Miners picnic preparations underway
HEGINS — If it were a Hollywood movie set, David A. Lucas’s director’s chair would be on his Hegins front porch. Lucas recently reflected on the joys and challenges of organizing what’s become a local...
View ArticleSchuylkill County Fair sees attendance increase
SUMMIT STATION — Attendance at the Schuylkill County Fair was up this year from 2013. A total of 22,353 people attended the fair this year, which started July 28 and ended Saturday, according to Paul...
View ArticleWolf proposes income tax overhaul
HARRISBURG — A proposal by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf to overhaul the state income tax means grappling with a four-decade-old issue: making a progressive tax constitutional. Wolf said...
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n Frackville: The seventh annual Memorial Poker Run sponsored by Frackville Elks Lodge 1533 is set to begin at 9 a.m. Saturday at the lodge, 307 S. Third St. The cost is $20 per poker hand. The ride,...
View ArticleDoctor uses tech for single-incision surgeries
In an age where society often takes technology for granted, Dr. Timothy Grube said robotics can still inspire innovation and new surgical techniques. “Laparoscopic surgery keeps evolving. In June, we...
View ArticleBody found in burning car in Topton Park
TOPTON — Police said a body was found in a car that was on fire Sunday in this Berks County community. State police at Reading were dispatched to a reported brush fire in Topton Community Park about...
View ArticleAnthracity roller derby team searched for more dames
Those wanting to cross playing on a roller derby team off their bucket list can check out the Anthracite Derby Dames, a Schuylkill County all-female team in the making. “We thought about a local team...
View ArticleMECK MILL BECOMES HALLOWEEN HAUNT
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — With hammers and nails, wooden beams, crosses and coffins, workers are turning the former Meck Knitting Mill into a haunted attraction. “It’s going to be ‘The Meck Haunted Mill.’ And...
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n Orwigsburg: A softball tournament and fundraiser for Stevie Lynn Wilkinson, 10, is set for this weekend at the Blue Mountain High School softball field. She is the daughter of Denise “Dee Dee”...
View ArticlePa. doctors: Risk of widespread Ebola outbreak in U.S. 'extremely low'
The deadly Ebola virus ravaging West Africa will likely reach the United States, but the risk of a widespread outbreak is almost nonexistent, experts say. Superior infectious disease control measures...
View ArticleWork on Minersville Area Skate Park complete
MINERSVILLE — Construction of the Minersville Area Skate Park has been completed and it will be open to the public sometime this fall. The Minersville Area Skate Park Association is awaiting insurance...
View ArticleShenandoah officials working to remove dangerous building
SHENANDOAH — A four-story brick building that partially collapsed in Shenandoah on Friday will be coming down in the near future, as soon as all arrangements are made for its demolition. A large...
View ArticlePolice chase, hunt Berks County fugitive
NEW PHILADELPHIA — Authorities were searching Monday for a Berks County man who fled from Schuylkill Haven police on Monday morning, crashed his truck in a New Philadelphia cemetery and then ran into...
View ArticleWal-Mart volunteers spruce up Frackville sports complex
GILBERTON — There was a lot of hustle at the baseball and softball fields near Frackville on Monday, but the activity involved shovels and paint brushes by Wal-Mart volunteers, not bats and balls....
View ArticleMan arrested for role in Shenandoah home invasion
SHENANDOAH — One borough man is in custody and a warrant is issued for another in connection with a home invasion Monday in the borough. James McCabe, 22, of 15 N. Gilbert St., was taken into custody...
View ArticleMyerstown man sent to state prison for Minersvilele theft
Douglas R. Rogers stole chain-link fencing in May 2013 that belonged to the Borough of Minersville, and is headed to state prison because of it after being sentenced Monday in Schuylkill County Court....
View ArticlePottsville police to host 'open station' tonight
The Pottsville Bureau of Police will be sponsoring an open station event from 6 to 7:30 p.m. today at the police station in city hall. The open door night will include tours of the police station as...
View ArticleIU 29 approves proposed teachers contract, await union vote
MAR LIN — The Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29 board of directors Monday unanimously approved the proposed pact it struggled to establish with its teachers for more than two years. The teachers union...
View ArticleBackpacks filled for children in need
Children will get a better start to the new school year when they receive a backpack filled with school supplies collected during the 12th annual “Stuff the Bus” campaign by the Schuylkill United Way....
View ArticleThrown rocks damage truck near Ringtown
MEADOWVIEW — A Meadowview man considers himself lucky to be alive after at least three unknown assailants threw rocks — one the size of a grapefruit — at his Kenworth truck, with one rock making its...
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