iPhone app new tool to prevent dating violence
In an age where life moves to the beat of rapidly texting fingertips, there's a new tool to use against sexual assault and dating violence.Jenny Murphy-Shifflet, president and chief executive officer...
View ArticleBicycle Safety Day set at Blue Mountain East
ORWIGSBURG - The Schuylkill County Safe Kids Coalition will host Bicycle Safety Day at the Blue Mountain Elementary East campus at 10 a.m. May 19."Our main goal is to bring the community together and...
View ArticleCleanup at Weishample Hollow set for Saturday
HEGINS - Keeping a promise made in November, United By Blue will return to finish its cleanup at the Weishample Hollow illegal dumping sight."Our first cleanup at Hegins brought out an incredible group...
View ArticleLibraries feel pinch as state budget slashes hurt facilities
If Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed 2012-13 state budget is passed, public libraries will lose about $3 million in funding. "We have taken cuts the past several years, we are beyond the bone," Nancy Smink,...
View ArticleShenandoah mayor: Park rules will be enforced
SHENANDOAH - With warm weather drawing more people outdoors, borough police will be spending more time in the community's parks, Mayor Michael J. Whitecavage said during Monday's meeting of the borough...
View ArticleHearing continued for Mahanoy City man charged with homicide
SHENANDOAH - The preliminary hearing for a Mahanoy City man charged with killing another man has been continued.State police at Frackville have charged Jarvin Malik Huggins, 18, of White Owl Manor, 5...
View ArticleDeeds, April 19
DeedsNorth Union Township - Lezzer Lumber Inc. to Eagle Rock Resort Co.; Lot 6A, Eagle Rock; $5,300.Joanne Carmasino to Eagle Rock Resort Co.; Lot 86E, Eagle Rock; $5,500.Orwigsburg - Jeffrey L....
View ArticleBirths, April 19
Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson StreetTo Jamie Zulkowski and Tiffany Bilder, Ashland, a daughter, April 6.
View ArticlePolice, April 19
PSU student jailed on warrant SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Schuylkill Haven police on Tuesday served an arrest warrant on Justin J. Dolcy, 635 E. 93rd St., Brooklyn, N.Y., a Penn State Schuylkill student who...
View ArticleHearing continued for Barnesville man charged with assault
TAMAQUA - A preliminary hearing for a 79-year-old Barnesville man charged by Rush Township police with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy over a seven-month period has been continued.Gene S. Lutz,...
View ArticleSaint Catherine's laid-off workers get information on resources, finding jobs
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - More than 90 former employees of Saint Catherine Medical Center Fountain Springs learned about coping with unemployment during a Rapid Response information session Wednesday. "We...
View ArticleMinersville man headed to state prison for assaulting 2 with knife
Todd R. Gibson, who police said assaulted two men with a knife last July in Pine Grove, must spend at least four years behind state prison bars for what he did, a Schuylkill County judge ordered...
View ArticleNorth Schuylkill faces $1.6M budget shortfall
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - The North Schuylkill School District faces an almost $1.6 million budget deficit for the 2012-13 school year, a situation that could lead to curriculum cuts, layoffs and a tax...
View ArticleState election officials outline senior-friendly change to policy
HARRISBURG - A policy to help senior citizens who no longer drive comply with a new voter law was announced Wednesday by state election officials. Seniors and others can use an expired state driver's...
View ArticleTamaqua Area considers cuts
TAMAQUA - Three varsity sports and some student transportation services are on the chopping block as the Tamaqua Area school board looks for ways to trim an $830,000 deficit from its 2012-13 budget.The...
View ArticleAttorney cross-examines engineer, planner at cargo airport hearing
A satellite communications engineer and an airport planner were cross examined on the impact the proposed cargo airport would have on the neighboring Service Electric Cablevision station during...
View ArticleCommissioners place ban on open fires for county
The Schuylkill County commissioners approved a 30-day ban on open fires in the county beginning noon Friday during a work session Wednesday morning."We continue to experience low humidity, high winds...
View ArticleHaven approves funds for sewer improvement
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - During a 25-minute meeting Wednesday, the Schuylkill Haven borough council adopted a resolution approving up to $1 million dollars from bonds for a loan to the Schuylkill Haven...
View ArticleMcAdoo hires 2 police officers
McADOO - McAdoo borough council hired two full-time police officers at a special meeting Monday. Mayor Dane Watro said Tony DiVirgilio, Zion Grove, was elevated from part-time to full-time status by a...
View ArticleInmate population still growing at county prison
The inmate population continues to grow at the Schuylkill County Prison.According to Warden Eugene Berdanier's monthly report during Wednesday's prison board meeting, the average population for the...
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