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- Local
Schuylkill Commissioners Approve Preliminary Budget with 3.5-Mill Increase in Property Taxes
Police Seek Info on Alleged Road Rage Incident with Shots Fired on Route 61 Tuesday Evening
Fourth Minersville Armed Robbery Suspect Turns Himself In
Rivers Gets 12½ to 38 Years for Role in Fatal Cass Township Crash
Commissioner: “Schuylkill County Has to be Open for Business”
- News
Schuylkill Commissioners Approve Preliminary Budget with 3.5-Mill Increase in Property Taxes
Police Seek Info on Alleged Road Rage Incident with Shots Fired on Route 61 Tuesday Evening
Fourth Minersville Armed Robbery Suspect Turns Himself In
Rivers Gets 12½ to 38 Years for Role in Fatal Cass Township Crash
Commissioner: “Schuylkill County Has to be Open for Business”
- Business
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
The Farm Store Wins Ignite Schuylkill Business Competition, $100K in Startup Capital
Pottsville Pizzeria Ready for 75th Anniversary Celebration
- Crime
- 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
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Schuylkill County Police News
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Schuylkill County News
A Schuylkill County firefighter is reportedly in serious condition Wednesday after being hit by a vehicle at the scene of a crash the previous...
Schuylkill County News
Two people from Tower City suffered serious injuries in a head-on crash along Route 209 Thursday evening. According to State Police in Schuylkill Haven,...
Schuylkill County News
Since pandemic unemployment pay has dried up, it looks like catalytic converter thieves are back to work, too. State Police in Schuylkill County have...
Schuylkill County News
A Dauphin County man died last week in a crash along Route 209 in Porter Township. According to State Police in Schuylkill Haven, the...
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
A Donaldson man has died from injuries he sustained in a coal mining accident on Tuesday afternoon. According to State Police in Lykens, the...
Schuylkill County News
A Westmoreland County man found himself in Schuylkill County Prison this weekend after what police describe as a drug-induced crash and home invasion. According...
Schuylkill County News
An Orwigsburg man says his car was stolen from him while he was buying coffee at a convenience store. According to State Police in...
Schuylkill County News
A Tremont man is facing criminal charges after he allegedly pointed a shotgun at the head of a disabled veteran in Joliett, Porter Township....
Local Entertainment
March 14 is Les Brown’s birthday. Today, would have been his 107th birthday. Who is Les Brown? Brown is from Reinerton, in Porter Township. He’s...