A chemical leak forced a section of Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County to be shut down for several hours Tuesday which resulted in a major traffic jam for area roads and four state troopers being expo...
A recreational park plan in Penn Forest Township received the green light from the Carbon County Planning Commission on Tuesday.
During the board's monthly meeting, the members voted to recommend plan...
A theft from a business in Schuylkill County is being investigated.
State police at Schuylkill Haven said the S&S Leasing and Transport Inc., building at 2033 Market St., West Brunswick Township, was ...
Franklin Township supervisors are alerting township residents that they may see trees cut down on their property by PPL workers this summer to keep tree-related power outages to a minimum.
Supervisors...
A redesigned program in the Palmerton Area School District continues to pay huge dividends for elementary level students.
Pam Storm, a school counselor at S.S. Palmer Elementary/Parkside Education Cen...
Erin Darragh of Orefield has made the Honors List for Franklin & Marshall College's fall 2010 semester.
Erin is the daughter of Dennis and Susan Darragh, Orefield, and is a graduate of Allentown Centr...
Members of the choir at St. Matthew's UCC, Kunkletown, tried out a different kind of a fundraiser. They took orders to deliver Singing Valentines. They visited two local personal care homes, Getz's an...
Palmerton Area School Board has agreed to not permit an exception to a school district policy to admit a kindergarten child as a student of the district.
That was the decision the school board unanimo...
Writers conference
The Black Diamond Writers Network will conduct the region's second Write It Right writers' conference on April 16, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at Genetti's Best Western Inn, Hazleton....
The following recalls were issued Feb. 6 - 10 by federal and state agencies:
Night Lights: AmerTac is recalling LED Night Lights sold March 2009 - January 2011. An electrical short circuit in the nigh...