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19 hours ago | republicanherald.com | Amy Marchiano

POTTSVILLE —  The Sheppton man charged in September with third-degree murder in connection with the death of his son is set to stand trial in June in the Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas. John Francis Gustites, 68, remains in Schuylkill County Prison, unable to post $250,00 straight cash bail, in the slaying of John A. Gustites, 42, in their home on Franklin Street.

20 hours ago | republicanherald.com | Ron Devlin

POTTSVILLE — In real estate, it’s said, the most important thing is location, location, location. In Pottsville, change that to parking, parking, parking. Parking — more precisely the lack thereof — figured in three of four cases that came before the Pottsville Zoning Hearing Board on Tuesday evening. Again and again, the board had to balance potential improvements to neighborhoods against the parking problems they would create.

21 hours ago | republicanherald.com | Amy Marchiano

TAMAQUA —  A woman charged with selling methamphetamine to an undercover agent twice waived her right to a hearing Tuesday. Falon Muffley, 37, of no known address, was set to appear at Magisterial District Judge Stephen Bayer’s courtroom for a preliminary hearing. Muffley sold methamphetamine to an undercover agent on two occasions in the borough earlier this year, according to the state Attorney General’s Office. The charges now advance to the Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas.

1 day ago | republicanherald.com | Mike Stobbe |Geoff Mulvihill

By MIKE STOBBE and GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated PressThere were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded. An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year, according to provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Wednesday. That’s down 27% from the 110,000 in 2023. The CDC has been collecting comparable data for 45 years.

1 day ago | republicanherald.com | Ron Devlin

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — After nearly three months of uncertainty, a ray of hope shines over the future of Penn State Schuylkill campus. On Monday, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Schuylkill is not on a list of seven Commonwealth campuses slated for closing following the 2026-27 school year. Citing sources close to the Penn State board of trustees, the Inquirer listed Schuylkill, Hazleton, Scranton, Beaver and Greater Allegheny as campuses that will remain open.