Deeds, Sept. 9, 2018
Deeds Branch Township — William J. Martin, executor of the Estate of James B. Martin, to Randall Mizzer and C. Craig Mizzer; 1056 Maple St.; $1. Coaldale — Joseph G. Groody, sheriff of Schuylkill...
View ArticleCandidate Meuser buys property in Luzerne County
Republican congressional candidate Dan Meuser now lives in the new 9th Congressional District after moving a mile to a condo in Dallas. Meuser is facing Democrat Denny Wolff in the Nov. 6 election for...
View ArticleCrime Stoppers, Sept. 9, 2018
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Schuylkill County Crime Stoppers and state police at Schuylkill Haven are asking for the public’s help in finding the person or persons responsible for a theft last month. Police...
View ArticleFlood watch issued for Schuylkill, Dauphin counties
With a few inches of rain forecast for Sunday into Monday, the National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for Schuylkill and Dauphin counties. The watch started at 8 p.m. Saturday and will be...
View ArticleDistrict court, Sept. 9, 2018
Anthony J. Kilker SHENANDOAH — A Mahanoy City man and woman both charged in connection with a domestic incident at their home on July 26 had charges against them held for court during a preliminary...
View ArticleCriminal court, Sept. 9, 2018
POTTSVILLE — A Luzerne County man will spend a brief time behind bars after a Schuylkill County judge sentenced him on Thursday in a driving under the influence case. Francis Carr Jr., 56, of Freeland,...
View ArticleDesigner’s luminous work transforms variety of rooms
While some people dream of seeing their name in lights, Philip Pisanchyn designs them. The Dalton, Lackawanna County, native crafted a career in lighting design for theater, television and special...
View ArticleAround the region, Sept. 9, 2018
Ashland The Shepherd’s Table, a free community meal, is held from 3 to 5 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, rear entrance, 35 N. Ninth St. Meals are available for...
View ArticleA hanging hero in the heavens
Even though we’re in the closing weeks of summer, the great but faint constellation Hercules the hero is hanging in there, upside down high in the early evening western sky. It’s certainly not the...
View ArticleGraduates, Sept. 9, 2018
Elizabethtown The following local residents graduated May 19 from Elizabethtown College: Joshua Buehl, Frackville, cum laude, bachelor’s in engineering; Corinne Foster, Or-wigsburg, bachelor’s in...
View ArticleRegional business update, Sept. 9, 2018
Railroad appoints service overseer PORT CLINTON — Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad has announced in a press release the appointment of Susan Ludwig as vice president of customer service....
View ArticleSchuylkill County native, firefighter to speak at Hazleton 9/11 observance
A New York Fire Department firefighter and Schuylkill County native will be the main speaker at the annual 9/11 observance in Hazleton. Stephen Malinchock, who graduated from North Schuylkill High...
View ArticleNew altar consecrated by bishop at St. John XXIII in Tamaqua
TAMAQUA — The solemn dedication of the new altar at St. John XXIII Roman Catholic Church was held Sunday morning at a Mass celebrated by the Most Rev. Alfred A. Schlert, bishop of the Roman Catholic...
View ArticlePottsville Area board takes personnel actions
POTTSVILLE — The Pottsville Area school board had an almost two-hour executive session before its work session Wednesday. Board President Karen Rismiller said the session lasted from 6 to 7:53 p.m....
View ArticleCriminal court, Sept. 10, 2018
POTTSVILLE — In recent Schuylkill County Court action, Judge Charles M. Miller accepted guilty pleas from, and, pursuant to agreements between prosecutors and defendants, imposed the indicated...
View ArticleHegins Township to host fall cleanup
VALLEY VIEW — Hegins Township will host a three-day community fall cleanup. Although electronics are not being accepted at locations throughout Schuylkill County this year, during one day only...
View ArticleAround the region, Sept. 10, 2018
Ashland Pastor Dana of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church has Theology on Tap at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at the Mineshaft Cafe. The events, according to a release, include roundtable discussions on current events...
View ArticleDeeds, Sept. 10, 2018
Deeds Girardville — Joseph G. Groody, sheriff of Schuylkill County, to Branch Banking & Trust Co.; 218 E. B St.; $1,278.41. Gordon — Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Donna Carey; 408 Hobart St.;...
View ArticleNew brewery opens doors in Tamaqua
TAMAQUA — In the 1990s, Hazleton area native Doug Drost studied brewing sciences at the Seibel Institute of Technology in Chicago. “I had aspirations of having a brewery back then,” he said. “I always...
View ArticleSearch for Christy continues
Law enforcement searched in a cold, relentless rain Sunday night as the pursuit of a wanted fugitive from McAdoo continues. U.S. Marshals and other law enforcement could be found on Interstate 81 in...
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