Pioneer Tunnel opens mine tour for season
ASHLAND — The Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train tourism complex opened for business Monday, three months later than originally planned due to the coronavirus pandemic. The first guided mine...
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Ribbon-cutting slated for Wheel TAMAQUA — A ribbon-cutting ceremony is set for 5 to 7 p.m. today, June 30, for Wheel Restaurant at 125 E. Broad St., according to a Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce...
View ArticleFitness center, gym operators adjust to coronavirus restrictions
Operators of area gyms and fitness centers say they are taking extra precautions to impede the spread of the coronavirus since reopening their facilities this month. Members of the Schuylkill YMCA...
View ArticlePolice: Don’t drink and drive on 4th of July
POTTSVILLE — This Independence Day, police officers throughout Schuylkill County will be participating in the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement campaign. During the holiday weekend, officers...
View ArticleAround the region, June 30, 2020
McAdoo Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be no public distributions of food vouchers this year, Mary Labert advised residents of the borough and Kline Township in a release. Residents must...
View ArticleCounty does not release more Halcovage details
POTTSVILLE — Schuylkill County officials did not release more details Monday about the allegations against commissioners Chairman George F. Halcovage Jr., although they did say they would become...
View ArticleA job for life: Gitman Bros. retiree recalls heyday as factory set to close
ASHLAND — In a modern world where people change jobs regularly throughout their lifetime, Lawrence V. “Larry” Madden represented a tradition whereby you got a job and stayed with it. Madden, 93, of...
View ArticleRegional business update, July 1, 2020
Walmart gives cash bonuses Walmart hourly associates in Pennsylvania have received another special cash bonus in their paychecks, adding up to more than $13 million statewide, according to a Walmart...
View ArticleCorrection, July 1, 2020
Wrong date A ribbon-cutting ceremony for Wheel Restaurant in Tamaqua is set for 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. July 30. The month was wrong in Tuesday’s edition of the Republican Herald.
View ArticleCounty probe determines Halcovage violated policies
POTTSVILLE — Schuylkill County commissioners Chairman George F. Halcovage Jr. violated three policies with respect to his actions involving two county employees, according to the results, released...
View ArticlePolice log, July 1, 2020
No injuries in crash involving 2 vehicles BARNESVILLE — State police at Frackville investigated a two-vehicle crash that happened on Route 54, Barnesville Drive, in Ryan Township around 6:45 p.m. June...
View ArticleMan has 2 felony charges removed
TAMAQUA — Prosecutors withdrew the two most serious charges against a Tamaqua man arrested for shooting and killing another man in the borough earlier this year. Francis D. Witmayer Jr., 22, of 21...
View ArticleMahanoy Area loses on appeal a free speech court decision involving student
A federal appeals court supported a ruling made by a federal judge against the Mahanoy Area School District last year for violating the free speech rights of a student. According to a media release...
View ArticleGeisinger St. Luke’s medical office opens
ORWIGSBURG — A medical office building on the campus of Geisinger St. Luke’s Hospital is open to the public. Located at 1165 Centre Turnpike outside the borough, the 37,216-square-foot, three-story...
View ArticleIce cream fundraiser held for Jaden Leiby
SHENANDOAH — There seems no end to the support that Jaden Leiby receives on his way to recovery from a football injury, with another example shown on Tuesday at a local ice cream shop. Leiby,...
View ArticleAround the region, July 1, 2020
Girardville The Girardville Senior Citizens group will resume meetings at 1 p.m. Monday, July 6, in the borough hall, Fourth and B streets. Anyone interested in joining should call 570-205-6205 or...
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Daily COVID-19 update Cases Change Deaths Change Global 10,521,966 +161,084 507,014 +4,067 US 2,606,211 +42,048 126,360 +557 Pa. 86,606 +618 6,649 +35 Schuylkill 741 +0 44 +0 Berks 4,527 +6 350 +0...
View ArticleHigh-speed pursuit ends in fatal standoff
Wade R. Meisberger wasn’t just some guy driving through the area. Weaving his way through the roads of Greater Hazleton in a rig after its trailer was ditched on Interstate 81 near the Frackville exit...
View ArticleDaily COVID-19 update
Cases Change Deaths Change Global 10,521,966 -9,583 512,331 +5,317 US 2,638,338 +32,127 127,485 +1,125 Pa. 87,242 +636 6,687 +38 Schuylkill 747 +6 44 +0 Berks 4,559 +32 351 +1 Carbon 280 +2 26 +1...
View ArticleDeeds, July 2, 2020
Deeds Coaldale — Keith Richards to Ronald L. and Kimberly Ann Chamberlain; 152 Second St.; $6,800. East Union Township — Eagle Rock Resort Co. to Anita Lopez; Lot 244HF4 , Eagle Rock; $44,449.09. The...
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