The Palmerton Area Education Association has declined to take a pay freeze as part of the latest round in negotiations.
Board President Barry Scherer read a prepared statement on Wednesday that said t...
Seven area residents were among 34 who were qualified by District Attorney James P. Goodman for the Accelerated Rehabilative Disposition (ARD) probation program, which is reserved for first offenders ...
A Carbon County man was jailed on a charge of simple assault.
State police at Lehighton said Scott Fisher, 38, of Lehighton, was charged for an incident that occurred on Saturday, May 14, about 12:45 ...
Krystina Bailey was on the way to her 1 p.m. psychology class at Cedar Crest College on March 30 when she got a frantic call from her younger brother. The family's home in Slatington was on fire. Bail...
A Berks County man drowned in the Schuylkill River in Schuylkill County on Wednesday.
State police at Schuylkill Haven said Jason Lamont Morris, 28, of 1548 Cotton St., Reading, jumped into the river ...
HERSHEY - Nobody can accuse the Northwestern girls' soccer team of taking it easy this postseason.
The Tigers battled through the new single-class district playoff bracket in order to earn a PIAA tour...
Members of the youth group of the First Congregational Church of Coaldale have been helping to clean up the Seek and the Veterans Memorial Garden each spring for the past three years.
World War II Com...
Salem St. Paul's Lutheran Church
On Sunday, June 5, there will be Church Music Sunday with Holy Baptism and Celebration of Pastor Deb Scheffey's 25th Anniversary of Ordination. Come and join Pastor Sc...
The engagement of Jamy Lee Kokinda, Short Hills, N.J. to David Eric Barton, also of Short Hills, has been announced by her parents.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of Adam and Sandra Kokinda of Lehigh...
Palmerton Area School District could pull from its fund balance to offset a projected $52,000 shortfall in next year's budget.
The school board held yet another budget workshop on Wednesday, just thre...