Schuylkill County

One spot for recess in Schuylkill County is unique — but the 30 minutes of daily play will soon be experienced statewide. Starting next school year, all kindergarten through fifth grade students in Pennsylvania will receive 30 minutes of recess daily.

From the Saint Clair Area School District's rooftop playground, the kindergarteners can see church steeples and tree tops beginning to change their hue. The spot for recess in Schuylkill County is unique — but the 30 minutes of daily play will soon be experienced statewide.

The federal civil suit, filed in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, names truck driver Michael Bon as a defendant, as well as Alabama-based Augustin Freight Services and Texas-based SNK Logistics.

Between Lt. Gov. Austin Davis and Chris Wright, the U.S. Secretary of Energy, the region was politically busy on Monday. And we've got some back-to-school reading recommendations in the latest Bookmarks.

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright toured the Gilberton Power Company – John B. Rich Memorial Power Station Monday in Frackville.

Amsterdam-based AI cloud company Nebius hosts open house for residents to ask questions and learn about its plans for Schuylkill County.

ICE is giving up on its plan to use warehouses in Schuylkill and Berks counties as detention centers. It withdrew its appeal of a Pa. DEP order preventing the use of local drinking water and a local sewage system until ICE proved it could meet state laws on safe drinking water and sewage disposal.

For Pete's Sake Cancer Respite Foundation and Wooldloch Resort have teamed up on a cancer respite center set to open on Woodloch's Pike County property in the fall of 2027.

The lawyer representing Michael Bon says the trucker told him he was not tired at the time of the crash that killed Trooper Michael Pahira Jr., but had a history of seizures in his native Haiti.

On Monday, the southern portion of the Catawissa Recreation Area will open to expand off-highway vehicle recreational opportunities in the Weiser State Forest.