Police log, June 7, 2014
Shen man injuredin Route 339 crashMAHANOY CITY - One person was injured when a 1997 Ford Crown Victoria crashed about 10:20 a.m. Tuesday on Brandonville Road, Route 339, just north of Hills Terrace in...
View ArticleTri-Valley High School graduates reminded of valley's treasures
HEGINS - Tri-Valley High School's 65 graduates were prompted to embrace their valley's hometown appeal during the 59th commencement.Keynote speaker Chuck Fultz, Valedictorian Brittany S. Smeltz and...
View ArticleTwo arrested for allegedly stealing money from Boardman Brothers Motor Car Co.
PORT CARBON - A man and woman were arrested and charged with stealing money for more than four years while working for Boardman Brothers Motor Car Co. in East Norwegian Township.Larry M. Sweigert, 51,...
View ArticleSaint Clair Area approves budget, tax increase
SAINT CLAIR - The Saint Clair Area school board approved their 2014-15 budget of $10,002,054 on Wednesday with a tax increase. Real estate taxes are now set at 32.35 mills, while the tax for 2013-14...
View ArticleSantai-Gaffney seeks to intervene in gay marriage lawsuit
Theresa Santai-Gaffney, Schuylkill County's register of wills and clerk of the Orphans' Court, wants a say in whether Pennsylvania must recognize gay marriage.Santai-Gaffney, whose office issues...
View ArticleState police release image of bank robber
FRACKVILLE - State police at Frackville released a security camera image of a man wanted for robbing a bank Thursday in New Castle Township. Trooper Melissa Kyper said the man is white, believed to be...
View ArticleHazleton Area official sues district, superintendent
The former director of the career center at Hazleton Area School District has sued the district and its superintendent in U.S. District Court, alleging he has not been paid for almost three months in...
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n McKeansburg: The annual Christ Church McKeansburg Strawberry Festival is slated for 3 to 6 p.m. June 21 at the church, 1751 Chestnut Road. It will include homemade hot milk sponge cake - including a...
View ArticleEscaped Schuylkill County Prison inmate found
HAMBURG - An escaped inmate from the Schuylkill County Prison was taken back into custody early Saturday morning. "We got him," Sheriff Joseph G. Groody said Saturday. Groody said police found Jessie...
View ArticleSchuylkill County allocating block grant money where it is needed
With about a quarter of the client base being involved in more than one human service agency in Schuylkill County, it was important to make sure state funding went where it was needed. That was the...
View ArticleIdea for children's choir comes to fruition after almost 2 decades
A new sound is ringing out in Schuylkill County.The Minor Notes Chorale, the county's first children's and youth choir, formed this year and made waves with its first performance last month. A...
View ArticleMiddleport fire company celebrates new vehicles
MIDDLEPORT - Borough firefighters had originally just planned to dedicate the new tanker truck it received last November. But thanks to new friends from a community with the same name in New York, the...
View ArticleKathy McGinley Memorial garden receives facelift in Hegins
HEGINS - The Penn State Master Gardeners couldn't have asked for a better day weather-wise May 31 for the grand opening of the Kathy McGinley Memorial Garden, located on the grounds of the Tri-Valley...
View ArticleCounty authorities searching for man charged with theft
Schuylkill County District Attorney Christine Holman and county Detective Dennis Clark are asking for the public's help in locating a Palo Alto man wanted on theft charges.Clark said Geoffrey M....
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n Ashland: Elaine Stone, the Ashland Area Rotary Club's president-elect, presided at a recent club meeting during which the Rotarians welcomed May student of the month Tim Sokoloski, a senior at North...
View ArticleStudents of the month, June 8, 2014
Mahanoy MiddleTiara Chescattie and Jordan McGee were named students of the month for May by Mahanoy Area Middle School faculty. The Student of the Month program is sponsored by Mahanoy City Benevolent...
View ArticleGOP candidate for 17th District stands behind county register of wills on gay...
NEW PHILADELPHIA - As the Republican nominee looking to become congressman in the 17th District, Schuylkill County Coroner Dr. David J. Moylan III supports Theresa Santai-Gaffney, Schuylkill County's...
View ArticleSchool notes, June 8, 2014
Sovereign awardsFor the third year, The Lift Your Spirits Performing Arts group sponsored the Heart & Soul Award at the Sovereign Majestic Awards ceremony that was held May 19 at North Schuylkill...
View ArticleNeighbors in the news, June 8, 2014
Diocesan leaderKimberly Ann Fetter, a principal in Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown schools since 2007, has been appointed assistant superintendent of professional personnel for the diocese...
View ArticleMilitary, June 8, 2014
Response trainingEmergency Responder Capt. Amy Gibson, a Kaska resident from the Pennsylvania CBRN Task Force, completed training offered by the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston,...
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