North Schuylkill junior firefighters compete in first skills contest
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - Teaming up with community firefighters, 12 junior firefighters put their skills to the test and competed in different skill challenges Saturday at North Schuylkill High School....
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Shen RotaryShenandoah Valley High School senior Erin Buchanan was named student of the month for March by the Shenandoah Rotary Club.Erin's is a member of the District XI runner-up girls' basketball...
View ArticleFishing rodeo popular among children
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - About 300 children cast lines to fish Saturday at Bubeck Park in Schuylkill Haven for the annual Scott Shade Fishing Rodeo. The rodeo is named in honor of Scott Shade, who died...
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Accident leadsto charges filedMAHANOY CITY - An incident about 4:15 p.m. March 21 in the 400 block of East Centre Street led to charges being filed against a borough man.Mahanoy City police said...
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Medical awardThe Lehigh County Medical Society has created a Humaneness in Medicine award, and announced that Dr. Jeanne Zukas, Schuylkill Haven, chief resident of the Lehigh Valley Hospital Internal...
View ArticleCriminal Court, April 27, 2014
A Saint Clair man will spend time on parole and probation after admitting Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court that he possessed two weapons and two types of drugs and passed a bad check at a judge's...
View ArticleDeeds, April 27, 2014
DeedsUnion Township - Sherri Lynn Cook to Douglas Robert Cook; two properties in Pattersonville; $1.Kathleen Anderson and Janet Rarick, executrices of the Estate of Violet Baranowsky, and Janet Rarick...
View ArticlePolice probing man's death, Altamont disturbance
ALTAMONT - A call to police about an assault and disturbance in West Mahanoy Township on Monday morning led to the discovery of a man's body inside the home where the alleged assailant lived. Township...
View ArticleCorrection, April 29, 2014
Date incorrectAn all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast will be held May 10 at First United Methodist Church, 25 S. Balliet St., Frackville. The date was incorrect in Sunday's calendar.
View ArticleFlood watch issued for Schuylkill County
The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for Schuylkill County from 6 p.m. today through Thursday morning.Kevin Fitzgerald, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in State...
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n Ashland: Ashland Area Rotary Club President Connie Wydra headed discussion on several topics recently, including the club's completed annual doughnut sale, the Rotary Leadership Institute held in...
View ArticleAmendment added to bill to replace school property taxes
HARRISBURG - Two Northeast Pennsylvania senators offered an amendment Monday clarifying what would be taxable and exempt under legislation to replace school property taxes with expanded state sales and...
View ArticleHistorical society launches campaign to honor its ailing president
While David Derbes, president of the Schuylkill County Historical Society since 2008, is recovering from the surgical removal of most of his left leg, the society is asking the public to remember him...
View ArticleMahanoy Memorial Day parade may be held despite rumors
MAHANOY CITY - The annual Memorial Day parade in Mahanoy City has not been canceled at this time, but the decision to hold it May 26 is still under consideration by the organizers.The Mahanoy Area...
View ArticleOver coffee, Cartwright talks Social Security reform, manufacturing
Ken Krammes, 35, a carpenter from Schuylkill Haven, doesn't like seeing part of his income go to Social Security, unsure of the future of the program. So he let U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-17, know...
View ArticleKelayres Massacre detailed in book
A parade to celebrate 1934's general election became a bloodbath as one political faction opened gunfire on the other, unarmed faction in an incident that became known as the Kelayres Massacre. The...
View ArticleGubernatorial candidate McGinty visits city, discusses proposals
by peter e. bortner Kathleen A. McGinty said Monday that she wants to be Pennsylvania's next governor in part to help school districts and municipalities deal with their problems more effectively....
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North Schuylkill students learn dangers of distracted driving
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - The message was clear and direct to North Schuylkill juniors and seniors that distracted driving can result in deadly consequences. While there were statistics and facts presented...
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Port Carbon manfaces theft chargesPORT CARBON - A Port Carbon man is facing charges of theft, receiving stolen property and possession of a controlled substance after allegedly taking pills from...
View ArticleMore than 300 pounds of drugs collected in the county Saturday
The 11 sites in Schuylkill County that took part in Saturday's National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day collected 303 1/2 pounds of prescription drugs, which filled 21 cardboard boxes.From 10 a.m. to 2...
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