Second annual salute to Pottsville muralist slated
With painted parking meters, gallery openings and a trivia contest, the Pottsville business community's second annual salute to late muralist David W. Naydock will be colorful in more ways than...
View ArticlePottsville Area literacy coach encourages summertime journal writing
Nothing quite captures summertime memories like the first-hand accounts of the people who've lived them, Leslie Kraft, the literacy coach at Pottsville Area School District, said Thursday.Keeping a...
View ArticleDistrict court, May 16, 2014
Rebecca MargerumELIZABETHVILLE - A Williamstown man is headed to Dauphin County Court after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday on charges arising from what prosecutors alleged were...
View ArticleDive team acquires elaborate underwater body bag
The Ryan Township Emergency & Rescue Squad bought a piece of equipment designed to preserve the dignity of drowning victims as well as evidence should the death be suspicious. The new underwater...
View ArticleWoman to withdraw plea, go to trial in Hazle Township boyfriend homicide case
A woman who pleaded guilty last month to killing her boyfriend in Hazle Township in September 2011 wants to withdraw her plea and go to trial. An attorney for Jessica Alinsky filed court papers Friday...
View ArticleDistrict Court, May 11, 2014
James R. FerrierORWIGSBURG - Already serving time in Schuylkill County Prison, an Auburn man is headed back to Schuylkill County Court after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday on...
View ArticleBirths, May 11, 2014
Geisinger Medical Center, DanvilleTo Cade Holden and Malery Masser, Valley View, a son, April 27.To Jeffrey Monney and Jacqueline Costy, Saint Clair, a daughter, May 1.
View ArticleCriminal Court, May 11, 2014
A Frackville man will spend more time in prison after a Schuylkill County judge on Monday revoked his probation and parole. Joseph A. Arrigo, 20, must remain in prison until at least July 1, and could...
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n Frackville: The Frackville Museum is seeking donations of coal mining heritage or items that people would like to put on loan for a future coal mining display. The museum also acknowledged the...
View ArticleBountiful Blessings program comes to Ashland
ASHLAND - Bountiful Blessings has come to Ashland, and, for those who can use some help in these financially strapped times, the organization is a definite blessing. The First United Methodist...
View ArticleHundreds flock to Schuylkill Technology Center to celebrate May blooms
MAR LIN - Illuminated by golden sun rays Saturday morning, the front lawn at Schuylkill Technology Center-South Campus was filled with more than 1,000 plants and hundreds of people lining up to buy...
View ArticleSchuylkill Choral Society goes country
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Before a crowd of more than 400 on Saturday, the Schuylkill Choral Society tried something new, sporting Western wear and belting out ballads and dance tunes that have echoed...
View ArticlePolice: Security video shows suspects of tire slashings
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Schuylkill County Crime Stoppers and Schuylkill Haven police are asking for the public's help in finding those responsible for slashing the tires on numerous vehicles in the...
View ArticlePolice log, May 11, 2014
Police search forhit-and-run driverFRIEDENSBURG - State police at Schuylkill Haven are looking for the hit-and-run driver who struck a Schuylkill Haven man Friday near the Blue Ridge Hotel, police said...
View Article46 Penn State Schuylkill graduates 'recall the adversity' in pursuing goals
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - In his speech on Saturday at Penn State Schuylkill, Eric Quackenbush, Pottsville, told his fellow classmates that they will no doubt face adversity in pursuing their future goals....
View ArticleDeeds, May 11, 2014
DeedsAshland - Dora I. Richards, administratrix of the Estate of Earl L. Richard, to Baytay LLC; property at Chestnut Street and Hoffman Boulevard; $5,000.Branch Township - Elaine Whitecavage to Mary...
View ArticleDeeds, May 12, 2014
DeedsAshland - Mark O'Hearn Sr., executor of the Last Will & Testament of Marianna O'Hearn, and Mark O'Hearn Jr. to Ernest R. DeAngelo Jr.; 609 Walnut St.; $25,000.Blythe Township - Tax Claim...
View ArticleBirths, May 12, 2014
Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson StreetTo Blake and Elizabeth Shire Reber, Auburn, a son, April 5.To Raymond Flannery and Sheri Brown, Girardville, a son, April 11.
View ArticleDunkin' Donuts serves up inspiration with notes, bus driver passes it on
While boarding the school bus the morning of May 5, a fourth-grade student at Schuylkill Haven Area Elementary School read one of the numerous inspirational quotes taped above the windows. "Laughter...
View ArticlePottsville Positive plans parties, pyrotechnics
The city's recently formed Pottsville Positive Committee is planning to revamp the Pottsville City Independence Celebration, changing the location of the traditional fireworks display as well as adding...
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