An orientation program for all students entering Lehighton Area High School for the first time will be held in the high school auditorium on Tuesday, Aug. 17, beginning at 9 a.m.
The program will incl...
Tuscarora State Park naturalist Robin Tracey invites area residents to join him for a search for salamanders around Locust Creek Saturday, Aug. 21 at 6:30 p.m.
The group will meet at the amphitheater ...
If you glanced into my pantry or refrigerator today, you'd see a lot of generic products. This probably won't surprise you, since I write the Frugal Foodie column store-brand food items can be a great...
The long arm of the law caught up with a Mahanoy City man who burglarized a borough restaurant in 1998. Ralph W. Becker was found serving a 10 year term in the Mississipi State Correction Penitentiary...
As the economy continues to cool, Coaldale's fire protection tax is heating up.
"As it looks right now, we're going to be looking for an increase," Coaldale Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1 Chief Richard Mare...
Fire at 4:30 this morning badly gutted the store and manufacturing plant of Wood Brothers, ice cream and candy manufacturers on West Broad Street, Tamaqua. The store faces Broad Street and continues i...
Slatington Crime Watch
The next meeting of the Slatington Crime Watch will be Thursday, Aug. 19 at 7 p.m. in the borough hall board room.New this year will be a community picnic, open to everyone in t...
A Schuylkill County driver is facing charges of driving under the influence (DUI) and hit and run following an incident that occurred about 1:10 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 8, along Sweet Arrow Lake Road nea...
Tom Kurtz, 23, of West Hazleton, left, is congratulated by Mayor Tony Walck after being sworn-in for part time duty work in the borough of Nesquehoning. Kurtz's addition to the police force makes for ...
A traffic stop had led to a drug charge pending against the driver.
State police at Lehighton said Carole Ann Guercio, 19, of Effort, was stopped along Blue Ridge Road at Ruby Court, in Ross Township,...