POTTSVILLE -- The man accused of murdering his father in Schuylkill County will head to trial.
Michael Marchalk was in court for a hearing Thursday morning at the county courthouse in Pottsville.
Marchalk is accused of beating his father, Gary Marchalk, to death with a baseball bat last month at his father's home in Barnesville.
Marchalk was arrested several days later in Atlantic City, New Jersey.