Around the region, July 20, 2017
Heckscherville Clover Fire Company, 8 Clover Road, will have a chicken dinner from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. July 28 at the firehouse. The cost is $8 per person. Meals include a half chicken, baked potato,...
View ArticlePottsville Area School District to borrow money for payments; will reinstate...
POTTSVILLE — The Pottsville Area School District will borrow money to meet its payment obligations. Patricia Lombel, assistant business administrator, recommended the board use $500,000 of a $2.5...
View ArticlePolice log, July 20, 2017
Women charged after altercation MAHANOY CITY — Two borough women were arrested by Mahanoy City police and charged following an incident about 8:05 p.m. Saturday at Sixth and Market streets, just hours...
View ArticleSpeed-timing device theft charges withdrawn
FRACKVILLE — Two Pottsville men charged with stealing a speed-timing device in Butler Township on May 30 had charges against them withdrawn Monday by prosecutors and pleaded guilty to lesser offenses....
View ArticleCampers bring donations to My Father's House as shelter plans shower...
POTTSVILLE — While spending a week at Christmas Pines Campground, more than 40 young campers collected shower supplies to donate to Servants to All as the organization plans to install showers at My...
View ArticleWilliams Valley administrators receive contracted pay raise
TOWER CITY — Williams Valley School District administrators, except Superintendent Diane Niederriter, will receive pay raises of $1,750 in a contract agreement approved by the school board on July 6....
View ArticleDeeds, July 21, 2017
Deeds Deer Lake — The Gratz Bank to Christopher B. Charest and Heather Heckman; 133 Laurel Blvd.; $115,000. McAdoo — Joan T. Sissick to Denise Kapes; 49 N. Hancock St.; $4,000. North Manheim Township —...
View ArticleSchuylkill Mall to host Republican-Herald used book sale before closure
As The Republican-Herald prepares for its summer used book sale, it is also looking for a new home for the popular event. The Newspaper in Education Used Book Sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m....
View ArticleAcclaimed jazz group Garden Party to perform at Misericordia’s Sounds of...
Acclaimed jazz ensemble Emily Asher’s Garden Party brings its nostalgia-rooted performance to the Sounds of Summer concert at Misericordia University’s Under the Stars Summer Arts Festival. The group,...
View Article3 new participants enter drug treatment court
POTTSVILLE — Three more people seeking to turn around their lives of addiction entered the Schuylkill County Drug Treatment Court on Thursday, bringing the number of people in it to 30. Curtis G. Hahn,...
View ArticleGillingham gears up for charter hearing in Harrisburg
POTTSVILLE — More than 50 supporters of Gillingham Charter School, Pottsville, are planning to travel to Harrisburg on Tuesday in a show of support for the school’s quest to acquire its second...
View ArticleCriminal court, July 21, 2017
POTTSVILLE — A Northampton County woman will not have to spend time behind bars after admitting July 12 in Schuylkill County Court that she overdosed on heroin while with her children. Justine N....
View ArticleAround the region, July 21, 2017
Frackville Aug. 31 is the last day the Frackville Area Hometown Heroes Program will accept applications for the program’s Phase II. Applications are available at the Frackville Municipal &...
View ArticleManager: Tex-Mex Diner not closed permanently, will reopen in 'a week or two'
POTTSVILLE — Despite a looming upset sale if property taxes go unpaid, the Tex-Mex Diner will reopen soon, according to the restaurant manager. Myriam Gonzalez said the restaurant at 402 W. Market St....
View ArticlePolice log, July 21, 2017
State police target distracted driving Pennsylvania State Police at Troop L are participating in the 6 State Trooper Project that focuses on distracted driving enforcement with an emphasis on raising...
View ArticlePolice: Blood covered Marchalk crime scene
POTTSVILLE — Matthew Marchalk did not flinch Thursday as he testified to what prosecutors say was the scene of his father’s killing on Father’s Day in his Ryan Township home, a killing his brother is...
View ArticleDistrict court, July 21, 2017
Rebecca Margerum ELIZABETHVILLE — A Gratz man is headed to Dauphin County Court after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday on charges he had sex-related contact with a minor in October...
View ArticleFor the record, July 22, 2017
Deeds Ashland — Gerald J. and Darlene V. Fago to Bobbie Ann Frick; property on Centre Street; $1. Marriage licenses James M. Adamick, Saint Clair, and Kimberly A. Liddick, Saint Clair. Frederick M....
View ArticleAround the region, July 22, 2017
Gratz Contestants for 2017 Gratz Fair queen and alternate are being accepted. The deadline to apply is Aug. 1, according to a fair press release. To be eligible, young ladies must be at least 16 years...
View ArticleFrackville man charged with killing father
FRACKVILLE — A Frackville man was charged Friday with killing his father in the home they shared in the borough earlier this year. Tyler Jesse Swantek, 24, was charged by Frackville Police Chief...
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