Schuylkill County

FRACKVILLE, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania State Police say the discovery of a man's partially clothed body in a remote wooded area is being investigated as a homicide. The body was found Tuesday in East Union Township, Schuylkill County, about 80 miles...

Pennsylvania's state budget is on its way to the floor of the state Senate after passing out of the Appropriations Committee. The committee vote Wednesday puts the roughly $28 billion spending plan on track for consideration by both chambers of the...

An armed robbery suspect out of Schuylkill County is captured and arrested in Fredericksburg City, Virginia. According to a news release, around 5 o'clock on Wednesday morning, 26 year-old William Kistler walked in to the Red and White Market on Route...

Eastern Pennsylvania authorities say a collision between two cars sent one of them rolling onto its roof and killed both occupants. Chief Brian Johnson of West Penn Township police in Schuylkill County says a northbound car on Route 309 went out of...

FRACKVILLE, Pa. (AP) - Four men, including two teenagers, are charged with beating a former friend to death in northeastern Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania State Police in Frackville say the men were charged Thursday in the beating death of 21-year-old...

Northampton County Prison has stored food in a bathroom, did not have hot water or soap for kitchen workers to wash their hands and used refrigerators not cold enough to safely store food. The conditions are revealed in the Easton Health Bureau's...

If you're an armed forces veteran or in the military now, you probably don't know about all the benefits you're entitled to. Even if you do, gobbledegook could stop you like a tank. Pick up a government publication and you might need a translator to find...

Federal and state investigators are examining whether Mount Airy Lodge owner Louis DeNaples made campaign contributions to Gov. Ed Rendell to boost his chances of winning a coveted slots license for his resort, according to two people with knowledge of...

About a month shy of his 14th birthday, David W. Reed set off on a bike ride from his Schuylkill Haven home on Aug. 21, 1985. But David, a quiet boy who loved riding his five-speed bike and dreamed of becoming a jet pilot, never came back. Four months...

Jacqueline Perez was looking for schools for her two children that weren't as crowded as the ones in Manhattan and an area where she could buy a house for a reasonable price. The Dominican-born Perez moved to South Whitehall Township just over a year...

Carl Snyder, 83, has a farmer's weathered face. His thin lips can be set in a straight line, his square chin cementing an image of determination. His roots here go deep. His family came to Lynn Township toward the end of the 1700s and lived through the...

For the analysis of restaurant inspections, The Morning Call contacted every agency in its Pennsylvania circulation area that inspects restaurants, school cafeterias, church kitchens and other food establishments. Reporters used the state's Right-to-Know...