LCB annouces expanded store hours
HARRISBURG — Starting Sunday, 13 state liquor stores throughout Northeast Pennsylvania will open their doors for the first time. Another 18 stores in the region already open on Sundays will expand...
View ArticleCrossFit Fluid trains weightlifters
DEER LAKE — The young women and men at CrossFit Fluid work to achieve a strong mind and body. “I want to be strong,” Erin McDonald, 18, of Schuylkill Haven said Friday after lifting 143 pounds....
View ArticleFormer St. Joseph church, rectory in Girardville sold
GIRARDVILLE — The former St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Girardville and the adjoining rectory was sold earlier this month to a resident of Gordon. According to the sale notice in the Aug. 10...
View ArticleDeeds, Aug. 11, 2016
Deeds Minersville — James R. and Janet M. Markovich to Joel and Elsie Stahl; 0.3-acre property; $5,000. Capitol City Buy and Sell LLC to Rodnick Reinhart; 218 Laurel St.; $49,000. Pine Grove Township —...
View ArticleMan gets state prison time, Megan's Law sanctions for child porn
Jason K. Dietrich is headed to state prison after being sentenced Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court for secretly filming a girl in various states of undress in April 2015 in Butler Township. “A...
View ArticleAround the region, Aug. 12, 2016
n Frackville: Living Waters Church of God will show a free movie titled “Miracles from Heaven” at 7 p.m. Saturday at 155 S. Balliet St. There will be free food and refreshments. All are welcome. For...
View ArticleTony's Meat Market to open restaurant in downtown Pottsville
A year and a half ago, Tony’s Meat Market at 17 E. North St., Minersville, started serving take-out food, including club sandwiches, balsamic chicken salads with fresh mozzarella and pizza. The effort...
View ArticleHistorical society buys computers with Rotary grant
In May, the Rotary Club of Pottsville, Club No. 5319, donated $2,000 to the Schuylkill County Historical Society. On Wednesday, the club held its August meeting at the society’s headquarters and had...
View ArticleIndependence Square Senior Housing holds open house
ORWIGSBURG — A little bit of old and new were incorporated in the Independence Square Senior Housing building in Orwigsburg. “We worked long and hard on this whole project,” Robert M. Leskin, chairman...
View ArticleKansas returns for night under the stars
Pennsylvania welcomed the progressive rock band Kansas with open arms before most of the country recognized its talent. “We’ve been all over Pennsylvania so many times, more so than other states,” said...
View ArticlePBA expresses interest in former STS trolley
The Pottsville Business Association is interested in buying the former “Miss Dolly Trolley,” a 26-passenger bus once used by the Schuylkill Transportation System. But at the PBA’s August meeting...
View ArticleOrwgisburg man headed to court for sex crimes
ORWIGSBURG — A borough man is headed to court after a short preliminary hearing Thursday on 13 charges stemming from allegations that he sexually molested a teenage girl in December 2015 in Deer Lake....
View ArticlePolice log, Aug. 12, 2016
Mahanoy City man charged for threat MAHANOY CITY — Mahanoy City police have filed charges against a 48-year-old borough man after an incident about 11:40 p.m. July 19 in the unit block of East Pine...
View Article'The Famous' bar becomes 'Wheel' restaurant
A former bar in Pottsville known for years as The Famous is becoming a restaurant. And the owner of the new business, Savas Logothetides, Pottsville, said he hopes it becomes famous for grilled cheese....
View ArticleAnnual Lithuanian Days set for this weekend at Schuylkill Mall
Lithuanian Days may be celebrated in Frackville but all eyes will be turned to Rio de Janeiro. The 102nd annual event will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at the...
View ArticleJudges uphold conviction of sex offender
Clark E. Mead Jr. will remain behind state prison bars after a three-judge state Superior Court panel on Thursday dismissed his second appeal of his conviction for sexually molesting two boys in 2005...
View ArticleDistrict court, Aug. 12, 2016
James R. Ferrier ORWIGSBURG — An Auburn man is headed to Schuylkill County Court after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday on charges he tried to break into a house in April in his...
View ArticleConsultant takes stand for 4 hours in Kane trial
NORRISTOWN — A political consultant to state Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane testified Thursday that she knew grand jury information was inside a package he leaked to a reporter and she later...
View ArticleOrwigsburg police to get tactical gear
ORWIGSBURG — Thanks to the financial generosity of donors, the Orwigsburg Borough Police Department will get tactical gear. At Wednesday’s council meeting, Mayor Barry Berger announced four donors, Roy...
View ArticleCommissioners OK $500K for fire training facility
Firefighters and other first responders in Schuylkill County will have a better training facility, thanks in part to a promise Thursday by the county commissioners to provide as much as $500,000 to...
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