It's called a trap or sandwich game, and that is what is facing Penn State this afternoon when it visits Evanston, Illinois to face Big Ten foe Northwestern.
A trap game refers to a contest that a tea...
The Owl Creek Reservoir Commission held their Fall Foliage Hayride event Friday through Sunday of last week. Visitors enjoyed hayrides, a campfire, pumpkin painting, marshmallow roasting, face paintin...
Dylan Smith, of Lansford, recently attained the rank of Eagle Scout. His Court of Honor was held at St. John's UCC in Tamaqua.
Smith has been a member of the Boy Scouts of America for 10 years and bec...
The Lehighton Area Council of the Carbon County Chamber of Commerce will hold its bi-monthly meeting on Nov. 10 at the Beacon 443 Restaurant.
The featured speakers will be Cliff Garr and Lauren Marie ...
Rivalry was personified last night in Brodheadsville.
The game included the home team and winning team's crowd rushing the field at the end…one of the game's stars nearly broke down in tears of joy…th...
The dawning of what would become the United States began 400 years ago at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America. Although Spanish, the Native Americans, and even Engli...
Five TIMES NEWS area teams will be competing in the District 11 volleyball playoffs, which begin Friday afternoon.
Pleasant Valley, the No. 5 seed in Class AAA, opens play today when it hosts East Str...
MINERSVILLE - The Tamaqua defense doesn't have a catchy nickname, but maybe it's time to come up with one.
Big Blue Crush? Blue Blitz? Raider Swarm?Nickname or not, the Raiders have definitely taken a...
On Tuesday, Nov. 3, the electors of Carbon County will have only one major contested countywide position to elect-for Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Carbon County. This is a new position-a thir...
Halloween!
I remember a time when I visited nearly 30 Coaldale bars on Halloween night. And came away cold sober.Of course, I was only 12-years-old, and kids back then quickly learned that trick-or-tr...