07/09/11 Ashland: Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine and Steam Train in Ashland will hold its 19th annual Pioneer Day Aug. 20 in celebration of the 49th anniversary of the tourist attraction. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. In addition to its regular coal m
06/27/11 Out-of-state jobs have given the 34-year-old Hagan, who calls himself the Barn Artist, a new goal. He hopes to paint a barn -- or any building -- in all 50 states.
06/22/11 A 71-year-old tax collector in Schuylkill County is accused of taking around $171,000 in school tax payments.
06/03/11 Barnesville: Naturalist Robin Tracey will lead a hike on the Spirit of Tuscarora Trail from 1 to 3:30 p.m. June 10. The 4.5-mile trek is rated moderate, she said in a release. Participants will meet at the Tuscarora State Park Visitors Center. Dogs are
05/25/11 Barnesville: Courses on the basics of kayaking have been scheduled at Tuscarora State Park as follows: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. June 3, payment deadline Friday; 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. June 10, deadline June 3; 3 to 5 p.m. June 11, deadline June 3; 5:30 to 7:30 p.m
05/20/11 n Barnesville: A fish-for-free day is set from 9 a.m. to noon May 30 at Locust Lake State Park. In a press release, Robin Tracey, environmental education specialist, said the program will be held at the park's program shelter. No fishing license will be
05/14/11 More than 400 students graduated from Moravian College, concluding the Bethlehem school's 269th academic year. Graduates earned approximately 388 bachelor's degrees and 34 master's degrees.
05/10/11 DeedsPottsville - JMAC Realty LLC to Jennifer L. Reedy; 308 N. 18th St.; $100,000.Brent and Elzbieta Stayer to Fish Shirt Holdings LLC; property on West Norwegian Street; $18,700.Tax Claim Bureau of Schuylkill County to Robert Bonaccolta; 657 N. Secon
05/10/11 BARNESVILLE - Ryan Township will hold off on an ordinance restricting the sale of bath salts until state legislation is put in place.The topic was discussed by the Ryan Township supervisors at their meeting on Monday, according to supervisors Chairman C
05/09/11 With the current school year winding down the Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29 School Board approved plans for the 2011 Environmental Education Summer Camp to be held at the North Campus in Butler Township from June 13 through 16 and at the South Campus in Norwegian Township from June 20 through 23, in action taken at its monthly meeting held Monday evening at the Maple Avenue Campus in Norwegian ...
04/28/11 Some flooding and funnel clouds reported amid more than dozen tornado warnings The powerful cold front that spawned deadly and destructive tornadoes across the South this week passed through Maryland Thursday with more than a dozen tornado warnings. But in the end there were no reports of catastrophic damage.
04/25/11 WHEELING - In a season when little has gone right, Coach Curt Mele watched his Bishop Donahue softball team make all the right moves Monday at the J.B. Chambers I-470 Junior Sports Complex.
04/16/11 BENWOOD - Consol Energy Inc. continues to raise its energy output, with plans to produce up to 160 billion cubic feet of natural gas this year and 62 million tons of coal.
04/01/11 Associated Press - April 1, 2011 10:54 AM ET BARNESVILLE, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania State Police say a man whose body was found near a highway interchange last month has been identified.
04/01/11 Pennsylvania State Police said Friday that a man found dead near a highway interchange last month has been identified as an Iowan.
03/29/11 ST. CLAIRSVILLE - From touring drilling rigs to attending seminars, Jason Wilson said he is learning as much as he can about what Marcellus and Utica Shale natural gas means for Ohio. "The economies around us are benefiting from drilling.
03/23/11 PITTSBURGH - When Range Resources Corp. moved into Canonsburg, Pa., in 2007 to evaluate the Marcellus Shale rock formation for natural gas drilling, John Pinkerton sent one employee to run the office.
03/22/11 PITTSBURGH - When Range Resources Corp. moved into Canonsburg, Pa., in 2007 to evaluate the Marcellus Shale rock formation for natural gas drilling, John Pinkerton sent one employee to run the offic.
03/12/11 DEER HARVEST - Pennsylvania hunters bagged more bucks in the 2010-2011 seasons than the year before, the Game Commission estimates.The 122,930 antlered deer represents an increase, particularly of older bucks; 52 percent of bucks killed were 2.5 years o
03/02/11 Nineteen amateur boxers from local gyms will be competing Saturday in the opening round of the Pennsylvania Golden Gloves at Country Hearth in Lancaster. | 
