St. Joseph Center Arbor Day program dedicates tree to late pastor
St. Joseph Center for Special Learning held its eighth annual Arbor Day program on Friday and dedicated a tree to a late pastor who was a very good friend and supporter of the school. The Japanese...
View ArticleCriminal court, April 30, 2016
Thirty-four people received a second chance from the judicial system Thursday in Schuylkill County Court, as they entered a special program that will allow them to have their criminal records...
View ArticlePolice log, April 30, 2016
Citizen identifies wanted person Pottsville police have obtained an arrest warrant for a 29-year-old man stemming from an April 5 incident involving a counterfeit $50 bill. Police said it was...
View ArticleBirths, April 30, 2016
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville To Isaiah Parsons and Ajshia Moore, Pottsville, a son, April 16. To William M. Snyder and Samantha L. Litchko, Frackville, a son, April 18. Geisinger Bloomsburg...
View ArticleAround the region, April 30, 2016
n Barnesville: Conservation volunteer and avid birder John Domalakes will lead an early morning bird walk at 7:30 a.m. May 7 at Locust Lake State Park. The walk will begin at the visitor parking lot....
View ArticleBishop discharged, sickness described
The Most Rev. Ronald W. Gainer, bishop of Harrisburg, was discharged from the hospital Friday where he was admitted April 22. “His physical condition is much improved. He will be taking a period of...
View ArticleMahanoy Area approves staff for summer school project
MAHANOY CITY — The Mahanoy Area school board voted at Thursday’s meeting to approve teachers, support staff and their salaries for the summer Extended School Year program. The teaching appointments...
View ArticleMilitary
Hall induction Retired Col. Mary Short Hammond, a Gilberton native, was inducted into the Army Hall of Fame on March 11 at the annual Signal Corps Regimental Ball in Springfield, Virginia. Hammond is a...
View ArticleVolunteer Connection: May brings variety of events
Welcome May. It seems like the snow just finished melting and now we’ll start to see the beautiful colors of spring. This month is designated as Date Your Mate, Older Americans, Employee Health and...
View ArticleAround the region, May 1, 2016
n Auburn: An American Red Cross blood drive will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Auburn Ambulance building, Front Street. People 17 and older (16 with parental consent), weighing at least 110...
View Articlecollege notes
Temple Melissa Meade, a Frackville native and Ph.D. student in the Department of Media and Communication at Temple University, Philadelphia, recently received the National Communication Association’s...
View ArticleHundreds gather to stomp out suicide at Mahanoy Area Alumni Field
MAHANOY CITY — Their bright orange shirts emblazoned with a photo of the late Travis Schuller made Schuller’s family hard to miss. There were 27 members of his family present at the third annual...
View ArticleMan gives back as culinary instructor at community center in West Scranton
Malek Thomas meets the tears in his students’ eyes with laughter and a warm smile. He’s not a cruel man, but rather a proud teacher as he watches the teens chop fragrant onions, fresh carrots and...
View ArticleCrime Stoppers, May 1, 2016
DARKWATER — Schuylkill County Crime Stoppers and state police at Frackville are asking for the public’s help in finding the man responsible for trying to rob a New Castle Township business on April 23....
View ArticleCare Net Love Run 5K raises funds to support Schuylkill County families
LANDINGVILLE — Royalty joined in the Care Net Love Run 5K on Saturday. Cheryl Ann Heim, Mrs. Schuylkill County America 2016, was there along with her parents, Dennis and Karen Gibson, Lake Wynonah, to...
View ArticleNational Day of Prayer service to be held at courthouse
People from Schuylkill County and beyond will gather in front of the county courthouse in Pottsville at noon Thursday to pray for America and ask for God’s blessings. The local prayer event will be...
View Articlestudents of the month
Hegins Rotary Ashley Heisler, a senior at Tri-Valley High School, Hegins, was the Hegins-Valley View Rotary Club student of the month for February. She attended the club’s February meetings and gave a...
View ArticleDeeds, May 1, 2016
Deeds Butler Township — Denise C. McFadden, individually and as attorney in fact for Cornelius V. McFadden, and Amy A. McFadden to Jason L. and Dorcas A. Siegrist; 117 Tiley Road; $160,000. Coaldale —...
View ArticleDistrict court, May 1, 2016
Anthony J. Kilker SHENANDOAH — An inmate charged with assaulting a service specialist at SCI/Mahanoy, Frackville, on Feb. 18, had charges against him held for court during a preliminary hearing before...
View ArticleTown hall meeting to open discussion on hospital merger
The employees of the Schuylkill Medical Center will hold a town hall meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the first floor ballroom of the Ramada Inn, Pottsville. The meeting was scheduled following the...
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