Tri-Valley school board welcomes new member
HEGINS - Roger Heidelbaugh was welcomed as the newest member of the Tri-Valley school board at the Dec. 4 reorganization meeting.Hidelbaugh was sworn in with re-appointees Diane Dietrich and John...
View ArticleMild weather to return
While Schuylkill County experienced snow accumulation of more than five inches and freezing temperatures this weekend, the weather will warm up by the time the first day of winter rolls around on...
View ArticlePolice log, Dec. 16, 2013
3 escape injuryin snowy crashNEW RINGGOLD - Three people escaped injury Saturday when a vehicle slid on a snow-covered road in East Brunswick Township and struck a rock embankment and flipped, state...
View ArticleNew Butler Township residents must register ID
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - New residents in Butler Township are required to register their names and address as part of an ordinance adopted in September by the township board of supervisors.Board Chairman...
View ArticleMan charged in American Legion thefts
A 47-year-old Frackville man charged Tuesday with stealing more than $45,000 from the Frackville American Legion Post 398 had served as its treasurer-steward last year. Sean D. McCormack, 47, of 563...
View ArticleDeeds, Dec. 18, 2013
DeedsEast Union Township - Jeronimo T. and Maria Tongson to Eagle Rock Resort Co.; 2 percent interest in Lot 184WSS, Eagle Rock; $3,708.97.Erlinda D. Bermudez to Eagle Rock Resort Co.; 2 percent...
View ArticlePottsville gospel church hosts free flu clinic
You can still get a free flu shot if you have not done so this year. Free flu shots will be given out from 10 a.m. to noon today at the Foursquare Gospel Church in Pottsville, 2300 Mahantongo St....
View ArticleCriminal Court, Dec. 18, 2013
A Hegins man will spend time in prison and more on probation after being sentenced Tuesday in Schuylkill County Court for trying to run over two people with his mother's car in Porter Township.Steve A....
View ArticlePolice log, Dec. 18, 2013
2-vehicle crashleaves man hurtTOWER CITY - A Williamstown man suffered a moderate injury in a two-vehicle accident in Porter Township late Thursday afternoon, state police at Schuylkill Haven said...
View Article3 coal cars derail in Hazle Township
HAZLETON - Three in a set of moving railroad cars carrying coal derailed in Hazle Township on Tuesday afternoon. Hazle Township Fire and Rescue was alerted to the derailment of the gondola-style cars...
View ArticlePennDOT begins local road repairs
Snow isn't the only thing vexing motorists this week in the county.PennDOT maintenance workers began patching potholes, cutting brush and sealing cracks Monday in nine municipalities.Crack sealing will...
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n Frackville: The South End Field and Stream Association is holding its annual kielbasa sale. Varieties include fresh, smoked and cheesy hot. Pick-up times and dates are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday and...
View ArticleSchuylkill County airport to build new hangar
MOUNT PLEASANT - The addition of another hangar could lead to more business at the Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport. The increase could become a reality with the infusion of a $125,000 state grant...
View ArticleHouse panel weighs Act 47 bill
HARRISBURG - A controversial "drink tax" option threatened to draw attention away from helping fiscally distressed municipalities and will be removed from Act 47 rewrite legislation, the House bill...
View ArticleSCMA hires new managers, acquires grant for business park project
The Schuylkill County Municipal Authority filled two of the three positions it had previously opened to bolster its management team on Tuesday.In a unanimous vote at the authority's December meeting,...
View ArticleSuperintendents make snow calls with resources, 'gut instinct'
On Monday afternoon, Pottsville Area Superintendent Jeffrey S. Zwiebel said he dreaded Tuesday morning. "They're calling for one to three inches of snow," Zwiebel said. If the roads were bad, he'd...
View ArticleReading man complains about federal roadblock survey
READING (AP) — A motorist said he felt violated when a private contractor working for the federal government forced him and other motorists off an eastern Pennsylvania street to try to survey them...
View ArticleInferno destroys business in Drums
HAZLETON - Fire destroyed a Butler Township restaurant late Wednesday afternoon.Firefighters from multiple regional departments were dispatched to the Bell House Cafe, 656 N. Hunter Highway, Drums,...
View ArticleSalvation Army gives help to 710 families this year
Kate Mock, 34, of Nuremberg, stood holding her 9-month-old son, Jacob Vega, outside Foursquare Gospel Church in Pottsville on Wednesday waiting for toys and food for Christmas. Mock wasn't the only...
View ArticleSchuylkill Haven permits use of gym for health fair
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - The borough council granted permission for a health fair from a coalition involving Schuylkill County's VISION in the gymnasium of the Neighborhood Center.However, it was not...
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