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Thursday, May 9, 2019

Schuylkill County Obituaries for 05/09/19

Schuylkill County Obituaries for 05/09/19

Police in Rush Township are attempting to identify two individuals they say stole from a store then later attempted to steal from it again.

This week, demolition began of the former M&M Sandwich shop and hopes that were destroyed by fire in late March.

Schuylkill County Weather Forecast for 05/09/19

Alaina Demalis of Shenandoah, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society.

During the May meeting of the Ashland Borough Council, which was held Wednesday evening, a new part-time police officer was hired.

Emergency personnel are at the scene of a crash on Route 61 in southern Schuylkill County.

UPDATE: Dropped Money That was Taken Returned to Owner

Money that was dropped then taken by a woman earlier this has been returned to the victim.

Two people were taken to the hospital after a crash in Mahanoy Township on Wednesday.

Schuylkill County Obituaries for 05/08/19

On Wednesday, Walmart announced it will be raising the purchase age to purchase tobacco products .

On Wednesday, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Patrick McDonnell announced the approval of nearly $1 million in new funding to help reduce costs, energy consumption, and waste for 201 small businesses statewide.

A bear cub was rescued from behind a pharmacy in Pottsville last month.

At the recent meeting of the Shenandoah Historical Society guest speaker Bob Cook spoke on the Pennsylvania Dutch practice of Braucheri & described what is meant by a Pow Wow.

Schuylkill County Weather Forecast for 05/08/19

Lehigh Carbon Community College (LCCC) will host a Visit Your Tamaqua Campus event from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, at the college’s Morgan Center, 234 High St., Tamaqua.

South Schuylkill Garden Club gift to the Orwigsburg Community is ready to be opened to the public.

Schuylkill County Man Sentenced To 105 Months’ Imprisonment For Heroin And Methamphetamine Trafficking

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Derek Mountz, 35, of Schuylkill Haven, was sentenced on May 6, 2019, to 105 months’ imprisonment followed by four years on supervised release, by Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo, for participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed heroin and methamphetamine in the Schuylkill County area in 2016.

McKenzie A. Mady, D.O. has joined Lehigh Valley Physician Group (LVPG)–Family Medicine at 502 South Second Street, St. Clair. She joins Ivor Lewis, MD. New patients are being accepted by calling 888-402-LVHN (5486).

Schuylkill County Obituaries for 05/07/19

AdvanSix, a nylon packing company, has announced they will be closing their Pottsville Plant.

Authorities seized an explosive device and drugs Tuesday morning while executing a search warrant in Tremont.

Schuylkill County Weather Forecast for 05/07/19

Blink-182 & Lil Wayne to Perform at Hersheypark Stadium This Summer

Blink-182 and Lil Wayne will take the stage at the Hersheypark Stadium on Friday, July 5, 2019 at 7:30 pm.

Schuylkill County Obituaries for 05/06/19

On Monday, the Wolf Administration announced the 12 finalists for the 2020 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year, including one from Schuylkill County.

Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced charges against of six individuals Friday for operating a major fentanyl distribution organization in Hazleton, Pennsylvania.

The Pottsville Police is asking for help identifying a woman they say took money that was dropped by someone else.

The Luzerne County Convention Center Authority and the National Hockey League’s Pittsburgh Penguins jointly announced Monday morning that both parties have reached an agreement in principle on a 10-year contract lease extension to keep the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League in Northeast Pennsylvania.

Once again last Friday the weather refused to cooperate with Big Diamond Speedway allowing the 2019 to get underway.

On Friday, May 3, 2019 the Schuylkill Saunders Scholar, Kaiah Heisler, of Tamaqua, and a student of Gillingham Charter, presented his business called Heisler's Coal Cracker Creamery at the 11th Annual YEA! Saunders Scholar Semi-finals in Rochester, NY.

In 2016, leading anthracite producer Blaschak Coal Corp embarked upon the largest redevelopment project in its 81-year history – the Mammoth seam at Mount Carmel. After nearly three years of development and a $14 million investment, production at one of the richest seams of anthracite in the region commenced on April 18.