blanket....
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Barbara A. Wood, RN, 73, Frackville, passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning at Chamberspoint Healthcare Center surrounded by her two loving daughters. Born in...
Schuylkill County News
State Sen. Dave Argall says he won’t approve a new PennDOT secretary if they don’t commit to major highway projects. And he wants it...
Schuylkill County News
A Sunday morning snow squall brought Schuylkill County traffic to a halt going up Route 61 north of Saint Clair to Frackville. Our North...
Schuylkill County News
An outspoken convicted cop killer serving a life sentence at SCI-Mahanoy says Tyrone Briggs died at the prison after being “shot” by a pepper-spray...
Schuylkill County News
The family of Tyrone Briggs says they “want justice” for their son. Briggs died in custody at SCI-Mahanoy, in Frackville, on November 11. His...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
John M. Kodash , 69, of Frackville, died Monday August 26, 2019 at home surrounded by his family. Born in Pottsville, September 24, 1949,...
Local Business News
Breathe easy, Schuylkill County. The decades-long economic “downturn” helped us avoid a recent war. That’s the great Chicken Sandwich War waged last week between...
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...
Local Community News
Want to know if they’re having fireworks tonight (July 6) in Schuylkill Haven and Saint Clair: GO HERE. There aren’t nearly enough fireworks displays...
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We’re zipping through Facebook on Friday night and a post comes up from Columbia Hose & Steam Fire Engine Company No. 1 in Shenandoah....
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A Schuylkill County judge agreed to reduce bail for accused child rapist Dale Schimpf on Monday. According to court records, Judge Jacqueline Russell agreed...
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UPDATE, March 15, 2019: Three men, including the vice president of Port Carbon Borough Council, were arrested March 14 on charges related to this...
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UPDATE, 3 P.M. >> Though road conditions have kept travelers to a minimum, there have been several reports of minor traffic accidents around the...
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Polar Vortex 2019 is due for Schuylkill County Wednesday. The evil arctic blast is expected to punish the county until the end of the...