Pottsville to consider landlord crackdown
The Pottsville City Council on Monday said it may develop amendments to its rental ordinance in an effort to crack down on landlords who fail to pay their taxes, among other things. The pursuit could...
View ArticleSchuylkill Intermediate Unit 29 to eliminate program, staff
In an effort to save money, the Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29 Board of Directors on Monday decided to eliminate its Partial Hospitalization Program beginning Dec. 1. On that day, the three full-time...
View ArticleCorrection, Sept. 13, 2016
Event date incorrect The open house for graduate and adult education at Alvernia University Schuylkill Center in the Cressona Mall will be held Thursday. The date was incorrect in the calendar.
View ArticleAround the region, Sept. 13, 2016
n Ashland: The Ashland Area Public Library, in cooperation with Ashland Cub Scout Pack 749 and Boy Scout Troop 745, will collect donations for Hillside SPCA in October and for Ruth M. Steinert Memorial...
View ArticleSaint Clair to apply for traffic light grant
SAINT CLAIR — In an effort to upgrade the traffic signals along state Route 61 in the borough, the borough council last week decided to apply for a grant. “We’re putting in an application for the...
View ArticleNorth Schuylkill students see lunar samples up close in class
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS — Students in the North Schuylkill Elementary School received some lunar learning Wednesday that included a close look at small samples of rocks and soil from the moon. The materials...
View ArticleMahanoy City code officer explains busy schedule
MAHANOY CITY — The public at the Mahanoy City Borough Council meeting Tuesday learned some of the borough code enforcement officer’s monthly work schedule. Code Enforcement Officer William F. Killian...
View ArticleMcAdoo council votes to hire new officer
McADOO — McAdoo borough’s police force grew by one officer during Tuesday night’s council meeting. Borough council voted to hire Erik Schwab as a part-time police officer. Mayor Stephan Holly said...
View ArticleState police warn of IRS phone scams
Pennsylvania State Police are warning residents about a phone scam involving callers claiming to be from the Internal Revenue Service. The callers demand money for back taxes and solicit personal...
View ArticlePort Carbon residents stress need for more police coverage
PORT CARBON — A group of citizens confronted the borough council Tuesday night about the need for more of a police presence. “Whatever happened to our police department? They never seem to be on duty....
View ArticleRep. Cartwright sits on U.S. House committee
SCRANTON — The region’s least senior congressman now sits on the U.S. House committee that controls all the federal money. House Democrats elected U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright to the Appropriations...
View ArticleAround the region, Sept. 14, 2016
n Mahanoy City: The Mahanoy City Public Library recently acknowledged the following memorials: For Quin McGowan from Carol and Bob Blue; for Matthew Stitzer from Virginia Brokenshire; for Virginia...
View ArticleRabies infection found in Lake Wynonah
LAKE WYNONAH — A confirmed case of rabies has been found in a raccoon in Lake Wynonah. A report dated Tuesday from the Pennsylvania Animal Diagnostic Laboratory System, Harrisburg, confirms a raccoon...
View ArticleJudges discuss legal system with students
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Magisterial District Judges Christina E. Hale, Frackville, and Stephen J. Bayer, Tamaqua, stopped by Chief Public Defender Michael J. Stine’s criminal justice class Tuesday night at...
View ArticlePottsville man gets probation for child pornography
A Pottsville man who admitted possessing child pornography will not have to serve time behind bars after a Schuylkill County judge on Tuesday placed him on probation for his crimes. Stephen W. Baney,...
View ArticleHackers force Cartwright to abandon personal cellphone
SCRANTON — Hackers forced U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright to sack his private cellphone number. Cartwright said Tuesday he got a new number in the last month after pornographic texts started showing up...
View ArticleSchuylkill Haven man headed to court for kidnapping, assaulting mom
ORWIGSBURG — Franklin Moyer sits in prison after a judge ruled that prosecutors had produced enough evidence to support charges he kidnapped and assaulted his mother in July in their Schuylkill Haven...
View ArticleBirths, Sept, 14, 2016
Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson Street To Anthony Conti, Brandonville, and Brittany Obrzut, Shenandoah, a son, July 19. To Stephen and Kimberly Chiccini Zinda, Saint Clair, a son, Aug. 22.
View ArticleLehigh Valley continues merger with Schuylkill Health
The Lehigh Valley Health Network continued its merger with Schuylkill Health, Pottsville, on Tuesday, as it officially became one of the parties responsible for the nonprofit organization’s debts. They...
View ArticleLehigh Valley, Schuylkill Health to announce merger approval today
The Lehigh Valley Health Network and Schuylkill Health System will announce today regulatory approval of their proposed merger. A new president will also be named, according to a Lehigh Valley Health...
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