Saint Clair teacher charged with having child porn
A Saint Clair teacher was arrested Wednesday for allegedly possessing child pornography.Todd Christopher Evans, 27, of 149 N. Nicholas St., a middle school teacher in the Saint Clair Area School...
View ArticleResidents express concerns after assault involving PSU students
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Residents concerned about the recent assault of three Penn State Schuylkill students filled borough hall Wednesday night during the council's work session. "It has to stop and it has...
View ArticlePenn State Schuylkill has 2nd-highest crime rate in university
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Penn State Schuylkill has the second-highest number of reported on-campus crimes among all of Penn State's campuses, second only to the main campus.According to 2010 statistics by...
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n Ashland: The revitalization group Ashland Downtown Inc. has everything finalized for its annual Old-Fashioned Christmas celebration set for 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday along Centre Street in the downtown...
View ArticleDeeds, Dec. 13
DeedsCoaldale - Priscilla J. Smith to Joseph and Tammy Sword; 6 E. High St.; $23,000.Esther Starzen, Executrix of the Estate of Doris Lutchkus, to Esther and Stephen R. Starzen; 230 W. Phillips St.;...
View ArticleCriminal Court, Dec. 13
Instead of going to trial, a Shenandoah man pleaded guilty Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court to driving under the influence and three traffic-related charges. Jeremy G. Colosimo, 23, must spend 72...
View ArticlePottsville police bust drug operation
Pottsville police arrested a city woman Friday in connection with selling crack cocaine and marijuana out of her apartment, police said Monday. Meanwhile, police put a warrant out for the arrest of a...
View ArticlePolice log, Dec. 13
Woman struck in hit-and-run SAINT CLAIR - A 75-year-old Saint Clair woman was injured Monday afternoon when she was hit by a vehicle in the borough. Saint Clair police said the accident occurred in the...
View ArticlePennState Student arrested in alleged assault
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Schuylkill Haven borough police have charged a 30-year-old Penn State Schuylkill student in connection with an incident at a borough home about 6 a.m. Saturday. Sgt. Robert Phillips...
View ArticleCorrection, Dec. 13
Name Incorrect Joshua Generella, 23, of Tuscarora, was assaulted by two women when he went to the home of a friend in Mechanicsville on Thursday afternoon. It was incorrectly reported in the Saturday's...
View ArticleBoyer's, customers provide food to Ashland pantry
ASHLAND - The generosity of a local supermarket and its customers is helping the community food pantry in its mission.Judi Deitrich, manager of the Ashland Boyer's Market, presented $1,800 in gift...
View ArticleCrash injuries fatal for retired Bishop Pataki
The retired bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Diocese of Passaic, N.J., and a native of Palmerton, was killed in an automobile accident Dec. 8.Bishop Andrew Pataki, J.C.L., D.D., Bishop Emeritus of the...
View ArticleChristmas pageant performed for the 8th year in Frackville
FRACKVILLE - More than 200 people filled St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church on Sunday to enjoy and participate in a Christmas program that's been around for eight years.The first Candlelight...
View ArticleSanta meets with children in Frackville after parade
FRACKVILLE - Sunday was an exciting time for local children.Riding in a trolley with Mrs. Claus, Santa waved to youngsters and adults along the parade route, led by a long line of fire trucks. Many...
View ArticlePennDOT: New licenses hard to copy
A new hologram has been added to Pennsylvania drivers licenses and identification cards in a change the state Department of Transportation announced Dec. 5.The hologram on the card suppresses the...
View ArticlePottsville to upgrade traffic lights at Market and 12th streets
The Pottsville City Council is hoping the project to upgrade the traffic lights at West Market and 12th streets by spring or early summer, city Administrator Thomas A. Palamar said at council's...
View ArticleRingtown holds the line on taxes
RINGTOWN - The borough council formally adopted its 2012 operating budget Monday evening, holding the line on taxes.Revenues and expenses are balanced at $337,154 for next year in the general budget....
View ArticleMinersville council will vote today on plan to build pharmacy on site of...
MINERSVILLE - The borough council is planning to vote tonight in support of a variance that allows the owner of two pharmacies in Pottsville to construct a new one on the site of a restaurant that...
View ArticleWarm, wet fall frustrated farmers, outdoor enthusiasts
Rain-soaked brown leaves. Temperatures in the 50s. Ice skates hanging in the closet. Umbrellas in hand.While Jack Frost seems to have finally settled in for the Christmas season, the fall of 2011 will...
View ArticleSchool notes, Dec. 18, 2011
St. JeromeThe Middle States Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools announce that St. Jerome Regional School, Tamaqua, has been awarded re-accreditation by the Middle States Association of...
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