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CENTER CITY, Pa., A couple traveling on a stretch of Pennsylvania freeway captured video of a woman steering her car with her feet while using both hands to text. Sarah and Shawn Delong captured video of the woman using her feet to steady the steering wheel while traveling on the Schuylkill Expressway in Center City. "Someone is going to get killed, that's why I was so mad. You see people on their phones all the time, but that took the cake," Sarah Delong told WPVI-TV. "For a good 20 minutes we were in her vicinity whether it was beside her...

WEST PENN TOWNSHIP -- State police in Schuylkill County are searching for the person they believe assaulted a West Penn Township police officer. It happened along Route 309 near Andreas just before 6 p.m. Wednesday. Route 309 in West Penn Township, also known as West Penn Pike, was blocked off and traffic was redirected. Fire trucks and an ambulance were at the scene. "Her shirt is like sliced from--we don't know what it's sliced yet from," said Trooper David Boehm. "The person that we're looking for is a Hispanic male, 6'2" to 6'4", 240 to 260 pounds. He was wearing...

Schuylkill County Clerk of Courts Stephen M. Lukach Jr. officially resigned Thursday, ending a 27-year tenure in his office under the cloud of an investigation into alleged misappropriation of money.

EAST BRUNSWICK TWP., Pa. - An investigation into a deadly shooting in Schuylkill County is now in the hands of the district attorney. An 18-year-old is dead, and a couple is shaken up after a home invasion in East Brunswick Township turned deadly Saturday evening. State police say Curt Stein and Melissa Booth came home around 5:30 p.m., and something seemed off at their Steep Mountain Road house. According to authorities, Stein discovered 18-year-old Zachary Foster inside his home. It's not clear whether the two knew each other, but Foster lived just down the road. The two families' mailboxes are...

The Schuylkill is expected to crest Sunday night at fifteen feet -- a level we haven't seen in more than 140 years, according to Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter. "That is historically significant," said Nutter. "We have not seen that level of cresting since 1869." The 1869 flooding was caused by the "Saxby Gale" hurricane on October 4. The Federal Emergency Management Agency named it a 100 year flood for the Schuylkill. In his 10 p.m. briefing Saturday night, Mayor Nutter said he fully expect the creeks, river and streams will flood. "The Schuylkill Expressway is experiencing flooding as well as...

POTTSVILLE, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Child welfare authorities seized a newborn from a hospital Friday and placed the baby in a foster home because his father is a convicted sex offender. A judge granted the mother supervised visitation rights but prohibited visits from the father. "There's no happy ending in these things. It's what we think is the best interest of the children," said Gerard Campbell, executive director of Schuylkill County Children and Youth Services. The agency took custody of the baby over the mother's objections....