Police log, April 13, 2014
Woman facesretail theft chargeSCHUYLKILL HAVEN - A New Ringgold woman was charged with retail theft from an incident at 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Redner's Warehouse Markets in North Manheim Township.State...
View ArticleOrwigsburg council approves radio purchase for communications system update
ORWIGSBURG - The borough council approved the purchase of six radios to use with the recent emergency communications system updates to the police department at a cost of $27,000 at its Wednesday...
View ArticleTamaqua man charged with attempted homicide
TAMAQUA - A 58-year-old Tamaqua man was jailed Sunday charged with trying to kill another man about 8 p.m. Saturday at a home at 114 Reynolds Road in Walker Township.State police Trooper Edward...
View ArticleWilliams Valley students, staff featured in national video
TOWER CITY - Montana Flynn's time in front of and behind the camera led to insightful observation."It felt really weird at first knowing you were on camera. I saw there were people coming and then I...
View ArticlePalms, pussy willows blessed at Passion Sunday services
SHENANDOAH - The triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem in the early first century was commemorated by Christians on Palm Sunday, which in some cases included the blessing and distribution of...
View ArticleFrailey Township approves low bid for playground
DONALDSON - The Donaldson playground is a step closer to reality. Bids for the project were opened by Alfred Benesch & Co. recently, and the Frailey Township supervisors approved the lowest bidder...
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n Frackville: American Red Cross Blood Services, Northeast Pennsylvania Region, will hold a blood drive from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Schuylkill Mall. People 17 or older (16 with parental...
View ArticleLes Brown's brother, 'Stumpy,' inducted into arts council Hall of Fame
In a finale to the annual Les Brown Weekend Festival, the Schuylkill County Council for the Arts inducted his brother, Clyde "Stumpy" Brown, 88, into its Hall of Fame on Sunday night.The event at the...
View ArticleCriminal court, April 14, 2014
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 sentences on, these...
View ArticleSchuylkill Headwaters Association leads cleanup on Schuylkill River
PORT CLINTON - Schuylkill Headwaters Association and volunteers cleaned up the beaches of the 2014 Pennsylvania River of the Year, the Schuylkill River, on Sunday near Route 61 and Port Clinton...
View ArticlePolice log, April 14, 2014
Man not injuredin 1-vehicle crashGORDON - A Pottsville man was not injured from a one-vehicle crash at 4 p.m. Friday on I-81 at mile marker 121 in Butler Township.State police at Frackville said the...
View ArticleDistrict court, April 14, 2014
Rebecca MargerumELIZABETHVILLE - A Lykens man is headed to Dauphin County Court after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday on charges resulting from an incident in February in his...
View ArticleConstruction begins on new softball field in Hegins
HEGINS - Although the Tri-Valley Girls' Softball Association will begin its season April 28, the girls who play tee ball and pony-level softball will have a new field to use in 2015.Maurer Excavating...
View ArticlePottsville sewer authority approves Baber cemetery stormwater plan
After reviewing a proposed $88,000 project to improve the stormwater flow at Charles Baber Cemetery in Pottsville, the Greater Pottsville Area Sewer Authority nixed parts of the plan involving the...
View ArticleSchuylkill Intermediate Unit 29 hosts 1st STEM Design Challenge
MAR LIN - Students in fourth through eighth grade participated Monday in the county's first STEM Design Challenge at Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29 in Mar Lin.STEM stands for Science Technology...
View ArticleFacade damaged in vehicle accident crumbles, code office responds
The facade of a former restaurant in Pottsville, damaged in November by a vehicle, is crumbling and city code officials may file charges if the building's owner doesn't take action soon."We were...
View ArticlePolice log, April 15, 2014
Woman hurt incycle crashPINE GROVE - A Fredericksburg woman who suffered major injuries in a motorcycle crash Saturday evening on Geary Wolf Road in Pine Grove Township was in fair condition Monday...
View ArticleGroody: No 24/7 guarding of clerk's office
Schuylkill County Sheriff Joseph G. Groody made it clear Monday that he will not provide round-the-clock security at the courthouse due to the investigation into Clerk of Courts Stephen M. Lukach Jr."I...
View ArticleJudges uphold conviction, sentence for driving without license
A three-judge state Superior Court panel has upheld the conviction of a Gordon man who was involved in a traffic stop in June 2012 in Mahanoy City.In an eight-page opinion filed Monday in Pottsville,...
View ArticleCorrection, April 15, 2014
Account incorrectJohn E. Clause, 80 Reynolds Road, Tamaqua, went into a home at 114 Reynolds Road in Walker Township on Saturday night and found Mark Scheitrum in a bathroom. The altercation account...
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