Mediator gives pep talk to negotiators at IU 29
MAR LIN - The director of the Bureau of Mediation at the state Department of Labor and Industry Wednesday encouraged the teachers and school board at Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29 to come to terms...
View ArticleFireworks test moved to Monday
The pyrotechnics firm from Ashland that the city council hired to light up the sky for its Fourth of July program will conduct a test Monday on Lawton's Hill near Nativity BVM High School.The test was...
View ArticlePottsville boy receives funds for service dog
Thanks to donations, a Pottsville boy with autism is getting a service dog."Thank you. A big thank you," Annelle Peleschak, mother of Matthew Ethan Peleschak, 9, said Tuesday to those who helped them...
View ArticleTrooper: Porn on Corkery's computer not accidental
JIM THORPE - Child pornography on the work computer of the former mayor of Coaldale did not appear by accident, a state police trooper testified Wednesday in Carbon County Court. "This was not an...
View ArticleSchuylkill County company, president admit to smuggling goods to Iran
A Schuylkill County manufacturer of heavy tools for the steel industry and its president, Helmut Oertmann, have pleaded guilty in federal court to charges they were part of a conspiracy to smuggle...
View ArticleAround the Region
n Frackville: The third annual Frackville area fireworks display is scheduled for June 29 at the Little League/Softball Complex, West High Street, starting at dusk. The rain date is June 30. According...
View ArticleAnnual Tamaqua Summerfest on Sunday will feature return of train excursions
Families will fill Tamaqua's streets Sunday for shopping, food and to learn some history at the 24th Summerfest. The annual Father's Day event will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the downtown...
View ArticlePrograms saved but tax increase still possible in Blue Mountain
ORWIGSBURG - A tax increase is still possible in the Blue Mountain School District but program cuts are not likely.The budget was discussed Thursday at a committee of the whole meeting in the district...
View ArticleGED grads turn tassels in Frackville
FRACKVILLE - On average, there are about "95 to 100" General Education Development graduates at Schuylkill Technology Center, Frackville, according to Kim Sutter, coordinator of Lifelong Learning...
View ArticleLawmakers' letter supports Santai-Gaffney; No county name on it
State representatives signed a letter supporting a Schuylkill County official's effort to fight a federal court's ruling to overturn Pennsylvania's same-sex marriage ban.On Tuesday, 20 House...
View ArticleMen from Valley View church to hold 64th annual Father's Day breakfast
VALLEY VIEW - Many of the members of St. Andrew's United Methodist Church Men's Bible Class have never had breakfast in bed on Father's Day. Instead, they have been keeping a 64-year-old tradition...
View ArticleAround the Region
n Frackville: The Frackville Ministerium Food Bank will be open from 9 to 10 a.m. Thursday to serve eligible families in the borough. New applicants will need proof of eligibility - a Frackville...
View ArticlePolice log, June 13, 2014
Police investigatehit-and-run crashCRESSONA - State police at Schuylkill Haven are investigating a hit-and-run that occurred about 10 p.m. Tuesday on Prescott Street, just south of Pottsville...
View ArticleAudit prompts police investigation of Conservation District
Another audit has resulted in a police investigation of a governmental office in Schuylkill County.State police are investigating the Schuylkill County Conservation District after a 2012 audit of the...
View ArticleCriminal court, June 13, 2014
Zachary T. Cyr did not attend his trial June 5 in Schuylkill County Court, so he did not see the jury convict him of two drug-related charges but acquit him of two others.Cyr, 21, of Shenandoah, is...
View ArticleGillingham CEO speaks at Mason centennial celebration
Nicolle M. Hutchinson, chief executive officer and director of education at Gillingham Charter School, Pottsville, was in North Carolina on Thursday celebrating the historical educator who inspired the...
View ArticleEx-Coaldale mayor Corkery convicted of 27 child porn charges
JIM THORPE - Former Coaldale Mayor Richard P. Corkery faces many years behind bars after a Carbon County jury convicted him Thursday of viewing child pornography on his work computer in 2011 in...
View ArticleGreenwood Hill Fire Company donates antique bell to historical society
The Schuylkill County Historical Society on Thursday acquired a vintage bell that had been a fixture on a fire truck in Pottsville. "It's not something you want to run down the street with," George...
View ArticleCorrection, June 13, 2014
Attribution incorrectComments made by Trudy Hennick, 209 Jackson St., Port Carbon, at Tuesday's Port Carbon borough council meeting were incorrectly attributed in Wednesday's edition.
View ArticleFrackville resident raises quality of life issues
FRACKVILLE - A borough resident spoke at length to Frackville Borough Council at Wednesday's meeting about unresolved code violations and pushed for a quality of life ordinance in the borough.Ronald...
View Article