Films offer close look at issues
Q: I’m tired of binge-watching dramas on Netflix. What are some of the best environmental documentaries that have come out recently? — SCOTT ANDERSEN, JOPLIN, MISSOURI A: While potent in its day as the...
View ArticleDean's list, May 22, 2016
Penn State Michael Vinitski, Pottsville, a junior at Penn State Schuylkill campus, Schuyl-kill Haven, made the dean’s list for the spring semester with a 4.0 GPA. He is a son of Fran and Pauline Vinitski.
View ArticleA cancer that needs attention
May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month, yet very few people know the symptoms of bladder cancer, compared with those who know the symptoms associated with cancers of the breast, lung, colon and...
View ArticleRausch Creek hosts Krawlin for Cops
TREMONT — People and their all-terrain vehicles got dirty for a good cause Saturday in the borough. Krawlin for COPS was held at Rausch Creek Off-Road Park. At least 330 vehicles participated in the...
View ArticleSchuylkill County farmers report produce growth behind schedule
Schuylkill County farmers are laboring between the raindrops and hoping for temperatures to swing upward. Faced with a cooler than normal spring and a persistent drizzle, agriculture producers report...
View ArticleNeighbors in the News, May 22, 2016
Choral success Angelica Dunsavage, Rossford, Ohio, daughter of Joestelle and Ray Dunsavage, Ringtown, has been selected to perform with a choir festival in Germany celebrating the anniversary of the...
View ArticlePolice investigate gunshots in McDonald's parking lot
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — State police at Schuylkill Haven are investigating gunshots fired Saturday in the parking lot of McDonald’s in North Manheim Township. “There was shots fired,” state police Cpl....
View ArticleCheck out closest Mars invasion since 2005
Since March I’ve been getting frequent inquiries about a bright red “star” in the low southwest sky just before morning twilight. Lately I’ve also heard about a really bright red “star” rising in the...
View ArticleHelp from a friend
SEATTLE — Ever since last summer, when Lynn Gemmell’s dog was inducted into the trial of a drug that has been shown to significantly lengthen the lives of laboratory mice, she has been the object of...
View ArticleNorth Schuylkill approves textbooks, supplies for next school year
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS — The North Schuylkill school board took actions at last Wednesday’s meeting to order books and fuel, set lunch prices and other items for the next school year. The school board...
View ArticleAround the region, May 23, 2016
n Frackville: The Friendship Fire Company Auxiliary is sponsoring a bus trip to Atlantic City on Aug. 13. The cost is $35 and reservations are being accepted on a first-come basis. For more...
View ArticleFor the record, May 23, 2016
Deeds East Union Township — Eagle Rock Resort Co. to Reynan and Flordeliz Lanceta; Lot 404ER, Eagle Rock; $48,379. Eagle Rock Resort Co. to Aicha Bamhaoud and Jose Mari Beltran; Lot 164WSS5, Eagle...
View ArticleShenandoah Valley student council to honor state police officers from Shenandoah
SHENANDOAH — A special dedication ceremony will be held at the Shenandoah Valley High School this week to honor men and women from the Shenandoah area serving or having served with the Pennsylvania...
View ArticlePottsville Area student gets warm send-off to national spelling bee
Jake Montgomery is “a man of few words,” his mother said, but he spells those words correctly. The seventh-grade student at D.H.H. Lengel Middle School is in Washington, D.C., for his opportunity to...
View ArticleCriminal court, May 23, 2016
A Palo Alto man will not have to spend time in prison after admitting Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court that he damaged a Schuylkill Haven borough police car in August 2015. David G. Dillow, 37,...
View ArticleAshland man shot at White House still in critical condition
An Ashland man shot at the White House on Friday was still in critical condition Sunday at George Washington University Hospital, a hospital spokeswoman said. Susan Griffiths, marketing manager for...
View ArticleBanners in Pottsville to honor service of local veterans
In the next few days, Pottsville workers plan to put up more than 100 banners made to honor local veterans. The banners will be hung on utility poles in downtown Pottsville. City officials will host a...
View ArticleHeroin/opioid epidemic grabs attention of lawmakers
HARRISBURG — The reports and studies about the deadly epidemic with heroin and opioid drug abuse across Pennsylvania have been coming in for several years, but the issue is just now reaching critical...
View ArticleMental health awareness: Pottsville Area graduate with ASD learning to manage...
Editor’s note: As part of National Mental Health Awareness Month, The Republican-Herald interviewed Schuylkill County residents affected by mental illnesses and is publishing a series of articles...
View ArticleDistrict court, May 23, 2016
James R. Ferrier ORWIGSBURG — A Palo Alto man is headed to Schuylkill County Court after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday on charges he stole an item in March from a North Manheim...
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