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Swine Flu hits Schuylkill County
First case of swine flue confirmed in Schuylkill CountyThe first confirmed case of swine flu, or H1N1, has hit Schuylkill County.The case has been confirmed by Art Kaplan, the director of SchuylkillCounty's emergency management agency.Kaplan was info...
Gas Prices rise in Schuylkill County
Gas Prices continue to rise in Schuylkilll County.Gas prices continue to rise in Schuylkill County for the summer driving season. Just one week ago prices were averaging slightly above $2.00 a gallon.Prices are currently between $2.22 and $2.33 respe...
Live Blog of the Luis Ramirez Zavala Now Available
The Republican and Herald newspaper from Pottsville is now coveringthe Luis Ramirez trial with a live blog on their website.You can follow the trial live by clicking here: Shenandoah teens on trial.It should be noted that the prosecution rested their...
Local couple featured on Whose Wedding Is It Anyway
A local couple, Gina Galle and Kevin Riegel, were featured on a recent episode of "Whose Wedding is it Anyway" The Port Carbon couple were married in October of 2008.Whose Wedding is it anyway is a show on the Style Network. You can view the upcoming...
Trial set for Luis Eduardo Ramirez death
Brandon J. Piekarsky and Derrick M. Donchak, both of Shenandoah, PA, are scheduled to be tried on April 27th. Both are charged with charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, simple assault and ethnic i...
70 Cats Removed from Pine Grove 'Cat Santuary'
Nearly 70 cats were removed from deplorable conditions at a so called cat sanctuary.Virginia Kresge Justiniano operated the Cats With No Names sanctuary where approximately 70 cat lived in deplorable conditions that included thousands of drug paraphe...

