Shenandoah chamber announces walking path dedication
SHENANDOAH HEIGHTS — The new Rotary Way walking area in Shenandoah will be dedicated on May 30 as part of the Healthy Shenandoah initiative. Greater Shenandoah Area Chamber of Commerce President Marie...
View ArticleSchuylkill County unemployment rate rises
A loss of jobs in Schuylkill County led to a higher seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for January. The rate increased 0.4 of a percentage point to 6 percent for the month, according to the latest...
View ArticleWest Mahanoy hires 3 new police officers
SHENANDOAH HEIGHTS — The West Mahanoy Township supervisors hired three new police officers during Tuesday’s monthly meeting. The supervisors approved the hiring of Joshua Pastucka, David Stamets and...
View ArticlePottsville Area says 'no' to Saint Clair Area merger
Nearly one month after the Pottsville Area School District and the Saint Clair Area School District unveiled a lengthy, and costly, study to determine ways to merge the two districts, the Pottsville...
View ArticleEx-legislative candidate pulls DUI plea
James A. “Jamie” Barton, whose candidacy for the state Legislature ended after he was charged with driving under the influence, decided Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court to withdraw his guilty plea...
View ArticleFrackville Museum unboxes old traditions with spring hats display
FRACKVILLE — The Frackville Museum will reopen for a new season in April, with a new display highlighting ladies hats that were a tradition for women to wear as spring arrived. Last Friday, museum...
View ArticlePolice log, March 19, 2015
City police arrest 3 found with drugs Three men were jailed Monday after being arrested by Pottsville police about 7:30 p.m. Monday after officers went to 529 E. Norwegian St., Apt. 2, to serve a...
View ArticleAround the Region, March 19, 2015
n Cressona: Goodwill Cartridge Service will hold an open house for people and businesses from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday at the Goodwill Store donation area at the Cressona Mall. It will also have open...
View ArticleCounty coroner discusses naloxone
The Schuylkill County Police Chiefs Association learned more about naloxone at its monthly meeting Wednesday at the Schuylkill County Courthouse. Schuylkill County Coroner Dr. David Moylan III said the...
View ArticlePrison to get new AC units
The Schuylkill County Prison is in need of some upgrades and job applicants. Two air conditioning units stopped working in the past month, according to Deputy Warden David Wapinsky’s monthly report....
View ArticleWoman headed to state prison for causing accident while on drugs
Nicole M. Moore is headed to state prison after admitting Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court that she caused an accident in September 2013 in which two children suffered injuries. Moore, 29, of...
View ArticleGirardville gears up for annual St. Patrick's Day parade on Saturday
Despite a questionable forecast today, organizers of the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Girardville still expect thousands of people in the borough Saturday morning. “Hopefully if we do get some snow the...
View ArticleMan enters plea for 2nd time for theft, bad checks
For the second time, Robert D. Schappell entered a plea Wednesday to charges he defrauded a Schuylkill Haven automobile dealer of more than $200,000 by taking money for cars he never delivered....
View ArticleAround the region, March 20, 2015
n Frackville: In recent action, the borough council approved the appointment of Donna Kulpowicz as deputy tax collector to serve when tax collector Janice Huth is unavailable for those duties....
View ArticleBus firm executive sent to federal prison for fraud
Todd M. Harris, whose bus company defrauded two Dauphin County school districts of more than $1.4 million, is headed to federal prison after being sentenced Wednesday in Harrisburg for his role in the...
View ArticleSummer celebration proposed in Tamaqua
TAMAQUA — A celebration stretching across the borough is expected for late summer. Tamaqua Community Arts Center/Safety Initiative Coordinator Leona Rega addressed the borough council Tuesday regarding...
View ArticleSnow expected to blanket Schuylkill County on 1st day of spring
Snow will likely fall on the first day of spring. A snowstorm is not uncommon in March, Elyse Hagner, meteorologist with the National Weather Service, State College, said Thursday. She said 3 to 6...
View ArticleMahanoy man admits driving into Butler Township house
Ethan C. Kennedy admitted Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court that he was drunk when he drove his sport utility vehicle into a Butler Township house, injuring its owner, in August 2013. Kennedy, 30,...
View ArticleGillingham Charter sets up field trip bank account
The Gillingham Charter School Board of Trustees approved a field study bank account from Gratz Bank at their meeting Thursday night. “It would be pretty much used for when teachers collect money from...
View ArticlePottsville man receives state prison sentence for throat slashing
Ariel Colon Jr. must spend at least nine years behind state prison bars for slashing a woman’s throat in August 2014 in Pottsville, a Schuylkill County judge ruled Thursday. “It was a really dangerous...
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