Schuylkill municipal authority awards project contracts
The Schuylkill County Municipal Authority awarded project contracts at its monthly meeting Tuesday. The board awarded contracts for the Reilly Township waterline project, which involves a new waterline...
View ArticleShenandoah municipal authority land off-limits for fishing, hunting
RAVEN RUN — The Municipal Authority of the Borough of Shenandoah board decided at Tuesday’s special meeting to deny the use on all authority-owned property for insurance liability concerns and...
View ArticleGillingham attorney grills special education auditor
An attorney representing Gillingham Charter School on Tuesday grilled a consultant from Lancaster who performed a special education audit at the school in March. “Have you ever been asked to do what...
View ArticleAppeal hearing begins over Act 537 plan
HARRISBURG — Five witnesses testified Tuesday before presiding Judge Richard P. Mather Sr. during an appeal hearing before the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board. Much of the six hours of...
View ArticleStudents explore options for careers at Martz Hall
Jazmine DeAngelo, 15, a ninth-grade student at Shenandoah Valley, let her curiosity be her guide as she walked over to the Schuylkill Haven Wastewater Treatment table. She peered into a microscope and...
View ArticleDeeds, April 20, 2016
Deeds Butler Township — Dr. Roy Green to Dr. R. Jason and Robyn Green; 1.43-acre property; $1. Cass Township — Zachery D. Rinker to Cass Township; 1314 Valley Road, Duncott; $62,000.
View ArticleAround the region, April 20, 2016
n Altamont: An all-you-can-eat breakfast will be held from 8 to 11 a.m. Sunday at Altamont Fire Company, 215 S. Green St. The cost is $8. For more information, call 570-449-1932. n Ashland: Ashland...
View ArticleButler Township man enters plea in child's death
Phillip G. Moeller Jr. admitted Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court that prosecutors could prove he killed a 4-year-old boy in October 2013 in Butler Township. Moeller, 45, of Fountain Springs,...
View ArticlePottsville man admits having sex-related contact with minor
Francis A. Mercede will not have to spend more time behind bars for having sex-related contact with a teenage girl in July 2015 in Pottsville, a Schuylkill County judge ruled Wednesday. Mercede, 29, of...
View ArticleMinersville man admits rectory, school, fire company burglaries
Jonathan W. Montag will serve time behind state prison bars after being sentenced Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court for breaking into two church rectories, two schools and a fire company. Montag,...
View ArticlePottsville Area experts claim Gillingham violates regulations
Pottsville Area’s director of middle school special education Wednesday claimed Gillingham Charter School, Pottsville, violated numerous rules in its first five years of existence. “At Gillingham, it’s...
View ArticlePrison, probation await Barnesville man in controversial case
A case that embroiled Schuylkill County’s district attorney in controversy ended Wednesday in prison time and probation for a Barnesville man after he pleaded guilty to assaulting and endangering a...
View ArticlePottsville man faces years in state prison for 2 robberies
Cody C. Sticker is headed to state prison after he admitted Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court that he robbed a convenience store in Schuylkill Haven and a truck stop in Tremont Township on the same...
View ArticlePrison may send female inmates to Centre County Correctional Facility
Due to an increasing female inmate population, Schuylkill County may soon be sending inmates to the Centre County Correctional Facility, Bellefonte. On Wednesday, Warden Gene Berdanier said the prison...
View ArticlePottsville man sent to prison for assaulting 2 police officers
John C. Leitzel must spend time behind bars for assaulting two Pottsville police officers in August 2015, a Schuylkill County judge decided Wednesday. Leitzel, 32, of Pottsville, will serve nine to 23...
View ArticleAround the region, April 21, 2016
n Ashland: During a recent meeting, members of the Ashland Area Rotary Club focused on “The Rotarian,” Rotary International’s club magazine. Club President James Gruber and Darcie Gruber prepared a...
View ArticlePolice log, April 21, 2016
Scranton man charged, arraigned FRACKVILLE — Frackville police reported arraigning James R. Brown, Scranton, on April 6 on charges related to a burglary in the borough. Police said officers were called...
View ArticleAlleged killer admits guilt in 3 other cases
Although Joshua M. Lukach must still face his biggest case, he pleaded guilty Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court to charges stemming from three other incidents in Pottsville. Lukach, 19, of...
View ArticleDeeds, April 21, 2016
Deeds Cass Township — Jane Pritiskutch, individually and as executrix of the Last Will & Testament of Michael Pritiskutch, and Ronald Pritiskutch to John P. Pritiskutch; 1.198-acre property on...
View ArticlePottsville Area school board approves fee for iPads
The Pottsville Area school board approved a technology fee for the use of iPads the school district is spending $1.6 million to buy. The annual fee would cover some repair costs for damage done to the...
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