Pottsville dumps 200 tons of salt/anti-skid while plowing streets
While Monday's snow storm made the scenery bordering the city look picturesque, it forced the city's road crews to struggle. "It's been a persistent storm. It's hard to keep ahead of it. And that's...
View ArticleBusiness plows Tumbling Run Road
The state Department of Transportation had some help clearing snow from Tumbling Run Road on Monday.Rick Trumbo, head mechanic for Guers Dairy, Lewistown Valley, plowed the six-mile stretch from the...
View ArticleMonday morning snow causes trouble for motorists, more expected Wednesday
Snow-covered roadways were responsible for three crashes Monday morning. The first crash occurred about 6:10 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 81 at mile marker 138 in Kline Township. State...
View ArticleCorbett budget to delay full impact of public pension hike
HARRISBURG - Gov. Tom Corbett will unveil a state budget today that includes a plan to delay the full impact of a hike in public pension costs for a year in order to ease fiscal problems facing...
View ArticleCorbett unveils state budget
HARRISBURG - Gov. Tom Corbett proposed a state budget this morning that creates a new state block grant for school districts, leases state forest and park land for gas drilling, delays the full impact...
View ArticleH.S. WRESTLING: Hamburg nips West Branch, advances in state team tourney
HAMBURG - Hamburg senior Nick Oswald clasped his hands together, trapping the head and leg of West Branch's Kaleb Quick.Immediately recognizing the cradle, the Hawks' bench stirred.When the 138-pound...
View ArticleProposed state budget includes extra $1M for Schuylkill Transportation System
The Schuylkill Transportation System could receive an additional $1 million in funding for the makeover of its facility at the Saint Clair Industrial Park as part of the proposed state capital budget....
View ArticleParty-line split among legislators on budget
Local Democratic state legislators largely trashed Gov. Tom Corbett's latest budget, while Republicans praised it for holding the line on income taxes and increasing education funding. State Sen. Lisa...
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n Ashland: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church holds Bible study meetings at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. every Tuesday in its fellowship hall, 35 N. Ninth St. People should used the entrance in the parking lot to the...
View ArticleShenandoah Mennonites plan to worship at new location
SHENANDOAH - In the near future, the Shenandoah Mennonite Church will move to its new house of worship in the borough in the former Holy Ghost Polish National Catholic Church, which closed its doors...
View Article10 contestants compete for Schuylkill County Junior Idol title
FRACKVILLE - The performances were so good Tuesday that audience members might have thought the original artists were singing to them at the Schuylkill County Junior Idol VI.The 10 remaining...
View ArticleDA wins first trial
Schuylkill County District Attorney Christine A. Holman has won her first trial in that post as a jury convicted a Blythe Township man on Tuesday of leading police on a chase covering several miles in...
View ArticlePolice log, Feb. 5, 2014
Minersville manjailed after assaultNEW PHILADELPHIA - A Minersville man was jailed after an assault Saturday at 20 Silver Creek Road in Blythe Township.State police at Frackville said Raymond...
View ArticleCorrection, Feb. 5, 2014
Number incorrect The Schuylkill County Municipality Authority serves an estimated population of more than 35,000 people in 25 municipalities. The population was incorrect in Saturday's edition.
View ArticleDeeds, Feb. 5, 2014
Deeds Ashland - U.S. Bank NA to Shaina Marie Riley and Kristopher L. Findle; 1527 Centre St.; $5,500. Branch Township - Heather A. and Randy Charles Knorr to Heather A. Knorr; 11 Parry Drive; $1....
View ArticlePine Grove Area celebrates Green Challenge, nature with mural
PINE GROVE - Using a $500 grant it acquired in 2013 through Schuylkill Conservation District's third annual Green Challenge, Pine Grove Area Elementary is building a mural to recognize the woodlands...
View ArticleOne flown after head-on collision
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - A borough woman was transported by MedEvac 7 to Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, after an SUV and truck collided head-on about 12:20 p.m. on Route 443, near Shady Lane Road, North...
View ArticleNo decision made on Woodland Terrace ownership
SAINT CLAIR - The borough council did not take any action Tuesday night after Susquahanna Bank inquired on the borough's position on taking ownership of Woodland Terrace.During his report Tuesday,...
View ArticleCity blight task force to rate downtown buildings
On the recommendation of Mayor James T. Muldowney, the Pottsville Blight Task Force will evaluate the condition of buildings in the city's central business district in May."It's good to keep an eye on...
View ArticleTourism officials in state disappointed in Corbett's budget
Tracy Barone bristles at the television commercials featuring sweeping landscapes and people enjoying nature, culture and history in Michigan, New Jersey and Arkansas. View the proposed budget HERE...
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