Police log, Sept. 9, 2013
Teen injuredin 3-car crashMOLINO - A Cressona girl was injured in a chain-reaction crash Sunday afternoon on Route 61, about two-tenths of a mile north of Route 895 in West Brunswick Township, police...
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n Barnesville: The Rush, Ryan and Delano Senior Citizens Inc. meet the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month in the Ryan Township firehouse. The group recently welcomed three new members: Lorraine...
View ArticleSchool districts participating in biannual state youth survey
MAHANOY CITY - Mahanoy Area and 11 other school districts in Schuylkill County will participate in the 2013 Pennsylvania Youth Survey this fall to gather information for prevention and intervention...
View ArticleFor the record, Sept. 10, 2013
Marriage licensesGerald R. Callaway, Reading, and Rebecca L. Rodriguez, Reading.Franklin M. Fisher, Pottsville, and Lisa M. Suprock, Pottsville.Daniel J. Jweid, Mount Carmel, and Traci L....
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n Ashland: Registration for the Ashland Girl Scouts will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. today at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 35 N. Ninth St. Girls in grades K-12 are welcome to join. The registration fee...
View ArticleJones chosen for federal court security committee
by peter e. bortner A federal judge from Pottsville will be helping to make the court system safer beginning in October, when he joins a committee on judicial security.U.S. District Judge John E. Jones...
View ArticleOrganizations encourage everyone to observe World Suicide Prevention Day
With an electric candle in her window, Karen Spencer remembers her son, Scott, who took his own life in 2004. "I've done that for nine years now. It's lighting a window in remembrance of a loved one....
View ArticleFormer worker in Pottsville tax office charged with theft
The Schuylkill County District Attorney's Office has filed charges against a former Pottsville tax office clerk for allegedly stealing $1,805 while working for the city.Donald E. Long, 37, of 64 Cherry...
View ArticleNorth Manheim girl has dream encounter with country star
An 8-year-old girl with leukemia had a dream come true when she met country music star Luke Bryan.Olivia Bensinger was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a blood cancer, on Nov. 29, 2012, at...
View ArticleBank sues Pottsville Club
by peter e. bortner The Pottsville Club is delinquent in both its mortgage payments and real estate taxes, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Schuylkill County Court by its landlord. In the...
View ArticlePottsville native buys collection of funeral homes
In 1993, while still a student at Pottsville Area High School, Brian D. Leffler began working part-time at Schlitzer-Allen-Pugh Funeral Home, Pottsville, which is one of five funeral homes that he...
View ArticlePolice log, Sept. 10, 2013
Rush Twp. policeprobe theft, fireHOMETOWN - Rush Township police investigated two incidents that occurred in their coverage area.About 10:30 a.m. Thursday, police said Diane Popnick, Barnesville, was...
View ArticleBad deals drain transportation dollars
HARRISBURG - As lawmakers debate generating more state revenue for highways, bridges and mass transit, a former state fiscal watchdog called attention Monday to investment losses by several...
View ArticleAlleged drunk driver gives Shenandoah police a hard time during arrest
SHENANDOAH - Borough police jailed a Frackville man Friday, charging him with assaulting two officers.Police said Brian Buchanan, 29, of 223 S. Second St., was arraigned on charges of two counts of...
View ArticleDeeds, Sept. 10, 2013
DeedsAuburn - Fulton Bank NA to Dale J. Renninger; 515 Bear Creek St.; $19,500.Blythe Township - Brandon Reed to Jason Jenkins, Jonathan Jenkins, Wesley John Doremus, Kathryn Elizabeth Doremus, Marc...
View ArticlePottsville unveils 10 blighted buildings to be demolished
The city council on Monday announced it will be demolishing 10 blighted buildings in 2014, including the worst property on its ever-growing blight list. It's 674 N. Second St., a row home sustaining...
View ArticlePolice log, Sept. 11, 2013
2 businesses citedby Liquor ControlThe Bureau of Liquor Control and Enforcement cited two businesses earlier this year.The Pine Grove Diner, Pine Grove, and the Jimmy O's Sports Bar LLC, Frackville,...
View ArticleRingtown officials will review parking issues at fire station
RINGTOWN - Borough officials will look into a concern from borough fire Chief Raymond J. Dunsavage about vehicles parking too close to the fire station driveway.During Monday's borough council meeting,...
View ArticleNew Geisinger location better suited for county needs
DEER LAKE - The new Geisinger-Orwigsburg location at the Villages at Deer Lake has more room to address the medical needs of Schuylkill County residents."We feel it's a little big right now but we're...
View ArticleDeeds, Sept. 11, 2013
DeedsFrackville - William G. Schwab, trustee for David L. Kehler, to Northeast Apartments LLC; 2-4 N. Railroad Ave.; $25,000.Hegins Township - Ronald R. Jr. and Janna L. Orshesky to Diana J. Lowell;...
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