Penn State Schuylkill students head to Washington for inauguration
WASHINGTON - Trains, sidewalks and roads flooded with people, vendors selling presidential wares, confusion and a sense of patriotism and togetherness were the scene Monday at the nation's Capitol...
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n Pottsville: A lunch meeting has been set for 12:15 p.m. Feb. 14 at Maroons Sports Bar regarding the upcoming Bowl for Kids' Sake event. Team captains from last year's event and potential new team...
View ArticleCorrection, Jan. 22, 2013
Name incorrectThe last name of Collins Kirelawich, student of the month for January at Pine Grove Area High School, was misspelled in Sunday's edition.
View ArticleCartwright moved by inauguration, hosts office mixer
WASHINGTON - The Democratic president of the new congressional freshman class couldn't help but feel moved Monday as he watched the president of the United States take the vows of office. "It was very...
View ArticleGirardville medical office has commitment from Geisinger
GIRARDVILLE - The Girardville Area Medical & Professional Center is still in the planning stages, but the project when completed has Geisinger Health System lining up to be its first tenant.James...
View ArticlePublic pension overhaul looms in Pennsylvania budget debate
HARRISBURG - Escalating public pension costs loom large over the anticipated battle for setting spending priorities in next year's state budget. State tax revenues are bouncing back from the...
View ArticleProbation revoked for Pottsville man
Geoffrey M. Mosolino is again a wanted man after he did not show up Monday in Schuylkill County Court for a hearing on whether to revoke his probation, which the judge decided to do in his...
View ArticleSecond Little Red Dress Event slated for Feb. 10
Last year, the Schuylkill Health Auxiliary's Little Red Dress Event was so popular, it will be held again.More than 200 men and women attended the four-hour 2012 event aimed at raising awareness -...
View ArticleTop floor of building collapses in Girardville
GIRARDVILLE - Sherri Yawornicky got a big surprise Sunday when she heard a loud noise and felt her Main Street home shake as a section of a dilapidated building across the street hit the sidewalk....
View ArticlePolice log, Jan. 22, 2013
Leesport man escapes injuryFRIEDENSBURG - A Leesport man escaped injury following a one-vehicle crash at 3:55 p.m. Saturday on Schuylkill Mountain Road at Miller Drive in Wayne Township.State police at...
View ArticleBirths, Jan. 22, 2013
Lehigh Valley HospitalTo Ryan and Nikki Ferraro Gingrich, Macungie, a son, Dec. 20. Grandparents are Chuck and Donna Ferraro, Media, and Al and Melva Gingrich, Schuylkill Haven.To Jason and Jodi Nelson...
View ArticleCrimson Tide to publish new alumni directory
For the first time in 12 years, Pottsville Area School District will have an alumni directory, thanks to the Crimson Tide Foundation. "It will contain information about more than 10,000 of our...
View Article4 file suit against McCann School of Business
Four former students at McCann School of Business have sued the school, alleging it misled them about the accreditation of its medical lab technician program.In the 23-page lawsuit filed Friday in...
View ArticleWoman in Te'o fake girlfriend photo speaks out
NEW YORK (AP) — The woman whose photo was used as the "face" of the Twitter account of Manti Te'o's supposed girlfriend says the man allegedly behind the hoax confessed and apologized to her. Diane...
View ArticlePolice log, Jan. 23, 2013
City woman charged in crashSAINT CLAIR - A Pottsville woman and an Ashland man escaped injury following a two-vehicle crash at 6:31 a.m. Saturday on Route 61 in New Castle Township.State police at...
View ArticleTeachers give IU board new proposal
MAR LIN - There's no talk of strike, but teachers and administrators at Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29 left a one-hour negotiation session Tuesday night without a deal. The IU's 87 teachers have been...
View ArticleTruck takes down traffic light on 61
MOUNT CARBON - Early Tuesday, a truck owned by Weiner Iron & Metal Corp., Pottsville, knocked down the mast arm holding traffic lights on Route 61 at Mount Carbon Arch road in North Manheim...
View ArticleShenandoah police to enforce parking at Shenandoah Valley
SHENANDOAH - The borough council adopted a resolution Monday to allow borough police to enforce parking rules at the Shenandoah Valley School District campus. Beginning this school year, the district...
View ArticleBirths, Jan. 23, 2013
Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson StreetTo Paul Chicora and Alyssa McGurl, Ashland, a son, Jan. 11.
View ArticleBethel man faces 14 charges for incident at S. Manheim church
by peter e. bortner ORWIGSBURG - Cory A. Lutz, who allegedly was drunk in December when he tried to run over a Pennsylvania Game Commission officer after burglarizing church property in South Manheim...
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