Ringtown News

' There's an old expression that says you can't go home again. That is not a deterrent for a group of North Schuylkill High School alumni who don't plan on returning home but do plan on returning to high school ...

From staff reports After a brief hearing Thursday afternoon at the Schuylkill County Courthouse, Judge Cyrus Palmer Dolbin granted an injunction sought by a group of Ringtown-area residents to force North ...

By PETER E. BORTNER Staff Writer The North Schuylkill School Board unlawfully voted May 8 to close Ringtown Elementary School, 10 parents alleged Friday in a Schuylkill County Court lawsuit seeking to keep it ...

By L.A. TARONE Staff Writer The day that many Roman Catholics in the Allentown Diocese feared arrived Saturday, as the diocese announced its church closure and realignment plan.

“That doesn't make any sense. We have a beautiful building here with the latest technology, including SMART Boards; most of our kids can walk to school. We don't want this at all.”

By LESLIE RICHARDSON Staff Writer There will be another vacant elementary school in the North Schuylkill School District after school board members decided Thursday to send Ringtown Elementary students to North ... via Standard Speaker

HAZLE TWP. State police at Hazleton reported the following incidents: A 40-year-old man was flown to a hospital late Wednesday morning after police say his vehicle struck the fuel tank on the right side of the ... via Times Leader

“He (or she) has been terminated, and that's all we are allowed to say”

In your dictionary or thesaurus, "to terminate" means "to bring to an end." Back in the "Roarin' 20s," when applied to people, the word meant "brought to a permanent end;" that is, eliminated, permanently, from ... via The Bud Angst Report

State officials say there are 17 dams in our area that are unsafe---including the Mount Laurel Dam near Frackville. via WNEP-TV Moosic

“Garbage in your backyard is one thing”

By JILL WHALEN Staff Writer Several Ringtown residents believe that Schuylkill County Recycling collection containers are too close to their homes. via Standard Speaker

Announcement is made of the engagement and upcoming wedding of Megan Swartz, Ringtown, to Michael Remetta, Olyphant. via The Times-Tribune

“I'm hoping that the district justice will see this for what it is and dismiss the criminal charges out of hand”

A Lebanon County judge has rejected a defense attorney's efforts to get a criminal complaint thrown out after it was filed at least three times against his client, who is accused of verbally sparring with an ... via The Lebanon Daily News

A teenager was killed Sunday night as he drove home from visiting relatives. The Schuylkill County coroner said Donald Hartzel, 17, of Ringtown lost control of his car on Biddle Road in Gordon. via WNEP-TV Moosic

By Bud Angst For the Nov. 29, 2007, Call , Schuylkill Haven, PA, & the West Schuylkill Press-Herald Facing the Schuylkill County Commissioners this week are the proposed appointments or re-appointments of no ... via The Bud Angst Report

With the switch from Republican to Democrat control of most Schuylkill County row offices, what will happen to the appointed employees in each office? As far as the rank-and-file employees are concerned, little ... via The Bud Angst Report

“We thought it was a real good idea so we ran with it and I'm happy with how it worked”

Friday, November 9, 6:36 p.m. By Bob Reynolds A hospital in Schuylkill County is teaming up with some high school students to get a high tech medical tool. via WNEP-TV Moosic

“They are buying the produce trying to hype up the marke by saying there is martial law in Pakistan and run the barrel up a couple of dollars a barrel and then try and sell it to whoever they can to try and make a profit”

Monday, November 5, UPDATED: 5:40 p.m. By Bob Reynolds Diesel and gasoline prices have spiked. via WNEP-TV Moosic

“We put out a survey in the community as to who would like to have their leaves raked up and the children were broken into groups”

Friday, November 2, 5:37 p.m. By Bob Reynolds Just about everywhere you looked Friday in Ringtown there were students, from kindergarten through sixth grade, hard at work. via WNEP-TV Moosic

“Several witnesses saw everything that happened and stopped to give statements to our officers, and that helped us track down the person involved”

BY KRISTEN M. SCATTON Staff Writer PORT CLINTON -- Eyewitness accounts lead to the arrest of an Auburn man in a September road rage incident, according to state police at Schuylkill Haven. via Standard Speaker

A man was LifeFlighted after a two-vehicle accident yesterday morning in Ellsworth. via WVII

A Columbia County husband and wife were arrested yesterday on charges that they submitted two false insurance claims for more than $22,000 in an effort to cover-up damage their pick-up truck sustained in an ... via Attorneygeneral.gov