Prison board suspends corrections officer
The Schuylkill County Prison Board suspended a corrections officer Monday as they investigate disciplinary action. The prison board voted at a special meeting Monday morning to indefinitely suspend...
View ArticleMahanoy Area to put former rectory up for sale
MAHANOY CITY — The rectory of the former Assumption BVM Roman Catholic Church will be put up for sale in the near future by the Mahanoy Area School District. The school board approved retaining Anthony...
View ArticleSchuylkill Historical Fire Society honors three men as Member of the Year
SELTZER — Three members of the Schuylkill Historical Fire Society were honored Saturday for their service to the organization. The three were presented with the Member of the Year Award by President...
View ArticleAround the region, March 8, 2016
n Cressona: The Good Will Gun Club will host a spring event with dinner from 6 to 7 p.m. and dancing from 8 to 11 p.m. April 2 at the Good Will Fire Company. Entertainment will be by Double Barrel and...
View ArticleDeeds, March 9, 2016
Deeds Branch Township — Mark J. DiRenzo to Mark J. and Lisa J. DiRenzo; 192 Llewellyn Road; $1. East Brunswick Township — Carl Rarick to Jody Lee Bensinger; 1/18th interest in 100.058-acre property;...
View ArticleMinersville Borough Council considers moving borough hall
MINERSVILLE — The Minersville Borough Council could consider several alternatives to renovating or removing the police and borough hall. The property committee of borough council will meet at 6 p.m....
View ArticleDistrict court, March 9, 2016
James R. Ferrier ORWIGSBURG — A Schuylkill Haven man is headed to Schuylkill County Court after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing March 1 on separate charges of using a car without the...
View ArticleJudges uphold murderer's conviction, life sentence
A three-judge state Superior Court panel has upheld the murder conviction and life sentence of a Shenandoah man who killed his ex-girlfriend in April 2014 in the residence they once shared. Luis R....
View ArticleState-run drug monitoring program slated for August
HARRISBURG — A new state-run prescription drug monitoring program created to help curb the opioid abuse epidemic should be operating by August, Health Secretary Karen Murphy, Ph.D., told lawmakers...
View ArticleAround the region, March 9, 2016
n Mahanoy City: Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Roman Catholic Church is holding an Easter sticky bun sale from Plain and Fancy. Choices are plain for $6, raisin, walnut and coconut for $6.50. Orders and...
View ArticlePennDOT announces lane restrictions
Lane restrictions will be in place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today in Pottsville and Palo Alto on Route 61 between Route 209 and Bacon Street for painting work. State Department of Transportation...
View ArticlePolice log, March 9, 2016
Man jailed after hotel incident An Auburn man was jailed after being arrested by Pottsville police in connection with an assault Sunday at the Ramada Hotel, 101 S. Progress Ave. Police said officers...
View ArticleNorwegian Township requests moving fire hydrant
MAR LIN — The Norwegian Township supervisors discussed replacing a fire hydrant Monday at their monthly meeting. The township is requesting the Minersville Water Authority relocate a fire hydrant...
View ArticleTamaqua Area student not charged in sexting
TAMAQUA — A Tamaqua Area High School student is not being charged following allegations that the student was in possession of nude photos of fellow students. Tamaqua police said they were dispatched...
View ArticlePolice: Student set fire to toilet paper in middle school bathroom
Pottsville police charged a 14-year-old male student at Pottsville Area’s D.H.H. Lengel Middle School for setting fire to a roll of toilet paper in a boys rest room on the third floor of the building...
View ArticlePort Carbon borough considers additional lighting for playground
PORT CARBON — The borough council is considering adding more lighting at the Francis E. Lubinsky Playground, where a basketball court was installed last year. At its March work session Tuesday night,...
View ArticleWoman injured in Minersville house fire; 6 people displaced
MINERSVILLE — One person was hurt in a fire that damaged four homes early Tuesday morning in the New Minersville section of the borough, leaving six people homeless. Minersville Fire Chief Eric...
View ArticlePsychiatrist: Petrousky was legally insane
Thomas J. Petrousky was legally insane when he fatally beat David R. Halaburda in April 2014 in Altamont, a psychiatrist told a Schuylkill County jury on Tuesday. “I believe ... Mr. Petrousky actually...
View ArticlePenn State engineering student talks shop at Pottsville Area
This week, Joshua R. Dudash, a senior at Penn State, will tear apart the engine of a 2016 Chevrolet Camaro in an effort to make it more fuel efficient. “We haven’t had permission to touch the vehicle...
View ArticleDeeds, March 10, 2016
Deeds Blythe Township — Randall G. Birt to Nicholas G. Grenus; 138 Coal St., Cumbola; $46,000. Branch and Cass townships — Frederick G. and Krista M. Roehrig to Thomas C. Jr. and Kelly Ann Wiley; three...
View Article