Tamaqua Borough officials and officials with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation are reminding drivers that SR309 in Tamaqua will be closed tomorrow from 7 p.m. to Monday, Nov 21, at 5 a.m. ...
Quick response by area firefighters saved a home after a fire broke out in the fireplace chimney. Fire companies from New Ringgold, West Penn Township and Deer Lake responded to the alarm just before ...
A dinner benefit was held recently at the La Dolce Casa Restaurant in Tamaqua for the Griffiths family, which was hit with tragedy during a flash flood in Pittsburgh.
Tamaqua native Kimberly (Mateyak)...
Some years ago, merchants came up with a great way to jump-start the Christmas shopping season.
The shopping season officially began the day after Thanksgiving and has become known as "Black Friday."W...
A bonfire will be held tonight at 7 p.m. at the Rabbit Run Reservoir in Tamaqua. Organizers encourage fans to come out and support the Blue Raider Football Team on the eve of their Eastern Conference ...
Despite an anticipated deficit of $500,000 at the end of this year and an anticipated deficit of $3.3 million in 2012, a preliminary 2012 budget for Schuylkill County was adopted by the county commiss...
The big news for Chestnuthill Township residents is there will be no tax increase for 2012.
According to township chairman, Chuck Gould, it is the seventh year in a row that there has not been a tax i...
Approval was given by the Schuylkill County commissioners, at their work session Wednesday, to enter into a contract with the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare to provide administrative fundin...
The slow economic growth reached the Schuylkill County Planning Commission as for the first time in a long while it had no county subdivision plans to review at its monthly meeting Wednesday evening a...
The Weatherly Area High School Student Government Association held its semi-formal dance on Saturday at Genetti's. The king and queen and their court were announced during the event. Crowned king and ...