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One dead in Schuylkill County ATV crash
ASHLAND, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Schuylkill County Coroner David Moylan confirms one is dead after an ATV crash in Ashland Wednesday night. Officials say just before 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, crews were called to the 300 block of North Ninth Street for a reported ATV rollover. Authorities say the Schuylkill County Coroner was called to the […]
Schuylkill Co. man killed in Bethel Twp. crash
BETHEL TWP., Pa. - Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) are investigating a car accident that took the life of a Schuylkill County man. The fatal crash happened Tuesday afternoon on Route 183 in Bethel Township near the entrance to the Appalachian trail. Authorities say 56-year-old William Lecher of Pottsville was travelling...
Two arrested for alleged marijuana grow operation
SUGARLOAF TWP., COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police say they arrested two people for allegedly having a marijuana grow operation. According to Pennsylvania State Police, on May 1 around 7:00 a.m., troopers were tipped by the US Marshalls of a marijuana grow operation in Sugarloaf Township, Columbia County. Troopers said they responded to Kingsbury Drive […]
5th-grade students in Schuylkill enjoy some outdoor learning at state park
You could not have picked a better day for some outdoor learning. Fifth graders from a district in Schuylkill County headed out of the classroom Wednesday. Students from West Penn Elementary in the Tamaqua School District spent the day at Locust Lake State Park near Barnesville. They learned about forestry,...
Stolen Car Found Crashed In Schuylkill County: State Police
The car, an 850i, crashed near Blue Mountain Drive in West Penn Township sometime on Monday, authorities said. The occupants ran from the crash and police searched a "large perimeter" near Blue Mountain Drive, Route 309, and Fort Franklin Road using drones and canine units, according to troopers. Around 2...
Suspending local law enforcement in Girardville
GIRARDVILLE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Last month, people living in a Schuylkill County borough put pen to paper and voted on the fate of their police force. On Wednesday, the results of that vote were made public, will they keep their police department or dissolve it? Just a month ago, Girardville residents weighed the pros […]
Officer narrowly escapes harm when police car goes up in flames
KUTZTOWN, Pa. - It was scary night for a young officer from Hamburg Police Department when he narrowly escaped serious harm, or worse, after his patrol car caught fire. "The officer who is involved in it is obviously shaken," said Hamburg Police Chief Anthony Kuklinski. "It's not every day of the week you drive down the road and your patrol vehicle you're assigned to breaks into flames."
69th annual special needs fishing derby in Carbon County
CARBON COUNTY, Pa. — The edge of the creek at the Germantown Grove in Jim Thorpe was filled with students reeling in some big catches on Thursday. The Germantown Grove Club and Jim Thorpe American Legion Post 304 hosted more than 100 special needs students from Carbon County for an annual fishing derby.
Pottsville man sentenced to 8 years in prison for meth trafficking
POTTSVILLE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Schuylkill County man was sentenced to prison on Tuesday for methamphetamine trafficking. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Allateef Alkamil Ali-White, 43, of Pottsville, was sentenced to eight years in prison followed by a three-year term of supervised release for conspiring to […]
The Fire Beneath Our Feet
Centralia became an attraction for both horror movie fans and ordinary people fascinated by the story. I first learned the story of Centralia, Pennsylvania as a child, driving in my parents’ car through the mountains beyond the Blue Ridge. The fire had been making national news for several years, and a documentary appeared on PBS in 1982, which must have when my parents told us the story. Fascinated, my brother and I scanned the hills for smoke. I don’t know how close we actually were to the town on that drive, but to us it seemed that the fire could spread, could appear anywhere, connected by the vast seams of anthracite coal. The vast underground caverns I imagined while playing Dungeons and Dragons were real, and maybe the fires of hell, too.
Stuck between high fees and low wages, how much money will it take to fix PA child care staffing crisis?
This story originally appeared on Spotlight PA. Holli Zelinsky often thinks about selling or even closing the Doodle Bug. She opened the preschool and child care center in rural Schuylkill County in 2007, and making the finances work has always been a challenge. But after the coronavirus pandemic upended the...
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