Schuylkill County Man Killed on Route 183 Crash in Berks County

William B. Weikel, 55, of Zion Grove, was killed Monday morning when the pickup he was driving that was part of a convoy escorting an over-sized load down route 183 just below the Schuylkill County line in Berks County.

Route 183 was closed for about 3 hours because of the crash and a second crash that happened shortly after.

SKOOK NEWS SPECIAL REPORT: Fake Facebook Profiles of Older People

Facebook has grown to be the largest social networking site in the world, and it's arguably the safest as well.  Myspace was great at the time but eventually lost it's steam when viruses and other problems began being shared through the site.

What I am about to talk about may or may not be a virus, but it's definitely a security problem that I've witnessed on more than one occasion with friends of mine on Facebook within Schuylkill County.

Skook News: Week #3 High School Football Power Rankings

Mahanoy Area holding strong but North Schuylkill's loss has shaken up the board

Police Identify People Killed In Route 61 Accident

Schuylkill County Deputy Coroner, Andrew Szczyglak released the names of the two individuals killed this morning in a head on crash on Route 61, north of St. Clair.

The victims were Ervin Wallace, 48, Shenandoah and Brian A. Hibshman, 32, Berks County.

Double Fatality On Route 61

Emergency personnel received a call last around 3:30AM this morning for a head on collision just north of St. Clair in the area of Dark Water.

Route 61 was closed for a short period of time while the accident was cleaned up and investigated.

Two victims of the crash died from their injuries.  As of the writing of this article, the names have not been released of the victims.

Stay tuned to Skook News for further details.

Man Crushed By Car Identified

On Friday Afternoon, Police released the name of the man that was crushed by a car as Raymond Yocum, 57, of Tamaqua.

It was said that he was working on a car on a hill and the car accidentally slipped out of gear causing the car to roll on top of Yocum.

Yocum's death has been ruled accidental.

Schuylkill County High School Football Scores - Week #3

Schuylkill County High School Football - Week #3

Marian 6  Mahanoy Area 40
Pottsville 23  Blue Mountain 21
Schuylkill Haven 41  Minersville 7
North Schuylkill 21 Jim Thorpe 41
Panther Valley 40 Kutztown 26
Pine Grove 33 @ East Juniata 14
Shenandoah Valley 15  Tamaqua 38
Tri-Valley 13  Newport 7
Williams Valley 54 @ Millersburg 13