It appears as though students in the Palmerton Area School District will be required to take a Keystone Exam that will count as one-seventh of their final grade.
Sherrie Fenner, director of curriculum...
Jim Lavelle, an attorney from East Penn Township, is seeking election to the office of Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Carbon County. He will pursue the Republican and Democratic nominations.
He...
Pleasant Valley Intermediate
The PVI PTO meeting will be on Wednesday, Feb. 16 at 4:15 p.m. in the school library.Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolThe monthly PTO meeting will be held on Thursday, Feb...
A young man escaped serious injury Wednesday morning after rolling his pickup truck along Lower Nis Hollow Road in Carbon County. The crash occurred just after 9 a.m. as the driver was traveling east ...
"Ice fishing is a great way for families to spend a winter's day together," said Andy Fedor, regional educational specialist with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, "especially people who aren...
A Lehighton man wanted by police in another state has turned himself in to authorities.
An arrest warrant was issued in Colorado for Louis H. Smith, 48, of 3860 Long Run Road, on charges of sexual exp...
A Tamaqua man has been cited after a dispute with his neighbor on Jan. 29.
Officers were dispatched to 212 1/2 Orwigsburg St. at 5:47 p.m. and were met by Raymond Reinert, who stated he had been invol...
At the Jan. 26 Schuylkill County Commissioners' meeting, it was announced that Rush Township is expected to receive $60,000 in funds through the Community Development Block Grant Program.
The county e...
A Weatherly driver was slightly injured in a two vehicle crash that occurred about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of SR93 and Brenkman Drive, in Packer Township, Carbon County. State police a...
Tamaqua police have cited Jeremy F. Lockwitch, 22, of 124 Penn St., Tamaqua, following a Jan. 31 incident on Hunter Street.
Officers were dispatched to 201 Hunter St. at 6:43 p.m. for a reported distu...