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After a week of tributes from other school districts and communities, tonight it was North Schuylkill’s turn to show their support for their friend, teammate, quarterback, and classmate, Jaden Leiby.
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Did you know Kobe Bryant once played ball in Schuylkill County at Martz Hall? (Photographer unknown)
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Some days you just need a Guers Iced Tea out of a cardboard carton.
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Submitted video of fire along with the collapse in Pottsville.
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North Schuylkill graduate Jaden Leiby was recognized and honored prior to the Spartans high school football game Friday night with the Mount Carmel Tornadoes at the Silver Bowl
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Pottsville’s Travis Blankenhorn hit his first career MLB home run a short time ago
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Kids these days will never know the feeling of going to the Schuylkill Mall to buy music or a movie.
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Happy National Fast Food Day! Who remembers when we had a Chick Fil A at the Schuylkill Mall?
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Two firefighters from the Phoenix fire company in Pottsville were spotted at Planet Fitness in full gear climbing 2,200 steps which is equivalent to the 110 stories of the Twin Towers. Pictured CJ Rushannon (L) and Collin Atkinson (R)
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Submitted videos of the tornado that struck Mahanoy City here in Schuylkill County Monday evening around 7:45pm.
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Congratulations to the Shenandoah Valley Blue Devils on their District XI Class 2A Championship. They defeated Tri-Valley 56-44.
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We can't take credit for this meme, but this is something most of us have already experienced at Knoebels.
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Mahanoy City Native, Mike Rhoades, has officially been announced as Penn State's New Men's Basketball Coach
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Just wanted to say, we couldn’t be prouder of everyone coming together this past week.
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Congratulations to the Pottsville Crimson Tide on your Class AAAA District XI Championship!
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Congratulations to North Schuylkill Spartans Pitcher
@_reginald_c
on getting drafted by the
@Royals
in the 37th round of the MLB Draft.
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An old Schuylkill Mall ad. A couple points to make note of:
- Most of these national chain stores don't exist anymore, anywhere
- There were 2 McDonald's, one inside and one outside (and both were always busy)
- Not sure what year this ad was from but K-Mart is not on the
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Nativity BVM Boys Win the Class A Basketball State Championship 51-47 over Berlin BrothersValley
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Today is Media Day for Schuylkill County Football at Fighter’s Heaven
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Congratulations to the Girls Schuylkill League Basketball Champions, the North Schuylkill Lady Spartans. Final score 56-52
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Who remembers when they used to paint a face on this rock between Cressona and Pottsville?
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For 11 years, I've worked alongside Frank Andruscavage at almost every major fire in Schuylkill County. You'd think both of us working for competing news agencies, we wouldn't get along, but it was the total opposite.
For over a decade, we've become great friends and when we did
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Congratulations to the North Schuylkill Spartans on winning the Schuylkill United Way High School Football Challenge. More results from the event later.
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At the scene of a crash in Ashland this afternoon, local residents including past and present members of the North Schuylkill Football team that were nearby, jumped into action and helped stabilize the truck while the victim was inside until emergency personnel arrived.
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Hard to believe but on this day 11 years ago in 2012, we began this journey with the mission to provide a free news source for Schuylkill County.
Thank you to everyone who has supported us for over a decade, whether we've done on story on you, provided a news tip, or sent us a
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Congratulations to Tri Valley Softball and Schuylkill Haven Baseball who are both bringing home State Championships! Schuylkill County Proud!
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North Schuylkill Graduate and Penn State Line Backer will start for the Nittany Lions
North Schuylkill's
@NSAthletics1
Tyler Elsdon will start at MLB for
#PennState
according to James Franklin
@SkookNews
@FOX43Sports
@fox43
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Rhoades, a Mahanoy City Native, has been named A-10 Coach of the Year
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Your PIAA Class A Boys Basketball State Champions, the Nativity BVM Hilltoppers!
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Schuylkill Communities Show Support for Injured Spartan Quarterback
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Congratulations to the Mahanoy Area Boys on their Schuylkill League Championship. The Bears defeated Blue Mountain 66-51.
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Congratulations to the North Schuylkill Spartans on their District XI Class AAA Championship
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Signs of support continue to pour in for North Schuylkill’s Jaden Leiby. This afternoon in Ashland, members of the community hung signs of supporter around the borough. More on this later.
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Could Mahanoy City Native Mike Rhoades be Penn State’s next Basketball Coach?
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Today is National Miners Day. Today we honor miners past and present for their contributions and sacrifices.
How many of you had family that were Schuylkill County Coal Miners?
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North Schuylkill grad and current Penn State Linebacker Tyler Elsdon is back at Spartan Stadium this morning passing down his knowledge of football to local kids.
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It's soon time to break out the Ceramic Christmas Tree. Who else has one of these?
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Happy New Year! Does Your New Year Day tradition include eating Pork and Sauerkraut?
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Tonight, a tradition continued in Shenandoah Valley School District with the painting of the Devils helmet. More on this later.
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Congratulations to Bernie from Tony's Lunch in Girardville. Tonight is her last night of work.
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Congratulations to the Mahanoy Area Boys Basketball team for winning the District XI 2A Basketball Championship!
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Granny from Granny’s Motel has received a fresh coat of paint and is upright in Frackville.
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Mahanoy Area is one of the many football stadiums to light their lights from 7:00pm to 9:00pm Friday in honor of the Class of 2020, and for the nurses, doctors, and first responders that are facing the COVID-19 virus.
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Today is National Miners Day. Today we honor miners past and present for their contributions and sacrifices.
How many of you had family that were Schuylkill County Coal Miners?
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District XI: Tied at 52 with 13 seconds left in the game, Tri-Valley Boys hit a 3 pointer right before the buzzer to defeat Marian Catholic 55-52
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BIG THANK YOU to our Schuylkill County first responders and dispatchers for working through the storm and going out in this weather today!
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Some may call them Halupkis, others may call them Blind Pigeons, what do you call them?
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Who still has an old Ceramic Christmas Tree and does it still work? Did you remember having one as a kid?
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Oscar Rivera of Minersville is being called a hero.
Rivera lives across the street from Sunday's North 2nd Street fire and when he saw smoke and flames coming from the homes, he jumped into action.
Before firefighters could arrive, he climbed up to 2 roofs to rescue 2 of the
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Philadelphia Eagles to Honor Schuylkill County Native Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice
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Who would like to see live sports on Skook News and Skook Sports? It’s happening and it’s nothing like Schuylkill County has ever seen before! Stay tuned for more details!
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Did you catch the Falcon 9 heading into space tonight as it was visible from Schuylkill County? It launched from Florida and flew over around 7:30pm. Not something we get to see very often.
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We have changed our profile photo in support of the Nativity Hilltoppers who will play for the PIAA Boys Class A Basketball Championship on Thursday.
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North Schuylkill High School to Implement Ban on Cell Phone Usage During School Day
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Left something for Santa to take back to the North Pole for himself and Mrs. Claus
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We received a request to share our photo of Indian Head Rock along Route 61 south of Pottsville.
How many people remember when they used to paint a face on the rock?
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Incredible photos of a Bald Eagle taken by Denise Lee Kranch in Tamaqua on Wednesday
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Photo from the North Schuylkill Bonfire on Thursday night. Do you see it too?
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The sound of bagpipes could be heard in downtown Pottsville during this mornings parade
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Shenandoah Valley Student of the Month for January - William Conroy
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A Third Grade Class in the Tamaqua Area School District Needs Your Help. Help spread the word...
http://t.co/TfxAblIz0J
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Schuylkill County Teener 15-16 Team Wins Pennsylvania VFW State Title
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Jacavage Earns Albright College's Baseball MVP Award
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The seniors of North Schuylkill honking as the lights went out at Spartan Stadium
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Pottsville Native Travis Blankenhorn hits a homerun Saturday
Travis Blankenhorn gets us on the board first with this blast over the Salt City Deck! 💪
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As more news sites move to behind a pay wall, we would just like to remind everyone that we will continue to bring you Schuylkill County news for free!
Our main goal, when we started Skook News, was to provide a free online news source and we are going to keep it that way
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Saint Clair Trailer Manufacturing Company Donates $5,000 to Jaden Leiby
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Rehabilitation Center Posts Video of North Schuylkill's Recovering Jaden Leiby
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North Schuylkill down by 1, with 6 seconds left, Maddy Wetzel hits a buzzer beater for the win over Northwestern Lehigh, 50-49.
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