Pottsville Area hires security officers, approves policy to allow "deadly force"
Pottsville Area school board on Wednesday unanimously hired a group of part-time security officers and accepted a "Use of Force Policy" to allow those officers to use "deadly force" to defend the...
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n McAdoo: The borough's bulk pickups will continue until Sept. 30. Pickups are scheduled for Sept. 16, 23 and 30. One bulk item per week is allowed. Bulk items may not include any electrical items such...
View ArticleCity administrator to promote Quality of Life program at Penn State
City Administrator Thomas A. Palamar will be in State College today to promote Pottsville's Quality of Life program and its war on blight.He will be one of the guest speakers at the Pennsylvania...
View Article1 killed in crash near Cressona Mall
CRESSONA - A Pottsville man died in a two-vehicle crash at 4:55 p.m. Wednesday on Route 61 north at the Cressona Mall intersection. State police at Schuylkill Haven said James Gorski, 65, was...
View ArticleShenandoah man charged after police chase
SHENANDOAH - A 69-year-old Shenandoah man was jailed Wednesday, charged with leading police on a chase that resulted in him being shot by an officer after his SUV was rammed off the road in Mahanoy...
View ArticleKerry set to test Russia on Syria weapons
GENEVA (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Geneva Thursday morning to test the seriousness of a Russian proposal to secure Syria's chemical weapons. Kerry and a team of U.S. experts...
View ArticleMinersville Area appoints new superintendent
MINERSVILLE - The Minersville Area school board appointed Carl McBreen as superintendent during a special meeting Wednesday night. McBreen, currently the junior-senior high school principal, was...
View ArticleGardeners prepping for fall plant season
Leaves will be starting to fall soon but there are still plenty of native plants that will bloom in local gardens."This is the perfect time to plant perennials, trees and shrubs," Susan Hyland, Master...
View ArticleCorrection, Sept. 13, 2013
Statement clarifiedMelissa Bevan Melewsky, media law counsel with the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association, said actions taken Wednesday by the Pottsville Area school board raised Sunshine Law compliance...
View ArticleKessler declares candidacy for sheriff
FRACKVILLE - A new hat has been thrown into the ring for the election of Schuylkill County sheriff, with Mark Kessler declaring himself a write-in candidate for the office.The embattled police chief of...
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n Minersville: The Thomas Reed Memorial dedication ceremony is set for 5 p.m. Sunday at Union Cemetery, Fifth Street. Reed, according to a release from Marian Twigg, the memorial committee chairwoman,...
View ArticleReber admits having 3 guns
by peter e. bortner Keith A. Reber, already serving a state prison sentence for kidnapping an Orwigsburg man, tying him to a tree and leaving him to die in May 2012, will not have to spend additional...
View ArticlePhilippine-American group to participate in Celebrate Us ... Celebrate...
Schuylkill County's rich cultural diversity will be on display through music, dance and food Saturday at the Yuengling Mansion in Pottsville.Celebrate Us ⦠Celebrate Schuylkill will be held from noon...
View ArticleFor the record, Sept. 13, 2013
Marriage licensesBryer F. McKenzie, Frederick, Md., and Brianna Krause, Frederick, Md.Patrick A. Lettich, Valley View, and Mylayla M. Binkley, Tremont.Joseph W. Vernay, Pottsville, and Jane M. Bruen,...
View ArticleNorth Union Township home destroyed by fire
ZION GROVE - A fast-moving fire destroyed a North Union Township home early Thursday morning. Neighbors summoned firefighters to 1341 Catawissa Creek Road near Zion Grove at 5:47 a.m. as flames raged...
View ArticleCriminal Court, Sept. 13, 2013
An Ashland man returned to prison Monday, and will remain behind bars into 2014, after a Schuylkill County judge revoked his parole on a retail theft charge.Brian Dietrick, 42, must remain in prison...
View ArticlePottsville Area releases security officer list
After receiving a Right-to-Know request Thursday, Pottsville Area School District officials released the names of the 14 part-time security officers the school board hired Wednesday...
View ArticlePolice log, Sept. 13, 2013
Police investigateseveral theftsHOMETOWN - Rush Township police investigated four incidents that occurred recently in their coverage area.On Saturday, police said Jerald Reichenbach, 18, of...
View ArticleDeeds, Sept. 13, 2013
DeedsBranch Township - Scott R. Schafer to Scott R. and Jenny R. Schafer; 0.47-acre property on Spring Street; $1.Edward S. Skibiel Jr. and Mark A. Skibiel to Edward J. III and Cathleen M....
View ArticleBranch Township deals with overgrown, messy yard
MINERSVILLE - After many complaints, the yard of a blighted property in Branch Township has been cleaned up. But it may only be a matter of time before the township has to do it again.John Andruchek,...
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