Network buys rights to Shenandoah documentary, will make own to show with it
Roberto Daza said he believes people should remember the Luis Ramirez case from Shenandoah, and he and his television network are taking steps to make sure that occurs."The documentary itself was very...
View ArticleCollection set up for family involved in fatal fire
DANVILLE - The Danville Area School District and Reformed Amish Fellowship Church in Tennessee are collecting clothing, household items and monetary donations of behalf of the Dissinger family, who...
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n Ashland: Bountiful Blessings, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, helps need-based working poor families in the region from its newest location at First Methodist Presbyterian Church, 901 N. Ninth St....
View ArticleDistrict court, April 5, 2014
Christina E. Hale FRACKVILLE - A Barnesville man arrested by Ryan Township police and charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance waived his right to a preliminary hearing...
View ArticleYuengling to convert methane, natural gas into electricity
PORT CARBON - A combined heat and power system that has been "two years in the making" at America's Oldest Brewery's Mill Creek plant is expected to become operational in the next two to three weeks....
View ArticleStudents' project warns against supplying alcohol to minors
Schuylkill County high school students want others to know the consequences of furnishing alcohol to minors.Members of the county Drug and Alcohol Junior Advisory Board, comprised of 26 county...
View ArticlePolice log, April 5, 2014
Tower City manfaces theft chargesTOWER CITY - State police at Schuylkill Haven said a man is facing burglary and related charges after an incident between 1 p.m. March 18 and 8 a.m. March 20 at 105 S....
View ArticleSchuylkill YMCA president unveils action plan
When Thomas Badger was reappointed president of the Schuylkill YMCA Board of Directors in Pottsville in October, he wasn't impressed with the operation's vision for the future."Things were very...
View ArticleScribes celebrate National Poetry Month with rhymes, insights
Collin Boris, a Blue Mountain High School senior, has a passion for what he calls "a dying art form.""Poetry, to me, is more than just rhyming sentences and overanalyzing why the sky is blue. It's an...
View ArticleStaff shortage shuts down Shenandoah Valley on Friday
SHENANDOAH - Due to an unexpected shortage of teachers and other personnel, the Shenandoah Valley School District did not hold classes Friday as a safety precaution.District Superintendent Stanley G....
View ArticlePPL customers could be billed new, special storm fee
Customers of PPL Electric Utilities Corp. may be charged special fees beginning next year for the utility's storm-related expenses.The state Public Utility Commission on Thursday granted the...
View ArticleState offers facade grants in city
By late 2013, the vintage decorative awning attached to the front of Bohorad's clothing store at 6 N. Centre St., Pottsville, had seen better days."It was an old-fashioned crank awning system. We've...
View ArticleFire-damaged McAdoo bar demolished
Remnants of the fire-ravaged Gray Goose Bar in McAdoo were being hauled away Thursday by Lonzetta Trucking of Hazleton.The bar at 92-94 N. Kennedy Drive was destroyed by fire in the early morning hours...
View ArticleCorrection, April 5, 2014
Date incorrectThe Longaberger basket, designer purse and Sophy jeweler bingo will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Holy Cross School hall, New Philadelphia. The date was incorrect in the calender in the...
View Article3 children killed in fire in Northumberland County
SNYDERTOWN - Three young brothers were killed early Friday when fire burnt their farmhouse to the ground, while two other siblings jumped out of a second-story window to safety. The 1:20 a.m. blaze at...
View ArticleStudents of the month, April 6, 2014
Pottsville Rotary Pottsville Area High School seniors Paige Stoner and Benjamin Blake and Nativity BVM High School seniors Grace Kimmel and Tyler Hunyara were named Pottsville Rotary students of the...
View ArticleAuthor shares her story of codependency and healing
Shenandoah native Diane Vernitsky Jellen opens up about being married to an alcoholic in "My Resurrected Heart: A Codependent's Journey to Healing."The book is the first in a trilogy that Jellen, now...
View ArticleDean's list, April 6, 2014
St. JosephRachel M. Troxell, a sophomore chemistry major, was named to the dean's list at St. Joseph University, Philadelphia, for the fall semester. She graduated from Pine Grove Area High School in...
View ArticleScientists discover unnamed disease carried by deer ticks
A new, unnamed tick-borne disease has been found in the same bug that carries Lyme disease. According to Tufts Now, a news site of Tufts University, Medford, Mass., scientists recently surveyed...
View ArticleCollege notes, April 6, 2014
WilliamsonKeith McCarthy, Pottsville, a horticulture senior at Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades, Media, was inducted into the school's prestigious I.V. Club during a campus ceremony March...
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