Port Carbon News

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.

July 25: Derrick Donchak, 18, one of three white teens charged in the fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant, leaves the district judge's office in Port Carbon, Pa., after his arraignment.

Just under three hours. That's all it took for the defense to present its case in a beating death trial in Schuylkill County.

July 25: Derrick Donchak, 18, one of three white teens charged in the fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant, leaves the district judge's office in Port Carbon, Pa., after his arraignment.

July 25: Derrick Donchak, 18, one of three white teens charged in the fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant, leaves the district judge's office in Port Carbon, Pa., after his arraignment.

A Pennsylvania man who had two teenagers' bodies in his basement for more than two weeks was sentenced to two life terms after pleading no contest to all charges against him.

A Schuylkill County man charged with killing two teenagers and hiding their bodies in his basement more than a year ago pleaded no contest Monday to two counts of first-degree murder, saying he was drunk and high at the time and doesn't remember the slayings.

An accused double murderer changed his plea from not guilty to no contest this morning.