Woman injured in crash into vans, building at R&J Transportation
CRESSONA — A 28-year-old Llewellyn woman was flown to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, after she crashed her vehicle into the R&J Transportation building, 326 Chestnut St., North Manheim...
View ArticleThe BRADS battle: Saint Clair talks progress, the road ahead
Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part series examining the effort being made by Blythe Township and a private entity called FKV LLC to develop the Blythe Recycling And Demolition Site...
View ArticleNew route to Girardville parade set up for travelers
GIRARDVILLE — The Girardville Parade Committee said a special route to today’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade is set up from Frackville. The new route was created to avoid construction in Shenandoah,...
View ArticlePine Grove Area, teachers' union reach contract agreement
PINE GROVE — The Pine Grove Area school board and the district’s teachers’ union have reached a four-year contract agreement, which give teachers a pay raise but requires them to contribute more to...
View ArticleAround the region, March 19, 2016
n Altamont: The Altamont Fire Company, 215 Green St., will sponsor a dinner from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday at the firehouse. Meals include baked or Yuengling beer-battered haddock, shrimp or crab cakes....
View ArticleBlue Mountain wins county academic competition
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Blue Mountain students showed their smarts Friday, claiming first place at the 24th annual Schuylkill County Academic Competition. “You buzz in and you go for it,” Micah Boyer, Blue...
View ArticlePottsville Area discusses frustration with state budget
The Pottsville Area school board recently discussed some of the harsh realities of the state’s budget crisis. “We are close to 300 days now without a full budget,” board member Patrick F. Moran,...
View ArticleCorrection, March 19, 2016
Information incorrect A quonset hut at 505 Mountain Road in Blythe Township, which burned down March 12, was once used as a hobby deer processing shed. However, it was not used for that purpose in...
View ArticleCriminal court, March 19, 2016
In county court March 11, Judge Cyrus Palmer Dolbin recently accepted guilty pleas from, and, pursuant to agreements between prosecutors and defendants, imposed the indicated sentences on, these...
View ArticleCause of Blythe Township shed fire remains undetermined
MCKEANSBURG — The cause of the fire that severely damaged a quonset hut and other sheds behind a home in Blythe Township on March 12 remains “undetermined,” Chad Felty, assistant chief of the Walker...
View ArticlePolice log, March 19, 2016
City police save 2 with naloxone Pottsville police Chief Richard F. Wojciechowsky reported officers of his department used the drug naloxone to reverse two separate opiate overdoses they responded to...
View ArticleKlingerstown boy seeks votes to win adaptive bike
KLINGERSTOWN — There’s a guy asking for your vote who’s not seeking the White House — at least not yet. Blake Kimmel, 10, of Klingerstown, hopes to collect as many online votes as he can before the...
View ArticleYuengling treatment plant is operational, gift shop is open
After two years of renovation work, and an investment of more than $6 million, the once-vacant D.G. Yuengling & Son Inc. ice cream factory in Pottsville is now home to a bustling gift shop and a...
View Article3 companies interested in Pottsville Area transportation outsourcing
People from three interested companies attended a pre-bid meeting at the Howard S. Fernsler Academic Center on Friday morning about the possibility of outsourcing district transportation in the...
View ArticleGeisinger hearing targets pros, cons of opioid painkillers
The amount wasn’t much. In Florida, Bobby Long’s doctor wrote him a prescription in winter 2013 to take 5 milligrams of oxycodone four times a day to curb his sudden neck and arm pain. The patient...
View ArticleScreening can spot colorectal cancer before it’s too late, but many people...
Just a few weeks after she turned 17, Danielle Burgess was diagnosed with colon cancer. Burgess had been noticing blood in her stool for several years, but she shrugged it off after consulting Dr....
View ArticleMinersville train station welcomes Easter Bunny
MINERSVILLE — The Easter Bunny hopped aboard the train Saturday at the Minersville Railroad Station. The Railway Restoration Project 113, a Minersville-based nonprofit organization, and Reading, Blue...
View ArticleGirard Estate to demolish six more houses in West Mahanoy Township
SHENANDOAH HEIGHTS — The Girard Estate demolition program in West Mahanoy Township will continue in 2016 with six more dilapidated properties being razed. At Tuesday’s meeting, the West Mahanoy...
View ArticleAround the region, March 20, 2016
n Ashland: The borough offices will be closed Friday in recognition of Good Friday. Ashes will be picked up on Saturday. n Fountain Springs: Tickets are on sale now for the North Schuylkill High School...
View ArticleDebate still rages over big-game hunting
Q: How is it that big game hunting can actually be good for wildlife? — RONNIE WILSON, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA A: When Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer killed Cecil, a much-loved wild 13-year-old...
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