Throughout the streets of Carmichaels, people staked out their spots in advance with lawn chairs, prepped food for cookouts on their lawns and brought bags or homemade contraptions to catch candy. Their patience was rewarded throughout the two-hour King Coal Show parade Saturday, which ...
Lexus Novotny, a senior at Geibel Catholic High School, was crowned the Pennsylvania Bituminous Coal Queen at this year's pageant, held Sunday at Carmichaels Area High School in the opening weekend of the King Coal Show. She was also awarded Top Evening Gown and Top Interview in the annual ...
As the next Pennsylvania Bituminous Coal Queen Pageant draws near, 2025 Queen Emma Mihalko has been hearing variations of the same question: “Are you ready to give it up?” In each case, the answer is yes. Not because she won’t miss it, but because she feels fulfilled. “I'm ready for ...
Brice Rush still remembers his first King Coal Show. It came in 1957, when his dad took Rush and his twin brother to the show after they’d finished milking the cows at their dairy farm in Khedive. “He gave us each $1,” Rush said. “I spent mine on a Coke and hamburger, and still had 65 ...
Cars, trucks, marching bands and floats all paid homage to the area’s coal mining heritage at Saturday’s annual King Coal Parade in Carmichaels. It was the close of the 70th annual King Coal Festival, which began the Saturday before and continued throughout the week with baby contests, a ...
On a sunny 90-degree day, the grounds behind the Carmichaels & Cumberland Township Volunteer Fire Department station were shrouded in a fine mist Sunday. The reason: the Battle of the Barrel, back at the King Coal Show for the second year after a lengthy absence. Teams from departments in ...
