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updated: Sun Jul 06, 2008 06:59 pm

Schuylkill County News

Local, regional, and statewide news continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

12 hrs ago | WNEP

Neglected Dog Thrives in New Home

A family in Schuylkill County has a special reason to celebrate the Fourth of July.

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Related Topix: Coaldale, PA, Tamaqua, PA

Sat Jul 05, 2008

WNEP-TV Moosic

Arrest Expected Soon in 1985 Homicide

The Schuylkill County coroner said Friday police have a suspect in the death of a 13-year-old boy and expect to make an arrest in a few weeks.

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Related Topix: Schuylkill Haven, PA

Fri Jul 04, 2008

The York Daily Record

Pa. police change boy's 1985 death to homicide

Authorities are calling the 1985 death of a Schuylkill County boy a homicide after scientists re-examined his exhumed body.

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Thu Jul 03, 2008

Times Leader

PA coroner: Police have suspect in boy's '85 death

Police have a suspect in the 1985 killing of a 13-year-old boy whose body was found in a thicket months after he left home on a bicycle, a coroner said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Schuylkill Haven, PA, Anthropology, Science

WFMZ

1985 Death of Schuylkill County Boy Ruled Homicide

The Schuylkill County coroner has ruled the death of a Schuylkill County boy a homicide.

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Related Topix: Schuylkill Haven, PA

WNEP-TV Moosic

Man Charged with Fraud, Theft

A man from Schuylkill County is accused of swindling more than $300,000 from more than two dozen people.

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Related Topix: Pottsville, PA

Wed Jul 02, 2008

WFMZ

Fire Destroys Auto Sales Business in Berks County

A Berks County business is trying to pick up the pieces this morning after a fire leaves it with nothing.

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Related Topix: Berks County, PA

Tue Jul 01, 2008

The Morning Call

Two charged with using drugs inside Schuylkill store

Two men are charged with using heroin and cocaine in the men's room of the Hometown Wal-Mart and with stealing several digital cameras, Rush Township police said.

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Related Topix: Hometown, PA, Allentown, PA, Scranton Metro, Hazleton, PA, Coaldale, PA

WFMZ

Pharmacy Robbed in Schuylkill County

Police in Schuylkill County are looking for the person who held up Shafer's Pharmacy in Tamaqua.

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Related Topix: Tamaqua, PA

Mon Jun 30, 2008

PAHomepage.com

I-TEAM: Puppy Broker Closes

A dog breeder at the center of an I-Team Investigation has closed. But it's critics don't believe that's the end of Bulldog Ravine.

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Related Topix: Pottsville, PA, Pine Grove, PA, Ravine, PA

Sat Jun 28, 2008

Times Leader

Hazleton Area schools' new budget has tax hike

The Hazleton Area School District approved a $105 million budget for the 2008-09 fiscal year at a special school board meeting on Friday night.

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Related Topix: Hazleton, PA, Scranton Metro, Education Etc., Carbon County, PA

Thu Jun 26, 2008

WNEP

Another Truck Crash on Gordon Mountain Road

Tons of canned goods were strewn on the ground after the latest tractor- trailer crash in a Schuylkill County community.

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Tue Jun 24, 2008

The Morning Call

Tamaqua man sentenced in sex videos case

A Tamaqua man who admitted using a digital camera to take videos and still photographs of a girl sexually exposed and engaged in sex acts, then downloading them to his home computer, was sentenced today to 12 ...

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Related Topix: Tamaqua, PA

Sun Jun 22, 2008

WGAL

Police Investigate Theft Of Classic Car

State Police in Schuylkill County are investigating the theft of a classic car. The car, a 1932 Ford Roadster, was taken sometime last week from a home on West Market Street in North Manheim Township.

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Fri Jun 20, 2008

Standard Speaker

Judge grants injunction to keep Ringtown Elementary open

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 ...

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Related Topix: Ringtown, PA

Wed Jun 18, 2008

The Morning Call

Mine owners to face court in fatal blast

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 ...

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Related Topix: Pine Grove, PA, Tremont, PA, Donaldson, PA

Mon Jun 16, 2008

The Lebanon Daily News

Spreading it thick

They don't make sludge like they used to. Since the dawn of agriculture, farmers have used human waste to fertilize their fields.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, York County, PA, Adams County, PA

Sat Jun 14, 2008

Wild About PA

Nature's Navigator: Clarks Valley Mountain Laurel

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.

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Related Topix: Dauphin County, PA, Dauphin, PA, Tower City, PA, Tremont, PA, Ravine, PA

Thu Jun 12, 2008

Times Leader

Study urges cargo airport tenant

HARRISBURG An economic impact study on the proposed cargo airport near Hazleton recommends developer Gladstone Partners LP have a commitment from an anchor tenant before the state commits funding.

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Related Topix: Luzerne County, PA, Lancaster Metro, Lancaster, PA, Harrisburg, PA

Wed Jun 11, 2008

Citizensvoice.com

Report recommends imposing conditions on $250 million for cargo airport project updated

The state Legislature should impose conditions on providing $250 million in state money for a proposed cargo airport outside Hazleton, a consultant concluded in a state report released Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Scranton Metro, Hazleton, PA

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