Interstate 81 Road Work Scheduled for Next Week

Interstate 81 Road Work Scheduled for Next Week

3 Pennsylvania Residents Being Monitored for Ebola in Texas

Officials announced Friday that 3 Pennsylvania residents are currently being monitored in Texas because they shared a flight with one of the country's three confirmed Ebola patients.

Coal Region Connections: Do you believe in Ouji Boards?

IS THIS OLD BOARD GAME A HARMLESS DIVERSION, MYSTICAL FUN, OR A DOORWAY TO ANOTHER WORLD & DIMENSION? Click LIKE if you sat around a "Ouija Board" in a darkened room with candles burning when you grew up & did you ever encounter any unexplained experiences?

Schuylkill United Way: Success Story from a Sexual Assault Survivor

Schuylkill United Way:  Success Story from a Sexual Assault Survivor

Retraction 10/17/14

We wanted to apologize for the misinformation that was originally posted for the "Sears Closing in the Schuylkill Mall".

We just want to report that the "Schuylkill Mall is NOT closing".

We apologize for the error.

Link to corrected story
http://www.skooknews.com/2014/10/sears-to-close-in-schuylkill-mall.html

Sears to Close in the Schuylkill Mall

Photo Courtesy of Mike Kalasnik on Flickr

Sears has announced that they are planning to close in the Schuylkill Mall

Man Shot, Crawled out of Woods

A man was found along Route 54 with a gun shot wound to the lower back near Shenandoah Thursday night in Mahanoy Township.