Hegins News

John Usalis, The News-Item's Ashland bureau chief and editor of Schuylkill Saturday, a weekly newspaper based in Ashland, was honored with this year's Schuylkill Conservation District 2008 Media Conservation ...

' Community organizers are looking for volunteers to transform a portion of Shamokin's downtown district into a Victorian-style Christmas celebration this winter.

If Pennsylvania were to emerge from the Dark Ages and stop the abject cruelty inherent in the mass slaughter of birds for fun and profit, it would have zero impact on the right of Pennsylvanians to own guns.

A secretive pigeon shoot that may involve birds kidnappped from the streets of New York City is slated this weekend near Reading, according to the Humane Society of the United States.

Pennsylvania is one of the last places in the country where pigeon shoots are legal.

Pennsylvania is one of the last places in the country where pigeon shoots are legal.

Pennsylvania is one of the last places in the country where pigeon shoots are legal.

Pennsylvania is one of the last places in the country where pigeon shoots are legal.

Pennsylvania is one of the last places in the country where pigeon shoots are legal.

Pennsylvania is one of the last places in the country where pigeon shoots are legal.

A burglar got away with food and cash over the weekend after breaking into a restaurant in Schuylkill County.

A burglar got away with food and cash over the weekend after breaking into a restaurant in Schuylkill County.

An admitted swindler who police said scammed his friends out of thousands in a investment scheme walked into an emotional hornets nest Friday when he was confronted by some of his alledged victims in Schyukill ...

I was happy to see the Lebanon Daily News run an editorial supporting the ban on live pigeon shoots .

Evangelical Lutherans from northeastern Pennsylvania on Friday narrowed their choices for a new bishop to two pastors from Lehigh County and one from Schuylkill County in a three-day process to select a leader ...

Interstate 81 southbound is closed this morning in Schuylkill County due to a tractor-trailer crash. via WGAL.com

Route 33 - Northbound Route 33 remains closed in Plainfield Township while state police clear a one-vehilce accident in the area of mile marker 14. via The Morning Call

A 19-year-old man is dead after a weekend crash in Schuylkill County. It happened on Route 25 in Hegins Township just after 5:00 AM Saturday morning. via PAHomepage.com

A Schuylkill County man followed another man from his workplace last week, cut him off in traffic and punched him in the mouth, police said. via The Morning Call

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" State Rep. Tim Seip, D-Schuylkill/Berks, will host a series of Property Tax/Rent Rebate days throughout the 125th Legislative District starting Thursday. via The Bud Angst Report