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ORWIGSBURG - A company that sells and services extended contracts for used vehicles plans to hire for 50 jobs in the next three years.Preferred Warranties Inc. needs employees to work in its claims...
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n Pottsville: The American Heart Association's HeartChase, a community event for people who enjoy friendly competition and supporting a good cause, will come to the city Oct. 5 beginning at 9 a.m. at...
View ArticlePine Grove pair drives 1913 Model-T across U.S., meets Leno
PINE GROVE - Even blistering, 100-degree heat couldn't stop their 100-year-old vehicle.For Pine Grove area adventurers Jacque and Mae White, it was California or bust.The Whites recently returned from...
View ArticleCity may launch wreaking ball into No. 1 most blighted property
The city may tackle the worst property on its ever-growing blight list with a wrecking ball, City Administrator Thomas A. Palamar said Monday.The property in question is 674 N. Second St., a row home...
View ArticleBirths, Sept. 4, 2013
Lehigh Valley HospitalTo Richard and Nicole Jackson Frantz, Auburn, a son, Aug. 8.Heart of Lancaster Hospital, LititzTo James and Melissa Carvajal Leibig, a son, Aug. 8. Grandparents are James and...
View ArticleSaint Clair borough to file for housing grant
SAINT CLAIR - The borough council adopted a resolution Tuesday to file an application for a $500,000 grant from the state Department of Community and Economic Development for affordable housing...
View ArticlePolice log, Sept. 1, 2013
Man flees police,flips motorcycleKUTZTOWN - A 35-year-old Lehartsville man suffered minor injuries after flipping his motorcycle while attempting to flee police at 11:07 p.m. Friday on Krumsville Road....
View ArticleState prison inmate acquitted of 3 charges in alleged fight
The day after his birthday, a state prison inmate was acquitted in Schuylkill County Court of all but one charge stemming from an incident in which he had been charged with assaulting and spitting on a...
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n Girardville: The St. Vincent de Paul Holy Rosary Society will resume its monthly meetings after a summer hiatus. The first meeting will be Thursday , in the parish meeting room after the 6:30 p.m....
View ArticleAuthorities investigate fire in Ashland
ASHLAND - The cause of an apartment building fire that left 15 people temporarily homeless remained under investigation Tuesday.Firefighters were called to the 714 W. Centre St. building about 3 a.m....
View ArticleFor the record, Sept. 4, 2013
DivorcesDarin A. Ruch, Tamaqua, from Jennifer L. Ruch, Tamaqua.Christopher J. Zolomij, Pine Grove, from Dawn Oberheim Zolomij, Pine Grove.Michael Kitsock, Pottsville, from Joan Kitsock, Pottsville.Kyle...
View ArticlePottsville Cemetery trustees approve stormwater plan
The caretakers of Charles Baber Cemetery in Pottsville approved a plan Tuesday to do $88,000 worth of improvements to the cemetery's stormwater system.But before Charles Baber Preservation Trust can...
View ArticleNationally chartered community organization begins in Orwigsburg
STAFF REPORTSORWIGSBURG - On Aug. 26, about a dozen residents from various municipalities gathered in the Orwigsburg Borough Hall to elect officers for the newly chartered Hawk Mountain Grange No....
View ArticleJudges uphold state prison term
A three-judge state Superior Court panel has upheld a Pottsville man's prison sentence for trespassing and possessing brass knuckles.In a nine-page opinion filed Tuesday in Pottsville, the panel ruled...
View ArticlePottsville Area to seek bids to repair crumbling wall
Pottsville Area School District will advertise for bids to repair the more than 20-foot section of stone wall behind the high school that collapsed in June, Kerry L. Ansbach, district facilities...
View ArticlePolice searching for Minersville man involved in pot growing operation
MINERSVILLE - Borough police are searching for a man who is wanted from a May incident involving the manufacturing of marijuana.Andrew Torres, 23, of 468B Sunbury St., is wanted on charges of felony...
View ArticleCriminal court, Sept. 5, 2013
A Deer Lake woman stole keys and a necklace from a Pottsville woman in November 2012 in the city, a Schuylkill County jury ruled Tuesday.The jury of seven men and five women deliberated less than an...
View ArticleCommissioners award contract, receive other bids
The Schuylkill County commissioners awarded a contract Wednesday that was put out for bid at a work session while receiving bids for two other projects.The board approved an agreement with Antz Energy...
View ArticleEmergency services officials stress individual preparedness
It is everyone's responsibility to be prepared.That's the message being stressed this year as part of National Preparedness Month, according to John W. Blickley, operations and training officer at...
View ArticleAlleged rapist en route to county jail
MINERSVILLE - A 40-year-old borough man who allegedly raped two teenage girls is on his way to Schuylkill County Prison after being taken into custody last week in Georgia by U.S. Marshals.Joseph L....
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