Frackville council looking to save with alternative dam plan
FRACKVILLE - A plan for an alternative layout for the spillway at Whippoorwill Dam could reduce costs to Frackville borough compared to the original plan.The borough has applied for a permit with the...
View ArticleWith Chamber move, PBA considers new meeting place
Since the Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce plans to move out of its headquarters at 91 S. Progress Ave., Pottsville, by year's end, the Pottsville Business Association will be looking for a new venue to...
View ArticleFor the record, Oct. 12, 2012
Marriage licensesRobert O'Donnell, Orwigsburg, and Jessica Murphy, Orwigsburg.Joshua R. Hippert, Pine Grove, and Erika L. Bender, Pine Grove.Timothy J. Jackson, Frackville, and Danielle D. Syzdeck,...
View ArticleRep. Holden receives Friend of Penn State legislative award
HERSHEY - U.S. Rep. Tim Holden, D-17, was awarded the seventh annual Friend of Penn State legislative award Friday at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.Holden received the award for the...
View ArticleTrinity Academy students participate in sixth annual Jump Rope for Heart
SHENANDOAH - The students at Trinity Academy had a great time jumping and hopping outside Friday afternoon to help raise money for the American Heart Association.The sixth annual Jump Rope for Heart...
View ArticleWest Nile virus detected in horse in Schuylkill County
West Nile virus has been detected in a horse in Schuylkill County on Oct. 4, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection on Friday.According to DEP's West Nile virus website at...
View ArticleFor the record, Oct. 13, 2012
Marriage licensesRobert O'Connell, Orwigsburg, and Jessica Murphy, Orwigsburg.DeedsPottsville - Tax Claim Bureau of Schuylkill County to Megan Socks; 724 Seneca St.; $1,358.Ringtown - Joseph F....
View ArticleBirths, Oct. 13, 2012
Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson StreetTo Frank Fisher Jr. and Christine E. Collins, Pottsville, a son, Sept. 30.To Thomas and Melissa Arner McNulty, Schuylkill Haven, a son, Oct. 1.
View ArticleArraignments, Oct. 13, 2012
A 22-year-old West Hazleton man charged with exposing himself inside Wal-Mart in Saint Clair on July 21 is among those scheduled to plead not guilty Monday during arraignment in Schuylkill County...
View ArticleCity files complaint to PUC to spur railroad to repair wall
It's been three years and four months since a railroad wall collapsed on the south end of Pottsville and city officials are frustrated because they haven't yet seen a plan for repairs.City...
View ArticleSchaeffer's Harley-Davidson hosting MDA Black-N-Blue Ball
ORWIGSBURG - Seats are sold out for the first-ever MDA Black-N-Blue Ball at the Schuylkill Country Club. The event is hosted by Schaeffer's Harley-Davidson and will be from 6 to 11 p.m. today at 877 W....
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n Frackville: The Frackville council of the Knights of Columbus will hold its monthly Hogan Happy Hoagie sale on Oct. 25. Hoagies are available in many varieties and can be ordered for pick only by...
View ArticlePottsville woman sent to prison for selling prescription drug
A Pottsville woman is headed to prison after being sentenced Friday in Schuylkill County Court for unlawfully selling a prescription drug in September 2011 in the city.Shannon K. Reed, 30, did not...
View ArticlePottsville woman charged with stealing $50K from Minersville EMS, fire company
PORT CARBON - A Pottsville woman charged with stealing more than $50,000 over a three-year period while employed by Goodwill Fire Company, Minersville, and Minersville EMS surrendered to authorities...
View ArticleCounty offers spooktacular family fun
TREMONT - Real-life embalming instruments, body bags and three rooms where a man held his victims captive will great visitors to the "Tremont Townhouse of Terror" at 27 S. Crescent St., Tremont.The...
View ArticlePolice log, Oct. 13, 2012
Shots fired at security guard NEW RINGGOLD - State police at Frackville are investigating an incident of reckless endangerment that occurred about 1:55 a.m. Thursday at EZS Pull along Summer Valley...
View ArticleSaint Catherine auction to start today
by peter e. bortner Starting today, pieces of Saint Catherine Medical Center Fountain Springs, a bulwark of northern Schuylkill County for more than a century, will be scattered to the four winds.At 9...
View Article4 charged in Rite Aid theft
Pottsville police charged four people for their roles in the Oct. 4 theft at the Rite Aid at Route 61 and Mill Creek Avenue. Police said Kerrianne P. Hoffman, 26, of Pottsville, was taken into custody...
View ArticleCorrection, Oct. 13, 2012
Charge incorrectStanley J. Jalonski Jr., 72, of Pottsville, was placed in the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program on Thursday in Schuylkill County Court after being charged with accident...
View ArticlePennsylvania remains uncertain on health insurance exchanges
Pennsylvania's insurance commissioner remains cautious about plans for a state-run health insurance exchange, but too much hesitation could risk forfeiting the state-run plan in place of a...
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