When I was a little girl, my younger sister Judy used to copy a lot of my actions. She thought it was cool to be like her big sister. Our mother always laughed and said "Monkey see, monkey do." That s...
A Carbon County restaurant owner is facing charges for allegedly getting meat and seafood price discounts at a Sam's Club store from an employee after paying him off.
Colonial Regional police have cha...
Although we got a break this week with the winter weather we've been having, I thought some Irish jokes might brighten your Saturday.
Into a Belfast pub comes Paddy Murphy, looking like he'd just been...
By BOB URBAN
rurban@tnonline.coI drive past two gas stations on my way home from work every afternoon. I can't help but look at the signs to see if the price on a gallon of gasoline has gone up. I cri...
Five years ago, Cliff Hurley of East Jim Thorpe decided it was time to end family tradition. Every since he was 12-years-old, the now 64-year-old former New Jersey Zinc worker had created an "O" scale...
Three Tamaqua Area High School band members were selected after an intense audition in December for the 2011 PMEA District 10 Band, which was held on Feb. 10-12 at Tulpehocken Jr.-Sr. High School. Sen...
Students at St. Jerome Regional School, Tamaqua, received awards at the Diocese of Allentown Celebration of the Arts on Jan. 29 at Bethlehem Catholic High School. 51 elementary and special learning ce...
I have a girlfriend who likes to sit around the house in her nightgown and slippers.
"It's my version of heaven," she says. "Most of the time I'm running all over the place. Staying home in my night c...
A commendation for bravery, signed by then-Philadelphia Police Commissioner Joseph O'Neill, was presented to Charles "Chip" Burnett a few months after he pulled badly-wounded officer Jack Bowen from a...
Our solar system has had some trauma in recent years with astronomers a few years ago demoting Pluto from planet status to "dwarf planet" status. Next, astronomers have found giant storms developing o...