Saint Clair school recognizes walkers with special event
Every student who walks to school faces different challenges. Xander Peletsky, 6, of Saint Clair, said lugging his bookbag to Saint Clair Area Elementary/Middle School at 227 S. Mill St. can be a...
View ArticleDistrict court, Oct. 6, 2016
David J. Rossi TREMONT — A Lebanon County man is headed to Schuylkill County Court after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing Thursday on charges he filed a false report to police in July....
View ArticlePottsville receives $345K state pension aid
HARRISBURG — Pottsville is among several regional recipients of a new round of state payments to bolster their municipal pension plans. State Auditor General Eugene DePasquale on Wednesday announced...
View ArticleCriminal court, Oct. 6, 2016
A Pine Grove woman admitted Friday in Schuylkill County Court that she was part of a criminal conspiracy in February in Schuylkill Haven. Kristi L. Zimmerman, 34, pleaded guilty to conspiracy. Judge...
View ArticleBear sighted in Orwigsburg
ORWIGSBURG —A resident was alarmed Tuesday when a bear decided to climb a tree. Orwigsburg Borough Manager Robert Williams said Orwigsburg borough police Officer Robert Bayer told him a resident...
View ArticleCode officials discuss changing rental ordinance
In the near future, landlords in Pottsville who fail to register their tenants or pay their taxes may see their buildings closed and tenants evicted. This could happen as early as the first quarter...
View ArticleValley View man sent to prison for selling methamphetamine
A Valley View man will spend time in prison, and more on probation, after being sentenced Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court for selling methamphetamine in June 2014 in Hegins Township. Ryan K. Hall,...
View ArticleDeeds, Oct. 6, 2016
Deeds Branch Township, Mahanoy City, Pine Grove, Schuylkill Haven and Shenandoah — Glenn J. Adams to Bradley S. Kurtz; six properties; $180,000. East Union Township — Eagle Rock Resort Co.. to Maria...
View ArticleOrwigsburg borough manager to testify as injunction witness
ORWIGSBURG — Orwigsburg Borough Manager Robert Williams will testify Friday in the Schuylkill County Courthouse. Williams told the borough council at their Wednesday meeting that Scott and Sandra Sopko...
View ArticleCounty commissioners discuss advisory board for prison overcrowding
Schuylkill County Commissioner Gary J. Hess wants to organize an advisory committee that can recommend a more permanent solution to the overcrowding problem at the county prison. “This has been a...
View ArticleTamaqua woman charged with stealing drugs from VA hospital
Federal authorities announced Wednesday that they have charged a Tamaqua woman with stealing drugs from the Veterans Administration Hospital in Wilkes-Barre. Janice M. Matrician, 50, who worked as a...
View ArticleJudges OK temple burglar's state prison sentence
Jeremy A. Tresselt, who burglarized the Vraj Temple in Wayne Township in June 2013, will not be resentenced for his crimes, a three-judge state Superior Court panel ruled Wednesday. In a four-page...
View Article32nd annual Tamaqua Heritage Festival set for Sunday
Tamaqua’s history will be celebrated once again this weekend. The 32nd annual Tamaqua Heritage Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday in downtown Tamaqua. The event is presented by the...
View ArticlePolice departments receive checks for drug-war efforts
Six area police departments received checks Thursday from the Schuylkill County District Attorney’s Office. The checks were presented to the departments for their efforts to drive drugs out of...
View ArticleFestival to screen short films,welcome horror genre stars
It came from Scranton. It grew from a flickering light on a small screen in Bobby Keller’s bedroom to spread its dark reign of terror across the city. Like an epidemic sweeping the region, it drew many...
View ArticleRafferty touts experience, law and order in county campaign stop
State Sen. John C. Rafferty Jr. made another stop Thursday in Schuylkill County while on the campaign trail as the Republican candidate for attorney general. He visited local businesses before speaking...
View ArticlePolice log, Oct. 7, 2016
Pottsville police complete patrols Pottsville Police Chief Richard F. Wojciechowsky said officers of the Pottsville Bureau of Police have completed the initial wave of concentrated Neighborhood Foot...
View ArticleHegins Township discusses aging zoning regulations
VALLEY VIEW — Aging zoning regulations in Hegins Township may be long overdue for an update, according to a member of the township’s zoning hearing board. Member Roger Wetzel asked the supervisors at...
View ArticleAround the region, Oct. 7, 2016
n Hamburg: The revitalization group Our Town Foundation will present performer Andrea Taylor in a live tribute to Adele from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Hamburg Strand Theater, 6 S. Fourth St. Tickets...
View ArticleSchuylkill Trust Co. building in Pottsville sold at judicial sale
The Schuylkill Trust Co. building in downtown Pottsville was sold at judicial sale for $90,000 on Thursday in Courtroom 1 at the Schuylkill County Courthouse. Mike Hassen, Queens, New York, was the...
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