The Tamaqua Area School District has adopted a co-curricular drug and alcohol testing policy for students in grades 7-12. The district's board of education approved the second and final reading of the...

By BOB URBAN rurban@tnonline.comThis was sent by a reader who is retired. He asks that I share his retirement experiences with my readers. He's hoping it will be helpful for anyone contemplating retir...

District 18 Little League has announced its schedule for its 2010 9-10 year-old All-Star tournament. The tournament begins play on Saturday, June 26 and continues through July 11, if necessary.Once ag...

Sometimes things just do not make sense no matter what we do to attempt to reconcile our minds around a problem or an issue. Other times there are things we notice that stare us right in the face and ...

Here are some thoughts on best and worst fathers in acknowledgment of Father's Day. Keep in mind there's no universal list and no consensus. No two people would reach agreement on this topic. So take ...

With the sale of 2010-11 Pennsylvania hunting licenses now underway, the Pennsylvania Game Commission reminds those hunters applying for the drawing to receive an elk tag of a regulatory change that w...

Slatington police reported the arrest of three persons, two in the same incident, on June 17. Police responded to the area of 541 Main St. about 12:25 a.m. for two intoxicated males urinating on the s...

There is no Nutrient Partitioning lobby, so I can't be in their back pocket. It's just that when a weekly health-and-fitness columnist argues for readers to construct their diet around those principle...