Police log, July 1, 2012
Purse stolen from pickup truck PORT CARBON - Port Carbon police are investigating a theft that occurred about 3 p.m. Tuesday. Police said Jessica Cook, Port Carbon, reported someone stole her purse...
View ArticleChildren learn about art, trees, animals and electricity at AgSTOCK
SUMMIT STATION - As the sun pounded the Schuylkill County Fairgrounds on Saturday afternoon, Ian Lengel, Pine Grove, was juggling lemons, but had no intention of making lemonade.With a copper penny...
View ArticleIndian expert teaches history with artifacts at Sweet Arrow Lake
PINE GROVE - Curious about American Indians and their weapons, Collin Adams asked a local historian Saturday how arrowheads were made."Did they carve them out of wood?" Adams, 6, of Joliett, asked."No....
View ArticleCounty Literacy Council hosts 3rd annual recognition breakfast
The third annual breakfast of the Literacy Council for Schuylkill County Inc. was held Friday to thank those who have supported the organization in its mission to enhance literacy in the county for...
View ArticleTattoos experiencing growth in popularity
by peter e. bortner More people from all walks of life are sporting tattoos as a way to tell people about themselves and important events in their lives, according to local artists."It's a way for...
View ArticlePolice charge Shenandoah man with bomb threat at mall
FRACKVILLE - State police at Frackville arrested a Shenandoah man Friday who confessed that he'd made a threatening call to Kmart at Schuylkill Mall on Thursday morning, stating there was a bomb on the...
View ArticleLawmakers work to meet budget deadline
HARRISBURG - Lawmakers were working against a midnight deadline Saturday to give full approval to a $27.65 billion state budget and related legislation that shortens the safety net for the...
View ArticleMinersville police chief concerned about DUI issues
MINERSVILLE - The statistics dealing with drinking and driving and the related fatalities in Schuylkill County and Pennsylvania are sobering - facts that Minersville police Chief Michael Combs is much...
View ArticleAround the Region
n Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation driver license and photos centers will be closed Wednesday in observance of the Independence Day holiday, according to a PennDOT press release....
View ArticleEyesore along Route 61 to be demolished
DARK WATER - An eyesore along Route 61 in New Castle Township will soon be demolished after the two abandoned structures were purchased by Schuylkill County through in mid-June. "It is in such...
View ArticleLocal entrepreneur pushes food cart
ORWIGSBURG - A local entrepreneur is in his second year of pushing a cart around the borough serving up big city sidewalk fare. You can find Rick Freiler serving hand-dipped gelato and sorbets on the...
View ArticleMahanoy hosts 2 schools' swimmers
MAHANOY CITY - The Mahanoy Area School District will be hosting swimmers from two neighboring districts that no longer have or didn't have their own pool facilities.The Mahanoy Area school board...
View ArticlePolice seek hitchhiker in stabbing incident
HOMETOWN - Rush Township police on Monday identified a man who was stabbed in the neck Sunday night after he willingly gave a ride to a hitchhiker along Route 309. Police said Joseph Connell, 52, of...
View ArticleBarletta criticizes Obama Administration for 'prosecutorial discretion'
HAZLETON - Congressman Lou Barletta, whose hard-line stance on illegal immigration propelled him into the national spotlight in 2006, has called for investigative hearings regarding a directive from...
View ArticleVice president Biden to visit Scranton
SCRANTON - Vice President Joseph R. Biden will campaign in the city today, bringing his family to the fireworks on Courthouse Square the night before Independence Day.The visit was confirmed by...
View ArticleBirths, July 3, 2012
Schuylkill Medical Center- South Jackson StreetTo Frederick and Jeanna Boerner Gradwell, Shenandoah, a daughter, June 16.To Mathew Buziak and Beth Wapinsky, New Philadelphia, a daughter, June 18.
View ArticlePolice log, July 3, 2012
City man facescharges in threatFORESTVILLE - State police at Frackville charged a Pottsville man with aggravated assault after he allegedly assaulted and threatened a Pottsville woman Saturday night,...
View ArticleWinners, losers emerge from Pennsylvania's new budget
HARRISBURG - The new $27.65 billion state budget produced clear winners and losers. Some 70,000 individuals, mostly adults with disabilities - who lose monthly stipends of about $200 as of Aug. 1 with...
View Article2 women seriously injured in crash on Route 54 outside Ashland
BIG MINE RUN - A violent two-vehicle collision Monday on Route 54 between Ashland and Girardville sent both drivers to an area trauma center. According to a hospital spokesperson, Brenda Sachleben, 45,...
View ArticleFreeland man keeps extra money in final pay check, faces charges
SHENANDOAH - Borough police filed charges against a Freeland man charging him with failing to return money he mistakenly received from his former employer earlier this year. Richard R. Tomko Jr., 37,...
View Article