Criminal court, Aug. 14, 2016
A Girardville man will not have to spend more time in prison after being sentenced Tuesday by a Schuylkill County judge for two drug-related crimes. Instead, Robert Paulukonis, 64, was sentenced to...
View ArticleRed Creek hosts annual open house, celebrates 25 years
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Celebrating 25 years of helping injured animals, the Red Creek Wildlife Center held its annual open house Saturday. The open house lasted from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the rehabilitation...
View ArticleDeeds, Aug. 14, 2016
Deeds Cass Township — Schuylkill Economic Development Corp. to Highridge Improvement District Authority; 1.577-acre property on Keystone Boulevard, Highridge Industrial Park; $1. Coaldale — Katie A....
View ArticlePolice log, Aug. 14, 2016
Police investigate home invasion CUMBOLA — State police at Frackville are investigating a home invasion that occurred about 1:20 a.m. Friday in this Blythe Township community. Police said a 40-year-old...
View ArticleCar enthusiasts brave heat for 23rd annual Great Pottsville Cruise
Classic cars were lined up and down Centre Street in Pottsville on Saturday for the 23rd annual Great Pottsville Cruise. The event, hosted by the Pottsville Lions Club, kicked off at 9 a.m. at Jerry’s...
View ArticleWilliams Valley board hears teacher's plea to coach
TOWER CITY — A district teacher made a plea to the Williams Valley school board Thursday to allow her to interview for the position of head varsity softball coach. Kristen Palmerio told the board she...
View ArticleCollege notes, Aug. 14, 2016
Wilkes Casey Gregory, Pottsville, a pre pharmacy major at Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, is one of 30 Wilkes students participating in summer research projects. Gregory is working with professor Ken...
View ArticleSchuylkill Historical Fire Society seeks funds for 1800s photograph
SHENANDOAH — The Schuylkill Historical Fire Society has started a campaign to raise money to purchase a 7-foot by 7-foot 1892 photograph of members of Pottsville’s Humane Hose/Steam Fire Engine Company...
View ArticleCatholic faithful visit replica of Shroud of Turin at Shenandoah parish
SHENANDOAH — A replica of the Shroud of Turin was put on display Sunday at St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church. The shroud replica — one of nine approved by the Vatican — measures 14.3 feet by 3.7...
View ArticleClosing arguments to begin todayin Attorney General Kane’s trial
The fate of State Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane will be in the hands of a Montgomery County jury today. The panel of six men and six women will start deliberating after attorneys for the defense...
View ArticleDeeds, Aug. 15, 2016
Deeds East Union Township — Wilmington Trust Co. to Fanny Pena Rosario; 33 E. Pine St., Sheppton; $18,000. Gordon — Jeanette R. Alvord, by attorney in fact Sherry L. Ney, to Michelle L. Zaharick; 232...
View ArticleLithuanian Days wrap up with singing, dancing
The singing and dancing continued as the 102nd annual Lithuanian Days wrapped up Sunday afternoon at the Schuylkill Mall. Sponsored by the Knights of Lithuania Council 144, the two-day event is the...
View ArticleBirths, Aug. 15, 2016
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville To James D’Agosta and Elizabeth Shappell, Berwick, a daughter, July 12. Grandparents are Walter Shappell and Allison Rubright, both of Saint Clair. To Brad and...
View ArticleArraignments, Aug. 15, 2016
A 32-year-old Shenandoah man charged with giving drugs to a woman, almost causing her death on May 18, is among those scheduled to plead not guilty Thursday during arraignment in Schuylkill County...
View ArticleRyan Township begins collecting delinquent garbage fees
BARNESVILLE — The first step was taken in Ryan Township in the past month to collect on 15 trash collection fee delinquents with more to follow. The Ryan Township supervisors received a report on the...
View ArticleAround the region, Aug. 15, 2016
n Centralia: A holy pilgrimage is slated for Aug. 28 to Assumption BVM Church, according to news from the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia provided by the Rev. John M. Fields, a...
View ArticleRealty firm seeks buyer for Mount Laurel Cemetery
Beau Brown believes Mount Laurel Cemetery will be a fine property for the right buyer. “It’s an interesting situation,” Brown, an associate broker with Bennett Williams Commercial, York, said. “You...
View ArticleRegional business update, Aug. 15, 2016
Bank stages clothing drive ELIZABETHVILLE — The Elizabethville branch of Halifax Bank, 34 S. Market St., held a successful clothing drive July 29 to benefit Believe in Blessings Thrift Shop, a local...
View ArticleJudge allows Schuylkill Trust building to go to judicial sale
A Schuylkill County judge on Monday said the troubled Schuylkill Trust Co. building in downtown Pottsville can be sold at a judicial sale. The $104,065.21 in back taxes owed and $686,501.78 in liens on...
View ArticleClinton, Biden campaign in Scranton
SCRANTON — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Vice President Joseph Biden touched on their Scranton roots, but hammered Republican nominee Donald Trump on Monday as a lousy choice for...
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