Judge: Ex-Schuylkill Products head responsible for $53.9M loss to U.S.
Joseph W. Nagle's conduct while president of now-defunct Schuylkill Products Inc. caused $53.9 million in losses to the U.S. government, a federal judge decided Wednesday.In a 10-page opinion, Senior...
View ArticleHearing continued in Mahanoy City stabbing case
SHENANDOAH - A preliminary hearing for a Mahanoy City woman charged with stabbing her mother's boyfriend to death was continued Thursday. Kimberly Lynn Hons, 33, of 739 E. Mahanoy Ave., was scheduled...
View ArticleSchuylkill Choral Society goes country for Saturday's final concert of the...
The Schuylkill Choral Society will bring the music of Nashville north this weekend as it wraps up its 2013-14 season.The concert, called Schuylkill Goes Country, will begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at...
View ArticleShenandoah Valley administration jumps in pool to honor late teacher
SHENANDOAH HEIGHTS - Seven Shenandoah Valley School District employees literally took the plunge in a swimming pool Thursday as part of a Cold Water Challenge to honor a teacher who recently died from...
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n Ashland: American Hose Company No. 1, Walnut and Seventh streets, will house its new 1996 Pierce Lance pumper on Saturday following a 1 p.m. apparatus parade. Judging of apparatus will begin at 11...
View ArticleOfficials encourage communities to communicate blight strategies
In the fight against blight, communities have to find ways to tell their citizens, and the general public, about their strategies, according to Denise M. Devine, a real estate agent from Schuylkill...
View ArticleNo need to fear gray hairs
Call me crazy (some do), but I've been waiting with great anticipation for my first gray hair for years. Like other pivotal moments in a lifespan, I view it as more of a rite of passage than an alarm...
View ArticlePolice log, May 9, 2014
Car rear-endednear Pine GrovePINE GROVE - Two people escaped injury when their cars collided about 8:20 a.m. Wednesday on Suedberg Road just west of Brookside Road in Pine Grove Township.State police...
View ArticleDistrict court, May 9, 2014
David A. PlachkoPORT CARBON - An Ashland man charged with using another man's credit/debit card without permission between Oct. 7 and 10 had charges against him held to court during a preliminary...
View ArticleDeeds, May 9, 2014
DeedsEast Union Township - Jinky and Roderick Singson to Eagle Rock Resort Co.; 2 percent interest in Lot 412ER, Eagle Rock; $6,778.34.Marne G. and Angela M. Estonactoc to Eagle Rock Resort Co.; 2...
View ArticleSwans nesting in Schuylkill Haven
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Rammy, a female swan, is nesting once again at Stoyer's Dam in Bubeck Park, Schuylkill Haven.This year, there are eight eggs. When Rammy leaves the nest for food, Rambo, the male,...
View ArticleHS BASEBALL: Minersville tops Haven for Division II wild card
ORWIGSBURG - Collin Hashin's objective was simple: Put the ball in play.The Minersville junior was 0-for-3 with a pair of strikeouts as he stepped to the plate with two runners on base in the bottom of...
View ArticleMahanoy City Memorial Day parade is a go
MAHANOY CITY - The annual Memorial Day parade in Mahanoy City on May 26 will definitely be held this year thanks to last-minute efforts to get everything together in the past two weeks. The...
View ArticleSEDCO seeks grant for service plaza at Highridge Industrial Park
The Schuylkill County Economic Development Corp. is seeking a $3 million grant to build a truck service plaza at Highridge Industrial Park. The Schuylkill County commissioners approved the grant...
View ArticleDive team acquires elaborate underwater body bag
The Ryan Township Emergency & Rescue Squad bought a piece of equipment designed to preserve the dignity of drowning victims as well as evidence should the death be suspicious. The new underwater...
View ArticleDistrict court, May 10, 2014
Christina E. Hale FRACKVILLE - Two Girardville residents charged with piling snow on another man's truck on Feb. 12 in Girardville waived their rights to preliminary hearings before Magisterial...
View ArticleMrs. T's hosts Shenandoah Valley students to learn workplace skills
SHENANDOAH - Thirty Shenandoah Valley High School students learned about workplace skills and received advice during Friday's visit to Ateeco Inc. headquarters and plant. "If there is one lesson you...
View ArticleTeen holds event to raise lupus awareness
A 16-year-old girl wants to help others and raise awareness about lupus, an autoimmune disorder. Haley Wetzel, Pottsville, who was diagnosed with lupus at age 7, is hosting a Chinese auction and bake...
View ArticlePolice log, May 10, 2014
2 men charged in thefts, jailed Two men were jailed after being arrested late Wednesday night by Pottsville police on theft and other charges. Police said Christopher Ballesteros, 24, and Jason Gold,...
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n Hegins: The Hegins Area Ambulance Association has kicked off its annual subscription campaign with subscription mailings to all residents and businesses in its coverage area, which includes Hegins...
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