President Obama was recently in Pennsylvania pitching his "Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future." His "Blueprint" calls upon America to "secure and control our energy future by harnessing all of the r...
Lehighton Borough Council on Monday agreed, at the request of the borough fire department, to authorize an environmental impact study to keep plans for expanding the fire station moving along.
The fir...
The Tamaqua Street Department will continue its Spring cleaning of the borough's streets. Sweeping on Thursdays and Fridays will continue to have a start time of 5
a.m.in an effort to minimize tr...
In what might have been a first, every candidate for a contested Carbon County row office gathered in the same room last night and was granted a public forum to present his platform.
Tax Day/Candidate...
State Senators Dave Argall (R-29) and John Yudichak (D-14), and Rep. Doyle Heffley (R-122) stood together inside the Kibler School, a one-room schoolhouse museum near Beltzville State Park, on Monday ...
Three Berks County residents were arrested on Monday following a high speed chase for the armed robbery of a branch bank in Schuylkill County.
State police at Schuylkill Haven identified the suspects ...
Palmerton Area School Board will not hold a budget workshop this Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
Last week, the board tentatively agreed to hold the budget workshop at that time.No word has been given as to wh...
Madison Burns didn't swim scholastically in either her freshman or sophomore years at Northwestern High School.
Burns recently revealed that she doesn't know if she is going to participate in any PIAA...
The West Penn Fire Company is having a used clothing drive this weekend.
Fire company spokesman Rick Mertz said, "We are accepting clothing, shoes, purses and backpacks, sheets and blankets, comforter...
A criminal mischief incident that happened between 7 p.m. April 10 and 2 p.m. April 11 in the 1500 block of Chestnut Road, East Brunswick Township, is being investigated by state police at the Frackvi...