Authorities investigate fire in Ashland
ASHLAND - The cause of an apartment building fire that left 15 people temporarily homeless remained under investigation Tuesday.Firefighters were called to the 714 W. Centre St. building about 3 a.m....
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DivorcesDarin A. Ruch, Tamaqua, from Jennifer L. Ruch, Tamaqua.Christopher J. Zolomij, Pine Grove, from Dawn Oberheim Zolomij, Pine Grove.Michael Kitsock, Pottsville, from Joan Kitsock, Pottsville.Kyle...
View ArticlePottsville Cemetery trustees approve stormwater plan
The caretakers of Charles Baber Cemetery in Pottsville approved a plan Tuesday to do $88,000 worth of improvements to the cemetery's stormwater system.But before Charles Baber Preservation Trust can...
View ArticleJudges uphold state prison term
A three-judge state Superior Court panel has upheld a Pottsville man's prison sentence for trespassing and possessing brass knuckles.In a nine-page opinion filed Tuesday in Pottsville, the panel ruled...
View ArticleNationally chartered community organization begins in Orwigsburg
STAFF REPORTSORWIGSBURG - On Aug. 26, about a dozen residents from various municipalities gathered in the Orwigsburg Borough Hall to elect officers for the newly chartered Hawk Mountain Grange No....
View ArticlePottsville Area to seek bids to repair crumbling wall
Pottsville Area School District will advertise for bids to repair the more than 20-foot section of stone wall behind the high school that collapsed in June, Kerry L. Ansbach, district facilities...
View ArticlePolice searching for Minersville man involved in pot growing operation
MINERSVILLE - Borough police are searching for a man who is wanted from a May incident involving the manufacturing of marijuana.Andrew Torres, 23, of 468B Sunbury St., is wanted on charges of felony...
View ArticleEmergency services officials stress individual preparedness
It is everyone's responsibility to be prepared.That's the message being stressed this year as part of National Preparedness Month, according to John W. Blickley, operations and training officer at...
View ArticleCriminal court, Sept. 5, 2013
A Deer Lake woman stole keys and a necklace from a Pottsville woman in November 2012 in the city, a Schuylkill County jury ruled Tuesday.The jury of seven men and five women deliberated less than an...
View ArticleCommissioners award contract, receive other bids
The Schuylkill County commissioners awarded a contract Wednesday that was put out for bid at a work session while receiving bids for two other projects.The board approved an agreement with Antz Energy...
View ArticleAlleged rapist en route to county jail
MINERSVILLE - A 40-year-old borough man who allegedly raped two teenage girls is on his way to Schuylkill County Prison after being taken into custody last week in Georgia by U.S. Marshals.Joseph L....
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Tower City manflees after crashTOWER CITY - A 29-year-old Tower City man suffered minor injuries when the 2008 Dodge Charger he was driving crashed on Gold Mine Road, just west of Clarks Valley Road in...
View ArticleFormer school to be demolished in Girardville
GIRARDVILLE - A borough landmark will face the wrecking ball this month. The 92-year-old Immaculate Heart of Mary School building on Richard Street, across from St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, has a...
View Article4 men arrested along Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County after burglary, chase
Not long after a burglary at a Sugarloaf Township gas station - followed by a high-speed pursuit and a foot chase in Schuylkill County - state police at Hazleton arrested and charged four men in the...
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n Mahanoy City: The Mahanoy Township High School Alumni will meet at 1 p.m. Sept. 10, at the Good American Hose Company, Mahanoy and Eighth streets. Plans will be formulated for a 2014 multi-class...
View ArticleBirths, Sept. 5, 2013
Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson StreetTo Charles Hughes and Courtney Wagner, Shenandoah, a daughter, Aug. 16.To Ashley Truscott, Pine Grove, a son, Aug. 20.To Christina M. Carls, Frackville, a...
View ArticleSUV drives on city sidewalk, damages light pole
A Pottsville man drove a sport utility vehicle onto a city sidewalk, knocked down a decorative light pole and damaged property including a brick wall bordering a parking lot Wednesday afternoon.City...
View ArticleDeeds, Sept. 5, 2013
DeedsAshland - Kurt T. Miller to Warren Harter; property on Walnut Street; $3,000.Frackville - Helen Mackalonis to James Michael Mackalonis; 418 S. Lehigh Ave.; $1.Michael J. Hawranick to Melanie and...
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Marriage licensesJon A. Morgan, Valley View, and Amy S. Gotshall, Valley View.Jorge O. Rivera-Marrero, Shenandoah, and Vilma Del Carmen Oyola-Sanchez, Shenandoah.Joseph D. Blyler, Jonestown, and...
View ArticleSchuylkill Chamber of Commerce plans tour of county farms
ORWIGSBURG - Chris Marcolla drove to a roadside produce stand just outside the borough Wednesday to buy apples and peppers."I come out here maybe twice a month. I like to grill hamburgers a lot and...
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