The Tamaqua Area Student Government Association (T.A.S.G.A.) will be sponsoring "Prom Promise" events Monday, May 10 to Thursday May 13, prior to the Tamaqua prom scheduled on Friday, May 14.
The week...
PHILADELPHIA - John P. Karoly, Jr., 60, was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for three counts of willingly filing false federal income tax returns under-reporting his income by approximately $4....
Carbon County is applying for a $63,000 grant through the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency to help create a hazard mitigation plan.
During the county commissioners' meeting on Thursday, Commis...
A total of 1,554 free chest x-rays have been given residents of Palmerton and Lehighton during the first two days of the free service provided by the Carbon County TB and Public Health Society. The mo...
May 7, 1984 Rob Anthony pitches a shutout and also collects two hits at the plate to help Pleasant Valley post a 10-0 Centennial League win over Lehighton. Scott Lutz finishes with two hits and four r...
No-hitters highlighted softball action involving area teams on Thursday.
Pleasant Valley's Hayli Marini tossed one in the Bears' mercy-rule victory over Pocono Mountain West while both Jim Thorpe and ...
The ladies of the GFWC Western Pocono Women's Club recently made 20 quilts for the Pocono Chapter of "Quilts for Kids."
The quilts will be distributed to hospitals and international orphanages for chi...
Three days are complete in the 10-day Carbon County Senior Games.
After five events, Jim Thorpe is still leading the pack with a score of 237.The overall standings are Jim Thorpe in first; Lehighton i...
Note: American author Julia Ward Howe, who wrote The Battle Hymn of the Republic, also penned The "Mother's Day Proclamation" in 1870, one of the early calls to celebrate Mother's Day in the United St...
At the April meeting of the Woman's Club of Slatington, three Northern Lehigh students were honored as Girls of the Month.
Each one came to the podium and told what organizations she participates in a...