State police at Frackville reported on the following crashes investigated by troopers on Schuylkill County roadways.
• A two-vehicle crash was reported at 4:02 p.m. on June 23 at the intersection of V.
Last November, the 17-member Republican River Water Conservation District board more than doubled the annual fee farmers in the basin pay per irrigated acre. That increase allowed the board to also increase the amount offered to those who chose to stop irrigating. Interest in the program has since gone up, but some feel the fee is unfair.