Frackville News

A n amazed Dorothy looked at the big, gleaming, gold, onion-shaped cupolas atop the Holy Ascension Orthodox Church.

Ron Gower/TIMES NEWS Heinz Rausch, left, a native of Germany and a longtime member of the Lehighton Fire Department, speaks with firefighter Martin Michaluk and Assistant Fire Chief Timo Ross, both from the Hanau Fire Company in Wolfgang, Germany.

Unscramble today's word to be eligible to win two tickets to Cirque du Soleil-Alegria! Alegria takes the stage July 22-26 at the Wachovia Arena.

Two men pleaded guilty Monday to raping a woman in Washington County more than a decade ago.

Eight school board members have been booted off the North Schuylkill School Board.

In Schuylkill County a crew is racing against the clock to get a community pool open by July Fourth.

Vyomesh P. Bhatia, 38, of Montville, is in Schuylkill County jail today on charges.

A former Philadelphia man who choked a Sharon woman until she lost consciousness has lost an appeal of his sentence.

A man from West Mahanoy Township is dead after a motorcycle crash in Frackville.

A Schuylkill County man was killed in a crash involving this all terrain vehicle in Ryan Township.

A Pottsville man who was not wearing a helmet was killed late Saturday during an all-terrain vehicle accident in Schuylkill County, state police in Frackville said.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Middle May 22--SHENANDOAH -- A fire that damaged a borough home early Thursday morning was intentionally set, investigators said.

The driver and passenger of this motorcycle were killed after crashing on Route 209 in Schuylkill County Sunday night around 9:45 p.m. The accident happened in Schuylkill Township about a quarter-mile east of Tuscarora.

SHENANDOAH Schuylkill County Wanted man took convict's ID to avoid capture, police say A Shenandoah man wanted on burglary charges hid himself from authorities by taking the identity of a killer serving a life sentence for murder, police said.

Case facts Defendants : Brandon J. Piekarsky, 17, and Derrick M. Donchak, 19, both of Shenandoah, Schuylkill County.

Brandon Piekarsky, Colin Walsh and Derrick Donchak shown last summer. Attorneys for two Schuylkill County teens charged in the beating death of a Mexican man rested their case Thursday after just over two hours of testimony.

The verdict is in for the case against Brandon Piekarsky and Derrick Donchak . And here are the results: Brandon Piekarsky Third-degree murder: Acquitted aggravated assault: Acquitted recklessly endangering another person: Acquitted simple assault: Guilty ethnic intimidation: Acquitted criminal solicitation/hindering apprehension or prosecution: ...

Testimony ended Thursday in a murder trial in Schuylkill County Court after the defense called four witnesses, including two police officers and a county detective, and rested its case.

Two men were flown to regional hospitals this morning after a head-on crash in Schuylkill County , state police at Frackville said.

Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County was more like a demolition derby early this morning after a sudden snow squall turned the road into a sheet of ice.