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St. Clair Police Charge Hazleton Man for Pursuit
A Hazleton man has been charged for leading St. Clair Police in a pursuit back in April. According to St. Clair Police, on April 23rd, 2024, Officers attempted to stop a black 4-door Acura Sedan that was clocked at 65 mph in a posted 45 mph zone in the area of Route 61 and Terry Rich Boulevard.
South Schuylkill News Calendar, July 18, 2024
• Shop Pine Grove Area Pathway, 5-7 p.m., 42 S. Tulpehocken St. enter through blue door on ground floor. Proof of residency and $10 cash donation. • Schuylkill Haven Food Pantry, noon-3 p.m., behind Walk In Art Center on Market Street between Parkway and St. Charles Street. • LeadFoot –...
Ready for school? Here's your ultimate back-to-school toolkit
(BPT) - No matter how old your child is, the back-to-school transition is always exciting, busy and sometimes stressful. Moving from less scheduled summer days to a regular routine takes planning, as well as the best available tools.
PSPCA hosts first 'Pittiefest' with $5 adoption fees for pit bulls
The Pennsylvania SPCA is launching “Pittiefest” to encourage pit bull adoptions this summer. A $5 adoption fee is offered for pit bulls until Aug. 11 at the PSPCA’s Lancaster location, its Philadelphia headquarters, Main Line Animal Rescue site and Danville location. The PSPCA is also encouraging potential...
30 things we're excited about, part 7: Tornadoes moving up to Class 3A
After Mount Carmel and Southern Columbia’s football rivalry was heavily lopsided in the Tigers’ favor for a decade, the Red Tornadoes are beginning to have some success in the series again, winning the regular-season meeting each of the last two years. It’s impossible to feel fully confident in...
JT Hall of Fame: Vitti to be honored
Kevin Vitti, a 2016 graduate of Jim Thorpe Area High School and a 2020 graduate of Bloomsburg University, was a standout linebacker for the Olympians’ football team during his four-year career. Vitti’s accolades included Schuylkill County Football Coaches Association (SCFCA) first team linebacker, SCFCA North Co-Defensive Player of the...
Congresswoman visits Berks baby formula plant to discuss supply chain protection
The vision of empty shelves where baby formula should have been is likely one that parents won’t soon forget. Back in 2022, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, that’s exactly what fearful and frustrated parents saw. The U.S. was facing a severe baby formula shortage, one that saw out-of-stock rates reach 70%.
Lehigh Valley Summer Boys Basketball League: Salisbury, Parkland and Liberty earn playoff wins
It was a great summer basketball season for Lehighton, but the Indians were denied in their bid to repeat as Lehigh Valley Summer Boys Basketball League small-school division champs. The Indians, who will be members of the Colonial League in the 2024-25 season, lost to Salisbury Wednesday night in the...
Soul Mining: Dancing to the truth of the troubadour
The last few weeks have been like a blindfolded ride sitting in the front row while on the Twister roller coaster at Knoebels. We said goodbye to a new grandson and welcomed one into the world within the span of seven days. I drove from Pennsylvania to Florida back to Shamokin to Johnstown putting more than just mileage on my car and my weary soul all along the way. Then, last Saturday, I like all of you, witnessed the assassination attempt on President Trump’s life at his rally in the portion of our state I just left.
Hugh Freeze Q&A from SEC Media Days
Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze attended Thursday’s final day of the four-day SEC Football Media Days in Dallas. He answered questions about his team and the upcoming season during a session in the main interview room. What follows is the Q&A session with Freeze, courtesy of ASAP Sports transcripts:
Paige and Cassidy Superneau compete at Midlands, prepare for Bloomsburg
Over the weekend of July 12 to 14, Paige and Cassidy Superneau traveled to Fonda, NY, to race at Midland Barrels. They’ll be in Bloomsburg, PA, on July 27 for the Keystone Barrel Classic. Cassidy Superneau: I ran my younger horse Jet at Midlands, and I’m very happy to...
Panther wrestling champ honored
National wrestling champion Brenda Banks received a standing ovation as she accepted a Senate citation for her accomplishment from state Sen. David Argall during Panther Valley School Board’s meeting Wednesday night. The rising Panther Valley High School junior won first place during the 2023-24 U.S. Marine Corps Junior National...
Tamaqua looks at overgrown, diseased trees
Trees that are growing too big in Tamaqua’s downtown will need to come down. Others are infected by insects and must be treated, explained Jay Stidham, the borough’s director of public works. He, along with councilwomen Kathy Kunkel and Mary Linkevich, recently met with a local forester to...
Mount Carmel woman incarcerated on animal cruelty charges
MOUNT CARMEL — A 37-year-old Mount Carmel woman is in Northumberland County Jail after being arraigned Wednesday on animal cruelty charges relating to a July 4 incident in which her injured dog was found walking along rooftops in the 200 block of South Maple Street. Teresa Ann Ricchiuti is...
Mount Carmel’s Jack Elliott upholds Caravan standard during summer practices
CHICAGO – Mount Carmel senior quarterback Jack Elliott suddenly stopped himself in the middle of answering a question Wednesday afternoon when he saw something he didn’t like. One of his teammates had taken a break doing 100 yards of bear crawls for breaking a team rule. Elliott immediately...
Ralpho West crowned MCAJBL Major champions
ELYSBURG — Ralpho West won the Mount Carmel Area Junior Baseball League Major Division championship by defeating Locust Gap, 11-8, in Game 3 on Wednesday. Coach Mike Keefer said MVPs of the series were Ralpho’s Marcus Stanley, offense, and Nathan Rosko, defense; and Locust Gap’s Bentley Wisnoskie, offense, and Bobby Green, defense.
Attorney Michael Cefalo, founder of 'the people's law firm,' dies at 83
WEST PITTSTON — Prominent local attorney and labor union supporter Michael Cefalo, who shared a love of ballroom dancing and racecar driving outside of his legal work, died on Wednesday. He was 83.
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