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Crime Alert Berks: Cumru police seek man in assault, robbery
Crime Alert Berks County, a citizen crime-fighting group, is offering cash rewards of up to $10,000 to anyone supplying tips that lead to an arrest in this case or any other case or crime. Tipsters...
View ArticleSouth Schuylkill News Food Pantries, Jan. 9, 2025
Auburn: Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank will be open at Auburn Borough Building, 451 Pearson St., on Wednesday, Jan. 15, from 10 a.m. to noon. Volunteers will help load cars with meats, fruit,...
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Dean, Houlahan and Scanlon vote no on Laken Riley Act addressing undocumented...
The U.S. Senate is set to begin debate Friday on legislation that supporters say will protect people from criminal acts by “non-U.S. nationals,” but which opponents say is redundant and would breach...
View ArticleUncertainty over Trump’s electric vehicle policies clouds 2025 forecast for...
By DAMIAN J. TROISE NEW YORK (AP) — Electric vehicle demand is expected to keep rising this year, but uncertainty over policy changes and tariffs is clouding the forecast. Related Articles Business |...
View ArticleThe Los Angeles landmarks from film and TV damaged by wildfires
By LINDSEY BAHR, Associated Press Film Writer The high school where Brian De Palma brought Stephen King’s “Carrie” to life, Will Rogers’ ranch house and a motel owned by William Randolph Hearst are...
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Jimmy Carter’s funeral brings together 5 current and former presidents to...
By WILL WEISSERT and DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As they filed into the front pews at the National Cathedral, wearing dark suits and mostly solemn faces, five current and...
View ArticleHow removing unpaid medical bills from credit reports could help consumers
By CORA LEWIS NEW YORK (AP) — Lenders will no longer be able to consider unpaid medical bills as a credit history factor when they evaluate potential borrowers in the U.S. for mortgages, car loans or...
View ArticleSouth Schuylkill News Around the Area, Jan. 9, 2025
Class Notes Schuylkill Haven Class of 1960: Lunch meetings will resume at noon March 20 at Red Robin, Hamburg. Information: Ruth at 570-640-6928. Schuylkill Haven High School Class of 1965: Breakfast,...
View Article3 great nonalcoholic drinks to try this year
Here we are one week into the new year. By now, all those New Year’s Eve endcap displays of sparkling wine in every supermarket anywhere have been replaced by nonalcoholic beer displays. In days gone...
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Trash incinerators disproportionately harm Black and Hispanic people
Daniel Chang | (TNS) KFF Health News MIAMI — When leaders of Florida’s most populous county met in September to pick a site for what could become the nation’s largest trash incinerator, so many people...
View Article‘The Pitt’ review: Noah Wyle is back in scrubs in a medical drama about a...
“The Pitt,” on HBO’s streaming platform Max, is a weekly medical drama that emulates the kind of shows that have long been — and remain — a staple on network TV. It’s an instructive blueprint for other...
View ArticleSouth Schuylkill News Calendar, Jan. 9, 2025
Saturday, Jan. 11 • New Ringgold Area Food Pantry, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Christ Church of McKeansburg, 6 S. Race St. • Christmas tree collection, 9 a.m., Schuylkill Haven, with Boy Scout Troop 622 and Cub...
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Five places and experiences that are on my bucket list for 2025
Lebawit Lily Girma | (TNS) Bloomberg News Air passenger travel is set to hit a new record in 2025, proof of our collective and unquenchable thirst for exploring the world. Related Articles Travel | The...
View ArticlePennsylvania State Police corporal charged with having porn on work computer
SCHWENKSVILLE — A state police corporal has been charged with storing thousands of pornographic images, including some generated by artificial intelligence, on his work computer at the Troop K station...
View ArticleFor PSU mega-fan, it doesn’t get much better than Orange Bowl
Armpits deep in a euphoric celebration, Ed Sirianni had just two goals in mind. Find footing on top of the wall behind the goal posts, and lift the sign he made just in case his beloved Penn State...
View ArticleState sues Eagle Rock resort for selling ‘vastly overpriced’ lots
Eagle Rock Resort near Hazleton has been selling lots at far more than their resale value, Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry said Thursday when filing a lawsuit to halt sales and obtain...
View ArticleDemocratic Sen. John Fetterman to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman will become the chamber’s first Democrat to meet with President-elect Donald Trump since the election and plans to travel to Trump’s private...
View ArticleJudge scraps Biden’s Title IX rules, reversing expansion of protections for...
By COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in...
View ArticleRoute 222 in central Berks closed after tractor trailer flips
Route 222 northbound was closed at the Laureldale exit in Ontelaunee Township Thursday evening after a tractor trailer overturned on the ramp to Allentown Pike, according to emergency reports. Crews...
View ArticleMonstrous wildfires blanket Southern California with smoky air, threatening...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Massive wildfires burning in the Los Angeles area have filled the air with a thick cloud of smoke and ash, prompting air quality advisories across a vast stretch of Southern...
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