Police log, May 4, 2012
Teen arrestedfor drinkingTAMAQUA - A 17-year-old Tamaqua girl was arrested by borough police and charged with underage drinking after an incident at the Middle Ward Playground at 7:25 p.m. April...
View ArticleProsecutors drop charges against Haven man
PORT CARBON - The Schuylkill Haven man charged with breaking into the Saint Clair residence of his ex-girlfriend last month walked out of court a free man on Thursday, as prosecutors dropped all...
View ArticleVolunteers clean Avenues playground to kick off Day of Caring
Volunteers are donating their time this week to community service projects throughout Schuylkill County as part of the Schuylkill United Way's Day of Caring. The fourth annual event, which started...
View ArticleDistrict court, May 4
James R. FerrierORWIGSBURG - Two Schuylkill County motorists will face driving under the influence charges in the county court after Magisterial District Judge James R. Ferrier handled their cases on...
View ArticleDeeds, May 4
DeedsBranch Township - United States of America to Continental Energy Corp.; 850 Bunting St., Llewellyn; $5,110.Cressona - Kenneth P. and Virginia L. Reber to Chris B. Fisher Sr.; 124 Pottsville St.;...
View ArticleSchuylkill County marks National Day of Prayer
Joining Christians across the nation, about 100 people gathered Thursday afternoon in Courtroom 1 of the Schuylkill County Courthouse to observe the National Day of Prayer with hands folded and voices...
View ArticleHearing continued for man charged in killing
SHENANDOAH - The preliminary hearing for a Mahanoy City man charged with the April 3 slaying of another man scheduled for Thursday was again continued.Jarvin Malik Huggins, 18, of White Owl Manor, 5...
View ArticleClosed section of Old Mill Road getting reevaluated
CRESSONA - North Manheim Township is taking another look at a section of Old Mill Road that has been closed for more than a decade.However, the crumbling incline is not likely to be reopened to traffic...
View ArticleSaint Clair to explore possibility of constructing cell tower
SAINT CLAIR - The borough council accepted a motion Tuesday to explore a cell tower proposal from Amerisite Wireless Development. Borough engineer Brian Baldwin of Alfred Benesch & Co., Pottsville,...
View ArticleSchuylkill County zoning hearing board hears from public on proposed cargo...
The Schuylkill County Zoning Hearing Board extended the deadline for its decision on a special exception for a proposed cargo airport while opening the floor to the public during Thursday's hearing....
View Article2 laid-off Saint Catherine employees sue hospital's former presidents
Two former employees of Saint Catherine Medical Center Fountain Springs sued the bankrupt hospital's former presidents, and the sponsor of two benefit programs, on Wednesday in federal court for...
View ArticleCollege notes, May 6, 2012
Lebanon ValleyMaria Kolonsky, a senior at Lebanon Valley College, Annville, was inducted into the college's Phi Alpha Epsilon Honor Society. Maria will graduate this month with bachelor's degrees in...
View ArticleDean's List, May 6, 2012
Bloomsburg Mary Jo Marks, Schuylkill Haven, a sophomore psychology major at Bloomsburg University, was named to the dean's list for the fall semester. She is a daughter of Michael and Charlotte...
View ArticleMilitary, May 6, 2012
Sailor deployedNavy Petty Officer 3rd Class Courtney L. Shadle, daughter of Misti L. Riva, Charleroi, and Troy D. Shadle, Schuylkill Haven, is currently deployed. Shadle, along with fellow sailors and...
View ArticleNeighbors in the News, May 6, 2012
PSU alum laudedThomas K. Fidler, a 1968 graduate of Blue Mountain High School, was recently honored as one of five Penn State School of Forest Resources Outstanding Alumni at the School of Forest...
View ArticleSchool notes, May 6, 2012
MarianMarian High School juniors John Julian, son of Joseph and Beth Julian, Nesquehoning and Ryan Karnish, son of Gary and Chris Karnish, Nes-quehoning, were chosen to participate in the American...
View ArticleStudents of the month, May 6, 2012
Shen ValleyThe following students were named students of the month for February at Shenandoah Valley Elementary School: Kindergarten-1 - Ryan Fowler; K-2 - Noah Borella-Guzman; K-3 - Courntey...
View ArticleArraignments, May 5
A 22-year-old Shenandoah woman charged with assaulting and abusing her 11 1/2-month-old son in February is among those scheduled to plead not guilty Monday during arraignment in Schuylkill County...
View ArticleBirths, May 5
Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson StreetTo Mark Wolfgang and Gina Denning, Schuylkill Haven, a daughter, March 11.To Christopher and Allison Breslin Misstishin, Pottsville, a daughter, March...
View ArticleJudges uphold drug conviction, state prison term
A three-judge state Superior Court panel has upheld the conviction and state prison sentence of a Berks County man who possessed 13 packets of cocaine in March 2007 in Pottsville. In an eight-page...
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