Saint Clair officials battle landfill before state hearing board
HARRISBURG — Continuing its effort to prevent the development of a construction and demolition waste landfill just outside its borders, the Borough of Saint Clair put officials on the witness stand in...
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Man apprehended after theft, chase A 43-year-old Harrisburg man was jailed after being arrested by state police at Schuylkill Haven stemming from incidents between 4:15 and 4:30 p.m. Friday at Fairlane...
View ArticleAuditor general says schools have $40-$50 million in loan interest
School districts statewide took out nearly $1 billion in loans to cover shortfalls caused by the state budget impasse, costing them a collective $40 million to $50 million in interest so far, according...
View ArticleJudges uphold state prison sentence
A three-judge state Superior Court panel has upheld the conviction and state prison sentence of a Reading man who participated in the conspiracy to burgle a Pottsville home in July 2014. Evidence...
View ArticleFree tax help available
Schuylkill Community Action is once again trying to lift the burden for people during this tax season by offering free tax help to those who qualify. “People get fearful when it comes to filing...
View ArticleFire damages former Swiss Chalet restaurant, 7 homeless
ORWIGSBURG — Fire severely damaged a former Schuylkill County landmark restaurant Monday morning. Flames broke out about 10:30 a.m. at the former Swiss Chalet, 529 Second Mountain Road, a building that...
View ArticleJury seated in Alinsky murder case
WILKES-BARRE — Testimony in the long-awaited murder case against Jessica Alinsky is set to begin this morning, more than four years after her boyfriend died of a gunshot wound to the face. Much of the...
View ArticleAnother Shenandoah man admits role in heroin trafficking
A fourth Shenandoah man admitted Monday in U.S. District Court in Scranton that he participated in a heroin trafficking ring that operated for almost four years in Schuylkill County. Nicolai Varga, 27,...
View ArticlePine Grove's Grover predicts longer winter
PINE GROVE — Weighing the odds, who got it right? Punxsutawney Phil or Pine Grove’s Grover? Those at the Groundhog’s Day breakfast Tuesday at Sweet Arrow Lake County Park are putting their bets on the...
View ArticlePolice log, Feb. 3, 2016
Man charged with drug possession SAINT CLAIR — A Pottsville man was arrested by Saint Clair police after an incident on Nov. 16. Police said Tykeem S. Brown, 24, of 12 N. 11th St., was charged with...
View ArticleRed Cross declares emergency need for blood
The American Red Cross has an emergency need for blood. The winter weather has caused more than 300 blood drives to be canceled in 20 states since Jan. 1, the organization said in a statement. That...
View ArticleSchuylkill County unemployment rate drops to 5.1
Schuylkill County ended 2015 with another significant drop in its unemployment rate. The seasonally adjusted figured fell 0.6 of a percentage point to 5.1 percent for December, according to the latest...
View ArticleState police testify crime scene looked 'staged' at Alinsky trial
WILKES-BARRE — Almost as soon as he walked into the crime scene, state police Cpl. John Chulock said he knew something wasn’t quite right. He explained why Tuesday during the first day of testimony in...
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n Cressona: The Cressona Lodge Order of Eastern Star will sponsor a Chinese auction for heath health awareness from 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 26 and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 27 at the lodge, South Third and Ash...
View ArticleMahanoy woman acquitted of nuisance charge
The building Anisa L. Kane owned in Mahanoy City did not constitute a public nuisance, a Schuylkill County jury ruled Tuesday. A jury of six men and six women deliberated about 1 1/4 hours before...
View ArticleJunior Idol contestants to be narrowed to 3 finalists
FRACKVILLE — The six semifinalists vying for the title of Schuylkill County Junior Idol VIII made their cases to the three judges Tuesday at the Schuylkill Mall. Camryn Carduff, 15, of Shenandoah,...
View ArticleSt. Joseph Center thanks nurses, aides with turkey dinner
It was a time of giving thanks at St. Joseph Center for Special Learning in Pottsville on Tuesday as the people who assist students during the school day were thanked with a hot turkey dinner with the...
View ArticleMahanoy City Sewer Authority approves debt restructuring
MAHANOY CITY — The Mahanoy City Sewer Authority amended a resolution adopted six months ago that consolidated more than $15 million in debt into one bond issue during its special meeting on Tuesday....
View ArticleLand bank seeks additional members
MAHANOY CITY — The first land bank in Schuylkill County held its first meeting in the borough Wednesday night. Instead of holding an organizational meeting, as was planned, the eight members of the...
View ArticleSchool aid boost is fodder
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf said Wednesday he still thinks bipartisan support exists to boost state education aid by significant amounts as he signed a law to postpone a new statewide student test...
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