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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
Coroner Called to House Fire in Seltzer
- News
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
Coroner Called to House Fire in Seltzer
- 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
Police Investigating Copper Theft from Schuylkill County Business
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
- 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
All posts tagged "Port Carbon"
Local Weather
Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooold out there today.
Local Weather
What's the minimum amount of snow before you run to the store for bread and milk?
Local Weather
What's the minimum amount of snow before you run to the store for bread and milk?
Local Weather
Use caution on your morning commute!
Local Weather
See what the weather models are showing.
Local Weather Alerts
National Weather Service says snow squalls are possible in Schuylkill County on Sunday with the passage of an Arctic cold front. Forecasters believe the...
Local Weather
Winter may have officially begun a few weeks ago but you're going to feel it for real soon.
Local Weather Alerts
NWS extends Wind Advisory
Local Weather
Another round of rain ready to drench Schuylkill County.
Schuylkill County News
River at 11 feet at last check
Local Weather Alerts
Runoff from melting snow could make conditions worse.
Local Weather Alerts
You might wish this storm were all snow.
Local Weather
Soak up the winter sun today because you won't see much of it this week.
Local Weather Alerts
Get those shovels ready!
Local Weather Alerts
Warning lasts from 10 a.m. Saturday until 1 a.m. Sunday.
Coal Region Culture
Don't underestimate the impact shoveling snow can have on your body.
Schuylkill County News
Still a bit of uncertainty on what will happen on Saturday.
Schuylkill County News
We’re about 60 hours away from when many believe a snowstorm will begin impacting Schuylkill County on Saturday afternoon. As we creep closer to...
Schuylkill County News
Hold off on milk and bread for now.
Schuylkill County Man
The meth mustn't have kicked in quick enough.
Schuylkill County Man
People and their phones 🤦
Schuylkill County News
Election season? Arrests were announced by Pennsylvania AG Josh Shapiro.
Schuylkill County Man
Does this name ring a bell?
Schuylkill County News
In which district is your home going to be?
Schuylkill County News
A Schuylkill County woman is facing a harassment charge after police say she hit a man with a piece of crown moulding. According to...
Schuylkill County News
Police in Schuylkill County were able to track down and arrest a Pottsville man Tuesday wanted on strangulation and terroristic threats charges. According to...
Schuylkill County News
A Port Carbon man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash in the borough late last week. According to information from State Police in...
Schuylkill County News
Police are still investigating the death of a man on Tuesday evening in Port Carbon. Not much information is available to us at the...
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....
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pottsville Area School District officials are trying to encourage students to get a COVID vaccine by offering 2 chances to win an Amazon gift...
Local Community News
Port Carbon kicked off the Independence Day holiday in Schuylkill County with its annual 4th of July Parade this morning. Local fire companies, youth...
Schuylkill County News
A Port Carbon man has been charged with attempted homicide after allegedly shooting a woman with whom he lived Wednesday afternoon. State Police say...
Schuylkill County News
Police were covering two scenes in Port Carbon Wednesday afternoon after a reported shooting. According to an unconfirmed report from the Republican-Herald, a woman...
Schuylkill County News
After boasting about expecting a $1.2 million surplus next year, and a $600,000 surplus this year, Pottsville Area school board members voted 8-1 on...
Schuylkill County News
Pottsville Area school board members voted 7-2 on Wednesday to select Sarah Yoder as its next Superintendent. Yoder replaces Jeffrey Zwiebel and Acting Superintendent...
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
The former Porter Township High School is one property that’s targeted with some of the $2 million in demolition grant money Schuylkill County received...
Schuylkill County News
Police say they arrested a Pottsville man on Tuesday for violently shaking an infant last year at a home in Port Carbon. The baby...
Schuylkill County News
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
William Joseph Everly, 83, of Port Carbon, passed away Monday, November 23rd, 2020 at Schuylkill Center in Pottsville. Born in Pottsville, PA on October...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Paul Chekan, 92, of Port Carbon, passed away Monday, November 23rd, 2020 at his home with his family by his side. Born in Pottsville,...
Schuylkill County News
Fire broke out at an unoccupied home in Port Carbon early Friday morning. Calls went out just after 4:15 a.m. sending firefighters to 208...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Gertrude T. Donahue, age 101, of Port Carbon, passed away Monday, October 26th, 2020 at Schuylkill Center in Pottsville. Born in Mahanoy City, PA...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Richard P. Thomas, 72, of Port Carbon, Pennsylvania passed away on October 10th at home peacefully surrounded by family and friends. He was born...
Schuylkill County News
Is Spice or K2 making a comeback? The drug was popular about 10 years ago but you haven’t heard about it much recently. That...
Schuylkill County News
Fire broke out just after 1:30 a.m. Sunday and destroyed a home in Port Carbon. Five people are without a home following the incident,...
Schuylkill County News
UPDATE Police have filed charges related to this incident against a Pottsville man they say violently shook an 11-month-old infant: Police Arrest Pottsville Man They Say...
Schuylkill County News
Members of the Pottsville Area School District voted Thursday night to approve a plan that gets students back in school 4 days a week....
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Christine A. Muldowney, 57, of Port Carbon, passed on peacefully on Saturday at Geisinger Medical Center into the loving arms of our Lord after...
Schuylkill County News
Electricity service was out for about 1,000 PPL Electric customers near Pottsville Monday evening. It shut off around 5:45 p.m. just as a line...
Schuylkill County News
While many communities across the country stay inside this Fourth of July, Port Carbon turns out like it always does. Small groups of people...
Schuylkill County News
Pottsville Area school board officials postponed a vote implementing a pay-to-play policy for sports and extra-curricular activities. The proposal, if it passes, would have...
Schuylkill County News
School board members at Pottsville Area School District faced a lose-lose situation last week. People knew they were going to raise property tax rates....
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Loretta B. Sponhouse, 98, of Port Carbon, passed away surrounded by her family, Monday, June 8, at her residence. Born in St. Clair, January...
Schuylkill County News
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
John M. Kruss, age 75, of Port Carbon, passed away Saturday, May 23, 2020 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Allentown. Born in Pottsville...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Dorothy Legutko, age 100, of Port Carbon, passed away on Wednesday, May 20, 2020. Born in Mahanoy City on April 1, 1920, she was...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Agnes Blickley, 90, of Minersville, passed away on Tuesday at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Schuylkill – East. Born in Port Carbon, she was a daughter...
Schuylkill County News
The bad news from Pottsville Area School District keeps on coming. Although, the news that property taxes are going up again isn’t exactly a...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Kevin Nathan Stewart, age 57, of Pottsville, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2020, at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Allentown. Born in Pottsville on...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Sandra Mae Lurwick, age 79, of Port Carbon, passed away with her family by her side on Monday, April 27, 2020 at Providence Place...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Alice Marie Toback, age 84, of Port Carbon, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at Orwigsburg Center. Born in Mill Creek on January 14,...
Schuylkill County News
A Schuylkill County woman was arrested last week after getting caught shoplifting at the Walmart store in Hometown. Rush Township police say Luisa Perez,...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Albert J. Condrack, age 85, of Port Carbon passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, April 16th, 2020 at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Schuylkill, East, in Pottsville....
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Gary Lee Bair, Sr., 76, of Port Carbon, formally of Landingville, passed away Friday, April 17, at his residence surrounded by his family. Gary...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Richard W. Kemmery, age 73, died April 17, 2020 at home in Frackville surrounded by his immediate family. Richard died peacefully in his sleep...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Ann M. “Nanny Ann” Pavlick, age 95, of Port Carbon, went to be with Jesus on Thursday, April 2, at Schuylkill Center in Pottsville....
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County schools closing for 2 weeks starting today puts a burden on many families in the coal region, especially at meal time. That’s...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
You’ve heard it before: the meal some students get in school is the only one they’ll get for the day. It’s likely true here...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Coronavirus fears forced the postponement or cancellation of two upcoming events in Pottsville. The city announced Thursday morning that tonight’s State of the City...
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 News
This week, 14 soldiers with Pennsylvania National Guard will compete in the 2020 Pennsylvania Best Warrior Competition. And 2 of those soldiers are from...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Sandra M. “Pocky” Wagner, age 71, of Port Carbon, passed away Friday, March 6, 2020, at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Allentown. Born in...
Schuylkill County News
A Schuylkill County man was arrested Thursday night after police found him asleep on a porch with brass knuckles and some meth. According to...
Schuylkill County News
Schuylkill Transportation Authority has paid more than $700,000 for property along Route 61 in Saint Clair to build a new STS depot facility there...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Robert A. Oettl, Sr., age 86, of Port Carbon, passed away with his loving family by his side on Thursday, February 20, 2020, at...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Christine M. Schultz, 51, of Port Carbon, formerly of Branch Township, passed away on Sunday at Lehigh Valley Hospital – Schuylkill. Born in Pottsville,...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Olive M. Miller, age 92, of Port Carbon, passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at Schuylkill Center in Pottsville. Born in Port Carbon, PA...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Janet G. “Dolly” Mertz, age 91, of Orwigsburg, passed away with her loving family by her side on Monday, February 3, 2020 at Luther...
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
Marie Powanda, age 92, of Port Carbon, passed away on Saturday, January 25, 2020, at The Gardens at York Terrace in Pottsville. Born in...
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...
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
Edward E. Pogera , 86, of St. Clair, died Tuesday December 31, 2019 at Schuylkill Center, Pottsville. Born in Port Carbon, March 3, 1933,...
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...
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 County News
Three months … When it was learned that former Port Carbon councilman Charles Joy could spend as little as 3 months in prison for...
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...
Pottsville News
Port Carbon, Palo Alto, and Mechanicsville agreed to a inter-municipal agreement earlier this week to share police forces. The deal goes into effect on...
Schuylkill Veterans
Local Sports
Schuylkill County History
No foolin’ — a guy from Port Carbon bought the first car in America. It happened on this day, April 1, 1898. That’s the day...
Pottsville News
Port Carbon councilman Chuck Joy along with two Tamaqua men were arraigned on numerous child sex charges Thursday afternoon. Joy is one of three...