ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A court magistrate is set to consider a request by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to extend a restraining order against a 19-year-old Pennsylvania man accused of stalking her....
Students, faculty, administrators and parents at Marian Catholic High School, Hometown, continued a long-standing tradition of honoring Mary, the Blessed Virgin Mother, during the school's annual May ...
Six contested races for party nominations exist in elections for township, borough and school district positions in Northern Carbon County. Voting will take place on Tuesday, May 17, when the 2011 Pri...
Lansford American Legion Post 123 honored former Lansford mayor Bob Silver as its 2011 Person of the Year, during the third annual Person of the Year dinner held Saturday at the Legion.
Silver, who se...
Two Jim Thorpe Area High School students, Joshua Williams and Matt Curran, chose an enlightening undertaking at Sam Miller Field for their senior class project.
Working under the guidance of Bill "Swa...
Food pantry
The Shepherd House food pantry at Ebenezer E.C. Church will be open from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 14. Recipients must reside within the Jim Thorpe Area School District. The pantry i...
A Philadelphia resident was arrested on a drug charge at a state prison in Schuylkill County.
State police at Frackville said they were called to the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Mahanoy, l...
St. John Neumann Regional School students have a real flair for the arts.
Students anxiously displayed their artistic talents at the school's annual art show Tuesday at the Palmerton campus.Artwork wa...
I was awake last Sunday when President Obama announced that Osama bin Laden had been killed in a ground operation conducted by the Navy Seals in Pakistan.
Like most Americans awake that night, I watch...
Residents in the area who basked in balmy temperatures and admired their gardens of Mother's Day were startled this morning when they woke to March-like temperatures and a record snowfall. On Friday, ...