Sometimes news about disasters and tragedy, such as the devastating tsunami in Japan, is hard for children to comprehend.
To help youngsters better cope and understand the devastating tsunami, a speci...
Many fire companies throughout our area were kept busy clearing flooded streets and basements following the past two weeks of heavy rains, rising waters and melting snow that caused havoc for area dri...
Annette Strohl, daughter of Charles and Joan Strohl of Jim Thorpe, and John Jones, son of the late John and Alice Jones of Summit Hill, were united in marriage by Mayor Paul McArdle of Summit Hill. Th...
District 11 and District 3 wrestling all-stars will meet in a benefit match tonight at Wilson West Lawn High School. Proceeds from the event go directly to a scholarship fund for wrestlers continuing ...
The fourth Prom and Wedding Dress Sale to benefit Dream Come True, Blue Ridge Chapter, will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29 at Penn's Peak, Maury Road, Penn Forest Township.
Close to 600 dr...
Event coordinators Jessica Kutza, left, and her mother, Mary Ann Dulaney, both of Coaldale, take inventory of some of the many ACS Chinese Auction prizes for their 12th Annual Chinese Auction and fund...
In Saturday's "On This Date" in the TIMES NEWS, it was stated that James E. Ziegenfuss was the first recipient from Franklin Township Lions Club of the Melvin Jones Fellow award, the highest award in ...
The Nesquehoning Borough purchased a 2011 F550 Ford dump truck under the PA Co-Stars Program from KME in Nesquehoning. The four wheel drive truck with a snow plow adds to the borough's truck fleet and...
If it has any intentions of pulling off a Mountain Valley Conference three-peat, the Pleasant Valley girls' soccer team will have some big shoes to fill in front of the net.
Much like the Lady Bears, ...
Two British sailors who had dates with their pen pals, Tamaqua girls, and who stand accused of entering and robbing three Tamaqua stores early Tuesday morning, face a barrage of questions when they re...