Tremont News

At least once every weekend, 83-year-old Alma Kasputis slowly makes her way down the block from her Tower City home to attend Mass at Ss.

The co-owner of an eastern Pennsylvania coal mine and two employees will stand trial in connection with two methane gas explosions that seriously injured two miners in 2004 and killed another in 2006.

A district judge today dismissed conspiracy charges against two owners of a Schuylkill County coal mine where a 2006 explosion killed a miner, but ordered them and another miner to face county court action on ...

Posted by MARCUS SCHNECK, The Patriot-News June 08, 2008 18:31PM Clarks Valley between Dauphin in Dauphin County and Tower City in Schuylkill County is a riot of bright colors just now.

A Dallas area woman was killed in a Sunday morning crash in Tremont Township, Schuylkill County.

Six Lebanon County bridges are among more than 1,000 bridges the state has identified for repair or replacement.

Interstate 81 southbound in Schuylkill County is shutdown between Exits 112 for Hegins and 107 for Tremont/Tower City due to a tractor-trailer accident. via The Morning Call

Violations at the R&D Coal Co.'s Buck Mountain Slope mine in Schuylkill County were so egregious, officials say, that the state attorney general's office was pressed to do something it had never done before: Launch a criminal investigation of a mine fatality.

Following a grand jury presentment, the state attorney general on Wednesday filed involuntary manslaughter and other charges against company owner David Zimmerman, his son and foreman Steven Zimmerman, both of Pine Grove, and miner Jeffrey Klinger of Tremont. Read more

Tremont Township, Pa. Three Schuylkill county men face charges of involuntary manslaughter as the result of an October 2006 explosion which killed a worker at a Tremont Township coal mine. via WHTM-TV Harrisburg

A Schuylkill County man who ignored pleas from friends and relatives to not drive after he had been drinking, then crashed his car, killing his girlfriend, has been found guilty of homicide by vehicle and related charges.

Neil Ryan Hatfield, 24, of 325 W. Main St., Tremont Township, will be sentenced in the Aug. 19 death of Shannon Sullivan, 22, of Pine Grove, after President Judge William Baldwin reviews a presentence investigation.

After listening to two days of testimony, the jury late Tuesday also found Hatfield guilty of aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence, involuntary manslaughter, driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance, driving under the influence of a high level of alcohol, recklessly endangering another person and reckless driving. Read more

Car hits post; man killed Lebanon Daily News A 21-year-old Lancaster County man was killed in a one-car accident in Tremont Township, Schuylkill County, early today, state police at Schuylkill Haven said.

“The overall goal is having something available to residents in terms of those collections and also having the ability to store the material, once it is collected, in a DEP-permitted site”

Lebanon residents will soon have a drop-off facility where they can get rid of yard waste at their convenience. via The Lebanon Daily News

State police are investigating a crash that killed 1-man and injured another. It happened around 3:30 this morning in Tremont Township along Route 125. via PAHomepage.com

Sunday night, workman came home and saw fire ripping through the house he spent his whole life in. via PAHomepage.com

Two Schuylkill County men are behind bars today, charged with robbing and then torching a Pine Grove man's home on Sunday. via The Morning Call

Two men from Schuylkill County are locked up, accused of breaking into a home and then setting fire to it. via WNEP-TV Moosic

TREE ON WIRES: City fire crews responded to 309 E. Poplar St. at 3:47 p.m. Tuesday. via The Lebanon Daily News

Shots fired in argument Lebanon Daily News No one was injured when two shots were fired from a shotgun during a fight inside the home of a Pine Grove woman early Thursday morning, state police at Schuylkill ... via The Lebanon Daily News

The Myerstown Holiday Parade will unfold as the Myerstown Activity Network originally planned, according to an announcement by network Chairman Thomas Houtz. via The Lebanon Daily News