Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued for Parts of Pennsylvania

Schuylkill County along with other counties have been issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 9:00PM

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Tamaqua Home Burglarized Friday; Reward Offered for Info Leading to Arrest

Tamaqua Police are investigating a burglary at a home of an 89-year-old woman who lives at 308 Gay Street in the borough. Luckily, the woman was not home when the burglary occurred.

Woman Injured After Two Vehicle Accident in Walker Township

A woman was taken to the hospital via ambulance Thursday evening following a two-vehicle collision along US209 in Walker Township, just northeast of Tuscarora Mountain Drive.

Coal Region Connections: Who Remembers Sidewalk Sales?

FOR MANY COAL REGION TOWNS IT WAS THE BIGGEST SALE OF THE SUMMER. Click LIKE if you remember the huge downtown sidewalk sales from decades ago & the excitement they created.

Yuengling Ice Cream Launches Fundraising Program For Area Organizations

Yuengling Ice Cream released the following about their new fundraising program

Schuylkill County High School Football Schedule for Week #2

Schuylkill County High School Football Schedule for Week #2

Police Looking for Help Identifying Who Stole From Vehicles at Heisler's Dairy Bar

Police Looking for Help Identifying Who Stole From Vehicles at Heisler's Dairy Bar

Police Looking for Two Men Who Stole Lottery Tickets from White Birch Golf Course

Photo from TamaquaArea.com/Rush Township Police

Can you help identify these two individuals?

#FacebookDown

Facebook went down for approximately 15 minutes Wednesday sending social media into a panic.

Twitter and other social media outlet users began using the hashtag #FacebookDown during the outage.

 

The outage last from approximately 3:45pm until 4:00pm.

This will be Facebook's third outage of the summer.

Do you think we rely on Social Media to heavily?

Home Depot Investigating "Massive" Data Breach

Did you shop at Home Depot over the last couple months?  If so, your credit or debit card information may have been compromised.

County Residents Upset Over Cable Provider Dropping Big Ten Network

Residents of Schuylkill County unhappy about cable provider dropping Big Ten Network.

Yuengling Ice Cream Launches Contest to Find Taste Testers

Yuengling’s Ice Cream, recently reintroduced after a nearly 30-year hiatus, is looking for a few good men and women with excellent taste. It is holding a contest to find 12 “ultimate fans” who will serve as its official taste-testing team. The winners will help to choose the flavors that will appear on the shelves.

Family With Special Needs Child Moving On After Fire

WBRE caught up with the Wycheck Family, who lost their home in last week's fire in Mahanoy City

Biker Injured After Crash Near Brockton Tuesday

One male was taken to the hospital after crashing his motorcycle on Tuesday.

Where is the Tamaqua Area Weatherman?

Schuylkill County's Weatherman, Tamaqua Area Weatherman hasn't been seen on Facebook for months.  Where did he go?  Skook News has the exclusive look into where his whereabouts are.