SHENANDOAH - The 28-member Shenandoah Valley High School Band performed their annual Sounds of Christmas concert Thursday evening, along with the 15-member 6th Grade Band.

Both bands were under the direction of Mr. John Shoener, SV Director of Bands.

​SHENANDOAH - No injuries were reported in a crash which left two vehicles disabled on Shenandoah's east end Thursday evening.

The crash occurred just after 5:00pm at the intersection of Union and Centre Streets.

KLINE TOWNSHIP - A suburban Washington, D.C. man is behind bars at the Schuylkill County Prison after state troopers say he was under the influence of alcohol when he was involved in a crash which killed his passenger on Thanksgiving day near McAdoo.

According to State Police at Frackville, the crash occurred around 6:00am last Thursday, Thanksgiving, Nov. 28, on Interstate 81 in Kline Township.

HAZLETON, Luzerne County - The PP&L Foundation announced today that an organization in the city of Hazleton is among their 2019 grant recipients.

The Hazleton Area Recreation Program, the foundation said, will receive $45,000 "for a youth recreation program that is  filling a void in the community for after-school recreational and mentoring opportunities."

BLOOMSBURG, Columbia County - One of the nearest colleges to the Shenandoah Valley is reforming its Greek Life system, school officials announced today.

Bloomsburg University in Columbia County, about 25 miles north of Shenandoah, announced a set of reforms intended to curb "dangerous drinking, hazing, sexual assault, and other negative behaviors and consequences found in the Greek Life system around the country," according to a media release.

SHENANDOAH - The Shenandoah Valley High School Band's winter concert is set for later this week.

Under the direction of Mr. John Shoener, the high school band will perform a variety of seasonal musical numbers at 7:00pm this Thursday, December 5 at the high school auditorium, 805 West Centre Street.

​SHENANDOAH - Black Friday is traditionally a day of Christmas events end-to-end in Shenandoah, and this year, it was no different.

Beginning with the Santa Drop, the Christmas parade and a meet-and-greet with Santa early in the day, the Christmas events continued in the early evening, when Downtown Shenandoah, Inc. held their annual Coal Cracker Christmas event at the Damato Post.

​SHENANDOAH - Earlier this year, Shenandoah-based Mrs. T's Pierogies held a national contest to "find a person whose passion for these pasta pockets... is rivaled only by their love of sharing them with the world year-round," and today, she was in Shenandoah for the annual Santa Drop.

"It's been 67 years since we sold our first pierogy and we're honored to have grown to become the largest producer of frozen pierogies in the country," said Tom Twardzik, President, Mrs. T's, in a media release announcing the contest. "This year, on National Pierogy Day, we are thrilled to return the love by announcing the search to recognize our biggest fan with this honorary title!"

​SHENANDOAH - Santa and his elves made quite an entrance into the Shenandoah Valley Friday afternoon for the unofficial kickoff to Christmastime in the Anthracite region, the Shenandoah Santa Drop.

Sponsored by Mrs. T's Pierogies, the event is in its 13th year in its current form. The event has been a tradition in Shenandoah for decades, but lapsed until Mrs. T's resurrected it in its current form.

SHENANDOAH - ​In what potentially rivals the fastest response in the department's history, all Shenandoah Fire units were on scene of a kitchen fire within about a minute, and, just as quickly, they had the fire under control.

Shenandoah's five fire companies were participating in the annual Shenandoah Christmas Parade, just reaching Gilbert and Centre Streets, when the fire whistles blew and the tones dropped for a reported house fire at 110 West Coal Street.