Births, Aug. 25, 2016
Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson Street To Antonio and Megan Killian Randazzo, Schuylkill Haven, a son, Aug. 15.
View ArticlePottsville Area to lease more iPads
In March, the Pottsville Area school board decided to spend more than $1.6 million to equip every student in the district with an Apple iPad Air 2 for the 2016-17 school year. To make sure it had...
View ArticleShenandoah Valley rescinds policy at order of Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board
SHENANDOAH — Recently, the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board ordered the Shenandoah Valley School District to rescind a policy the district enacted in March 2015 to prevent employee abuse of...
View ArticleCriminal court, Aug. 25, 2016
A Pottsville man faces prison time after being convicted Monday in Schuylkill County Court of three drug-related charges. James L. Flowers Jr., 50, did not react when the jury of seven women and five...
View ArticleMan charged for having sex with 15-year-old girl
SHENANDOAH — A man was jailed Tuesday, charged by state police at Frackville with having sex with a 15-year-old girl. Charles A. Welna, 30, of 602 Gold Star Highway, Mahanoy Township, was arrested by...
View ArticleAround the region, Aug. 25, 2016
n Auburn: An American Red Cross blood drive is scheduled for 1 to 6 p.m. Sept. 1 at the Auburn Ambulance building, Front Street. People 17 and older (16 with parental consent), weighing at least 110...
View ArticleThe Peace Rock receives 'no trespassing' signs
“No trespassing” signs have been posted in the area of the Peace Rock. Neil Shader, press secretary with the state Department of Environmental Protection, said Wednesday that signs were posted alerting...
View ArticleKessler acquitted for 2nd time in 3 days
For the second time in three days, former Gilberton police chief and North Schuylkill school board member Mark Kessler walked out of Schuylkill County Courthouse a free man on Wednesday after a jury...
View ArticlePolice log, Aug. 25, 2016
2 injured in 2-vehicle crash LENHARTSVILLE — A Hamburg man and woman were injured Monday in a two-vehicle crash on Penn Street, state police in Hamburg said. James P. Tierney Jr., 78, of New Ringgold,...
View ArticleJudges uphold Schuylkill Haven man's sentence for gun possession, assault
A Schuylkill Haven man must remain behind state prison bars for brandishing a gun while assaulting a woman in November 2013 in Pottsville, a three-judge state Superior Court panel ruled Tuesday. In a...
View ArticleDeeds, Aug. 25, 2016
Deeds Coaldale — Thomas C. Macenka to Thomas C. Macenka; 18 W. Phillips St.; $1. East Brunswick Township — Cynthia J. Stemmler to Cynthia J. Stemmler, Jessica A. Stein and Emily Stemmler; 113 Duck...
View ArticleSchuylkill County Fall Cleanup won't accept electronics
Schuylkill County’s annual Fall Cleanup in September will not include an electronic collection this year. The county commissioners rescinded the notice of award Wednesday to Environmental Coordination...
View ArticleSaint Clair area weighs cost of replacing bleachers
SAINT CLAIR — The Saint Clair Area School District is looking for some help to finish replacing the bleachers at Veterans Memorial Stadium. “It was just time. The wood is getting old,” Jason Bendle,...
View ArticleMount Carmel man convicted of possessing drugs, paraphernalia
A Northumberland County man faces prison time after a Schuylkill County jury convicted him Thursday of possessing four types of narcotics, plus drug paraphernalia. Jason A. Shedaker, 33, of Mount...
View ArticlePolice log, Aug. 26, 2016
Police: Woman hindered arrest WILLIAMSTOWN — A Lykens woman had a wanted fugitive inside of her vehicle, state police in Lykens said. At 8:35 a.m. Aug. 14, police found the fugitive, who was...
View ArticleDeeds, Aug. 26, 2016
Deeds Blythe Township — Jayne Quirk Crowther and Nancy Quirk, administratrices c.t.a. for the Estate of Emmett James Quirk, to Jayne Quirk Crowther; 287 Wood St., Cumbola; $1. Branch Township — Joseph...
View ArticleBlue Mountain principal leaves district to become Pine Grove superintendent
ORWIGSBURG — Heath Renninger, principal of Blue Mountain Elementary East and Blue Mountain Elementary West, is leaving the school district to become superintendent of the Pine Grove Area School...
View ArticleAshland fire damages 3 homes, including fire chief's
ASHLAND — Fire damaged three homes, including the home of the borough fire chief, Thursday afternoon. Firefighters were called to 402 W. Centre St. about 1 p.m. for a report of a mattress fire and...
View ArticlePolice start to crack down on Peace Rock trespassers
HAMBURG — Fifteen trespassers were told to leave the Kernsville Dam area the same day “no trespassing” signs were posted on the Berks County side of the Schuylkill River. “We kicked about 15 off the...
View ArticleHeritage Day, Parade of Nations wraps upShenandoah’s sesquicentennial...
The annual Parade of Nations and Heritage Day in Shenandoah is serving a special role this year, as it is the final event in the borough’s sesquicentennial celebration. The parade will step off at 10...
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