Around the region, July 31, 2016
n Frackville: A Ukrainian food sale will be held from 10 a.m. to sellout Monday at St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church hall in Frackville. There will be food from Ukrainian Seminary Day for this sale...
View ArticleModersohn Becker: Painter,pioneer, woman of courage
On a hot day, a museum can be the perfect refuge, an escape from the heat, the glare, the crowds, the noise of summer in the city. You cross the threshold and enter into another world of soft light and...
View ArticleGrading Our Schools: Some districts struggle with standardized tests
With a more rigorous curriculum for the 2014-15 school year, local districts met fewer state averages in standardized tests than previous years, according to the Times-Shamrock newspapers’ annual...
View ArticleCollege notes
Penn State Sarah Xenophon, Pottsville, joined the effort to clean up local rivers and streams by working this summer in the Pennsylvania office of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation as a science and...
View ArticleVolunteer Connection: Reduce level of fear, confusion
Weather-related disasters and emergencies can happen at any time, while at home or traveling. You may be familiar with winter storms and other local hazards Schuylkill County experiences and feel...
View ArticleCrime Stoppers, July 31, 2016
ASHLAND — Schuylkill County Crime Stoppers and Ashland police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who allegedly had inappropriate contact with a child in the borough earlier this...
View ArticleGraduates, July 31, 2016
Kutztown Stephen M. Delinko, Seltzer, graduated May 7 from Kutztown University with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and a minor in political science. He is a 2012 graduate of Pottsville Area...
View ArticlePolice log, July 31, 2016
Police investigate theft of wallet WILLIAMSTOWN — State police at Lykens are looking for a thief who stole a wallet containing $270, police said Friday. The theft occurred late last week at 620 Julian...
View ArticleSchool supplies, backpack giveaway draws crowd to Cressona Mall
CRESSONA — Soon after the doors opened at 10 a.m. Saturday at TCC Verizon Wireless Store No. 3101 at Cressona Mall, parents and school-aged children started lining up for the big giveaway at noon. When...
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For thousands of years, humans have trained animals to help them. Today, pigs locate truffles. Dogs sniff for drugs. Dolphins detect underwater mines. But working in partnership with an untrained wild...
View ArticleDeeds, July 31, 2016
Deeds Butler Township — Mary Ann Snyder, executrix of the Estate of Mae M. Scheuren, to Francis P. and Donna Miller; 404 Main St., Lavelle; $64,000. Coaldale — Catherine Hedes to Samantha Sholtis and...
View ArticleMore than 300 shed light on drug awareness in Tamaqua
TAMAQUA — One candle can put a bit of a shine on someone’s face. But more than 300 of them wielded by a group makes an entirely different impression. With such a crowd on Saturday night, a group of...
View ArticlePennsylvania overtime costs reach $250M
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania state workers took home a two-decade record-high $250 million in overtime pay in 2015, nearly a 10 percent increase from 2014, a Sunday Times analysis of state payroll records...
View ArticleSchool notes, July 31, 2016
MMI Prep The following local residents made the honor roll for the fourth quarter at MMI Preparatory School, Freeland, Luzerne County: Rachel Betz, Tamaqua, sixth grade; Marcus Danchision, Ringtown,...
View ArticleWhat lifeis like withone eye
In an unfortunate accident, Matt Imhof, a 22-year-old Phillies minor-league pitcher, had his right eye damaged when the mounted base of a resistance band in an exercise room broke off and hit him in...
View ArticleWest Nile virus found in Schuylkill County
The West Nile virus has been detected in Schuylkill County. The virus was detected in mosquitoes July 19 in Minersville, according to the state’s West Nile virus website, www.westnile.state.pa.us. Last...
View ArticleAround the region, Aug. 1, 2016
n Frackville: The 102nd annual Lithuanian Days will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 13 and noon to 4 p.m. Aug. 14 at the Schuylkill Mall. The event will include homemade Lithuanian food, displays...
View ArticleTurnpike seeks sanctions for toll scofflaws
HARRISBURG — The increasing use of electronic tolling in recent years has brought some headaches for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. The commission faces problems trying to get toll scofflaws to...
View ArticleSexual assault counseling center serving Schuylkill County gets new website
Sexual assault victims in Schuylkill County now have easier access to help, thanks to a redesigned website launched by the agency that helps them deal with their problems. The Sexual Assault Research...
View ArticlePolice log, Aug. 1, 2016
Woman, 2 others escape injury TREMONT — A woman from Pottsville and two others escaped injury in two-vehicle accident that occurred early Saturday in Tremont Township, police said. State police at...
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