SHEPPTON – The Sheppton-Oneida Volunteer Fire Company was awarded a $46,230 Assistance to Firefighters Grant from the Department of Homeland Security to replace and buy new equipment. The announcement ...

SHEPPTON, Pa. (AP) – The plight of a pair of coal miners trapped in a collapsed Pennsylvania mine, and their dramatic and unlikely rescue after 14 days underground, riveted the public’s attention in ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X After a cascade of earth and rock trapped David Fellin, Henry Throne and Louis Bova in a coal mine ...

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POTTSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - There have been a few books published detailing the 1963 Sheppton mine accident, but Maxim W. Furek’s takes a new perspective on the incident. “Although there are a few books on ...

SHEPPTON, Pa. — Police in Schuylkill County are searching for a suspect after an armed robbery Monday night. It happened around 9:15 p.m. at the Sheppton Mini Market on Center Street in East Union ...

SHEPPTON, Pa. — Police in Schuylkill County have charged a 74-year-old American Legion treasurer with theft. Lois Ann Casey from Ringtown is accused of taking more than $4,000 from American Legion ...

Steven J. Kobza, 85, of Emmaus, formerly of Oneida, Pa. died Oct. 16th at Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown. His Funeral was held on Saturday at St. Joseph R.C. Church, Sheppton with the Rev. Dominic ...

Robert A. Houser, 76, of 562 Hershey Mill Road, Mountville, died Friday at the Lancaster Regional Medical Center. A former resident of Sheppton, PA, he moved to the Lancaster area in the 1960's. He ...

HAZELTON, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania landlord who police say used a surveillance camera hidden in a bathroom vanity to record an mother and her two children has been arrested. Christopher Shenyo, of ...