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A multi-alarm fire in Shenandoah has displaced several people. Just after 10:00pm, Monday, emergency personnel were dispatched to 5 South Bower Street for a report of a house fire. According to the dispatch, the fire originally came in as chimney fire but then the caller stated they could see flames...

POTTSVILLE — City Council voted unanimously Monday night to terminate a city police officer. Pottsville Council fired Timothy Youse effective immediately. The council members and police chief declined to provide a reason or any specifics of what led to the termination. Pottsville Police Chief John R. Morrow declined comment...

MINERSVILLE, Pa. - Hundreds gathered in Schuylkill County on Sunday night to show support for victims of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. Video from Skook News shows community members lining the streets as a caravan of volunteers and supplies left for Asheville, North Carolina, the area hit worst by the hurricane's flooding.

SHENANDOAH – Three people are displaced after flames ripped through a South Bower Street row... The post Three displaced, no injuries in South Bower blaze first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel.

READING, Pa. – A man involved in a fatal crash on Interstate 78 in Bethel Township in 2022 has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter. The Berks County district attorney's office says Dustin Harbaugh, 37, of Lebanon County, was convicted by a jury this week in relation to a Jan. 8, 2022, crash that killed Jason Blauch, of Myerstown, Lebanon County.

BUTLER TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man has been arrested for allegedly firing a gun at two people and other related charges. According to Butler Township Police Department, on October 11, William Joseph Everett, 55, of Drums, accused two victims of stealing from his home. Police say Everett then fired a shot into a […]

LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) — Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the death of an infant in Luzerne County. On Sunday, Oct. 13 around 6:30 p.m., troopers said they were contacted to assist Freeland Police Department with a five-month-old male infant death, located in the 900 block of South Street in Freeland.

CENTER VALLEY, Lehigh County – A Shenandoah police officer was among several first responders from... The post Shenandoah patrolman recounts effort to save child as he receives Spirit of Courage award first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel.

MAINVILLE – A 19-year-old Bloomsburg man was killed in a motorcycle crash Saturday afternoon. The crash happened around 4pm on Mainville Drive — Route 339 — in Main Township. According to the State Police at Bloomsburg, Robert Halye, 19, of Bloomsburg, was headed south on Route 339...

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READING, Pa. – A man faces up to 22 years in prison in connection with a robbery at a Fleetwood convenience store. Brandon Herb was sentenced last month to nine to 22 years in state prison. Authorities said he displayed a firearm at a convenience store in June 2023 and stole more than $30,000 in tobacco products, vape cartridges, lottery tickets and cash.

HUNLOCK CREEK, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Something wicked is coming to a screen near you: A horror movie about Nanticoke will premiere this year. The movie Nanticoke is about an up-and-coming baseball star who returns to his hometown of Nanticoke but gets caught in a military experiment gone wrong. Nanticoke will show at the Garden […]

WILKES-BARRE — Award-winning actress Christine Baranski will be in Luzerne County on Wednesday to campaign for the Harris-Walz team on a

Bloomsburg, Pa. — A Bloomsburg man removed his truck from his property ahead of a sheriff's sale, according to law enforcement. A civil judgement was issued against Timothy J. Hoffman Jr., 51, and his company, H&F Family Construction, court records show. Columbia County Sheriff's Deputy Michael Tkach arrived at Hoffman's Central Road home on July 17 for the sale, but Hoffman wasn't there, he said. Neither was Hoffman's 2003 Dodge Ram pickup truck, which was scheduled to be sold that day. Hoffman was charged with defrauding creditors. Docket sheet

ONTELAUNEE TWP., Pa. - Schuylkill Valley School District administrators and school board members are speaking out for the first time since the district received back-to-back security threats. Officials said they have come up with new ways of communication and are implementing other measures under their emergency safety plan. Though ultimately,...

The victims of a house fire Friday in Upper Saucon Township, members of a prominent Coal Region business family, have been released from the hospital and are staying with family in Schuylkill County. Ted and Audrey Twardzik's home on the 4900 block of Chestnut Hill Road was reported to be...

SAINT CLAIR – As a Saint Clair church celebrated a recent renovation, they invited area... The post Renovated dome, first responders blessed at St. Mary’s in Saint Clair first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel.

Ignacio Peralta-Agramonte, 50, of Leesport, will serve up to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to Third-Degree Murder on Thursday, Oct. 10, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Peralta-Agramonte encountered his estranged wife, Librad Reyes De Peralta, at the intersection of Route 61 and Snyder Road in...

Danville, Pa. — Geisinger Medical Center has converted the former walk-in urology clinic to a Urology Urgent Care Clinic, for patients who need immediate urology care. The clinic is located at the Mowad Urology Clinic, Foss 1 on the Geisinger Medical Center campus, 100 N. Academy Drive. The clinic is equipped to evaluate and treat urgent conditions and perform bladder scans and voiding trials. Patients should go to the clinic...

BEAVER TOWNSHIP, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Authorities were called to battle a second-alarm blaze in Beaver Township on Sunday. Columbia County officials say Beaver Township Volunteer Fire Company, the Main Township Volunteer Fire Company, and other crews were called to the 1400 block of State Road at about 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. Authorities say crews […]