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Girardville Suspends Police Department
GIRARDVILLE BOROUGH, SCHUYLKILL CO. (WOLF) — To save taxpayers money, the Girardville Borough Government toyed with suspending their police department. “We need to either increase taxes in the upcoming year or do we make the hard decision and say enough is enough, we give it our best shot, we can only increase taxes so much to fix a problem,” says Mayor Michael Zangari.
Rodale Institute to offer agricultural inspector apprenticeship
Kutztown, Pa. — On May 14, the Rodale Institute was named the recipient of a $350,000 grant for the development of Pennsylvania's first program offering apprenticeships to Pennsylvanians who are interested in careers as organic compliance inspectors in agriculture. The Rodale Institute is a prestigious agricultural research and education nonprofit based in Berks County that is dedicated to advancing regenerative organic agriculture. The Institute plans to create an earn-as-you-learn registered...
7 sizzling duels to watch at District 11 track and field
One of the most exciting parts of the District 11 track and field championships is watching two, or three, or four, elite-level athletes fight it out for a district title or state qualifying spot. It’ll happen fairly often at the D-11 meet that runs over Tuesday and Wednesday (3 p.m....
Dive team finds gun allegedly used to kill St. Clair Township woman
ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Dive teams have recovered a gun they say was used to kill a Saint Clair Township woman. The gun was found inside Donegal Lake. The District Attorney's Office says the gun was used to kill 71-year-old Alice Robson in December. Matthew Bates, 18, Robert...
Distance showdown goes to Emmaus’ McCartney on first day of D-11 track
It wasn’t all rainwater dripping off Madelyn McCartney after the Emmaus sophomore won the Class 3A 3,200-meter run on Tuesday’s first day of the District 11 track and field championships. “I was shivering at the start of the race,” she said. “Once I started going, I warmed up,...
Route 61 In Schuylkill County Reopens After Gas Line Break (UPDATED)
Route 61 between Frackville and St. Clair has reopened, PennDOT told Daily Voice Wednesday evening. The highway was shut down on Tuesday morning, May 14 after a contractor accidentally struck a gas main during a reconstruction project, officials said. Traffic was detoured to US 209, Route…
Best friends guide Northwestern softball to convincing semifinal win over Notre Dame
Sophomore best friends Emma Freeman and Abby Dunstan serve as the battery for the Northwestern Lehigh softball team. They also can make plenty of noise with their bats when they follow each other fourth and fifth in the lineup. Freeman struck out five Notre Dame batters and held the Crusaders...
Deadly ATV crash in Schuylkill County
ASHLAND, SCHUYLKILL CO. (WOLF) — An ATV crash in Schuylkill County left one person dead. According to Skook News, after 8 p.m. Wednesday, crews were called to the are of 300 North 9th Street in a wooded area in Ashland for an ATV rollover. The coroner's office was called...
Woman, 37, dies after ATV rollover in Schuylkill County
ASHLAND, Pa. -- Police in Schuylkill County have identified the person who died after an ATV accident Wednesday night. Beth Yost, 37, of Butler Township, was pronounced dead after the incident around 8 p.m. in the 300 block of N. Ninth Street in Ashland, police said. She was driving an...
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