Deeds, March 27, 2014
DeedsEast Union Township - Tax Claim Bureau of Schuylkill County to E.E. Good; property on North Street; $600.Tax Claim Bureau of Schuylkill County to E.E. Good; property on Spring Water Boulevard;...
View ArticleFistfight led to death, charges
Pottsville police filed charges Wednesday against a city man in connection with a March 6 assault that eventually led to the death of another man.Police said Roy T. Snowell, 59, of 655 John O'Hara St.,...
View ArticleCriminal court, March 27, 2014
Dustin F. West entered Schuylkill County Court a free man on Tuesday, but left it in handcuffs and headed to prison after being sentenced following revocation of his probation. West, 29, of Pine...
View ArticleDistrict court, March 27, 2014
James R. Ferrier ORWIGSBURG - A Berks County man is headed to Schuylkill County Court after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday on a charge that he took $300 from a West Brunswick...
View ArticleCommissioners discuss county services at 2nd annual luncheon
ORWIGSBURG - The Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce's Government Affairs Committee held the second annual commissioners' luncheon and open forum Thursday afternoon at the Schuylkill Country Club. About 70...
View ArticleMcCann celebrates phlebotomy program recognition
On Thursday, Briana Crochunis, Middleport, and Kailee Yost, Shamokin, praised the phlebotomy program they're enrolled in at McCann School of Business & Technology in Pottsville. They said the...
View ArticleShenandoah Valley elementary teacher asks for special education co-teacher
SHENANDOAH - A Shenandoah Valley elementary teacher asked the school board at Wednesday's meeting to put a full-time special education teacher in her kindergarten classroom.Kindergarten co-teacher...
View ArticleFire in city ruled arson
A fire that destroyed two houses in the 700 block of Schuylkill Avenue in Pottsville and damaged two others Wednesday night was intentionally set. No one was displaced, but two firefighters required...
View ArticleBarletta refuses to back down on health care bill despite Senate-made changes
U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-11, is convinced Senate-attached language to his House-sponsored bill will stop his proposal from gaining President Barack Obama's signature.Barletta said he thinks that the...
View ArticleHazleton Area school board OKs plan to fix overcrowding
HAZLETON - A plan to ease overcrowding in Hazleton Area's elementary and middle schools was unanimously approved by the school board Thursday.The plan, one of three considered by the board, will turn...
View ArticleGilberton council votes to abolish police department
MAHANOY PLANE - Gilberton Borough Council officially abolished its police department at Thursday's meeting.The formal adoption of Ordinance 2014-1 was on a 6-0 vote, which is approval by the full...
View ArticleStudents learn the importance of a good first impression
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Penn State Schuylkill hosted its third Etiquette Dinner on Wednesday to teach students that making a good first impression is everything.The event, called "Making the Right...
View ArticleMinersville historical society looks at buildings for preservation
MINERSVILLE - The Minersville Area Historical Society held a discussion Wednesday at the Minersville Fire Rescue Company on viable buildings for preservation in the downtown area of the borough.Joining...
View ArticleDeeds, March 28, 2014
DeedsAuburn - Joseph G. Groody, sheriff of Schuylkill County, to Catherine Jaindl-Leuthe; 507 Market St.; $40,601.Joseph G. Groody, sheriff of Schuylkill County, to Bank of America NA; 726 Bear Creek...
View ArticleLocal malls welcome Easter Bunny's arrival
The Easter Bunny will be hopping down the bunny trail to two local malls Saturday.The bunny will be making his grand entrance in style at the Cressona Mall. Festivities will begin at 11 a.m. with the...
View ArticleMount Carbon-North Manheim Township Fire Company No. 1 seeks to rebuild
The Mount Carbon-North Manheim Township Fire Company No. 1 wants to rebuild its fire house in the borough and a second one with a helipad near the Hoss's Steak & Sea House in the township.The fire...
View ArticlePADCO plans to bring second Skook Toones piano downtown
A second community piano will be placed in downtown Pottsville, if the Pottsville Area Development Corp. can find the bucks to move it. "We don't have the funding to move it. It will cost $300 to move...
View ArticleFor the record, March 28, 2014
Marriage licensesJonathan Gibas, New Philadelphia, and Lauren N. Shandor, New Philadelphia.Scott A. Whalen, Schuylkill Haven, and Julia Ann Leymeister, Schuylkill Haven.Mark L. Rosenberger, Pottsville,...
View ArticlePolice log, March 28, 2014
Police investigatefailed break-inSHEPPTON - State police at Frackville said a burglar attempted to break in to the Sheppton American Legion in East Union Township early Thursday but failed.The incident...
View ArticleEx-fugitive sent to state prison for indecent contact with 2 teen girls
The long arm of the law caught up with Joseph L. Johnson on Thursday, as he headed to state prison after entering a plea in two cases resulting from what police said was his indecent conduct with two...
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