Charges against teacher held for court
Charges against a Blue Mountain Middle School teacher were held over for Schuylkill County Court after a preliminary hearing Monday.After hearing all the testimony, Magisterial District Judge James R....
View ArticleLegislation to help veterans purchase benefits
HARRISBURG - An end game could be in sight for final passage of legislation to help a group of Scranton employees who are veterans purchase retirement benefits to cover their military service. The...
View ArticlePort Carbon investigates hole in state road
PORT CARBON - Last week, a "sinkhole" opened up on Route 209 in front of Turkey Hill Minit Market, according to borough police Chief Jon Bowman.It occurred Thursday and when representatives of the...
View ArticleNew Philadelphia council passes quality of life, outdoor burning ordinances
NEW PHILADELPHIA - The borough council passed two ordinances at its monthly meeting Tuesday.A quality of life ordinance now allows public officers in the borough to issue tickets and citations to...
View ArticleCharges against accused arsonist held for court
PORT CARBON - A man charged with setting a fire that damaged two homes in Minersville on Dec. 29 had charges against him held for court during a preliminary hearing Tuesday afternoon.Caleb D. Green,...
View ArticleDeeds, May 7, 2014
DeedsNorth Union Township - Jung Ung Hwang to Eagle Rock Resort Co.; Lot 138EA, Eagle Rock; $28,179.Meriam Ednalino to Eagle Rock Resort Co.; 2 percent interest in Lot 180EA, Eagle Rock; $5,361.52.Mark...
View ArticleBlue Mountain continues winning streak at Envirothon
SUMMIT STATION - Samantha Puzzi, a junior at Blue Mountain Area High School, gazed up at a tree on the border of the Schuylkill County Fairgrounds on Tuesday morning, trying to identify it. "I think...
View ArticlePolice log, May 7, 2014
Police investigatedamaged tiresSCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Schuylkill Haven police reported receiving numerous calls from residents who had their tires slashed during the early morning hours Tuesday.The...
View ArticleJudges toss city criminal's appeal
A Pottsville man must remain behind state prison bars after the state Superior Court dismissed the appeal of his conviction of two drug-related crimes.Jamie D. McCabe, 36, did not file his appeal in...
View ArticlePottsville blight task force to wrap up first downtown survey
Business owners and members of the public with opinions of the buildings along the 100 to 600 blocks of West Market Street in Pottsville can add them to a survey being conducted by city officials,...
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n Auburn: The Auburn Area Historical Society will host a free outdoor concert, weather permitting, from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Auburn Memorial Park, Fifth Street, featuring Nashville recording artist...
View ArticleSilver Ribbon campaign raises awareness about elder abuse
Schuylkill County is going silver this month for the annual Silver Ribbon campaign. Schuylkill Elder Abuse Prevention Alliance has held the annual campaign since 2008 to raise awareness about elder...
View ArticleDeeds, May 8, 2014
DeedsBerrysburg - Albert Mauser to William L. Mauser; $1.Victory Baptist Church of Hegins Valley to Davlin Enterprises LLC; $51,000.Elizabethville - Donald A. Shadle to Sheri A. Shadle; $90,000.Brett...
View ArticleCharges held against Ashland man
FRACKVILLE - Prosecutors withdrew the most serious charges against an Ashland man charged with attacking a man in March and trying to assault two police officers.Two felony counts of aggravated assault...
View ArticleChamber honors Joseph Jones Sr. for lifetime of achievements
BARNESVILLE - Joseph H. Jones Sr. has served Schuylkill County and its citizens for more than 60 years, and local business officials honored him Wednesday with an award they had given only one other...
View ArticlePolice log, May 8, 2014
Police investigateNew Philly theftNEW PHILADELPHIA - A burglary that occurred between 9 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 a.m. Sunday at 234 Valley St. is being investigated by state police at Frackville.Police...
View ArticleJudges: Huggins must remain in prison for life for murder
Jarvin M. Huggins, who broke into Gene M. Slavinsky's Mahanoy City home and murdered him in April 2012, must remain in prison for the rest of his life, a three-judge state Superior Court panel has...
View ArticleKBM owes townships, boroughs about $323K
The Kline-Banks-McAdoo Joint Sewer Authority is on the hook for $322,466.22, according to a court decision handed down Wednesday.The Kline Township Municipal Authority sued KBM, Banks Township...
View ArticleCommissioners sign union agreements
After years of negotiations, Schuylkill County has finally agreed to collective bargaining agreements Wednesday with two labor unions representing Rest Haven Nursing Home and senior service, 911 and...
View ArticleFamily of 4 displaced in Saint Clair house fire
SAINT CLAIR - Several animals were saved from a burning home in the borough Wednesday morning. The fire broke out about 10:20 a.m. at 207 N. Front St. Kathy and Tom Wythe own the home and live there...
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