Local photographer and cultural historian Scott Herring, also known as “The Last Anthracite Photographer,” hosted an in-depth presentation on Thursday about the coal region’s ethnic ...

Growing up on Norwegian Street in Mark Purcell’s youth was filled with adventures. “We would hike up over the Sharp Mountain, ...

Step inside a Pennsylvania museum that feels untouched by time, filled with history and captivating artifacts.

It was during Henry Clay’s era that anthracite coal from Schuylkill County and its neighboring counties (Carbon, Luzerne, Northumberland, Columbia – the heart of Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Region) ...

Emergency crews responded to reports of falling walls and scattered debris at the former Beth Israel Synagogue, a brick building whose cornerstone was laid in 1923.

Second of two parts (Read Part One here) Not every dying town can be saved. Girardville, a shell of itself in Schuylkill County coal country, could go either way. Will something new rise from the coal ...

It wasn’t too long ago that sanctioned girls’ wrestling in Pennsylvania was just a dream. Despite being perhaps the top state nationally for high school wrestling, it wasn’t until 2020, 82 years after ...

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Tamaqua Area Middle School Art Club students are painting Schuylkill County’s past, present and future on a replica of the Liberty Bell. On it, they’ve brushed in everything from coal mines to ...

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms deviates from Game of Thrones tradition with an unexpected soundtrack choice in the Season 1 ...

Plus Urszula Honek’s “White Nights” and Julio Llamazares’s “Wolf Moon.” ...