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19-07-2025
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Pine Grove Twp. man charged with burglarizing school property
A Pine Grove Twp. man faces burglary and criminal trespass charges after police say he stole various pieces of equipment, food and drinks from the Pine Grove Area School District in two drug-induced incidents. Pine Grove police charged Austin Hall, 28, on Wednesday after they found video surveillance footage of a man removing uniforms and other items from private band trailers and a concession stand on the school property earlier this year. Police said the man, later identified as Hall, was first spotted the morning of April 7 walking around the school grounds. Surveillance footage showed he had entered two band trailers in a fenced-off area around 3 a.m. that morning. He came out of the trailers wearing an approximately $795 band uniform, police said. After further investigation, police found Hall had also taken food, medical supplies, tools and a backpack before leaving the area. On June 23, school district officials notified police that Hall had returned to campus and broken into the concession stand at the football stadium. Footage showed the defendant driving a blue four-wheeler to the area late June 22. Around 12:30 a.m. that night, he was seen walking in front of the garage area at the stadium. He left and returned later, wearing a dress, police said. Hall changed his clothing several times and then climbed into the concession stand through a window, according to police. He was seen trying to cover the cameras inside the stand with duct tape; pictures from said cameras showed the defendant's appearance matched that of the person in the April 7 break-in, police said. Inside the concession stand, Hall took food, drinks and several other items, including medical supplies and towels, police said. He ultimately left the scene on his four-wheeler around 3:45 a.m., police said, but returned to campus near the elementary school later that morning and washed his vehicle with a hose. Police subsequently contacted the defendant. Hall told police that he was the person involved in both incidents and said he has a drug issue. He said when he does drugs, he blacks out and doesn't remember what he does, although he did have a good recollection of both incidents, according to police. Hall said he hid the items from the school district in a wooded area known as the 'Ghost Bridge,' but when he went back for them later, they were no longer there. Hall faces two felony counts each of burglary and criminal trespass, along with two misdemeanor counts each of theft and receiving stolen property. Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
10-03-2025
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North Schuylkill High School wins Academic Competition
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — North Schuylkill High School scholars swept the 33rd Annual Schuylkill County Academic Competition Monday morning at Penn State-Schuylkill campus. The highest scorer in the preliminary rounds of questioning, North Schuylkill outpaced the teams from Pine Grove High School and Blue Mountain High School to win the championship. The final scores were North Schuylkill, 95; Pine Grove, 75 and Blue Mountain, 70. * The North Schuylkill team claimed first place during the annual Schuylkill County Academic Competition at Penn State Schuylkill, Monday, March 10, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) * North Schuylkill student Fabrizio Manganiello kneels to receive a gold medal from coach Joseph Wyatt during the annual Schuylkill County Academic Competition at Penn State Schuylkill, Monday, March 10, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) Show Caption 1 of 2 The North Schuylkill team claimed first place during the annual Schuylkill County Academic Competition at Penn State Schuylkill, Monday, March 10, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) Expand Pine Grove, last year's champion, finished first in league competition among 13 public, parochial and charter schools that preceded the competition. As champion, North Schuylkill will represent the county in the Pennsylvania Academic State Competition on May 2 in Harrisburg. 'Wow,' coach Joseph P. Wyatt said after North Schuylkill's win. 'Our school has not been in a state competition in 19 years.' 'Our team was well rounded,' said Wyatt, who's taught history at North Schuylkill for 24 years. 'Our students backed up one another.' The team — Fabrizio Manganiello, Christopher Dambrosia, Joseph Campbell and Garrett Ratkiewicz — had been together for a long time, Wyatt said. 'And the fact that they were all friends contributed greatly to their success,' said Wyatt, who coached the team with Justin Sharp. Coached by Gerald Salen, Pine Grove's final four contestants were Catherine Primeau, Jackson Ludwig, Shane Hall and Dustin Williams. Blue Mountain was represented by Bill Mills, Connor Barry, Megan Bassinisky and Liam Dreher. Steve Zimmerman coached the team. From left, North Schuylkill, Pine Grove and Blue Mountain compete in the finals during the annual Schuylkill County Academic Competition at Penn State Schuylkill, Monday, March 10, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29 sponsored the competition that drew 10 public schools, Nativity and Marian Catholic and Gillingham Charter School. The top nine scoring schools competed in the semi-finals. In order of finish, they are: North Schuylkill, Pine Grove, Blue Mountain, Nativity, Pottsville, Tamaqua, Marian, Tri-Valley and Minersville. Paired off in threes, the semi-finalists competed in simultaneous competitions to decide the three finalists. Annie Milewski, IU-29 director of curriculum and instruction, said the questions were compiled by National Academic Quiz Tournaments, an organization that prepares questions for high school and college academic competitions. Questions ran the gamut of science, technology, history, literature and entertainment. Panelists in one of the semi-final rounds were unaware the Meriam Webster's 2024 word of the year was 'polarization.' Another troublesome question was 'What insect do scientists want to put on the threatened species list? A: the monarch butterfly. Wires lead to the students' buzzers during the annual Schuylkill County Academic Competition at Penn State Schuylkill, Monday, March 10, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) One of the stumpers in the finals between North Schuylkill, Pine Grove and Blue Mountain highlighted a generation gap — What 1950s sitcom featured a boy nicknamed for a rodent? A: Leave It To Beaver.' The finalists aced the final Fanfare round of six questions, each worth five points. They knew that Pres. Trump had renamed the Gulf of Mexico, that Pres. Gerald Ford pardoned Pres. Richard Nixon, that the Richter scale measures magnitude of earthquakes and that the Minions first appeared in 'Despicable Me.' Educators who read the questions were: Chuck Grabusky, Sammantha Nelson, Sean James, Ed Andrescavage and Barb Wilkinson. IU-29 staffers Theresa Kozura and Michelle Stone assisted in organizing the event. * Nativity students discuss a question during the annual Schuylkill County Academic Competition at Penn State Schuylkill, Monday, March 10, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) * Shenandoah Valley students react to a difficult question during the annual Schuylkill County Academic Competition at Penn State Schuylkill, Monday, March 10, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) * Pottsville students finalize an answer during the annual Schuylkill County Academic Competition at Penn State Schuylkill, Monday, March 10, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) * A student holds up a buzzer ready to press it as a question is read aloud during the annual Schuylkill County Academic Competition at Penn State Schuylkill, Monday, March 10, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) * Pine Grove student Catherine Primeau writes down an answer during the annual Schuylkill County Academic Competition at Penn State Schuylkill, Monday, March 10, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) * North Schuylkill students reveal their answer during the annual Schuylkill County Academic Competition at Penn State Schuylkill, Monday, March 10, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) * Students discuss their answers to a question during the annual Schuylkill County Academic Competition at Penn State Schuylkill, Monday, March 10, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) Show Caption 1 of 7 Nativity students discuss a question during the annual Schuylkill County Academic Competition at Penn State Schuylkill, Monday, March 10, 2025. (MATTHEW PERSCHALL/MULTIMEDIA EDITOR) Expand
