Police log, Oct. 21, 2016
Police investigate Sheppton assault SHEPPTON — State police at Frackville are investigating an assault that occurred about 4:05 p.m. Wednesday at a home on Market Street in this East Union Township...
View ArticleWest Mahanoy Township police monitor school bus stop safety
FRACKVILLE — West Mahanoy Township police joined with other departments throughout the state Wednesday by taking part in Operation Safe Stop. The detail was the 20th annual operation held in...
View ArticleActors guild to present ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ this weekend
People will be taking a jump to the left and a step to the right again this weekend at the Theatre at Simon Kramer. The Actors Guild of Schuylkill County will present “The Rocky Horror Show” at 7 p.m....
View ArticleCressona man admits possessing meth on 3 occasions
Instead of going to trial, a Cressona man admitted Thursday in Schuylkill County Court that he possessed methamphetamines three times, and drug paraphernalia twice, in Schuylkill Haven. Derek A. Mountz...
View ArticleBus driver who got kids' attention by slamming on brakes pleads guilty
A former Carbon County school bus driver pleaded guilty to several charges after Summit Hill police alleged she slammed on the brakes of her crowded school bus on March 12, 2015, to get the attention...
View ArticlePottsville Area students praise usefulness of iPads
Four Pottsville Area High School students addressed the district’s school board Wednesday. Two of them pleaded for the district to keep its water polo program; two others touted the benefits of the...
View ArticleCriminal court, Oct. 21, 2016
A Pottsville woman left Schuylkill County Court completely free on Wednesday, as a jury found her not guilty of six drug-related charges stemming from an alleged April 2015 incident. Lisa M. Geist, 39,...
View ArticleFAMA informs West Mahanoy of sewer line project plans
SHENANDOAH HEIGHTS — The West Mahanoy Township supervisors received information from Entech Engineeting Inc. about a sewer line extension project planned in the township. The Frackville Area Municipal...
View ArticleState Senate OKs Goodman's veteran stipends bill
State Rep. Neal P. Goodman’s legislation to ensure that benefits veterans receive from Pennsylvania do not disqualify them from participating in the state’s Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program is going to...
View ArticleDeeds, Oct. 21, 2016
Deeds Ashland — Darlington H. Groff III to Paul Karnes; 227 Chestnut St.; $7,000. Butler Township — Dilenia Ortega and Angel Garcia to Franklin L. and Soraida Hernandez; 441 W. Main St.; $5,000. Cass...
View ArticleBirths, Oct. 21, 2016
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill S. Jackson Street To Robert Jones and Payton Zerbe, Pottsville, a son, Oct. 12. To Frankie Manganiello and Tanya Hinkle, Pottsville, a daughter, Oct. 14. Geisinger...
View ArticleRabbi observes Sukkot at Pottsville home
In a wooden hut with only tree branches over his head, Mendy Nachmenson stood over a small table Thursday evening with three branches and a fruit in his hands to perform the Sukkot blessing. This is...
View ArticleJudges: Bank robber must remain in prison
Kevin E. Smith, who robbed two banks in June 2012 in western Schuylkill County, was properly convicted in each case, a three-judge state Superior Court panel ruled Thursday. In a 10-page opinion, the...
View ArticlePa. election chief: Voter fraud claims dangerous
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s top election official said Thursday that Donald Trump’s claim of voter fraud in the state is wrong and dangerous and warned against efforts to intimidate voters at the...
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 ArticlePine Grove woman charged in assault of police officer
PINE GROVE — A borough woman was jailed after being arrested and charged with assaulting a Pine Grove police officer Tuesday night. Taree’an Lei Tuttle, 22, of 65 S. Tulpehocken St., was charged by...
View ArticleAround the region, Oct. 21, 2016
n Ashland: Registrations for the new Babe Ruth baseball team (ages 13 to 18) will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at American Legion Post 434, 505 Centre St. n Frackville: A paint & sip to benefit...
View ArticleFor the record, Oct. 22, 2016
Marriage licenses Nicholas G. Stark, Pine Grove, and Sheila M. Moyer, Pine Grove. Robert A. Nye, Auburn, and Lauretta L. Zucal-Gretsky, Auburn. Cassandra L. Cronin, Frackville, and Brianna K. Fuller,...
View ArticleSchuylkill County Municipal Authority joins Partnership for Clean Water
Schuylkill County Municipal Authority is now a charter subscriber to the Partnership for Clean Water. “It’s a new program that assists utilities with optimizing on the wastewater side versus the...
View ArticleMahanoy Township planning fpr 3-mill tax increase
MAHANOY CITY — The Mahanoy Township supervisors approved Thursday the advertising of an ordinance to increase real estate taxes by 3 mills in 2017. Chairman James Stevens made the motion for the tax...
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