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Published: Oct 12, 2026 at 02:45 PM
The West Penn Township Police Department now has an emergency call box.
According to township police Chief Jason Lorah, the device was Lt. John Kaczmarczyk’s idea.
“If somebody rolls up to our station...
Published: Oct 12, 2026 at 02:45 PM
The Mahoning Valley fire company was dispatched to a tree on wires call Sunday afternoon. The scene was along Gilberts Hill road about a half mile south of Route 443. When firefighters arrived on scen...
Published: Oct 12, 2026 at 02:45 PM
West Penn Elementary School students had a lot of questions for firefighters from the West Penn Township Fire Co. No. 1., who visited them Friday for Fire Prevention Week.
Youngsters asked where water...
Published: Oct 12, 2026 at 02:45 PM
Jim Thorpe Borough Council has rewritten the rules for its volunteer firefighter tax credit, raising the percentage of calls volunteers must answer while cutting the years of service needed to qualify...
Published: Oct 12, 2026 at 02:45 PM
If they ask a lot of questions, it proves that students are interested in a subject.
More than half the class of third graders raised their hands to ask questions during a Fire Prevention Week program...
Published: Oct 12, 2026 at 02:45 PM
Shepherd House, Inc., has paid a deserving honor to one of its most dedicated former officers, Mrs. Gertrude Jones of Jim Thorpe.
The retired treasurer of this humanitarian program after four years of...
Published: Oct 12, 2026 at 02:45 PM
A proposal for Towamensing Township to provide a loan to the fire company for the purchase of a new rescue truck was tabled Monday after supervisors determined the matter required additional public di...
Published: Oct 12, 2026 at 02:45 PM
The general election is Nov. 3, and the Times News will accept election-related letters through Oct. 27.
Letters will be published in our opinion pages by Saturday, Oct. 31.
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Published: Oct 12, 2026 at 02:45 PM
Volunteer firefighters and other first responders in Schuylkill County will have a spacious new place to learn the latest techniques in the county’s second emergency services training facility.
The n...
Published: Oct 12, 2026 at 02:45 PM
Borough council unanimously approved a request for school zone sign change on Mahoning Street in Lehighton.
Before the vote, borough police Chief Troy Abelovsky noted that the police department has re...