Police: Man wanted for failing to show at court
Schuylkill County District Attorney Christine Holman and the Schuylkill County detectives are asking for the public’s help in locating a man wanted for failing to appear for his required court...
View ArticleMan killed in crash in Tilden Township
HAMBURG — A Lehighton man was killed in a traffic accident Sunday on Route 61 in Tilden Township, Berks County, according to Officer-In-Charge Peter Witman of the Tilden Township Police Department....
View ArticleHegins Township halts coal ash collection
HEGINS — The Hegins Township supervisors voted Wednesday to no longer collect residents’ coal ashes and to eliminate the handling of stick yard waste. Due to abuse and safety concerns, those services...
View ArticleAround the region, Sept. 12, 2016
n Gilberton: The Gilberton United Methodist Church will sponsor an advance-ticket-only roast beef dinner from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 25. Meals will include stuffed roast beef, baked potato, vegetable,...
View ArticleFirefighters remember 9/11 attacks at memorial service
TREMONT — More than 200 people packed Most Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Parish late Sunday afternoon to salute area firefighters. “We thank you for your service. We come together tonight to praise...
View ArticlePolice log, Sept. 12, 2016
Tower City man charged in assault JONESTOWN — State police at Jonestown charged a man from Tower City with simple assault following an incident that occurred early Saturday morning in Lebanon County,...
View ArticleFilm takes viewers back 100 years in Mahanoy City
MAHANOY CITY — It was a century-old trip down memory lane as the Mahanoy Area Historical Society presented an hour-long program called “1916 Movie Memories” on Sunday afternoon at the Mahanoy City Teen...
View ArticleWith salutes to local heroes, Minersville celebrates Spirit Day
MINERSVILLE — On a breezy Sunday afternoon, hundreds flocked to the annual Spirit Day to support local charities, eat picnic foods and salute local heroes. This year, they included the Schuylkill West...
View ArticleDistrict court, Sept. 12, 2016
Anthony J. Kilker SHENANDOAH — Defendants whose cases Magisterial District Judge Anthony J. Kilker considered, the charges against each one and the judge’s disposition on the matters, included: Michael...
View ArticleHistory tidbits served up at Baber Appreciation Day in Pottsville
The monument towering over the grave of Charles Baber was influenced by Egyptian architecture, according to J. Robert Zane, president of the Schuylkill County Historical Society, Pottsville. It’s one...
View ArticleCriminal court, Sept. 12, 2016
A Schuylkill Haven woman admitted Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court that she had endangered her three children in July 2014 by having drugs in their residence, which at that time was in Tamaqua....
View ArticleMahanoy City pays tribute to victims, emergency personnel
MAHANOY CITY — The 9/11 terrorist attacks by Islamic jihadists on Sept. 11, 2001, and the 2,977 victims were remembered during two programs Sunday. The attacks occurred 15 years ago, but there are many...
View ArticleDeeds, Sept. 12, 2016
Deeds Porter Township — J. Alvin and Jean M. Snyder to David A. and Amy S. Snyder; three properties on Snyder Avenue, Orwin; $1. Joseph G. Groody, sheriff of Schuylkill County, to The Bank of New York...
View ArticleFire companies to share poker run donations
VALLEY VIEW — A record crowd of 900 participated in the third annual Rally in Bear Valley Off-Road Poker Run, Rob Feldman, general manager of Rausch Creek Powersports LLC, announced Wednesday at the...
View ArticleNeighbors frustrated with sewage-filled property in Shenandoah
SHENANDOAH — The smell of raw sewage, rats and other vermin, skunks, insects and the danger of three blighted buildings close to collapse have had nearby residents dealing with the situation for more...
View ArticlePolice log, Sept. 13, 2016
Police respond to Haven incident SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — A death at a home in the 400 block of West Columbia Street on Sunday night was investigated by Schuylkill Haven police. On Monday, police said they...
View ArticleComcast clears up channel confusion in Hegins Township
HEGINS — Extra channels that some Hegins Township Comcast Cable customers were told they would be losing soon were channels they shouldn’t have been receiving in the first place. The channel loss came...
View ArticlePumpkins ready in Schuylkill County
McKEANSBURG — At least two farmers in Schuylkill County say the pumpkin crop this year in the county is looking good. “This is the best one I had in three years,” John Heim, owner of Heim’s Fruit Farm,...
View ArticlePolice continue to investigate fatal motorcycle crash
HAMBURG — The Tilden Township Police Department and the Berks County Crash Reconstruction Task Force is continuing to investigate a fatal motorcycle crash that claimed the life of a Lehighton man...
View ArticleChild rapist to spend decades in prison
Close-mouthed and emotionless, Hector Rico left Schuylkill County Court on Monday on his way to at least two dozen years behind state prison bars for raping a preteen girl four times — impregnating her...
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