Palo Alto plans to crack down on increased speeding problem
PALO ALTO — The state Department of Transportation’s ongoing project to replace two bridges close to each other on Route 61 in Pottsville and Palo Alto drove some motorists to consider detours. Some...
View ArticleBirths, July 19, 2016
Geisinger Bloomsburg Hospital To Justin Klinger and Erin Showers, Hazleton, a son, July 12. Grandparents are Mike Klinger and Vera Rosado, Shenandoah, and Jeffrey and Linda Showers, Berwick.
View ArticleAfter finding, keeping 'Dory' harder than it looks
With the release of the film “Finding Dory” about a month ago, children are looking to find their own Dory and Nemo for their own fish tanks. “Every kid that comes in here knows Nemo, they know Dory,”...
View ArticleFor the record, July 19, 2016
Divorces granted Bridget Ganales, New Ringgold, from Hector Hernandez, Fayetteville, N.C. Harry Oberheim, Lake Genevia, Wis., from Mary Beth Oberheim, Palo Alto. Daniel Gerber, Barnesville, from Wendy...
View ArticleBloomsburg firm plans move to McAdoo Industrial Park
McAdoo Industrial Park will soon have its 12th occupant. Forrester Environmental, a company that does asbestos and mold abatement and remediation, is moving from Bloomsburg to McAdoo. Joe Lettiere,...
View ArticleAround the region, July 20, 2016
n Barnesville: Kathy Kelchner, environmental education specialist at Frances Slocum State Park, will present “Insects and Their Cousins” at the Locust Lake State Park Amphitheater at 6 p.m. Friday....
View ArticlePolice log, July 20, 2016
Police investigate Pottsville burglary Pottsville police are investigating a burglary at 721 N. Claude A. Lord Blvd. that was reported to their department about 2:20 a.m. Monday. At the scene, police...
View ArticleLuzerne County correction officer, inmate fell down elevator shaft to deaths
WILKES-BARRE — The correction officer and inmate killed in a fall Monday evening smashed through closed elevator doors and plummeted to their deaths during a scuffle in what appears to have been a...
View ArticlePine Grove Area releases salaries of district employees
PINE GROVE — The Pine Grove Area School District released information Tuesday on salaries for its administrators and Act 93 employees, after The Republican-Herald sought the information as part of its...
View ArticleMoms for Make-A-Wish tournament turns 25
When a group of moms were sitting watching their children playing at Rotary Park in Pottsville in summer 1990, they decided to challenge themselves to start an event to somehow benefit the community....
View ArticleNew guidelines seek to curb opioid prescriptions
HARRISBURG — A new set of voluntary state guidelines encourages physicians to be judicious when prescribing painkillers, Gov. Tom Wolf and top state health officials said Tuesday. The guidelines were...
View ArticleRyan Township Dive Recovery Team preps for fundraiser
The Ryan Township Dive Recovery Team’s upcoming Summer Fun Splash or Dash gives participants the opportunity to stay on land or take to the water. They can also do both during the team’s fundraiser...
View ArticleDeeds, July 20, 2016
Deeds Ashland — Joseph A. Jr. and Evie Lee Deesing to Joseph Holmes Jr.; 138 Walnut St.; $15,000. Branch Township — Patrice Direnzo, executrix under the Last Will & Testament of Paul A. Direnzo...
View ArticleDistrict court, July 20, 2016
James R. Ferrier ORWIGSBURG — A Lake Wynonah man must appear in Schuylkill County Court to defend against two sets of drug-related charges following his waiver Tuesday of his right to a preliminary...
View ArticleCriminal court, July 20, 2016
A Schuylkill County motorist will spend time behind bars after being sentenced Monday in Schuylkill County Court in connection with a one-vehicle accident in May 2015 in Mahanoy Township. Maria C....
View ArticleWells Fargo to move downtown Pottsville branch
Wells Fargo bank will be moving out of the Schuylkill Trust Co. building in downtown Pottsville in 2017, James A. Baum, a Wells Fargo regional communications representative for Pennsylvania, said...
View ArticleFor the record, July 20, 2016
Divorces granted Gretchen Martofel, Frackville, from John Martofel, Mahanoy Plane. Jessica Savitsky, Shenandoah, from Robert Savitsky, Frackville. Wendy Morgan, Gordon, from Mark Morgan, no address...
View ArticlePottsville native donates Civil War era doll to historical society
While the Civil War was raging on 150 years ago, a little girl from Pottsville was learning to sew. Her name was Sarah Ellen Reid. Born in 1856, one of her first accomplishments was making a doll and...
View ArticlePrison board waits for state decision
The Schuylkill County prison board is still waiting on the state Department Corrections drop its restriction on accepting newly sentenced criminals at the county prison. The facility has remained well...
View ArticleCounty commissioners announce members of advisory committee
The Schuylkill County commissioners have formed an advisory committee to help pick a new county administrator. The board announced the members of that committee Wednesday: Mark J. Scarbinsky, who...
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