This massive former state institution isn’t just playing at being haunted for the tourists, it earned its terrifying reputation the old-fashioned way, through decades of operation, a troubled history, ...

Two former coal mining sites in Schuylkill County that suffered heavy environmental damage during those operations decades ago and were then abandoned, will now be restored through two state grants ...

TREMONT, Pa. (WHTM) — Just over $15 Million has been awarded to restore abandoned mine land in Pennsylvania, and just over half of that is going to Schuylkill County. The Pennsylvania Department of ...

Two projects in Schuylkill County aimed at reclaiming abandoned mine lands and improving water quality have been awarded nearly $8.1 million in state funding, according to Sen. Dave Argall (R-29) and ...

When animal rights activists from Pennsylvania took a closer look at a parked car after receiving a tip, their hearts sank: inside the car were dozens of cats.

The following projects received a total of $8.1 million in highly competitive state grant funds: Woodlands for Wildlife — ...

Jonathan Gerlach, a 34-year-old man from Lancaster County, is accused of stealing more than 100 remains from a Delaware County cemetery ...

Some Pennsylvania towns grew naturally over centuries, their identities emerging organically from geography and circumstance. Then there’s Jim Thorpe, which decided to purchase its identity wholesale ...

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Not far from the Fukushima nuclear disaster site, former plant worker Toru Akama tends to dozens of pets abandoned after the catastrophe 15 years ago, work he sees as part ...

Crescent Wright doesn’t remember much about the last time she dropped off a dress at SM Cleaners in Lancaster Township’s Stone Mill Plaza.