Police charge four in scrap metal theft
MAHANOY CITY - Borough police filed criminal complaints against three borough men and a borough woman charging them with trying on Friday to scrap a motorcycle and other items that did not belong to...
View ArticleEx-Coaldale mayor's child porn trial to start today
Former Coaldale Mayor Richard P. Corkery begins his fight for exoneration today, while Carbon County prosecutors seek to prove he possessed child pornography in 2011 at his job in Nesquehoning....
View ArticleRingtown residents must obey outdoor burning rules
RINGTOWN - There are restrictions on outdoor burning in the borough and residents need to follow the rules. President Julian Milewski, who had a personal complaint about someone abusing the privilege...
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n Barnesville: Doug Daniels, a waterway conservation officer with the U.S. Fish and Boat Commission, will present a program on native reptiles and amphibians of Pennsylvania at 6 p.m. Saturday at the...
View ArticlePort Carbon council to seek funds to repair creek wall
PORT CARBON - A section of the stone wall bordering Mill Creek near the Port Carbon Post Office is crumbling and citizens on Tuesday spurred the borough council to take action. "I noticed the wall is...
View ArticleJudges uphold child endangerment conviction, prison sentence
by peter e. bortner A three-judge state Superior Court panel has upheld the conviction and prison sentence of a Hegins Township woman who endangered her child in August 2012 in Minersville. In a...
View ArticleDeeds, June 11, 2014
Deeds Ashland - Marianna and Robert H. Hartz to Andrew and Lou Anne Hahn; 1211 Arch St.; $5,000. New Heights South LLC to Francis DeVizia; 1321 Spruce St.; $2,000. Branch Township - Fred Klein,...
View ArticleMinersville mayor apologizes for comments after petition signed
MINERSVILLE - A petition was created calling on borough Mayor Joseph Post to publicly apologize for his comments about gay marriage he made on Memorial Day. "At the Memorial Day service, Mayor Post...
View ArticleArmy National Guard trains at airport in Schuylkill County
MOUNT PLEASANT - Just as quickly as the mighty Chinook helicopter landed Tuesday afternoon at the Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport, it was back up in the air again. Blackhawks and Chinooks have...
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n Frackville: The Frackville Ministerium Food Bank will be open from 9 to 10 a.m. Thursday to serve eligible families in the borough. New applicants will need proof of eligibility - a Frackville...
View ArticleProcession from Air Force base to funeral home stops in fallen soldier's...
ORWIGSBURG - A local hero returned home one last time Wednesday before his interment in West Point Cemetery next week. The hearse carrying the body of Capt. Jason B. Jones stopped for a moment of...
View ArticleCounty prison will get new X-ray security system for visitors
The Schuylkill County commissioners authorized the emergency purchase of a new X-ray security system at the county prison at Wednesday's meeting.The purchase, approved by Commissioners George Halcovage...
View ArticleChamber honors businesses, leaders, hero
ORWIGSBURG - They make their livings here, and winners of the Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce's annual awards said Wednesday they love making their lives here, too. "I do business in seven states, and...
View ArticleFireworks test moved to Monday
The pyrotechnics firm from Ashland that the city council hired to light up the sky for its Fourth of July program will conduct a test Monday on Lawton's Hill near Nativity BVM High School.The test was...
View ArticlePottsville boy receives funds for service dog
Thanks to donations, a Pottsville boy with autism is getting a service dog."Thank you. A big thank you," Annelle Peleschak, mother of Matthew Ethan Peleschak, 9, said Tuesday to those who helped them...
View ArticleMediator gives pep talk to negotiators at IU 29
MAR LIN - The director of the Bureau of Mediation at the state Department of Labor and Industry Wednesday encouraged the teachers and school board at Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29 to come to terms...
View ArticleMahanoy City to apply for additional streetscape funds
MAHANOY CITY - With the current streetscape project in downtown Mahanoy City in progress, the borough council is beginning to consider the next phase of downtown enhancements.The borough council...
View ArticlePottsville Area tuition to rise in 2014-15 school year
Tuition rates at Pottsville Area School District will be going up for the 2014-15 school year, district Business Manager Stephen C. Curran said Wednesday at the school board's June work session."For...
View ArticlePolice log, June 12, 2014
City man jailedin incidentA city man was jailed Wed-nesday following his arrest by Pottsville police stemming from a burglary report at 12:25 a.m. at 39 Peacock St. Arriving at the scene, police said...
View ArticleSchuylkill County company, president admit to smuggling goods to Iran
A Schuylkill County manufacturer of heavy tools for the steel industry and its president, Helmut Oertmann, have pleaded guilty in federal court to charges they were part of a conspiracy to smuggle...
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