Rotted tree stump creates hole in courthouse parking lot
A deteriorating tree stump and heavy rains last week are believed to have caused a hole in the lower level parking lot of the Schuylkill County Courthouse. "We think it was stumps from a tree," Bill...
View ArticleTremont man admits sexually abusing boy
Christopher M. Bove admitted Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court that he sexually molested a boy who was in his care in February 2012, and he was promptly sentenced to serve time in state prison for...
View ArticleNortheast Prestressed Products stands test of time
CRESSONA - Northeast Prestressed Products LLC is working hard to overcome the lingering effects of federal charges filed in 2009 against executives of its predecessor, Thomas F. Koons, the president...
View ArticleBridge posted to limit weight
LANDINGVILLE - Vehicles weighing more than 30 tons will no longer be allowed to cross the Meadow Drive bridge over Plum Creek in South Manheim Township.The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation...
View Article2 Butler homes posted
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - A Butler Township property where arrests were made last week involving an alleged methamphetamine laboratory has been determined to be uninhabitable by the township code enforcement...
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n Auburn: The Auburn Fire & Ambulance group is seeking financial help from people and businesses in its service area. In a release, Judy A. Epting, president of the Auburn Ambulance and treasurer...
View ArticleNS school board adopts budget with tax increase
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - North Schuylkill School District taxpayers in Schuylkill County will see a .88-mill increase in real estate taxes in the 2013-14 fiscal year following the school board's formal...
View ArticleBethel man sent to state prison for incident at South Manheim Township church
Cory A. Lutz assaulted a Pennsylvania Game Commission officer, vandalized church property, drove drunk and resisted arrest all in one night, and he learned Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court that he...
View ArticleCriminal court, June 20, 2013
Prosecutors made a mistake in charging a Minersville man with driving under the influence, and it cost them a conviction Thursday in Schuylkill County Court.Frank J. Nush, 60, is not guilty of DUI and...
View ArticleSchuylkill Transportation System facility approved for renovations
The Schuylkill Transportation System facility at the Saint Clair Industrial Park will be receiving a $2 million makeover.The county commissioners approved a motion during a work session Wednesday for...
View ArticleAuburn woman flown to hospital following Route 61 crash
ORWIGSBURG - A 57-year-old Auburn woman was flown to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest Wednesday morning with "significant injuries" she sustained in a crash on Route 61 near Zion's Red Church.A...
View ArticleBirths, June 20, 2013
Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson Street, PottsvilleTo Dante McCoy and Christine Williams, Pottsville, a daughter, June 4.To Michael and Gina Mennig Smith, Pottsville, a son June 8.
View ArticleAttorney general's office says it wasn't told about hearing; DA says her...
State prosecutors said Thursday that they knew nothing of the scheduled guilty plea hearing in Schuylkill County Court for a Cressona woman charged with stealing more than $21,000 from an elderly...
View ArticleJudges hear testimony for flawed Hazleton Area election
HAZLETON - Luzerne County screwed up May's primary election for Hazleton Area school board, all sides agree.How to fix the mess, if possible, is where the parties involved disagree and is an issue two...
View ArticleJury chosen for homicide trial of Schuylkill Haven man
Eight women and four men will decide the fate of a Schuylkill Haven man charged with tying an Orwigsburg man to a tree in South Manheim Township in May 2012 and leaving him to die.Keith A. Reber, 49,...
View ArticleAttorney general's office says it wasn't told about hearing; DA says her...
State prosecutors said Thursday that they knew nothing of the scheduled guilty plea hearing in Schuylkill County Court for a Cressona woman charged with stealing more than $21,000 from an elderly...
View ArticleBlue Mountain approves budget with tax hike, furloughs 1 teacher
ORWIGSBURG - Taxes are going up in the Blue Mountain School District and a teacher has been furloughed. The board voted Thursday on its final budget, which increases taxes about $25 for the average...
View ArticleJudge allows limited mining in Palo Alto
by peter e. bortner The owner of a former strip mine in Palo Alto may resume excavating the property under certain conditions, a Schuylkill County judge ruled Thursday.In a 24-page opinion and order,...
View ArticleDeeds, June 21, 2013
DeedsBarry Township - Jack and Jubo Z. Luzusky to John J. Jr. and Jubo Z. Luzusky; 572 Old Airport Road; $1.East Union Township - Carol A. Austra to Amy Austra-Gerneth, trustee of the Carol A. Austra...
View ArticleCounty residents 'dump the pump' with free bus rides
Ivey Ort did not intend to take the bus to Pottsville from Shenandoah on Thursday but she's glad it was free.The Schuylkill Transportation System participated in the eighth annual National Dump the...
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