Port Carbon, Mechanicsville orders no parking on snow route
PORT CARBON - In anticipation of this morning's storm, municipal officials in the neighboring boroughs of Port Carbon and Mechanicsville ordered no parking on their emergency snow routes for 24 hours,...
View ArticleDistrict court, Feb. 5, 2014
Anthony J. Kilker SHENANDOAH - A Girardville man charged with threatening to rob the Valero convenience store Dec. 23 on South Main Street appeared for a preliminary hearing before Magisterial...
View ArticleEducators say budget does little to help big expenses
A new state grant program will not keep the lights on, prevent layoffs or restore the millions area school districts have lost in funding the last three years. On Tuesday, after Gov. Tom Corbett...
View ArticleBishop conducts Holy Ghost PNCC deconsecration service
SHENANDOAH - The final emotional goodbyes by parishioners were expressed on Tuesday as Holy Ghost Polish National Catholic Church in Shenandoah was deconsecrated, officially closing it as a church.The...
View ArticleCorbett budget reopens drilling issue
HARRISBURG - The state budget unveiled by Gov. Tom Corbett on Tuesday would generate new revenue by leasing more state forest and park land for gas drilling, create a new state block grant for school...
View ArticleDeeds, Feb. 6, 2013
DeedsAshland - FNB Bank NA to Robyn M. Stokes; 508 Centre St.; $25,000.Barry Township - Stephen Thomas Sassani to Stephen Thomas Sassani, Megan Sassani and Daniel Sassani; 18 Bass Drive, Mountain...
View ArticleCriminal Court, Feb. 6, 2014
A West Virginia man will not have to spend time in prison after admitting Jan. 30 in Schuylkill County Court that he committed six offenses in December 2011.David A. Channell, 38, of Parsons, W.Va.,...
View ArticleNorthern, Southern Schuylkill COGs stand test of time
There's strength in numbers, C. Champ Holman, Ryan Township, said as he offered a tour of the headquarters of the Northern Schuylkill Council of Governments in Mahanoy Township on Wednesday.Inside the...
View ArticleSchuylkill County jobless rate lowest since 2008
The jobless rate for Schuylkill County hit its lowest mark since 2008.The center for workforce information and analysis at the state Department of Labor and Industry released the December figures...
View ArticlePolice log, Feb. 6, 2014
DUI checkpoints, patrols announcedThe North Central Regional Sobriety Checkpoint DUI Taskforce announced that Sobriety Checkpoints and Roving DUI Patrols will be conducted now through Feb. 17 on Routes...
View ArticlePrison inmate convicted of helping to smuggle drugs behind bars
by peter e. bortner A state prison inmate could spend more time behind bars after being convicted Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court of participating in a plan to smuggle drugs into the institution....
View ArticleLottery ready to bet on keno
Tucked into Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed 2014-15 state budget is $20 million in new Pennsylvania Lottery revenue, mostly from the addition of keno to the agency's game portfolio.Lottery officials...
View ArticleMunicipal plow trucks ignite during snowstorms
One of the City of Pottsville's 14 plow trucks burst into flames early Wednesday morning while clearing the streets of ice and snow, according to Daniel E. Kelly, the city superintendent of streets....
View ArticleCounty receives about 2-4 inches of snow, ice
Snow and ice covered the county again Wednesday, causing all schools to close and problems for morning commutes. A snow and ice-covered Interstate 81 in Delano Township was the reason for a morning...
View Article18 women vie for Queen of Snows title
The 2014 Greater Pottsville Winter Carnival concludes Saturday with the Senior Princess Coronation Pageant and Queen's Ball.At the pageant, one of 18 women will be crowned Queen of Snows. The pageant...
View ArticleCourt upholds conviction and state prison sentence for theft
by peter e. bortner A Pottsville man must remain behind bars after a three-judge state Superior Court panel upheld his conviction and state prison sentence for stealing food in July 2012 from a...
View Article6 Schuylkill Junior Idol VI contestants remain
FRACKVILLE - Six contestants remain in the quest to be the next Schuylkill County Junior Idol.The following semifinalists were announced on the Schuylkill Mall website Wednesday: Brendan Bennett, 14,...
View ArticleMan found guilty of DUI after refusing BAC test
A Lake Wynonah man was convicted Tuesday in Schuylkill County Court of driving while intoxicated in March 2013 in Orwigsburg.George M. Llewellyn, 39, of Auburn, is guilty of DUI, the jury decided after...
View ArticleRoman Delight closes in Fairlane Village mall
Roman Delight in the Fairlane Village mall has closed. A dark tarp blocked the view inside the nearly 40-year-old restaurant and the gates were locked Wednesday.Barry S. Borsky, leasing representative...
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n Lansford: The Panther Valley Public Library, 117 E. Bertsch St., beginning today is offering assistance in preparing income tax forms 1040A and 1040EZ and Pennsylvania state tax returns. The service...
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