Members of Hometown fire police direct traffic while Rush Township work crews and Hometown Fire Company volunteers pump flooded streets adjacent to Route 309 just north of the Hometown intersection Fr...
Ioverheard a young girl telling her mother that she wanted to volunteer as a "candy stripper." I laughed out loud. Of course, the girl didn't want to dance naked. She wanted to wear a striped uniform ...
Dear Editor:
The Lansford High Alumni Committee has been meeting at The Sports Zoo in Lansford a few times a year without any incidents. Today they interrupted my viewing of Deal Or No Deal to present...
Although neither coach wanted to use the conditions as an excuse in last night's Colonial league battle between Palisades and Northern Lehigh, the downpour reeked havoc on both team's possession abili...
Bradley M. Shomper of Tower City sustained injuries in a one-vehicle crash Sept. 23 at 10:30 a.m. on State Route 325 in Porter Township, Schuylkill County, according to state police at the Schuylkill ...
By jim zbick
jzbick@tnonline.comOn Sept. 12, 1911, the Tamaqua Courier ran a front page story on how the coal regions had become a fertile area for boxing talent. The article, titled "Coal Regions a B...
Although turnovers still plague the Notre Dame football team, the Irish were able to get by them, with the help of some Michigan State miscues, to finish the job last Saturday and gain their first win...
I got this email the other day about walking and exercise I'd like to share with you because it made me chuckle ...
My grandpa started walking five miles a day when he was 60. Now he's 97 years old an...
That my buddy was shuffling along as if he were the oldest member of the old folks' home was no surprise. After all, he had used his three-day weekend to ride 225 rather hilly miles, and it was only W...
Mauch Chunk Trust Company, Jim Thorpe, to JVL Holdings, LLC, Pipesville, a half lot on north side of Center Street, west of 18th Street, Ashland, $1 (full consideration $14,000).
Albert J. Moncavage t...