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Schuylkill County commissioners on Wednesday beefed up the staff at the 911 communications center by hiring three new employees. They were hired as telecommunication trainees, or dispatchers, starting...

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Schuylkill County is facing a shortage of 911 dispatchers. At Wednesday’s Commissioners meeting residents and elected officials from across the county voiced their concerns about the issue and the crucial role 911 dispatchers play in keeping the public safe. Residents pleaded that the County Commissioners do something about the shortage of […]

POTTSVILLE — Verizon crews are having difficulties accessing a burned fiber optic pipeline that has partially interrupted 911 cellular and non-emergency telephone services to the Schuylkill County 911 Center, and

Some Eagles fans from Schuylkill County are getting an opportunity of a lifetime to share the field with their favorite team.

Pennsylvania’s 911 centers are having trouble finding and keeping dispatchers. Staffing shortages are a problem in many counties across the state as well as across the country, says Ruth A. Miller, di...

A recently retired Schuylkill County 911 dispatcher took his own life in his Minersville home Thursday afternoon, officials confirm. Kenneth “Scott” Lipsett retired from his job as of Dec. 2. His reti...

911 call centers all over our area are struggling to find people to help answer emergency calls.

Schuylkill County commissioners on Wednesday agreed to use $4.22 million in American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funding to pay for 911 upgrades and to expand water flow to an industrialized area in Schuy...

At 10:34 Monday morning, a dispatcher in the Schuylkill County Communications Center received a 911 call from a frantic motorist on Interstate 81.