Pine Grove Township sets up emergency command center
OAK GROVE - Several months after the September 2011 flood, the Pine Grove Township Emergency Management Coordinator Bobby Milligan requested the supervisors set up an emergency command center in the...
View ArticleForest officials trying to figure out cause of bare trees
There are a lot of bare trees in Schuylkill County this summer and state forest officials are trying to figure out why.While gypsy moth populations are higher than usual this summer, the insect may...
View ArticleCatfish dodge bait at weekend derby at Whippoorwill Dam
FRACKVILLE - For hours on Sunday morning, Brayden Lutz, 7, of Shenandoah Heights, stared into the green-tinged waters of Whippoorwill Dam in West Mahanoy Township, watching a catfish swim around and...
View ArticlePolice warn motorists against drinking and driving over holiday
The Fourth of July is a favorite holiday for many Americans.Families and friends gather to celebrate our country with food, parades, parties and fireworks and, for many people, the celebration includes...
View ArticleNagle faces sentencing for role in Schuylkill Products fraud
Joseph W. Nagle, the former head of now-defunct Schuylkill Products Inc., will learn today in Harrisburg how long he will spend in a federal prison for his role in what prosecutors said was the largest...
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n Forestville: Cause for a Cure, an event to help defray medical expenses for Alicia Wrona Zipp, a cancer patient, is set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 12 at the Forestville Fire Company, 1 Line Ave. It...
View ArticleDeeds, June 30, 2014
DeedsAshland - Russell Jr. and Kristi L. Mountjoy to Russell L. Mountjoy Jr.; 301 S. Hoffman Blvd.; $1.Blythe Township - Phyllis M. Harper and Richard E. Harper to Phyllis M. Harper; 241 Market St.,...
View ArticleFireworks light up Frackville skies
FRACKVILLE - The promise of pyrotechnics drew hundreds to the borough Sunday night. "I'm here every year they have it. We just like coming out and watching the fireworks," said James Stavinski, 22, of...
View ArticlePolice log, June 30, 2014
6 sent to hospitalin 3-vehicle crashSUMMIT STATION - Six people were transported to hospitals after suffering injuries in a three-vehicle accident that occurred Saturday night in Wayne Township, state...
View ArticleGround gives way in Hegins
HEGINS - When LaRae Lucas began mowing her Hegins backyard June 18, something out of place caught her eye.As she was trying to cut close to a nearby pine tree and doghouse, she noticed the ground below...
View Article38th annual Community Day celebrates musical talents
HEGINS - An anticipated musical tradition at Hegins Park will carry on this year, under the leadership of Leon Eshelman's family and with assistance from local businesses.The 38th annual Community Day...
View ArticleStuff the Bus returns to Schuylkill County
The Schuylkill United Way's 12th annual Stuff the Bus program starts today and will continue through July. Stuff the Bus is an annual school supply drive that provides backpacks filled with supplies...
View ArticleMahanoy Area football games to be teaching forum on texting dangers
MAHANOY CITY - Mahanoy Area football games this coming school year will not only include plenty of gridiron action on the field, but from time to time, they will also include learning moments about the...
View ArticleUni-Mart brings down buildings in Saint Clair
SAINT CLAIR - The owners of the Uni-Mart are working to tear down three buildings next to it to make way for a bigger parking lot for their customers, Mike Singh, the store's manager, said Monday....
View ArticlePolice log, July 1, 2014
Man stabbedin ShenandoahSHENANDOAH - A man was stabbed in the borough Monday evening and a suspect was taken into custody in connection with the incident, authorities said.A Schuylkill County...
View ArticleMan wanted in Tamaqua drug case turns himself in
FRACKVILLE - One of the 17 people that Tamaqua police and the Schuylkill County Drug Task Force served warrants on in May turned himself in to authorities Monday morning."How did we get this guy?"...
View ArticleFormer head of defunct Schuylkill Products sentenced to 7 years in federal...
HARRISBURG - Joseph W. Nagle, the former head of the now-defunct Schuylkill Products Inc., Cressona, was sentenced to seven years in a federal prison Monday for his role in what prosecutors called the...
View ArticleDeeds, July 1, 2014
DeedsAuburn - Watermelon Realty LLC to Terry L. Shaner Jr. and Susan A. Shaner; 2.371-acre property on Washington Street; $17,000.Branch Township - Jayne Kachmar to Michael Kachmar; 514 Spruce St.;...
View ArticleWest Mahanoy and WSA Insurance reduce workers comp costs
SHENANDOAH HEIGHTS - Due to their successful efforts in reducing workers' compensation costs, West Mahanoy Township and WSA Insurance Weiss-Schantz Agency Inc. earned an award from a national...
View ArticleChildren from New York to visit Schuylkill County
Desiree Alvarez, 15, of Manhattan, New York, says she likes the time away from city life that the visit to Schuylkill County provides."It gives me a chance to get away from the fast life," she said...
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