Police log, July 18, 2017
Lykens man faces drug charges LYKENS — State police at Lykens said a borough man is facing drug charges June 24 after an incident about 11:45 p.m. at Powell’s Valley Road and Sheetz Road in Wayne...
View ArticleLocustdale man charged with distributing child pornography
State prosecutors announced on Tuesday that they have charged a Locustdale man with distributing child pornography from his home computer. Kenneth L. Wehry, 64, faces 40 counts of sexual abuse of...
View ArticleTruBridge moves from mall to Pottsville, plans to add more jobs
POTTSVILLE — TruBridge is relocating from the Schuylkill Mall to the former property occupied by Rubbermaid on Laurel Boulevard. The medical call center has been at the Schuylkill Mall since January...
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Man charged with assaulting girlfriend GIRARDVILLE — A Girardville man was arrested by state police at Frackville after an assault about 2 p.m. July 10 on East Ogden Street. Police said Reinoldo...
View ArticleKline Township supervisors eye land near water company for playground
McADOO — The new Kline Township playground will be next to the township’s municipal authority — if the supervisors have their way. The supervisors have been looking for a spot for a new playground on...
View ArticleSuperior Court rules man must stay in prison
For the third time, the state Superior Court has rejected an appeal of a Lackawanna County man serving a state prison sentence for sexually molesting two boys in 2005 and 2006 in McAdoo. Clark E. Mead...
View ArticleHistorical society announces new museum room for Elizabethville bicentennial
ELIZABETHVILLE — Letters that Jonas Swab wrote home during the Civil War in 1865 are now at the Elizabethville Area Historical Society. So are photos of the Eisenhower ancestral home, built in 1854 by...
View ArticleWest Mahanoy Township rejects liquor license request
SHENANDOAH HEIGHTS — In a unanimous vote Tuesday night, the West Mahanoy Township supervisors rejected a request to transfer a liquor license from Clarion House, Saint Clair, to Frackville Exxon, 541...
View ArticleCriminal court, July 19, 2017
POTTSVILLE — In recent Schuylkill County Court action, Judge Charles M. Miller accepted guilty pleas from, and, pursuant to agreements between prosecutors and defendants, imposed the indicated...
View ArticleDistrict court, July 19, 2017
James R. Ferrier ORWIGSBURG — A Schuylkill Haven woman is headed to Schuylkill County Court after waiving her right to a preliminary hearing on charges stemming from her alleged assault in June against...
View ArticleAround the region, July 19, 2017
Ashland The Ashland Area Historic Preservation Society, 318 Centre St., will sponsor Picnic in the Backyard beginning at 6 p.m. July 26. The event features people bringing a covered dish. For more...
View Article‘Sponsor’ a veteran for trip to Washington
Our veterans are without a doubt some of the most patriotic and loyal citizens. They don’t miss an opportunity to salute the flag or stand for the national anthem. Visiting national monuments and...
View ArticleDeeds, July 20, 2017
Deeds Butler Township — Jamie L. and Charles L. Fetterolf to Patricia Valenza; 255 Germanville Road; $34,500.
View ArticleShenandoah man sent to federal prison in drug case
Shane Lopez will spend the next five years behind federal prison bars as a judge sentenced him Wednesday in Scranton for participating in a heroin-trafficking ring in Schuylkill County. Lopez, 22, of...
View ArticleDetour ends in Cressona
CRESSONA — Wilder Street opened to traffic Wednesday. The street has been closed to traffic since Feb. 13. A truck route detour was put in place Jan. 10. Sean Brown, state Department of Transportation...
View ArticleSchuylkill County Prison no longer required to submit biweekly reviews
POTTSVILLE — As the Schuylkill County Prison board moves forward with building an intermediate punishment center, the state Department of Corrections is no longer requiring the county to submit...
View ArticleWoman charged in ATV death
TREMONT — A Pottsville area woman was charged with causing the death of another woman when the ATV she was driving crashed in Foster Township last month. Foster Township Police Chief James Nettles...
View ArticleTex-Mex Diner closes in Pottsville
POTTSVILLE — The Tex-Mex Diner, 402 E. Market St., in Garfield Square, has closed. Brown paper covered the windows of the restaurant, formerly the Garfield Diner, but no information was posted...
View ArticleCounty approves funding recommendations for housing programs
POTTSVILLE — Six housing programs will receive $102,692 from the Schuylkill County Affordable Housing Trust Fund. The county commissioners approved the 2017 funding recommendations Wednesday at a work...
View ArticleMan wanted for leaving prison apprehended
A man who absconded from Schuylkill County Prison in June was apprehended by police in Tamaqua early Wednesday morning. Gregorio Flores, 37, was wanted on a warrant for failing to return to the jail...
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