PINE GROVE — Students from Pottsville Area School District completed a one-of-a-kind program Friday, making the last of several trips in which they became immersed in nature and learned to make healthy food choices. Read morePottsville Area students complete after-school nature, food program 💬
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ASHLAND — Two street light poles fell on Centre Street on Friday, forcing the closure of a section of the road. Read moreDowned poles causes closure of roads in Ashland 💬
POTTSVILLE — While Lamour C. Branch is in Schuylkill County Prison charged with the murders of Hunter Mock and Angelito Caraballo, the chargin… Read moreAffidavit: Branch talked about homicides to cellmate, on phone from prison 💬
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — The 20 graduates from the Joseph F. McCloskey School of Nursing’s Class of 2024 were reminded of important lessons about th… Read moreNursing school grads reminded of ‘essence’ of profession at commencement in Schuylkill Haven 💬
A man is alive today thanks to the quick and professional actions of a Minersville teenager, who will graduate from Milton Hershey School on S… Read moreStudent from Minersville helps save man's life 💬
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WRIGHT TWP. — The 1990s child artist sought by the Crayola art company has come forward. Read more1990s Crayola child artist quickly identified by childhood friends, online sleuths 💬
Eckley Miners’ Village will offer programs featuring leading writers and researchers of the anthracite region during "Energize Eckley," a spea… Read moreMuseum to 'Energize Eckley' with new speaker series 💬
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Sometimes a chance taken can really change one's life for the better. Read moreYale-bound student among 18 Gillingham Charter School grads 💬
D-Day, June 6, 1944, couldn’t have come soon enough for Americans and their allies in Europe. 💬
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Affidavit: Branch talked about homicides to cellmate, on phone from prison
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Downed poles causes closure of roads in Ashland
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Pottsville Area students complete after-school nature, food program
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1990s Crayola child artist quickly identified by childhood friends, online sleuths
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LVH-Hazleton put newborn babies in danger, state inspection finds; 2 infants died after on-call pediatricians were late
For Jarrod Yuskauskas, becoming Tamaqua Public Library’s newest board member is a celebration of coming full circle. 💬
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The prosecution has rested its case against the president’s son Hunter, who is accused of lying on a federal gun-purchase form when he said he… 💬
WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP — The Wiconisco Creek Anglers Association, a conservation group in northern Dauphin County whose mission is to preserve and … Read moreWiconisco Creek Anglers clean up, create, trail in Williams Twp. 💬
POTTSVILLE — The Port Carbon man connected to the slayings of two New Philadelphia teenagers immediately following their deaths in October has… Read morePort Carbon man charged with homicide in two New Philadelphia teens' deaths 💬
PORT CARBON — The mother of one of the two teenagers murdered in New Philadelphia last year screamed at the man charged while he was escorted … Read moreMother screams 'tell me why you did this!' to New Philadelphia homicides defendant 💬
MAHANOY CITY — Walt McCall has seen a fire truck or two in his day. Read moreShenandoah fire museum impresses collectors from US, Canada 💬
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Smeltz was the winning pitcher and went 3-for-4 with an RBI to lead Williams Valley past Northern Lehigh for the District 11 Class AA softball… 💬
ALLENTOWN — The ball popped Talia Piragas' mitt as the final Tri-Valley batter swung and missed. Read moreOld Forge edges Tri-Valley in Class A softball quarterfinal 💬
BLOOMSBURG — Williams Valley ran into a hot-hitting team Thursday in a PIAA softball Class AA second-round game at Bloomsburg University's Ken… Read moreWilliams Valley falls to hot-hitting BEA in AA softball quarterfinal 💬
ALLENTOWN — When it comes to the ‘student’ part of student-athlete, Marla Freiwald and her fellow Blue Mountain softball seniors have already … Read moreBlue Mountain dominates Pope John Paul II in PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal 💬
HERSHEY — Tri-Valley's Braedon Doyle knew serving up three runs to Delone Catholic to tie the game in the second inning of a PIAA Class AA qua… Read moreTri-Valley gets behind Doyle, advances to PIAA Class AA semifinal game 💬
WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP — The Wiconisco Creek Anglers Association, a conservation group in northern Dauphin County whose mission is to preserve and … Read moreWiconisco Creek Anglers clean up, create, trail in Williams Twp. 💬
The newly formed Woodland Stewardship Committee of the Schuylkill County Conservancy had its first public meeting May 5. Read moreWoodland Stewardship Committee to connect landowners in Schuylkill County 💬
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Normally, a trial in the federal courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware, for lying about not being a drug addict on a form to buy a Colt Cobra .38… Read moreError and trial: Hunter Biden’s trial is not about his father
Pundits keep chirping about how voters want President Joe Biden to do something to bring prices down, particularly at the grocery store. Read moreEditorial: When it comes to taming inflation, the consumer — not the president — is king
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