Applefest draws big crowd in Ashland
ASHLAND — The lines were long but the food was worth the wait Saturday at the 13th annual Ashland Applefest. The event was held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. near Eighth and Centre streets and was sponsored...
View ArticleCustomer update on health care marketplace
First-time or returning customers buying health insurance through the federal government’s online marketplace can enroll, re-enroll or make changes to their coverage starting Nov. 1. To find out what’s...
View ArticleLet your creative side out
Have you noticed that fall seems to bring out our creative sides more than any other season? There will be plenty of fun events in the upcoming weeks designed to nurture your imaginative side. Don’t...
View ArticleSolar power still growing across U.S.
Q: First Solyndra went under, then SunEdison. .... If solar energy is growing so much in the U.S., why have some of the bigger players gone under, and will the survivors be able to stay the course? —...
View ArticlePatch work, crack sealing slated for Schuylkill County highways
State Department of Transportation officials are advising drivers about work on state highways this week in Schuylkill County. Patching work PennDOT maintenance crews will be working from 7 a.m. to 3...
View ArticleFlu shots need not be traumatic
This flu season, many children who were expecting drops in their nostrils are going to get needles in their arms instead. That’s because a federal health committee decided that nasal flu vaccine (the...
View ArticleCornhole event raises awareness for spina bifida, aids family
MOUNT PLEASANT — Only 3 1/2 years old and born with spina bifida, Brooklynn Plesnarski has already undergone six surgeries. “We were told that she would never walk,” her mother, Christina, said. But on...
View ArticleTurnpike group looks to upgrade communications
The Pennsylvania Turnpike could communicate directly to cars and trucks someday with a new communications system already in the works. The turnpike commission hopes to choose legal and financial...
View ArticleSCA to seek bidders for home construction in Girardville
GIRARDVILLE — Schuylkill Community Action will soon be looking for bidders to start building six rental homes on West Main Street. SCA received $1 million in state funding to build six rental units for...
View ArticleJustice department awards $125K grant to Pottsville police
The city’s police force will be able to boost its manpower thanks to a grant it recently received. The Pottsville Bureau of Police has been awarded a $125,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice....
View Articlehalloween
Parades ASHLAND — Annual Halloween parade for children of Ashland area, 3 p.m. Oct. 30, starting at 19th and Centre streets. Costumed children, accompanied by their parents or guardians, will march...
View ArticleAround the region, Oct. 17, 2016
n Ashland: The Ashland Rotary Club is looking for a tree to be used for the community’s 2016 Christmas tree. Anyone in the Ashland area with a tree that can be used and wishes to donate it should...
View ArticlePumpkin Fest at Island Park offers autumn favorites
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Fall was in full swing Sunday for the annual Pumpkin Fest at Island Park. There was a pumpkin patch, hayrides, apple dumplings and a chili cookoff. “It’s another fundraiser for...
View ArticlePrayers for canonization continue at 32nd Father Walter Ciszek Day
SHENANDOAH — Nearly every pew at St. Casimir Roman Catholic Church was filled Sunday afternoon for the 32nd annual celebration of Father Walter Ciszek Day. The annual Mass commemorates the life and...
View ArticleSuicides increase in Schuylkill County
Thirty-three people have died by suicide in Schuylkill County so far this year, one more than last year. “It’s difficult to understand what drives someone to take their own lives,” Deputy Coroner Deb...
View ArticleLocal gambling dollars on tap for lawmakers
HARRISBURG — Fixing a legal problem with a state gambling tax is on the agenda when lawmakers reconvene today to wrap up the legislative session. Revamping the local casino impact assessment is a late...
View ArticleDistrict court, Oct. 17, 2016
Stephen J. Bayer TAMAQUA — A West Hazleton man charged with sexually assaulting a 2-year-old Tamaqua girl on March 17 had charges against him held for court during a preliminary hearing before...
View ArticleBirths, Oct. 17, 2016
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill S. Jackson Street To Zachary Shade and Monica Hand, Valley View, a daughter, Oct. 3.
View ArticleWest Penn Township police officer trial set for October term
A West Penn Township police officer’s trial on charges she falsely claimed to have been assaulted while on duty will highlight the two-week October Schuylkill County criminal court term set to begin...
View ArticleCriminal court, Oct. 17, 2016
A Shenandoah man is headed to state prison after being sentenced Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court for selling methamphetamine in October 2015 in his hometown. Marc Benjamin Jr., 28, did not react...
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