Correction, June 5, 2014
Incorrect emailThe email address for Minersville Business and Professional Association is mbpa14@gmail.com. It was incorrect in Wednesday's edition.
View ArticleHaven man apprehended after foot chase
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - A Schuylkill Haven man was apprehended Monday evening after leading borough police on a foot chase following a vehicle stop.Schuylkill Haven police Sgt. Glenn Firing said a borough...
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n Ashland: A summer recreation program will be held beginning next week at Eureka Park, sponsored by the Eureka Park Fund at the Schuylkill Area Community Foundation. The program is free and...
View ArticleWilliams Valley seniors show 'A' game at commencement
TOWER CITY - Williams Valley High School graduating seniors brought their "A" game to the plate Wednesday during the 49th commencement ceremony.Members of the Class of 2014 highlighted their musical,...
View Article12 staff members furloughed by Saint Clair School District
SAINT CLAIR - Twelve professional staff members at the Saint Clair Area Elementary and Middle School will be furloughed effective August 31 as ordered by the school board. Programs being suspended...
View ArticleSchuylkill Township residents question garbage bills
MARYD - Schuylkill Township citizens Wednesday told the supervisors they thought this year's garbage bills were unusually high. According to John Bubon and Paul Benulis, Brockton, in 2013, the...
View ArticleState releases farm checks this week
Farm check distributions begin today in Tamaqua and on Saturday in Pottsville, Kathy Leahy, a community wellness coordinator with Diakon Community Services for Seniors, 118 S. Centre St., Pottsville,...
View ArticleJudges uphold conviction, sentence in tree-tying death case
Keith A. Reber must remain behind state prison bars for the death of an Orwigsburg man he tied to a tree in May 2012 in South Manheim Township, a three-judge state Superior Court panel ruled this...
View ArticleSaint Clair approves purchase of radios for borough police
SAINT CLAIR - The borough council approved Tuesday the purchase of a new set of radios for the Saint Clair police. There will be six portable and three mobile radios purchased for the new, digital...
View ArticleHegins police arrest drug dealer
HEGINS - Hegins Township police filed charges against a man for selling methamphetamine on Nov. 7 in the parking lot of a township business.Frankie T. Carl, 21, of 209 Hill Road, Hegins, was arraigned...
View ArticleSon enters plea to charges he assaulted, threatened his mother
by peter e. bortner Instead of taking his case to trial Thursday in Schuylkill County Court, Joseph F. Janowski III entered a plea to five charges resulting from an incident in which Pottsville police...
View ArticleShenandoah Valley graduates ready for future 'filled with endless opportunity'
SHENANDOAH - Valedictorian Jillian Dove reminded her classmates that there are uncounted opportunities for them during Thursday's commencement exercises of the Shenandoah Valley Class of 2014 in...
View ArticleState approves basketball court design in Port Carbon
PORT CARBON - On Tuesday, the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Harrisburg, approved the borough's design plan for a basketball court at Francis E. Lubinsky Playground, according...
View ArticleSimon Kramer to hold races Saturday
NEW PHILADELPHIA - Runners and the spirit of competition will be returning to the track at the former Blythe Township High School this weekend.On the day of its 2nd Annual First Responders Appreciation...
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n Coaldale: The borough will hold the first of three community yard sales from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 14. The other sales are slated for July 12 and Aug. 9. The fee to rent space at the Coaldale Complex...
View ArticleCorrection, June 6, 2014
Information incorrectIn the Kyle J. Delpais trial, jurors said there was not enough evidence to support one charge and were deadlocked on the other two. The information was incorrect in Thursday's...
View ArticlePolice searching for suspect in robbery at Schuylkill Mall
FRACKVILLE - State police are investigating a robbery that occurred after 3 p.m. Thursday at National Penn Bank at the Schuylkill Mall. Police said a man, wearing a gray hoodie, gray sneakers and blue...
View ArticlePottsville seminarian to be ordained priest on Saturday
On Saturday, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown will have four new priests after their ordinations, with Pottsville native Kevin M. Lonergan being one of them. Diocese of Allentown Bishop John O....
View ArticleAnnual festival in Schuylkill Haven celebrates art, music, community
Artists will open their studios as runners take to the streets of Schuylkill Haven on Saturday to support the local art culture. The fourth annual Rock the Block will be held at the Walk In Art...
View ArticleUpper Dauphin Area's graduates explore meaning of success, unity
ELIZABETHVILLE - Before a power outage altered their 49th commencement Thursday, Upper Dauphin High School graduates had an opportunity to hear from a Dauphin County state legislator and also remember...
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