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Tuesday Dec 23 | Standard Speaker

Probe details planned rampage

Prosecutors have painted a chilling portrait of a Blue Mountain High School student who allegedly planned a school shooting and want him tried as an adult, while his lawyer said Monday that the allegations are ...

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Related Topix: Schuylkill Haven, PA, Pottsville, PA, Schuylkill County, PA

Sat Dec 20, 2008

The News Item

School attack plot foiled, teen arrested

Guns, a gas mask and camouflage clothing told the story Friday of a Blue Mountain High School student arrested for plotting to attack schoolmates.

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Related Topix: Schuylkill Haven, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Pottsville, PA

Mon Dec 01, 2008

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Victims Try to Recover after Deadly Fire

In Schuylkill County the victims of a Thanksgiving day fire are trying to recover.

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Related Topix: Schuylkill County, PA, Thanksgiving, Life, Holidays

Thu Nov 27, 2008

The Morning Call

Schuylkill boy, 2, killed in house fire

A 2-year-old boy was killed Thanksgiving morning after flames raced through his Port Carbon home before occupants could rescue him, officials said.

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Related Topix: Thanksgiving, Life, Holidays, Schuylkill County, PA

WNEP-TV Moosic

Child Dies in Fire

Fire officials in Schuylkill County confirm a child died in an early morning fire.

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Related Topix: Schuylkill County, PA

Sat Nov 22, 2008

PennLive.com

Police chief taken ill, crashes car

The police chief of Port Carbon, Schuylkill County, suffered an "unknown medical issue" while driving his police car Friday night and crashed into a cement pole, state police said.

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Related Topix: Schuylkill County, PA, Cressona, PA

Wed Nov 19, 2008

Standard Speaker

Jeweler hopes to fill need in Shenandoah

Steinmetz Jewelers, Hamburg, began appraising and buying gold and silver Saturday at Caledonia Antiques, Shenandoah.

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Related Topix: Friedensburg, PA

Tue Nov 11, 2008

Fire Engineering

Chlorine leak contained at Saint Clair treatment plant

Middle Nov. 11--SAINT CLAIR -- Emergency crews responded to a chlorine leak Monday at the Saint Clair Waste Water Treatment Plant on the Saint Clair-Port Carbon Highway.

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Related Topix: St. Clair, PA, Schuylkill County, PA

Tue Oct 21, 2008

MergeDigital

Schuylkill man gets jail time in crash death case

A Schuylkill County man acquitted last year of homicide by vehicle and involuntary manslaughter in a 2005 car crash that killed a 21-year-old county man still was responsible for the man's death, a county judge ...

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Related Topix: Schuylkill County, PA, Schuylkill Haven, PA, Pottsville, PA

Thu Oct 16, 2008

Standard Speaker

Schuylkill County plans to reduce blight

Schuylkill County officials outlined potential plans for reducing blighted properties during a Community Development Block Grant hearing last week.

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Related Topix: Schuylkill County, PA

Wed Oct 01, 2008

WNEP-TV Moosic

Volunteers Tackle Damaged Tombstones

Repairs have started at a cemetery in Schuylkill County damaged by vandals last month.

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Related Topix: Schuylkill County, PA, Leesport, PA, Canada, Orwigsburg, PA, Life, Veteran Affairs

Sun Sep 28, 2008

The News Item

It's - sew' easy to make a difference this year

If you're still looking for a project for Make A Difference Day, Grateful Thread has some suggestions.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Frackville, PA, Ashland, PA, Pottsville, PA, Tamaqua, PA

Wed Sep 17, 2008

Standard Speaker

Schuylkill County public transit opens route to Barnesville

Schuylkill Transportation System began a commuter service Monday that offers rides to workers along a route from Barnesville to Port Carbon into Pottsville.

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Related Topix: Schuylkill County, PA, Pottsville, PA, Tamaqua, PA

Sun Sep 07, 2008

The News Item

About 150 gather for outdoor Labor Day Mass

Instead of preparing for a day of barbecuing and other holiday activities, about 150 people gathered outdoors in a sylvan setting in Cass Township to participate in a Labor Day Mass and remember their Irish ...

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Related Topix: Ringtown, PA

Fri Sep 05, 2008

WNEP-TV Moosic

Man Acquitted of Homicide by Vehicle

A young man who was behind the wheel in a deadly crash was found not guilty of the most serious charges in Schuykill County.

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Related Topix: Pottsville, PA

Sun Aug 24, 2008

Standard Speaker

Teen in Ramirez case to request bail

One of the two Shenandoah Heights teenagers charged with killing an illegal Mexican immigrant in July in Shenandoah will ask a Schuylkill County judge on Tuesday to be released on bail pending his trial.

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Related Topix: Shenandoah Heights, PA, Family, Teenagers, Schuylkill County, PA, Shenandoah, PA

Wed Jul 30, 2008

Earth Times

FAIR Condemns Murder of an Illegal Immigrant in Pennsylvania as a 'Reprehensible Act'

WASHINGTON, July 28 FAIR-condemns-murder WASHINGTON , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Federation for American Immigration Reform , the nation's oldest and largest immigration reform organization, condemns the ...

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Tue Jul 29, 2008

Earth Times

FAIR Condemns Murder of an Illegal Immigrant in Pennsylvania as a 'Reprehensible Act'

WASHINGTON, July 28 FAIR-condemns-murder WASHINGTON , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Federation for American Immigration Reform , the nation's oldest and largest immigration reform organization, condemns the ...

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform

Earth Times

FAIR Condemns Murder of an Illegal Immigrant in Pennsylvania as a 'Reprehensible Act'

WASHINGTON, July 28 FAIR-condemns-murder WASHINGTON , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Federation for American Immigration Reform , the nation's oldest and largest immigration reform organization, condemns the ...

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform

Earth Times

FAIR Condemns Murder of an Illegal Immigrant in Pennsylvania as a 'Reprehensible Act'

WASHINGTON, July 28 FAIR-condemns-murder WASHINGTON , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Federation for American Immigration Reform , the nation's oldest and largest immigration reform organization, condemns the ...

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