3rd annual Apple Fest slated for Saturday in Valley View
VALLEY VIEW — St. Andrew United Methodist Church is using a locally grown product to help local people. The church will be hosting its third annual Apple Festival from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday in...
View ArticleClarification, Sept. 22, 2016
Information unclear Hegins Township residents may bring ashes to the township for disposal. The ashes will no longer be collected at homes, Hegins Township Secretary/Treasurer Cathy Moyer clarified, in...
View ArticleFoster Township develops recreation plan
BUCK RUN — The Foster Township supervisors would like to turn a 40-plus-acre tract of rural land along state Route 901 into a site for recreation in the community. At a meeting at the township building...
View ArticleEmergency coordinators advise readiness in rain, snowstorms
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. Disasters and emergencies can...
View ArticleVehicular homicide charges against Ashland woman held for court
FRACKVILLE — A woman charged with hitting and killing a pedestrian in Ashland last year had charges against her held for court during a preliminary hearing Wednesday morning. Ashley Leibig, 28, of 1037...
View ArticleCounty commissioners renew lease for Lipkin day reporting center
The Schuylkill County commissioners renewed the lease Wednesday for the day reporting center at the Lipkin Technology Center, 1 S. Second St. The day reporting center for people on parole or probation...
View ArticleWilliams Valley to host Civil War Encampment
TOWER CITY — Williams Valley hopes to transport visitors back to the 1860s and offer a living history lesson when the district hosts its first Civil War Encampment with the Pennsylvania Bucktails from...
View ArticleDistrict court, Sept. 22, 2016
Anthony J. Kilker SHENANDOAH — An inmate at State Correctional Institution/Mahanoy charged with assaulting a corrections officer on March 28 waived his right to a preliminary hearing before Magisterial...
View ArticleDeeds, Sept. 22, 2016
Deeds East Union Township — Eagle Rock Resort Co. to Shirley Patapat and Arturo Dela Cruz; Lot 136HF4, Eagle Rock; $39,289. Ruth E. Svoboda to Eagle Rock Resort Co.; Lot 168WS, Eagle Rock; $9,300....
View ArticleCorrection, Sept. 22, 2016
Name incorrect Joseph Michael Krasinsky Jr., 29, of 79 Front St., Cressona, recently waived his right to a preliminary hearing on drug and related charges before Magisterial District Judge James K....
View ArticleHouse panel OKs demolition bill
HARRISBURG — Counties could underwrite demolition work by levying a new fee on recorded deeds under a bill gaining momentum in the remaining weeks of the legislative session. The House Urban Affairs...
View ArticleAround the region, Sept. 22, 2016
n Brandonville: The Park Crest Fish and Game Protective Association will have its membership meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Brandonville clubhouse. n Frackville: An American Red Cross blood drive is...
View ArticlePolice log, Sept. 22, 2016
Police arrest man for alleged assault A Pottsville man was jailed after being arrested by Pottsville police in connection with an assault at 911 W. Market St. that was reported about 6:25 a.m....
View ArticleWarden: 27 inmates housed at other prisons
About half as many inmates are being housed outside the Schuylkill County prison since the state Department of Corrections had lifted its ban a month ago on the jail accepting newly sentenced...
View ArticleNorth Schuylkill elementary principal, band director resign
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS — The North Schuylkill school board approved the resignations of elementary school principal and the director of bands at Wednesday’s meeting. The school board accepted the resignation...
View ArticlePine Grove church to celebrate pipe organ's 80th anniversary with special...
PINE GROVE — Daniel Umholtz will be the featured organist as St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pine Grove, celebrates its Fritzsche pipe organ’s 80th anniversary, with a special recital at 6:30...
View ArticlePottsville man injured after 'accelerator stuck' on ATV
A Pottsville man was flown to Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, for treatment of his injuries following an ATV accident Thursday evening at his home. Clarence Vidal, 51, of 557 S. Centre St., was...
View ArticleAround the region, Sept. 23, 2016
n Hometown: In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Marian Fillies and Mahanoy Area Lady Bears volleyball teams will host a Dig Pink event at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 6 in the gymnasium at Marian...
View ArticleScranton Fringe Festival returns for 2nd year of eclectic performances
Alternative performance artists require unique platforms to express their messages. Scranton Fringe Festival returns for its second year Thursday through Oct. 2, to fulfill these needs at various...
View ArticleJury: Tamaqua man guilty of $319K theft
Tamaqua restaurateur Alfonso Picone faces prison time after a Schuylkill County jury convicted him Thursday of stealing almost $320,000 from an elderly Lake Hauto couple. Picone, 46, did not react as...
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