Port Carbon News

A woman who smashed her car into an Schuylkill County day care center full of children has been charged with drunk driving.

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While many are warm and cozy as the temperature drops, some can't afford to heat their home properly.

Thursday marked the reopening of a day care center that a car crashed into last week.

In this photo taken Nov. 27, 2009, damage after a car crashed through Little Sunshines daycare is seen in Port Carbon, Pa.

Police in eastern Pennsylvania say a driver distracted by a puppy in the front seat crashed into a day care center full of children, all of whom escaped injury.

A gaping hole was left in the side of The Little Sunshine's Daycare in Port Carbon after a car went careening through one side of the business and slammed into the wall on the opposite side.

Reading Eagle: Jeremy Drey Glenn Wenrich, vice president of the Pennsylvania Canal Society, shows off the work done by Kutztown University students and Boy Scouts to expose the remains of Kissingers Lock, near Baer Park.

The Pottsville Street Bridge in Port Carbon is open again. Problems arose Thursday when an 88,000 lbs excavator broke through the deck of the bridge.

A worker escaped death Thursday afternoon in Schuylkill County after a piece of heavy machinery nearly crushed him.

This month marks two anniversaries in our area, the devastating Hurricane Agnes flood of 1972 and the flood of 2006.