One hundred years ago, a gallon of gas cost $.07, a loaf of bread cost $.10 and a quart of milk cost $.03. President William Howard Taft had been in office for a little more than a year. And, on a bri...
Divorces granted
Dawn M. Kashmer, 432 E. Broad St., Tamaqua, was granted a divorce from Edward Kashmer, 217 Washington St., Tamaqua. They were married June 25, 2005.Kevin John Black was granted a divo...
Ann Elliott of Canterbury reportedly found the collie pup on a rubbish dump. The dog worked among sheep and cattle for the next 20 years and survived until November 14, 1939, when he was put down. Blu...
Four people who entered guilty pleas this week to criminal charges were placed in the Intermediate Punishment Program (IPP), a special probation program, by Judge Jacqueline Russell in Schuylkill Coun...
July 24, 2002 Lansford's Jared Reitz tosses a no-hitter to lead his team to a 1-0 win over Summit Hill in a Panther Valley Little League Tournament contest. Reitz goes all six innings, allows just two...
Connor Hartung of Tamaqua belted a three-run home run in the top of the seventh to rally the West All-Stars to a 10-9, seven inning victory over the East in the annual Panther Valley Little League Tou...
Dear Editor:
We want to thank the American Hose Company #1, the Tamaqua Rescue Squad, Hometown Fire Company, Tamaqua Police Department, Rush Township Police Department, Medical Evacuation Team, the Fi...
Motorists using Route 209 through Lehighton and the Packerton areas know very well the lengthy traffic jams occurring from road construction.
Those driving delays should be over.Ronald J. Young Jr., s...
For the past five weeks, a group of students from the Panther Valley School District got a little taste of the working world thanks to Lehigh Carbon Community College's Carbon County campus. The insti...
Brian Balliet graduated from Jim Thorpe High School in 1995 and excelled in basketball his entire time at the school. During his career he earned four varsity letters and scored 1,286 points. This ach...