Schuylkill County News

Regina Gargano has been named executive director of the Schuylkill County Visitors Bureau, replacing Mark Major, who announced his resignation in August.

It's been said that the wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never.

State police in Schuylkill County are looking for a missing baby alpaca with a cast on one leg.

A man from Schuylkill County learned how much time he will spend behind bars after admitting his neglect helped kill the woman he called his mom.

A man who made headlines when he was seriously hurt in an explosion was in another accident.

Knowing state lawmakers are loathe to eliminate their own seats, a Republican state senator today proposed a slow-motion plan to reduce the size of the Legislature each decade.

A two alarm fire badly damaged a home in Schuylkill County Monday evening. Emergency dispatchers say the fire started at this home on Clearmont Avenue in Rush Township around 5:00. Officials say crews were on scene until about 8. Part of Route 309 in the area was closed for a bit while crews fought the fire.

The Lehigh County Coroner has ruled the Friday shooting death of a Schuylkill County woman a homicide.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Jacqueline Dormer/Republican-Herald A car belonging to accused shooter Frank Manganiello, Schuylkill Haven, on Fourth Street after the scene of a standoff at the First United Methodist Church on West Market Street Friday afternoon in Pottsville.

Share + Oct 24, 2009 10:29 am US/Eastern POTTSVILLE, Pa. Four eastern Pennsylvania men have been ordered to stand trial on charges of beating a former friend to death last month.

Several communities in Schuylkill County are without water after a main break. Nearly 500 homes and businesses are affected by the break that happened about 10 p.m. Thursday.

A fire burned through three houses in Schuylkill County early this morning. The flames broke out shortly before 5:30 in the 100 block of Orwigsburg Street in Tamaqua.

An accident at an electrical substation in Schuylkill County sent one man to the hospital and caused big disruptions for an entire community.

Firefighters from Schuylkill and Carbon counties put out a fire that destroyed three row homes in Tamaqua this morning.

State police are asking for help to find a missing person in Schuylkill County. Lester Rothermel, 65, was last seen at his home along Stiely Road near Klingerstown around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Amtrak is recommending that another train be added to the sparse service between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, if state and federal legislators decide the additional ridership is worth the expense.

Fire investigators said a massive blaze in Schuylkill County Saturday was arson.

A state police fire marshall is trying to determine what caused an early morning blaze that gutted a local bar and two row homes in Schuylkill County.

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY Berks County man injured in motorcycle crash near Hawk Mountain A Berks County man was hospitalized Sunday following a motorcycle crash earlier in the day near Hawk Mountain in Schuylkill County, state police said.

Reading Eagle: Ryan McFadden Gerald "Jerry" McKerns of Reading in an area that once was the St.