On an evening when the Tamaqua Public Library's 75th anniversary was celebrated, plans were announced that will impact its future.
Arthur Connely, president of the library's board of directors, said W...
For over eight years, family members and friends of victims of the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks have been trying to heal from the emotional and psychological pain of that dark day in American history.
Ma...
The Tamaqua Area High School Drama Club presents "Under the Big Top", a Carnival Cabaret show, on Friday, Nov. 20 at 7 p.m. in the Tamaqua Area School District Auditorium.
The show is a fall fundraise...
A fire that destroyed a barn in the New Ringgold area of Schuylkill County has been ruled an arson.
State police at Frackville said a fire on Nov. 16 at 2:34 a.m. on the James A. Birdsall property at ...
With all the peer pressure facing students these days, it's refreshing to hear stories that build up rather than lambaste the school environment.
One positive story that surfaced this week shows that ...
If you have a holiday story, anecdote or poem you'd like to share, consider entering the Black Diamond Writers' Network holiday writing contest.
The free contest is open to members and the general pub...
Seven U.S. Army inductees from Carbon County left Jim Thorpe this morning aboard a chartered bus for Wilkes-Barre, where they were processed for military service. They are Thomas Norman Strohl of Jim ...
A traffic stop in Monroe County has led to drug charges against the driver.
Pocono Mountain Regional police officers stopped a vehicle for a traffic code violation about 9:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13, ...
The Tail Waggin' Tutors, a division of Therapy Dogs International, visited the Palmerton Area Library. Their representative was Angel Cake, a 3-year-old Havanese dog. The five-pound dog traces it gene...