Fire Destroys Family's Dream Home

WNEP - Fri Nov 27

A family of five Schuylkill County is wondering what to do now after losing everything in a Thanksgiving Day fire.

Fire Rips Homes In Schuylkill, Lackawanna Counties

WNEP - Fri Nov 27

Two homes were hit by flames Thursday. In Schuylkill County, a home in South Manheim Township was destroyed.

Commonwealth needs candidates who rock - the boat

Reading Eagle/Reading Times - Fri Nov 27

Commonwealth needs candidates who rock a ' the boat The Issue: Our entrenched state lawmakers have not budged on shrinking the size of the Legislature.

Former Leesport used car dealer charged in 2nd scheme

Reading Eagle/Reading Times - Wed Nov 25

The owner of a former Leesport used car dealership who was charged in October with stealing about $20,000 from a customer was charged Tuesday with defrauding another customer by selling a warranty that didn't exist, Berks County detectives said.

Schuylkill County Teacher Witnessed Museum Shooting

WNEP-TV Moosic - Sun Nov 22

A man who opened fire inside the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. is now charged with premeditated murder.

United Way tops $1 million goal

Customer Interaction Solutions - Sat Nov 21

Battered women, hungry children and many other Schuylkill County citizens who need help will get it as Schuylkill United Way announced Friday it had exceeded its $1 million fundraising goal.

Officials say widen Route 222 between Blandon and Kutztown

Reading Eagle/Reading Times - Sat Nov 21

Berks County officials say the best hope for Route 222 is to expand the road to a four-lane highway between Blandon and Kutztown.

PennDOT plans two more local stimulus projects

Pocono Record - Fri Nov 20

The stimulus fairy has another sprinkling of funding for Monroe County. Thirty-three additional highway and bridge projects will be financed by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to Gov.

U.S. grand jury indicts 2 in $136 million roadwork fraud

PennLive.com - Thu Nov 19

The owners of a Schuylkill County road construction business were indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Harrisburg, accused of what prosecutors called one of the largest fraud cases in U.S. Department of Transportation history.

Donations Down for Feed a Friend

WNEP - Thu Nov 19

All kinds of canned goods from WNEP's and Pepsi's Feed a Friend program were unloaded Thursday in Pottsville.