Mount Carmel man involved in fiery accident discharged
BRANDONVILLE - A Schuylkill Haven woman involved in a two-vehicle accident with a Mount Carmel man Monday morning remains in critical condition at Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest, according to a...
View ArticleCase bound for court in tree-tying homicide
ORWIGSBURG - After helping to tie Bryan R. Smith to a tree in May in South Manheim Township, Keith A. Reber returned about 20 hours later to find him dead, a state police corporal said Thursday at the...
View ArticleYoga murder suspect may get death penalty
MIDDLEBURG - Joel R. Snider, the homicide suspect in the July 2010 murder of a New Berlin yoga master, may now face the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. Snider, a former yoga...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Saturday, August 18, 2012
TheftEAST CAMERON TOWNSHIP - A sign was removed from segment 90 of Route 125 between the hours of 7 a.m. Aug. 13 and 8:30 p.m. Aug. 16, according to state police at Stonington.The crime occurred when...
View ArticleThree area teens charged with retail theft at mall, market place
HUMMELS WHARF - Three area juveniles are accused of retail theft for taking $1,890 worth of merchandise from the Susquehanna Valley Mall and Monroe Market Place between 3 and 8 p.m. Aug. 12, according...
View ArticleWoman killed in 2-vehicle accident
KELLY TOWNSHIP - A Milton woman was killed Sunday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of U.S. Route 15 and Col. John Kelly Road in this Union County township. State police at Milton...
View ArticlePolice Blotter:Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Aggravated assaultCOAL TOWNSHIP - A prisoner at SCI Coal Township is charged with aggravated assault following an altercation with two guards at 6:40 p.m. Sunday.State police at Stonington report...
View ArticleHanderhan to serve 8 years
HARRISBURG - Approximately two years after being indicted in a child pornography investigation, retired Mount Carmel police officer Blaine R. Handerhan has been sentenced to serve 8 years in a federal...
View ArticleDr. Kraynak's attorney says sobriety tests proved little
SHAMOKIN - Saying he's accustomed to DUI cases with "a lot more evidence," Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III nonetheless bound Dr. Raymond Kraynak's case to court following an hour-long...
View ArticleShenandoah driver charged in Butler Township crash in July
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - The Shenandoah driver involved in a violent two-vehicle crash on July 2 between Girardville and Ashland has been charged with driving under the influence and other violations by the...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Wednesday, August 22, 2012
One-car crashUPPER AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP - A Snydertown man suffered a minor injury in a one-car crash at 4:45 a.m. Sunday on Sunbury Street near Anthracite Road in Upper Augusta Township.State police at...
View ArticlePolice Blotter:Thursday, August 23, 2012Police Blotter: Thursday, August 23,...
Drug paraphernaliaZERBE TOWNSHIP - Jonathan Robert Christ, 23, of 1350 W. Montgomery St., Coal Township, and Ryan James Thomas, 24, of 1213 W. Walnut St., Coal Township, were charged by Trooper Thomas...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Friday, August 24, 2012
Criminal trespassSHAMOKIN - Joseph Boscolovich, 47, of 209 S. Seventh St., Shamokin, was cited by Cpl. John Brown for criminal trespass for entering a residence at 81 Raspberry Hill at 5:45 p.m. Aug....
View ArticleTeen is in fair condition after bike, car accident
COAL TOWNSHIP - A young bike rider is listed in fair condition after a bicycle-passenger car accident Wednesday morning in the area of West Willow and South Poplar streets. Broc Alan Davis, 13, of...
View ArticleAlleged bank robbers in custody after crash on I-80
TREMONT - Two men were taken into custody Thursday after allegedly being involved in a robbery at Miner's Bank and leading police on a brief car chase, eventually crashing along I-81. Trooper John...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Saturday, August 25, 2012
Robbed at knifepointMONROE TOWNSHIP - State police at Selinsgrove continue to investigate a robbery at 1:15 a.m. Friday in the parking lot of the former Value City department store, along Routes 11 and...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Monday, August 27, 2012
Asleep in carKULPMONT - A New Ringgold man who allegedly slept inside a parked car on Chestnut Street is charged by state police at Stonington with disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.Trooper...
View ArticleMount Carmel man's 2nd trial begins
For the second time in Schuylkill County Court, Melissa Kent testified Monday about what she said her ex-husband did to her last September after finding out she was with another man. "He told me I...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Disorderly conductSHAMOKIN - Harrison Ammon Bennett, 51, of 627 E. Packer St., Shamokin, was charged with disorderly conduct relating to an incident outside his home at 1:26 a.m. Aug. 26, according to...
View Article33 Line Mountain elementary students on bus involved in collision with truck;...
by justin strawser TREVORTON - Monday may have been a calm first day of school at Line Mountain, but the same couldn't be said about Tuesday. The second day of school started with a bang when a bus...
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