Rep. Cartwright sits on U.S. House committee
SCRANTON — The region’s least senior congressman now sits on the U.S. House committee that controls all the federal money. House Democrats elected U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright to the Appropriations...
View ArticleAround the region, Sept. 14, 2016
n Mahanoy City: The Mahanoy City Public Library recently acknowledged the following memorials: For Quin McGowan from Carol and Bob Blue; for Matthew Stitzer from Virginia Brokenshire; for Virginia...
View ArticleRabies infection found in Lake Wynonah
LAKE WYNONAH — A confirmed case of rabies has been found in a raccoon in Lake Wynonah. A report dated Tuesday from the Pennsylvania Animal Diagnostic Laboratory System, Harrisburg, confirms a raccoon...
View ArticleJudges discuss legal system with students
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Magisterial District Judges Christina E. Hale, Frackville, and Stephen J. Bayer, Tamaqua, stopped by Chief Public Defender Michael J. Stine’s criminal justice class Tuesday night at...
View ArticlePottsville man gets probation for child pornography
A Pottsville man who admitted possessing child pornography will not have to serve time behind bars after a Schuylkill County judge on Tuesday placed him on probation for his crimes. Stephen W. Baney,...
View ArticleHackers force Cartwright to abandon personal cellphone
SCRANTON — Hackers forced U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright to sack his private cellphone number. Cartwright said Tuesday he got a new number in the last month after pornographic texts started showing up...
View ArticleSchuylkill Haven man headed to court for kidnapping, assaulting mom
ORWIGSBURG — Franklin Moyer sits in prison after a judge ruled that prosecutors had produced enough evidence to support charges he kidnapped and assaulted his mother in July in their Schuylkill Haven...
View ArticleBirths, Sept, 14, 2016
Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson Street To Anthony Conti, Brandonville, and Brittany Obrzut, Shenandoah, a son, July 19. To Stephen and Kimberly Chiccini Zinda, Saint Clair, a son, Aug. 22.
View ArticleLehigh Valley continues merger with Schuylkill Health
The Lehigh Valley Health Network continued its merger with Schuylkill Health, Pottsville, on Tuesday, as it officially became one of the parties responsible for the nonprofit organization’s debts. They...
View ArticleLehigh Valley, Schuylkill Health to announce merger approval today
The Lehigh Valley Health Network and Schuylkill Health System will announce today regulatory approval of their proposed merger. A new president will also be named, according to a Lehigh Valley Health...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists build trout habitat in Schuylkill River
NEW PHILADELPHIA — For years, the stretch of the Schuylkill River near the borough has been nearly devoid of life, according to Lane R. McMullin, Kaska. But an initiative by environmental groups...
View ArticleUpper Dauphin Area looks to improve communications
LOYALTON — Improved communications is just one of three district goals for the 2016-17 school year that the Upper Dauphin Area school board approved Tuesday. The board also approved hiring an...
View ArticlePolice log, Sept. 15, 2016
Police investigate broken windows AUBURN — State police at Schuylkill Haven are investigating a criminal mischief incident that occurred between 11 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. Monday at 237 Market St....
View ArticleSchuylkill County commissioners appoint county administrator
The Schuylkill County commissioners removed the interim tag from Gary Bender’s title as they named him the permanent county administrator Wednesday. Bender, 65, of Porter Township, has served as...
View ArticleDeeds, Sept. 15, 2016
Deeds Branch Township — Jose Carvajal to George A. and Tina Spirko; 2158 Main St., Phoenix Park; $34,000. Butler Township — Pamela and Robert Huss, Claudia and Steve Yutko, Patricia Roseman and Michael...
View ArticleKline Twp. woman headed to court in death of husband
Jane Ella Schreiner told state police she is mystified about details of her shooting of her husband in August at their Kline Township home, according to testimony Wednesday during the woman’s 3...
View ArticleCriminal court, Sept. 11, 2016
A Northumberland County man will not have to serve time in prison after being sentenced Sept. 6 in Schuylkill County Court on one drug-related and two traffic charges. Kip D. Dorkoski, 52, of Coal...
View ArticleEmergency alert system connects county communities
Editor’s note: As part of National Preparedness Month, The Republican-Herald is publishing a series of articles about preparing and responding to all types of emergencies. Schuylkill County Emergency...
View ArticlePolice: Pottsville man arrested after threatening woman with semi-automatic...
A 39-year-old Pottsville man was jailed after being arrested in connection with an incident early Wednesday morning. Pottsville Police Chief Richard F. Wojciechowsky said officers were called to 802 W....
View ArticleCrashes in Mahanoy Twp., Mahanoy City keep crews busy
MAHANOY CITY — A crash in Mahanoy City, along with a crash and separate vehicle fire in Mahanoy Township, all within 30 minutes of each other, kept emergency personnel busy Wednesday afternoon. The...
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