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- Local
Schuylkill Commissioner Says He Won’t Certify Property Tax Reassessment
Dangerous Wind Chill Values Prompt Cold Weather Advisory
Minersville Jacks Up Tax on Skill Machines in Borough
WINTER STORM WARNING Issued for Schuylkill County
Developer Appears to Back Out of Proposed North Manheim Warehouse Project
- News
Schuylkill Commissioner Says He Won’t Certify Property Tax Reassessment
Dangerous Wind Chill Values Prompt Cold Weather Advisory
Minersville Jacks Up Tax on Skill Machines in Borough
WINTER STORM WARNING Issued for Schuylkill County
Developer Appears to Back Out of Proposed North Manheim Warehouse Project
- Business
619 Collectables Celebrates Grand Opening in Pottsville
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
- Crime
Schuylkill County Woman Accused of Stabbing Man in Hand with Broken Mirror
Schuylkill County Man Wanted, Accused of Domestic Assault
Intruder Found Hiding Behind Basement Freezer in Schuylkill County Home
Schuylkill County Fugitive of the Week: Gage Harkins
Pottsville Man Charged with Striking Girlfriend Who’s 8 Months Pregnant
- 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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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 Weather
National Weather Service confirmed Thursday a “downburst wind event” on Monday near Hometown. The downburst happened when a line of severe thunderstorms blew through...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s Education Secretary recently sent a threatening letter to board members at Tamaqua Area School District over their decision to defy the state’s indoor...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Tamaqua Area school board president Larry Wittig said Thursday night he wasn’t looking to “stick a finger in the Governor’s eye” but at the...
Schuylkill County News
Tamaqua Area School District fired an employee last week after he allegedly appeared in a viral YouTube video on the LC (Luzerne County) Predator...
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
Schuylkill County Woman Refused to Turn Off Cardi B’s WAP at Pool, Assaulted Police, Tamaqua PD Says
A Schuylkill County woman is facing a felony assault charge after she refused to turn down music she was playing at the Tamaqua Bungalow...
Schuylkill County News
A former Tamaqua man is awaiting sentencing after admitting recently that he sexually assaulted two minor girls over a period of time dating back...
Schuylkill County News
A Tamaqua man is facing a first-degree murder charge in Missouri after getting picked up by authorities there back on April 21. The Phelps...
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 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
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 News
Various local media outlets are reporting that one person has died in a fire at the Tamaqua Hi-Rise building Friday morning. According to a...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Daniel F. Whitenight, 90, of Tamaqua, died on Thursday, November 26, 2020 in Coaldale. He was the husband of Dolores “Dodie” (nee Pellonari) Whitenight....
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Tamaqua Area School District says it wants 56 people to quarantine after it learned of a positive case of COVID-19 in its high school....
Schuylkill County News
High winds have knocked out the power to more than 1,300 PPL Electric customers Sunday evening. According to the utility’s Outage Map, many of...
Schuylkill County News
Larry Padora doesn’t hide his politics. In fact, last week, the owner of Padora’s Italian Bakery in Tamaqua, started branding his politics right on...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Joan Irene Wassel, 86, of Pottsville and formerly of Tamaqua, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 in Pottsville. The best mother, gram,...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Arthur R. Main, 73, of Hometown, died on Friday, October 9, 2020 in Bethlehem. He was the husband of Mary Ann (nee Kosch) Main...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
William Lewis Delker, 86, of Tamaqua, formerly of Wadesville died Wednesday September 16, 2020, at LVHN – East, Pottsville. Born in St. Clair, July...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Kathryn E. Evans, 91, formerly of Clay Street, Tamaqua, died on Thursday, September 3, 2020 in Weatherly. She was the wife of the late...
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Margaret “Peggy” McArdle, 79, lifelong resident of Tamaqua, died on Saturday, August 15, 2020 in Coaldale. She was the wife of the late Vincent...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Joseph Howay, 84, of Tuscarora, died on Thursday, August 13, 2020 at home. Born in Tuscarora on July 9, 1936, he was a son...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Hazel M. Shoener, age 89, of Tamaqua, passed away on Sunday, August 9, 2020 at the Hometown Nursing and Rehab Center. Born in Pottsville...
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Evelyn M. Curvey, 92, of Tamaqua, died on Thursday, July 30 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of Herbert...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
Could keeping students at home away from schools turn them into marshmallows? One local school board president believes it could. At their recent...
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 Obituaries
Betty Jane Coombe, 72, of Tamaqua, passed away Sunday, June 21, 2020, in Residential Hospice, Wilkes Barre. She was the wife of Thomas F....
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Joseph L. Deitrich, 79, of Tamaqua, died on Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at home. He was the husband of Joan (nee Epler) Deitrich to...
Schuylkill County News
Over the weekend, anti-racism rallies and protests took place in Pottsville, Shenandoah, and Tamaqua in Schuylkill County. We headed to the one in Pottsville...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Edward J. Schoener, 64, Pottsville, formerly of Tamaqua, died Thursday evening May 21 at St. Luke’s University Hospital-Bethlehem Campus. Born December 16, 1955, in...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Kristine Ann Moyer, 65, of Pottsville and formerly of Tamaqua, died on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 in Pottsville. Born in Coaldale on April 11,...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Berlyn CW Hoppes, 88, of Tamaqua, passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2020, in St. Luke’s Hospital, Coaldale, with his family by his side....
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Genevieve F. (Huling) Hindermyer age 59 of Tamaqua Pa passed away unexpectedly on Sunday April 26 2020 Born in Trenton NJ she was the...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Lester F. Koch, 78, of Catasauqua, passed away at home on May 3, 2020. He was the husband of Debra A. (Matthias) Koch, with...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Gladys Lorraine Stoudt, 91, of Drums, died on Thursday, April 30, 2020 in Hazleton. Born in Tamaqua on November 24, 1928, she was a...
Schuylkill County News
State Police announced this week, they’ve made an arrest in the theft of a refrigerator and fire hoses in New Ringgold. Earlier this week,...
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
Maryliss W. Shaefer, 69, of Tamaqua, died peacefully on Sunday, April 12, 2020 in Bethlehem after a lengthy illness. She was the wife of...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Dennis Charles Timony, 77, of Tamaqua, died on Wednesday, April 1, in Salisbury Township. Born in Hackensack, NJ on December 4, 1942, he was...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Dennis M. “Merf” Miller, 69, of Tamaqua, passed away on Friday, March 27, in the Hometown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Lehighton, he...
Coronavirus in Pennsylvania
We’re not trying to be alarmists. It’s just that seeing people lined up outside a grocery store isn’t a good look. Walmart announced Friday...
Schuylkill County News
A man suspected of overdosing on drugs at Tuscarora State Park needed to be restrained by State Police recently. According to the PSP Frackville...
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 Man
The one thing we can’t tell you is how one Schuylkill County man ended up covered in pudding at the end of this story....
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Norma “Susie” Hadesty, 83, of Tamaqua, died on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 in Pottsville. She was the wife of the late Alfred L. Hadesty...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
James Allan McClure, 59, of Tamaqua, died February 24, 2020, at home. He was the husband of Jennifer (nee Johnson) McClure. Born in Philipsburg,...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Leaffie L. Knadler, 86, of West Penn Township, died Thursday, February 27, 2020, in St. Luke’s Hospital, Coaldale. She was the wife of the...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Christian L. Deem, 41, of New Ringgold, passed away on February 11, 2020 in his home. Born in Coaldale, he was the son of...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Rodman D. Knott, 89, of Schuylkill Haven, formerly of Lewistown Valley, passed away peacefully, Wednesday, February 5th, at Luther Ridge, Pottsville. Rodman was born...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Grace E. Fritz, 94, of Andreas, died Wednesday, February 5, 2020, in St. Luke’s Hospital, Coaldale. She was the wife of the late Walter...
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
Lawrence “Mickey” Padora, the Italian Baker of Tamaqua, entered into eternal rest on February 4, 2020 at the age of 93. He was the...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Anna Mae Yushinsky, 97, Quakake, passed away Saturday, February 1. Anna was born in Hazleton, on December 22, 1922, a daughter of the late...
Local Business News
Lawrence “Mickey” Padora has died. He is the longtime owner and operator of Padora’s Italian Bakery in Tamaqua. The business announced his passing this...
#ThisIsSchuylkillCounty
How does a comment about a pro wrestling ref’s untucked shirt evolve/devolve into a critique on Tamaqua’s restaurant scene? Twitter, of course. Tamaqua Crad...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Kathryn K. Baddick, 95, of Tamaqua, died on Saturday, February 1, 2020, in Coaldale. She was the wife of the late Theodore Baddick who...
Local Fire News
The Schuylkill Hose Dive Team helped rescue a deer stuck on the ice over Owl Creek Reservoir Friday afternoon. According to a post on...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Sarah Morgan DeBenedict, 26, of Tamaqua, died on Saturday, January 25, at home. She was a daughter of Raymond L., Jr. and Jennifer (nee...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Mary L. Shafer, 85, of Tamaqua, died on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 in Hometown. She was the wife of the late Sheldon Shafer who...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Kenneth William Moyer, 76, of Ephrata and formerly of Tamaqua, died on Wednesday, January 22, 2020 in Mount Joy. He was the husband of...
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
Betty Ardell Davies, 92, lifelong resident of Tamaqua, died on Sunday, January 12, 2020 in Coaldale, PA. She was the wife of the late...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Nancy Mohrbach, 90, of Tamaqua and formerly of Ashland died on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 in Hometown. She was the wife of the late...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Sandra A. Moerder, 77, of Tamaqua, died on Sunday, December 29, 2019 in Coaldale. Born in Coaldale on August 5, 1942, she was a...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Isabelle Anne Martin, 85, of Tamaqua, died on Sunday, December 29, 2019 in Lehighton. She was the wife of the late John E. Martin,...
Schuylkill County News
National Weather Service downgraded the impending winter storm on Schuylkill County. Previously under a Winter Storm Watch, Schuylkill County is now under a Winter...
Local Sports
Tamaqua’s historic run through the state football playoffs came to an end last night. The Blue Raiders were shut out against Wyoming Area in...
Coal Region Football 2019
Click or Tap for Live Score Updates It’s a sports cliche: get hot at the right time. Cliche, maybe, but that’s what Tamaqua’s done...
Schuylkill County News
Hundreds of Schuylkill County residents remain without electricity Thanksgiving morning as a fierce wind storm bears down on the coal region. According to PPL...
Coal Region Football 2019
Tamaqua’s historic football season marches on following an upset win Friday night. The Blue Raiders scored 14 unanswered points in the second half to...
Schuylkill County Election 2019
Voters in the Tamaqua Area School District headed to the polls last week with quite the dilemma. Do we want armed teachers in our...
Schuylkill County News
A Tamaqua woman allegedly showed up drunk to a recent Trunk or Treat night. According to a SkookNews.com report, Rush Township police say Melissa...
Local Business News
You’ve probably been heading to the Yuengling.com site to see where you can get a taste of this new Yuengling Hershey’s Chocolate Porter Beer. And...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
John W. Holmberg, 75, of Tamaqua, died September 4, at home. He was the husband of Elizabeth “Betsy” (nee Kane) to whom he was...
Schuylkill County Obituaries
Don D. Emerich, 84, of the Lewistown Valley died August 20, 2019 at home. He was the husband of Anna (nee Herb) Emerich to...
Local Community News
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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Last week, Brent Getz was fired from his new job as part-time Weissport Police Chief. For at least 6 years, Getz and an accomplice,...
Local Sports
Pottsville News
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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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...
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Schuylkill County History
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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...