Girardville's Rangers Hose Company to mark 100 years for fire truck
GIRARDVILLE — The Rangers Hose Company of Girardville will celebrate a member on June 4 that has been with the company for 100 years and can still roll along on its four-spoked wheels. The 1916 Ford...
View ArticleMental health awareness: Peer specialists play key role in mental health...
Editor’s note: As part of National Mental Health Awareness Month, The Republican-Herald interviewed Schuylkill County residents affected by mental illnesses and is publishing a series of articles...
View ArticleCandles lit in Minersville in honor of those who served
MINERSVILLE — There are three people who will lay down their life for you, according to Bob Laughlin — Jesus Christ, a service member and an emergency responder. “Show respect for those willing to run...
View ArticleAround the region, May 31, 2016
n Ashland: An American Red Cross blood drive is slated for 1 to 6 p.m. Monday at Christ United Lutheran Church, 437 Airport Road. People 17 and older (16 with parental consent), weighing at least 110...
View ArticleArraignments, May 31, 2016
A man charged with crashing his vehicle into a Pottsville business on Dec. 5, 2015, is among those scheduled to plead not guilty Thursday during arraignment in Schuylkill County Court. Michael C....
View ArticleSchuylkill Haven service honors Vietnam veterans
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Harold J. Kissinger’s six months in Vietnam left a lifetime void for those who loved him. On Monday, Kissinger’s sister, Verna Dewald, wept, remembering her 21-year-old brother...
View ArticleSchuylkill Haven wildlife center nurses injured bald eagle
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — During the Memorial Day holiday, a Schuylkill Haven wildlife rehabilitation center is caring for one of America’s iconic symbols — a bald eagle. The ill eagle was found near...
View ArticleVeterans, aspiring soldiers salute the fallen in Pottsville
Tables turned as hundreds took the opportunity Monday to remember the fallen and pay tribute to those who gave their lives defending our nation during the Memorial Day service at Garfield Square,...
View ArticlePolice log, May 31, 2016
Man charged with domestic violence A 29-year-old city man was jailed after being arrested by Pottsville police after an incident involving a suspicious vehicle that was reported in the 200 block of...
View ArticlePine Grove band festival to support El Salvador teen
PINE GROVE — Organizers of a three-day band festival in Pine Grove hope their effort can make a world of difference to someone in need. Salem Hetzel’s Church Band Fest runs June 24 to 26. The second...
View ArticleFrackville American Legion dedicates new monument
FRACKVILLE — American Legion Post 398 held a dedication ceremony for its new veterans monument in front of the post home on Memorial Day. The black granite monument on South Mahanoy Street was a...
View ArticleSchuylkill County watershed organizations receive $1.5M
Watershed organizations in Schuylkill County received about $1.5 million as part of a state grant program to improve Pennsylvania’s water resources. Last week, Gov. Tom Wolf announced that 114...
View ArticleLykens man dies in single-car crash
WILLIAMSTOWN — A Lykens man lost his life Friday in a one-vehicle accident in Williams Township, state police in Lykens said Monday. Michael A. Posten, 27, was driving west at a high rate of speed at...
View ArticlePolice log, June 1, 2016
Police reverse 2 overdoses in city Pottsville police reversed two drug overdoses Sunday through the use of Naloxone. Police Chief Richard F. Wojciechowsky said that about 6:55 a.m., police were called...
View ArticleSign of summer: Community pools begin to open
While a few community pools were open over the hot Memorial Day weekend, several others are getting ready to open their gates this Saturday. Pottsville The John F. Kennedy Pool Complex and Recreational...
View ArticleMall at Steamtown renamed Marketplace at Steamtown
SCRANTON — Hoping to distance itself from the negative connotation dogging the “shopping mall,” the owner of the downtown Scranton’s interior shopping center has renamed it the Marketplace at...
View ArticleCorrection, June 1, 2016
Name incorrect Eddie Maige, 1st vice commander, AMVETS Post 180, Pottsville, was grand marshal of Monday’s Memorial Day parade in the city. His name was incorrect in a photo caption in Tuesday’s...
View ArticleAround the region, June 1, 2016
n Millersburg: The Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art has extended the submission deadline for its annual youth art contest. Students may now submit their artworks by June 10. The cost is $8 per...
View ArticleTractor-trailer rolls down embankment near Molino
MOLINO — The driver of a tractor-trailer escaped without injury when the vehicle rolled down an embankment just before noon Tuesday along the northbound lane of Route 61, just south of Route 895, near...
View ArticleFor the record, June 1, 2016
Marriage licenses Christopher T. Frindt, Valley View, and Braxton C. Shingara, Valley View. Bruce A. Zehner, McAdoo, and Diane C. Pasco, Lattimer Mines. Beau J. Troutman, Hegins, and Dara L. Dietrich,...
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