Former police chief to spend time in state prison
Larry Semenza is not above the law. The former Old Forge police chief left a courtroom in handcuffs Monday after Lackawanna County Judge Vito Geroulo sentenced him to 18 months to four years in state...
View ArticleBroadway Theatre League brings acclaimed 'Jersey Boys' to area for extensive run
Some pop music-fueled shows left Broadway almost as quickly as they arrived during the last decade."Jersey Boys" is not one of them.The story of the Four Seasons and its frontman, Frankie Valli,...
View ArticleCounty fire companies, EMS receive grants
Each of the 115 fire companies and volunteer ambulance services in Schuylkill County received some financial help as part of the Pennsylvania Fire Company and Ambulance Service Grant Program. When the...
View ArticleDeeds, Jan. 29, 2014
Deeds Barry Township - Terry C. Klinger, Ricky D. Klinger and Tamie D. Holland to Justin J. and Lori Fetterolf; 0.178-acre property on Deep Creek Road; $1,000. Branch Township - J.D. Rose Investments...
View ArticleBirths, Jan. 29, 2014
Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson Street To Robert and Mary Kate Kulha Koscil, Gordon, a daughter, Jan. 17. Geisinger Medical Center, Danville To Kurt and Brooke Croneberger Sims, Klingerstown, a...
View ArticleShenandoah food pantry moving to new site
SHENANDOAH - Local residents who use the Shenandoah Area Food Pantry will find it at a new location starting Friday. The pantry will open its doors for the first time from 10 a.m. to noon at the...
View ArticleHaven woman surrenders after failing to appear in court
Ashley R. Shellhammer, who did not appear in Schuylkill County Court in October 2013 when she was supposed to do so, did make it Tuesday after authorities publicized her status as a fugitive....
View ArticlePolice log, Jan. 29, 2014
No one hurt in Tower City crash TOWER CITY - No one was injured in a two-vehicle crash at 10:35 a.m. Jan. 10 on Route 209, East Grand Avenue, just west of Yohe Street in Porter Township, police said....
View ArticleJunior Idol kicks off sixth competition
FRACKVILLE - Twenty-four contestants for Schuylkill County Junior Idol VI displayed their singing talents for about 150 people Tuesday at the Schuylkill Mall. Those singing ranged from 9 to 15 years...
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n Pine Grove: The second annual Family Fun Fishing Event will be held May 4 at Sweet Arrow Lake County Park. The event, according to a press release, will be held thanks to major sponsors including...
View ArticleGillingham students celebrate their choice of school
Students at Gillingham Charter School celebrated their choice to attend the county's first brick-and-mortar charter school during a pep rally Tuesday in honor of National School Choice Week. According...
View ArticleFire victims rebuild on site of former home
PORT CARBON - A year ago, a fire-damaged duplex sat on the 200 block of Coal Street and its future was uncertain. Since then, the condemned structure has been knocked down. And the owners of address...
View ArticleCourt leaves township property tax exemption in place
Norwegian Township does not have to pay real estate taxes on property it owns near the entrance to a residential development, the state Supreme Court has decided. In a one-sentence order filed Jan....
View ArticleNational Penn location to close in Schuylkill Haven
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - The National Penn Bank in Schuylkill Haven will close at the end of the business day April 30.A sign posted on the door of the bank at 333 Center Ave. said, "We value you and your...
View ArticleIce not yet thick enough to skate on at Stoyer's Dam
Schuylkill Haven borough Mayor Mike Devlin is optimistic the ice will be thick enough to skate on Saturday for an ice skating party at Stoyer's Dam. "I believe by Saturday that the ice is going to be...
View ArticleCorbett poll numbers better, but still lousy
Pennsylvania voters are down on President Barack Obama, but they remain really unhappy with Gov. Tom Corbett, a dissatisfaction fueled heavily by the governor's cuts to education and the ongoing...
View ArticleKlingerstown post office, apartment fire found accidental
KLINGERSTOWN - Fourteen people were left homeless when flames tore through an apartment building above the United States Post Office on Tuesday afternoon.The fire at 88 Main St. was reported just after...
View ArticleState voters OK with ending discrimination against gay and transgender people
If the state General Assembly decides to pass a law outlawing discrimination against gay and transgender residents, a large majority of state voters will not mind, according to a new Franklin &...
View ArticleIU teachers to return to bargaining table in February
Teacher contract negotiations at Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29 will resume in February, according to Diane M. Niederriter, IU 29 executive director and Mary Alice Wasilewski, president of the IU 29...
View ArticleGirardville woman celebrates Irish history with exhibit
In spring 1984, on her third trip to Ireland, Rosalie "Rose" Rowan-Kuzma, Girardville, sat on a hillside near Blacksod Bay, dug her fingers into the sandy earth and discovered an artifact of one of...
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