According to Cressona Fire Chief Dennis Snyder, multiple fire crews were called to the scene, and the fire was put out in ...

Andrew Jackson was president and David G. Yuengling founded Eagle Brewery when Phoenix Hook and Ladder and Humane Fire Co. No. 1 were formed in 1829. Founded when the Borough of Pottsville was only ...

It’s a historic event for the city of Pottsville. Its two oldest fire departments will soon be under the same roof. The ...

SHENANDOAH — A Shenandoah man is in Schuylkill County Prison charged with arson and other offenses for a Dec. 31, 2024, fire.

Given the oppressive conditions under which they lived and worked, it’s hard to imagine how 19th Century Irish immigrants had time to volunteer as firefighters. Yet they did, according to firefighting ...

Use extra caution. && POTTSVILLE, Pa. — A fire has destroyed a commercial building in Schuylkill County. Crews responded around 7 p.m. Thursday to the 600 Block of East Market Street in Pottsville.

Richard LeClear, a U.S. Air Force veteran and EEOC staffer who is retiring early at 64 to avoid serving under the Trump ...

It's a telegraph system. When a lever in the firebox is pulled, the county's communication center and all the fire stations throughout the city of Pottsville receive the signal. The station bell ...

A group is hoping to update fire boxes around Schuylkill County, some which date back to 1890, as wiring and part age out.

When modern technology isn’t available for calling in emergencies, fire boxes are still a reliable way to summon help in several Schuylkill County communities, local advocates for the vintage ...

Both Liberty’s girls and Central’s boys fell into big early holes, and nearly climbed out of them before losing in PIAA ...