Saint Clair police chief details injuries suffered during chase
Saint Clair police Chief Michael P. Carey has not returned to work since Aug. 26, 2013, and he relived the story of his injury Monday while testifying at the trial of the Shenandoah motorist he says...
View ArticleKutztown students scour Pottsville to inventory trees
Kim Borrell keeps her eye on the elm tree across from her home at 713 Harrison St., which is growing out of a mound of dirt on an incline."Will it ever fall and hit my home?" she asked the four...
View ArticleNorth Schuylkill sends 142 graduates into their futures
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - The North Schuylkill School District sent 142 members of the Class of 2014 into their futures Monday during commencement exercises at Ghosh Orthodontics Field at Spartan Stadium....
View ArticleFire destroys former manufacturing plant in Pine Grove
PINE GROVE - A massive fire destroyed a former manufacturing facility and later a water bottling company in the borough Monday afternoon. Firefighters were called about 1 p.m. to the large wooden...
View ArticleDeeds, June 3, 2014
DeedsFrackville - Walter W. and Ellen Cicioni, Mary Ann and George Tokarczyk, Nancy A. and Ronald J. McCloskey, James R. and Bobbie L. Cicioni and Joan and Curt Beckett to Dale L. and Marilyn Overly;...
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n Ashland: Christ's United Lutheran Church, Airport Road, will sponsor a bloodmobile from 1 to 6 p.m. June 11. People 17 and older, weighing at least 110 pounds and in general good health are eligible...
View ArticleFriends of St. Kieran's discontinue quest to acquire former church buildings
HECKSCHERVILLE - The Friends of St. Kieran's, a volunteer group that struggled for the past six years to raise funds to buy the former St. Kieran's Church, grotto and the adjacent parish buildings,...
View ArticleCharges pending in police chase, shots fired near Sharp Mountain
Two men are facing charges by Pottsville police after officers were called to the area of South 26th Street about 3:30 a.m. Sunday for a report of shots fired in a wooded area near the Gables.Police...
View ArticleHazleton man enters plea in Shenandoah shooting
Jesus Chagolla-Arreaga, whom prosecutors said participated in a shooting incident in January 2013 in Shenandoah, could be headed to prison after changing his mind Monday about going to trial in...
View ArticleWith words of wisdom, packing tape, Pottsville Area makes students believe...
Just minutes before she had to walk onto the field at Veterans Stadium for commencement Monday, Nicole Brittany Buleza, valedictorian of the Pottsville Area High School Class of 2014, noticed the heel...
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n Ashland: A summer recreation program will be held beginning next week at Eureka Park, sponsored by the Eureka Park Fund at the Schuylkill Area Community Foundation. The program is free and...
View ArticleMinersville business association to dissolve
The Minersville Business and Professional Association may dissolve the organization after more than 20 years of service due to low meeting attendance."When we dissolve, the community will lose a lot,"...
View ArticleBirths, June 4, 2014
Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaTo Bill and Katie Duggan, St. Augustine, Pa., a daughter, April 17. Maternal grandparents are Anthony Joseph Urban, Ashland, and the late Susan Irene Urban, and...
View ArticlePine Grove's Class of 2014 weathers rain for diplomas
PINE GROVE - Rain and lightning Tuesday forced the commencement ceremonies to be held indoors for the Pine Grove Area High School Class of 2014."We knew that it may rain," Michael Janicelli, principal...
View ArticlePanther Valley residents face school tax hike
A tax increase is on the horizon for Panther Valley taxpayers.The school board will meet June 12 to vote on exactly how high the tax rate will rise.According to district Superintendent Rosemary...
View ArticlePolice log, June 4, 2014
Police investigatestorage shed theftPolice are investigating a theft from a storage shed that occurred from between May 30 and June 1 in Worcester.Police said someone cut a padlock on an Allan A. Myers...
View ArticleTake care of yourself, your car this summer
Schuylkill County residents should be prepared for upcoming summer weather. "It should be a below-average season, but sometimes the worst hurricanes come in these below-average seasons. We try to make...
View ArticleSchuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport gets $1.1 million grant from the federal...
MOUNT PLEASANT - The Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport has received a $1,150,501 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to rehabilitate a taxiway at the airport.Bill Willard, airport...
View ArticleLocal soldier killed in Afghanistan
The War on Terror has claimed the life of another soldier from Schuylkill County. Capt. Jason Benjamin Jones, 29, formerly of Orwigsburg, was killed after being wounded in a small-arms fire fight...
View ArticleCity invites community to downtown West Market Street summit
Business owners and those concerned about the future of the buildings in the 100 to 600 blocks of West Market Street in Pottsville can voice opinions at a summit at Pottsville Free Public Library in...
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