Schuylkill County

Kline Township supervisors hired two part-time police officers at Monday's meeting. John Gorski of Beaver Meadows and Stephen Demko of Freeland were hired on the recommendation of Chief John Petrilla. The two new part-time officers have prior experience...

Even though he's only 23, Scott R. Thomas said experience is what makes him the best candidate for mayor of the City of Pottsville. "In the upcoming primary, I would hope the voters in this city would look at the two Republican candidates and examine...

Often a football coach will say the real reason for his team winning an important game was not what was done that week in practice, but rather all the preparation done during the offseason. That analogy also is true for muzzleloader hunters who...

Schuylkill County Crime Stoppers and Ashland police are asking for the public's help in finding the person or persons responsible for setting a fire in the borough earlier this year. Police said the fire occurred at an unoccupied home at 926 Brock St....

Schuylkill Valley wrestling coach Duane Maurer is enjoying a very humbling offseason. It continues today when the Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame opens its doors to Maurer. Maurer and the rest of the Class of 2013 will be...

Downtown celebrated the arts and music Saturday for the third annual Hamburg Arts Fest. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., local artisans, crafters and food vendors lined the sidewalks in the downtown district of the borough. Local bands also played at the...

The 20th annual Pottsville Relay for Life raised $129,000 this weekend at Veteran's Memorial Stadium at Pottsville Area High School. "It was a beautiful evening," Leslie Wagner, income development representative for the American Cancer Society...

Friday evening was a time to take a sentimental journey through a pictorial history of Mahanoy City as the book signing was held for the new book, "Mahanoy Area Revisited." The book signing was held at Mahanoy City Elks Lodge 695, with the five...

A Minersville man returned to prison Friday, as a Schuylkill County judge sentenced him on a theft charge after revoking his probation. Joshua A. Mullins, 21, must serve six to 12 months in prison and undergo a drug and alcohol evaluation, Judge Charles...

David J. Rossi thinks western Schuylkill County's citizens deserve a lawyer handling their legal matters as the region's magisterial district judge. "The (magisterial district judge) may be the only contact an individual may ever have with the court...

The Pottsville Relay for Life celebrated its 20th anniversary as this year's festivities kicked off Friday evening at the Veteran's Memorial Stadium at the Pottsville Area High School. "In the past 20 years, this community has raised $3.3 million to...

KBM Regional Authority board member Arlene Burgess of Kline Township said she is "very disappointed" that the board can't settle a long-standing dispute over a fair and equitable way for its three member municipalities to pay for wastewater treatment....