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Rotary Club honors Students of the Year
SHENANDOAH – The Northern Schuylkill County Rotary Club is honoring three local students as their Students of the Year. The club, the combination of the former Shenandoah and Mahanoy City Rotary Clubs, recognizes outstanding students from Shenandoah Valley and Mahanoy Area. Organizers said the criteria is outstanding community service...
Mahanoy man charged for selling drugs resulting in another man’s death
MAHANOY CITY – A Mahanoy City man is in Schuylkill County Prison, accused of selling another man the fentanyl that killed him. Brendon Brown, 32, of 1231 East Pine Street, was jailed Wednesday on felony drug charges, including delivery resulting in death. According to the criminal complaint filed by...
Schuylkill County’s Sammy Julian Heading to his Third Olympics
Sammy Julian is returning to the Olympics for a third time as a wrestling official next month for the 2024 Paris Olympics. There are only three wrestling officials from the USA, out of the total 50. Julian wrestled at Blue Mountain and spent 11 years as an assistant coach at Pottsville High School.
Convicted motorcycle club members orchestrated ‘brutal’ home-invasion in Mahanoy, feds say
MAHANOY CITY – Two members of a motorcycle club were convicted on federal charges, accused of orchestrating several “brutal home-invasion armed robberies,” including one in our area. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said this week that Steven Wong, 43, of Shallotte,...
St. Clair Police Nab Suspect in $26,000 Scrap Metal Theft
A Port Carbon man is locked up in Schuylkill County Prison for allegedly stealing over $26,000 in scrap metal from a property in East Norwegian Township. According to online court documents, David Capko, 36, of Port Carbon, was charged on Tuesday, June 25th, 2024 with felony theft by unlaw taking, receiving stolen property, criminal mischief and defiant trespassing when posted.
Schuylkill program offers fun, educational activities
Katarina Weideman, 8, hasn’t missed a day of the Summer Better Lives Always Start Today (B.L.A.S.T.) program at the South Ward Playground in Tamaqua. With arts and crafts, educational workshops and sports, she said it’s hard to say what she enjoys most. “I like everything,” Weideman admitted, as...
Port Carbon man charged with stealing property from coal company; damages, repairs estimated at $26,000
A Port Carbon man was jailed in Schuylkill County Prison after police said he stole over $26,000 worth of scrap metal and equipment from an East Norwegian Twp. property.
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