Criminal court, April 9, 2016
A Schuylkill Haven man admitted Tuesday in Schuylkill County Court that he was intoxicated when he drove in May 2015 in the borough. Robert T. Buck, 81, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence,...
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Woman arrested for retail theft ELIZABETHVILLE — A Tower City woman faces retail theft charges, after state police at Lykens reported she attempted to take various items March 26 from Wal-Mart in...
View ArticleOwnership of blighted Pottsville property in question
Over the past two years, representatives of the city’s code enforcement office issued eight citations against a Mount Carmel man regarding a property damaged by fire that had to be demolished. In...
View ArticleStudents of the month, April 10, 2016
Pottsville Rotary Pottsville Area High School seniors Katrina Whalen and Christopher Pekarik and Nativity BVM High School seniors Lauren Moyer and Jacob Evans were honored as Pottsville Rotary students...
View ArticleDeeds, April 9, 2016
Deeds Deer Lake — Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Kimberly A. Wood Umbenhauer; 410 Fern Road; $180,000. East Brunswick Township — Randy T. Grube, executor of the Last Will & Testament of Doris P....
View ArticleCoaldale seeks to remove 'dangerous' building
Coaldale officials asked Schuylkill County Court on Friday to allow them to remove what they termed a dangerous building. In the lawsuit, Coaldale alleges Street Stage Inc., New York City, has allowed...
View ArticleDistrict court, April 10, 2016
James K. Reiley A Minersville man charged with fighting with personnel at Schuylkill Medical Center-East Norwegian Street and also resisting efforts by Pottsville police to bring him under control on...
View ArticleVolunteer Connection: Schuylkill Wellness offers support for county residents...
Schuylkill Wellness Services, a program of Co-County Wellness Services, provides health and education management for HIV and STD. Testing, prevention education and support are part of its ongoing...
View ArticlePennDOT to resurface 443, other roadwork
The state Department of Transportation District 5 announced Friday that it will begin resurfacing Route 443 in West Penn Township on Thursday. The project includes milling, patching, paving, guide rail...
View ArticleAround the region, April 10, 2016
n Fountain Springs: The North Schuylkill Elementary PTO will have a Chinese auction from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 3 p.m. April 17 at the elementary school, 38 Line St. The cost is $5 per...
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No one hurt in 3-rig crash on I-81 LEBANON — No one was injured in a crash Thursday on Interstate 81 involving three tractor-trailers in Swatara Township, state police at Jonestown said. Police said...
View ArticleIn Schuylkill County, handful of water systems exceeded ‘action level’
Ever since the lead-tainted water systems in Flint, Michigan, made national headlines a few months ago, there has been a heightened concern about what is in the water that comes from our taps. In an...
View ArticleThousands race in Yuengling Light Lager Jogger 5K
More than 3,500 runners raced through the streets of Pottsville on Saturday morning for the fourth annual Yuengling Light Lager Jogger 5K. At the sound of a fire siren at 9 a.m., the first group of...
View ArticleAllergies to peanuts still a mystery
Q: Do scientists think there is a big environmental component to the huge rise in peanut allergies in recent years? — JAY WILLIAMS, FRESNO, CALIFORNIA A: Peanut allergies among children in the United...
View ArticleTwo candidates vie for Republican nomination for congressional seat
Two Northampton County residents who consider themselves conservative Republicans hope to pull an upset in November and defeat U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright. Both consider Cartwright a liberal Democrat,...
View ArticleOperation Hugs & Kisses holds sixth annual auction
PINE GROVE — More than 400 items were up for auction Saturday at Operation Hugs & Kisses’s sixth annual benefit. Local businesses and residents donated everything from gift certificates to...
View ArticlePolice seek location of fugitive
Schuylkill County District Attorney Christine Holman and the Schuylkill County detectives are asking the public to help them locate a man wanted on outstanding drug charges. Gavin Richard Allan III,...
View ArticlePRETTY(SMART)BIRD
Juan F. Masello never intended to study wild parrots. Twenty years ago, as a graduate student visiting the northernmost province of Patagonia in Argentina, he planned to write his dissertation on...
View ArticleDeeds, April 10, 2016
Deeds Ashland — Joseph G. and Ann Marie F. Groody to Erin Reading; 2003 Walnut St.; $121,500. Blythe Township and Middleport — Marie A. Skripnek to Lone Pine Sportsmen’s Club Inc.; 3.881-acre property...
View ArticleFor the record, April 10, 2016
Marriage licenses Kenneth C. Lyons Jr., Bellfonte, and Sherita R. Paramore, Philadelphia. Corey M. Vanetten, Mahanoy City, and Tanya S. Evangelista, Auburn. Corey M. Banks, Schuylkill Haven, and...
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