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n Coaldale: Saturday Night Bingo games are held weekly at the Coaldale Ambulance Building. Doors and the kitchen open at 5 p.m. and games begin at 6:30 p.m. The event includes a variety of games. Free...
View ArticleReplica Shroud of Turin evokes many emotions from visitors
SHENANDOAH - Visitors to St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church, Chestnut and Oak streets, to see the Shroud of Turin replica on Sunday had a wide variety of reactions, including awe, silence, tears,...
View ArticleMinersville police arrest 4 on drug charges
MINERSVILLE - Borough police arrested four people on drug charges Tuesday and obtained arrest warrants for two others they couldn't find.Taken into custody were Jennifer Roman, 28, of 630 Lewis St.,...
View ArticleCriminal court
A Tamaqua woman will spend time in the state prison system after being sentenced Monday in Schuylkill County Court for two sets of drug-related crimes.Jamie L. Fritzinger, 33, must serve two years in...
View ArticleDistrict court, Feb. 27, 2013
James R. FerrierORWIGSBURG - A Lake Wynonah man sits in Schuylkill County Prison after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday on charges that he sold heroin last October in West Brunswick...
View ArticleWest Mahanoy Township announces tentative demolition plans
SHENANDOAH HEIGHTS - Six dilapidated buildings in West Mahanoy Township are on a tentative list to be torn down this year through a cooperative effort between Girard Estate and the township.The...
View ArticleThe Republican-Herald to host 58th annual spelling bee Saturday
ORWIGSBURG - The 58th annual Republican-Herald Regional Spelling Bee will challenge 51 students from 16 school districts Saturday.The event begins at 10 a.m. in the Blue Mountain High School auditorium...
View ArticleFormer county prosecutor announces plans to run for DA
A former Schuylkill County prosecutor who ran for district attorney in 2009 announced plans to run for the seat again this year.Christine Holman ran on the Republican ticket but was defeated by James...
View ArticleDeeds, Feb. 27, 2013
DeedsBarry Township - Irene Bilek to John A. and Elaine M. Cave; 12.511-acre property on Township Road 510; $30,000.Cass Township - James V. Ryan Jr. to Winnie Coal Co. LLC; property on Coal Lane;...
View ArticlePottsville man charged with stealing, burning car
MINERSVILLE - A Pottsville man remains free on bail after he was arrested Tuesday by Minersville police and charged with stealing a vehicle and setting it on fire in October.Joseph M. Yurkonis, 19, of...
View ArticleInterstate 81 work will resume in Delano, Kline townships
Motorists traveling Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County should watch for single-lane traffic as a $26-million bridge rehabilitation project in Delano and Kline townships continues, a state Department of...
View ArticleCoke delays plans for Humboldt property
HUMBOLDT - Coca-Cola's plans for building a facility in Humboldt Industrial Park have been put on hold, according to sources familiar with the project.But the president of CAN DO Inc., the local...
View ArticlePrison guard killed by inmate in Wayne County
CANAAN, Pa. - A corrections officer from Nanticoke was killed by an inmate at a federal prison in Wayne County on Monday night in what officials say was a highly unusual murder targeting a guard,...
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n Frackville: The South End Field and Stream Association is taking orders for its annual Easter kielbasi sale. Varieties include fresh, smoked and cheesy hot. Orders can be picked up at the...
View ArticleBirths, Feb. 27, 2013
Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson StreetTo Beau and Hilary Rhoads Bruso, Hegins, a daughter, Feb. 6.
View ArticleCressona woman charged with stealing $21,000 from nursing home resident
A 39-year-old home health care aide is accused of using the debit card of an elderly woman without her knowledge to the tune of more than $21,000.State police at Schuylkill Haven said Jennifer Ferrier,...
View ArticlePolice log, Feb. 27, 2013
Gilberton manjailed in assault GILBERTON - A borough man was jailed Monday on charges that he assaulted a 21-year-old woman, police said.State police at Frackville said Paul Chicora, 30, was arraigned...
View ArticlePolice investigate student threat at Upper Dauphin Area
ELIZABETHVILLE - State police at Lykens got involved in a bullying incident Tuesday at Upper Dauphin Area High School and a student has been expelled.According to Trooper Robert T. Hicks, public...
View ArticleDEP changes on dam project plans frustrating Ashland board
ASHLAND - During its first meeting since November, the Ashland Area Municipal Authority board received an update about the planned upgrading of the reservoir mandated by the state Department of...
View ArticleMinersville teen named 1st male winner of Junior Idol
Kane Heffron was named the winner of the 2013 Schuylkill County Junior Idol contest Tuesday at the Schuylkill Mall.The 10th-grade student from Minersville was the first male contestant to win the...
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