Vandals damage gravestones
PINE GROVE - Borough police are investigating gravestones damaged earlier this month.Pine Grove police Chief Thomas Trotter said the vandalism was done during the night of May 11 at St. Peter's...
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Schuylkill County prosecutors dropped charges on Friday against three defendants.Neil M. Moyer, 36, of Pottsville, had been charged with theft by deception and bad checks. State police at Schuylkill...
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DeedsPottsville - Peter J. Joyce, executor of the Estate of Ethel M. Joyce, to David Jake Wartella and Leanne Mull; 1635 Elk Ave.; $122,000.M&T Bank to Daniel Cappella; 1310 Howard Ave.;...
View ArticlePolice log, May 23, 2012
Vehicles damaged in 2-car crash MAR LIN - A 2000 Suzuki Vitara ran a red light near King's Village Shopping Center at 5:48 p.m. Tuesday, striking a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt, according to state police at...
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Marriage licensesAnthony M. Wilson, Hegins, and Lisa A. Wilson, Hegins.Shawn M. Fenkner, McAdoo, and Leah L. Luchetta, McAdoo.Jason Carroll, Harrisburg, and Kristen Hardinger, Harrisburg.Randall L....
View ArticleAgencies argue over money, role in aiding sexual assault victims
What started Tuesday as a meeting to determine Schuylkill County's allocations of federal grant money to agencies that aid crime victims became a clash between two agencies over which should help...
View ArticleNonprofit considers renovating long-closed Yuengling Creamery
Barefield Development Corp. might renovate a landmark in Pottsville - the former D.G. Yuengling & Son Creamery at Mahantongo and Fifth streets. If the nonprofit group from Pottsville can find a way...
View ArticleWilliamstown man charged in burglary at Yuengling gift shop
A Williamstown man was jailed Monday charged with breaking into and stealing items from the D.G. Yuengling & Son brewery gift shop on Mahantongo Street over the weekend. Pottsville police Capt....
View ArticleParades, services, contests to highlight Memorial Day celebrations in county
For some, Memorial Day is celebrated as the unofficial beginning of summer, but it should also be a day to celebrate and thank those who made the ultimate sacrifice to guarantee our freedom. From big...
View ArticleCorrection, May 25, 2012
Location clarifiedThe 277 members of the senior class at Pottsville Area High School will turn their tassels and become graduates on May 31.On Thursday, Jacqueline Wapinsky, high school principal, said...
View ArticleFor the record, May 25
Marriage licenses John R. Govern Jr., Schuylkill Haven, and Dana R. Smith, Schuylkill Haven.Joshua C. Shimer, Tamaqua, and Lauren M. Gibson Tamaqua.Joseph L. Snyder, Schuylkill Haven, and Sarah L....
View ArticleCriminal court, May 25
Twenty-nine people received a second chance from the criminal justice system Thursday in Schuylkill County Court, as they entered a special program that will enable them to emerge from the experience...
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Police releaseinfo on crashMAHANOY CITY - A man and a 2-year-old boy were injured in a crash at 4:28 p.m. Wednesday on Interstate 81 south at mile marker 127.5 in Ryan Township.State police at...
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Stephen J. BayerTAMAQUA - A 33-year-old Tuscarora woman charged with failing to pay for an item from an area business last year waived her right to a preliminary hearing before Magisterial District...
View ArticleLebanon man back in prison after admitting Pottsville burglary
A Lebanon County man returned to prison Wednesday after admitting in Schuylkill County Court he burglarized a Pottsville home and harassed a woman on the same day last September.Kyle R. Long, 24, of...
View ArticleMinersville gun thief admits crimes, enters treatment program
A Minersville man may stay out of prison if he complies with the terms of a special program he entered after pleading guilty Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court to breaking into a Pottsville home and...
View ArticleFor the record, Part 2, May 25
DeedsBranch Township - Elsie Bosack Davis to Anne Marie Zeth; property on State Route 725; $1.Cass Township - Marie Tokarchek to Richard Wallace; 53 Thomaston Road, Heckscherville; $23,000.Ellen M....
View ArticleCrash damages Ed's USA property
A Pottsville woman escaped injury Thursday morning after she fell asleep behind the wheel of her car which went off North 12th Street in the city, struck a parked vehicle and drove into the landscaping...
View ArticleAuthorities explain cause of flood on Route 61 near Pottsville
PennDOT said Thursday it is aware of the flooding that occurred on Route 61 near Ann Street in East Norwegian Township on Wednesday and it took care of the problem."The issue is our folks do know about...
View ArticleJudge rejects attempt to reduce size of McAdoo council
McAdoo Borough Council will continue to have seven members, as a Schuylkill County judge on Thursday denied a petition filed by the mayor and other citizens to reduce that number to five. In a...
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