Narrowbanding project 3 weeks behind
The $16 million project to make federally mandated upgrades to Schuylkill County's public safety communications network has fallen behind three weeks.Scott D. Krater, Schuylkill County Communications...
View ArticlePennDOT's Route 61 North project picks up steam
MOLINO - Drivers on Route 61 in West Brunswick Township will have to keep an eye out for construction workers and new bends in the road.The state Department of Transportation is moving full-steam ahead...
View ArticleSchuylkill County enacts burn ban
A county-wide burn ban will go into effect at noon Friday.The Schuylkill County board of commissioners approved the ban during a work session Wednesday. John Matz, county emergency management...
View ArticleBleacher planks stolen from Auburn park over winter
AUBURN - The theft of sections of bleachers at Auburn Memorial Park over the winter months is being investigated by state police at Schuylkill Haven.Trooper Vincent Laselva said the theft occurred...
View ArticleTower City man sent to state prison for sex crimes against 2 teen girls
Christopher M. Romberger is a sexually violent predator and must spend more than a decade behind state prison bars for having sexual contact with two teenage girls, a Schuylkill County judge ruled...
View ArticlePolice log, April 4, 2013
City man injuredin 2-car crashFRACKVILLE - A 57-year-old man from Pottsville was injured in a two-vehicle crash at 10:03 a.m. Tuesday on Route 61 at South Lehigh Avenue and Altamont Boulevard in West...
View ArticleSt. Luke's to pay more than $1M for improper Medicare claims
The owner/operator of St. Luke's Hospital-Miners Campus, Coaldale, must pay more than $1 million to the United States for what the federal government said was its submission of improper Medicare claims...
View ArticleOrwigsburg council votes against dog park
ORWIGSBURG - The Orwigsburg Borough Council voted 4-3 against approving a final plan for the proposed dog park in the borough Wednesday.Council member Buddy Touchinsky made the motion to approve the...
View ArticleJobless rate falls to 9.1 percent in Schuylkill County
The unemployment rate in Schuylkill County fell a full percentage point to 9.1 percent in February.The state Department of Labor & Industry released its monthly report Tuesday."A majority of the...
View ArticlePenn State students to clear trash from Landingville Dam
LANDINGVILLE - Penn State Schuylkill students will volunteer their time to clean up a section near a trail they adopted as their own.Students at the campus will clean up a section near the Landingville...
View ArticleState Pro-Life tour to begin in New Philadelphia
NEW PHILADELPHIA - The Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation kicks off its 2013 tour of the state in Schuylkill County on Monday, Michael Ciccocioppo, the federation's executive director, said...
View ArticleLife prisoner gets more time for SCI/Mahanoy harassment
A Philadelphia murderer received another sentence Tuesday on Schuylkill County Court for spitting on a guard at State Correctional Institution/Mahanoy.However, Hanif Chamber, 31, will not spend more...
View ArticlePrison board hires first of 10 part-time corrections officers
The Schuylkill County Prison Board held a special meeting Wednesday to fill one of 10 part-time prison guard positions created in February.The prison board voted to hire Stanley Moyer, Shamokin, as a...
View ArticleDistrict court continues HARB case against gallery owner
Instead of ordering Mike Ghannoum, the owner of an art gallery in Pottsville, to pay a fine of $117.50, Magisterial District Judge James K. Reiley on Thursday gave Ghannoum a second chance to comply...
View ArticleCriminal Court, April 5, 2013
A Berks County man went to prison March 28 after being sentenced in Schuylkill County Court following revocation of his probation.Ethan C. Madeira, 23, of Bernville, must serve four to 23 months behind...
View ArticlePolice log, April 5, 2013
Lykens womancited in crashJONESTOWN - A 19-year-old Lykens woman escaped injury when the 1999 Pontiac Grand Am she was driving crashed at Moonshine and Suedberg roads in Union Township, Lebanon County,...
View ArticleScott Shade Trout Rodeo to lure young anglers to Stoyer's Dam
Young anglers will get the chance to show off their skills this weekend at Stoyer's Dam in Bubeck Park, Schuylkill Haven.The Scott Shade Annual Trout Rodeo will be held from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday...
View ArticleArt, nature highlighted in April
April is finally here and I am happy for the longer daylight hours. As I look over the month's events it's certain we'll need each and every one of them. April is full to capacity with activities,...
View ArticleBlue Mountain considers program cuts, layoffs to tackle budget shortfall
ORWIGSBURG - Furloughs, fewer class periods and larger class sizes are possibilities the Blue Mountain School District is facing as it confronts its 2013-14 budget with a $1.4 million deficit.About 150...
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n Hamburg: People are invited to a car meet set for noon Saturday in the parking lot of Cabela's to benefit Catrina Williams and Carianna Kroh, Minersville, who died as the result of a crash on Route...
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