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- Local
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
- 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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Local Community News
The future of the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Pottsville is up in the air. On Thursday, organizers of the annual parade, posted what...
Patrick Murphy Murder Case - The Latest
A new trial date has finally been set for Magen Hall, who faces a mandatory life sentence, if she’s found guilty of murdering...
Coal Region Consumer
Boyer’s Food Markets has rescinded a recall it issued earlier this week on ground meat. On Monday, the local grocery store chain announced a...
Schuylkill County Man
A Schuylkill County man is facing a felony theft charge after being accused of stealing some Pennsylvania Lottery instant game scratch-offs. According to State...
Coal Region Consumer
For many Schuylkill County natives, their first sip of beer was likely a Yuengling Premium. It’s truly one of the signature tastes of the...
Local Business News
Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc. announced this week that it’s acquired Riverview Financial Corporation. The transaction was completed after the close of business on November...
Schuylkill County News
The Christmas tree in Pottsville was toppled on Tuesday night when someone crashed their vehicle into it. The crash was reported a little after...
Canary Jumped the Shark
Seriously, what is it about Sheetz that makes people talk about pee? Confused? Well, there are more people than you think talking about pee...
Schuylkill County News
On Election Night, Pottsville voters put a Republican into the Mayor’s office at City Hall for the first time this Century. But the balance...
Schuylkill County News
Pottsville Police say a Saint Clair man was drunk behind the wheel of a pickup truck when he struck a 12-year-old girl last month...
Schuylkill County News
A Pottsville man has been indicted on federal charges of trafficking cocaine and methamphetamine as well as possessing an illegal gun. According to information...
Schuylkill County News
A threat written on a bathroom stall inside Pottsville Area High School has the building under lockdown this afternoon. Superintendent Sarah Yoder emailed Pottsville...
Schuylkill County News
Police in Pottsville have arrested a city man they say stabbed a woman on W. Race St. Wednesday afternoon. According to information released Thursday,...
Schuylkill County News
State Police say there was never a threat of a school shooting at the Schuylkill Vocational Technical School in Mar Lin. Police say they...
Schuylkill County News
A Minersville man had his leg amputated while he was walking along the Pottsville-Minersville Highway early Tuesday morning. According to information from State Police...
Schuylkill County News
Pottsville Police say they’ve identified the driver wanted in connection with a hit-and-run crash downtown last week that injured a 12-year-old girl from the...
Schuylkill County News
Reading Anthracite is reporting that someone made off with as much as $40,000 in copper wiring from its land in Cass Township. According to...
Schuylkill County News
Minersville Police recently took down Mr. Freeze. It turns out his icy lair was located in the borough, at a home on Lewis St....
Schuylkill County News
UPDATE: Police ID Driver in Pottsville Hit-and-Run That Injured 12-Year-Old Girl – Not Yet Releasing Name Police in Pottsville are asking for the public’s help...
Patrick Murphy Murder Case - The Latest
Magen Hall appeared before a Louisiana judge Wednesday as she awaits her murder trial for allegedly killing Pottsville businessman Patrick Murphy back in 2019....
Schuylkill County News
Two arrests have been made in connection with the murder of a Pottsville man in Cass Township last week. According to information from State...
Schuylkill County News
A New York man is facing a felony strangulation charge following an incident in Pottsville over the weekend. Pottsville Police say Elit M. CalderonBruno,...
Schuylkill County News
Pottsville Police are asking for the public’s help locating a missing teen. They say 16-year-old Abby Splain left her home in Pottsville at about...
Schuylkill County News
The historic brick building in downtown Pottsville which used to house the former Maroons bar and an antique store before that faced the proverbial...
Coal Region Consumer
Yuengling Brewery in downtown Pottsville may have won Halloween. We spotted this very creative decoration outside America’s Oldest Brewery’s Gift Shop along Mahantongo Street...
Schuylkill County News
You may have read that Pottsville Area School District has saved more than $100,000 since installing thousands of solar panels on the roofs of...
Schuylkill County News
A total of 18 vehicles were damaged by vandals in Pottsville during the overnight hours of Oct. 11-12. According to information released by police...
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
Police have obtained a search warrant for 2 men suspected of homicide in the 2015 killing of a Pottsville man. City police say they’ve...
Schuylkill County News
Pottsville Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing man. The report that Raymond Gower, of Pottsville, was reported missing by...
Local Community News
Today marks the return of the popular annual Yuengling Light Lager Jogger 5K race in Pottsville. It, like many events, took a year off...
Patrick Murphy Murder Case - The Latest
A new trial date for Magen Hall was not set today in a New Orleans courtroom. A pre-trial conference scheduled for Wednesday only resulted...
Local Community News
The history of immigration at Ellis Island will be the focus of a discussion at Schuylkill County Historical Society tonight. Historical researcher and writer...
Local Community News
Good Intent Fire Co. in Pottsville celebrated its 175th anniversary on Saturday with a raucous and circuitous lights and sirens parade all over the...
Schuylkill County News
Police have identified the man who died in a motorcycle crash on Route 901 last week in Schuylkill County. They say 20-year-old Gregory Calkins,...
Schuylkill County News
A flasher is apparently on the loose in Norwegian Township. According to a report from Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers, State Police in Schuylkill Haven are...
Patrick Murphy Murder Case - The Latest
Hurricane Ida has forced the latest delay in the murder trial of the woman accused of killing Pottsville businessman Pat Murphy back in 2019....
Coal Region Consumer
The employee shortage facing many businesses nationwide has affected some popular local businesses. Bowers Donuts Inc., which owns several Dunkin’ franchises in Pottsville and...
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....
Schuylkill County News
A Schuylkill County woman says her engagement ring is missing after she attempted to send it to the maker for maintenance. According to information...
2020 Election
Tempers flared in downtown Pottsville Monday afternoon at a protest against State Sen. Dave Argall’s support of a forensic audit of the 2020 election...
2020 Election
A liberal activist group is planning a protest this afternoon in front of State Sen. Dave Argall’s office in Pottsville. And a counter-protest could...
Schuylkill County News
A Pottsville man died early Sunday morning in a crash involving a city police vehicle. According to limited information available from State Police in...
Local Community News
Cemeteries tell a lot of stories. And when you have one as large as the Charles Baber Cemetery in Pottsville, there are plenty of...
Schuylkill County News
On the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, it’s clear that the people of Schuylkill County never forget. For the...
Schuylkill County News
Schuylkill County Courthouse will be awash in purple light through the month of September to honor National Recovery Month and Suicide Prevention Awareness. On...
Local Weather
This alert was cancelled at 5:45 p.m. by National Weather Service. A Flash Flood Warning has been issued for Schuylkill County until 6 p.m....
Local Community News
Schuylkill County Historical Society is hosting several events in September that’ll interest local history buffs. Here’s a look at what’s coming up on the...
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...
Schuylkill County News
A shopper at the Fairlane Village Mall outside Pottsville sure got an eyeful earlier this month. According to information from State Police in Schuylkill...
Local Community News
A Comcast Lift Zone is now available at the Pottsville Salvation Army. Your first question may be: What is a Comcast Lift Zone? Well,...
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 Sports
Pottsville’s Travis Blankenhorn recorded a pinch-hit single Friday night in his return to the New York Mets lineup. Blankenhorn entered the game hitting for...
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....
Schuylkill County News
A Northumberland County man died Saturday following a head-on crash on the Gordon Nagle Trail outside Pottsville. According to State Police in Schuylkill Haven,...
Local Community News
A clean-up of a cemetery just outside Pottsville is one of several events planned by Schuylkill County Historical Society over the next month. Right...
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...
Schuylkill County News
A Pottsville man was arrested Tuesday after police say he shot at a vehicle outside his residence. According to court papers obtained by The...
Local Sports
Former Pottsville High standout Travis Blankenhorn is back with the New York Mets for another cup of coffee. But if he puts more charges...
Schuylkill County News
Pennsylvania Lieutenant Gov. John Fetterman brought a divisive, partisan message to the second annual Pottsville PrideFest on Saturday afternoon. While PrideFest is supposed to...
Schuylkill County News
Police have identified the people injured in a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County on Wednesday. According to information released today from...
Schuylkill County News
During a puzzling 2-minute, 18-second set of remarks at the official announcement of Alvernia University’s Pottsville CollegeTowne project last week, Schuylkill County Commissioner Boots...
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
Officials from Alvernia University alongside Pottsville city officials and business leaders gathered Thursday afternoon to formally announce the launch of Pottsville CollegeTowne. They all...
Schuylkill County News
Alvernia University will purchase the former GIANT grocery store in downtown Pottsville and transform it into its latest CollegeTowne campus. President John Loyack...
Schuylkill County News
A group of about 10 demonstrators gathered outside the Pottsville office of State Sen. Dave Argall and Reps. Tim Twardzik and Joe Kerwin on...
Local Community News
An upcoming program at Schuylkill County Historical Society will focus on Lithuanian traditions. Meredith Domalakes will present slides and artifacts on the country’s traditions...
Schuylkill County News
Alvernia University is actively seeking a property in downtown Pottsville to expand its student offerings and introduce its CollegeTowne concept here. According to an...
Local Sports
Pottsville’s Travis Blankenhorn recorded his first start and base hit with the New York Mets Saturday night. Mets manager Luis Rojas inserted Blankenhorn into...
Schuylkill County News
Developing story … Fire severely damaged a home on Pottsville’s East Side on Saturday. First responders from Pottsville and Schuylkill Haven responded to 457...
Schuylkill County News
A man who suffered serious injuries during a bicycling accident in Pottsville two weeks ago has died. According to a report from Lehigh Daily...
Local Sports
Pottsville’s Travis Blankenhorn is on the move once more this season. After being place on waivers by the Seattle Mariners, he was quickly scooped...
Schuylkill County News
Two of Pottsville’s most decorated military members helped the city remember those who’ve given the ultimate sacrifice at the 2021 Memorial Day parade and...
2021 Election
BASED ON UNOFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS … It appears the sitting board president at Pottsville Area School District will be out by the end of...
Schuylkill County News
A North Carolina man didn’t get very far after he allegedly robbed the Wells Fargo Bank outside Pottsville on Friday. According to a report...
Schuylkill County News
Developing story … Emergency crews from Pottsville and surrounding communities needed about 90 minutes to contain a blaze at a home in the neighborhood...
Local Community News
Schuylkill County Historical Society is hosting a pysanka (or pysanky) egg making class later this month. The class will be conducted by Georgine Postupak-Borchick,...
Schuylkill County Me Too
The number of protestors outside Schuylkill County Courthouse on Saturday afternoon was about half of the previous two demonstrations. But one of its organizers, Lisa...
Schuylkill County Me Too
During the first protest in front of the Schuylkill County Courthouse in March, organizers told us they’d be coming back regularly to voice their...
Local Sports
Pottsville Area graduate Travis Blankenhorn made his 2021 debut for the Minnesota Twins Wednesday. He even scored a run, coming into the game in...
Schuylkill County News
Police have released details on the explosive tractor-trailer crash that closed part of Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County earlier this week. According to State...
Patrick Murphy Murder Case - The Latest
Megan Hall, the woman accused of killing Pottsville businessman Patrick J. Murphy in New Orleans in February 2019, will go on trial for the...
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...
Schuylkill County News
https://www.facebook.com/ctidepride/videos/300263681504664/ Pottsville Area school board members are meeting Wednesday evening to consider the hiring of a new Superintendent. It’s expected they’ll hire Sarah Yoder...
Schuylkill County News
Board members at Pottsville Area School District are set to vote on hiring a new Superintendent at tomorrow night’s regular monthly meeting. According to...
Schuylkill County News
A Pottsville man is charged with murder in the stabbing death of an Orwigsburg man following a road rage incident Monday. According to a...
Schuylkill County Me Too
Two Democrat groups have planned a second rally this Saturday in front of Schuylkill County Courthouse seeking the resignation or impeachment of Commissioner George...
Schuylkill County News
A Saint Clair man has died from injuries he suffered last week in a crash along Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County. According to information...
Schuylkill County News
Three people sustained serious injuries in a head-on collision on the Gordon Nagle Trail Saturday afternoon. According to State Police in Schuylkill Haven, one...
Schuylkill County News
One of Pottsville’s most famous native sons will be in town on Memorial Day weekend to commemorate the solemn holiday. Former Supreme Allied Commander...
Local Business News
DG Yuengling and Son Inc – better known locally as Yuengling Brewery – once again topped the list of best sales by a craft...
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 Me Too
A small but energetic group of protestors gathered on the steps of Schuylkill County Courthouse Sunday afternoon calling for the resignation of Commissioner George...
Schuylkill County News
A Pottsville man is facing a host of charges after police finally were able to catch up to him following a high-speed chase on...
Schuylkill County News
The Pottsville Area school board voted in favor of cutting 2 jobs last week, including a teacher and a nurse. Directors did not identify...
Schuylkill County News
State Police in Frackville need the public’s helping locating a suspected runaway child from Walker Township. According to information released Wednesday night, 15-year-old Vincent...
Schuylkill County News
Bob Thomas, the father of Pottsville Area School District’s online watchdog Scott, announced Tuesday, he’s running for a seat on the school board in...
Schuylkill County News
The public is being asked for help in locating a missing teen from Pottsville. According to information at MissingKids.org, 16-year-old Jasmine Keim has...