Firefighters in Lansford were quick to stop a kitchen fire at 240 West Bertsch St. around 10:30 p.m. yesterday.
Black smoke could be seen emanating out of a top story window as firefighters were seen ...
Students and staff of the Tamaqua Area School High School held their annual Veterans and Flag Raising Ceremony this morning in the front of the Senior High School in celebration of Veterans Day. Besid...
Lions double duty
On Wednesday, Nov. 16, members of the Western Pocono Lions Club will be doing double duty. During the day, the club will be hosting a blood drive for the American Red Cross with coop...
Three people were reportedly injured in a one vehicle accident in Rush Township yesterday. Charles Oliver II, 49, was traveling north on Claremont Avenue at approximately noon, when, for an unknown re...
Shoemaker-Haydt Unit 314 American Legion Auxiliary, Lehighton, honored present and past Auxiliary presidents. They were given a dinner at the Beacon 443 Diner and a gift. Honored were: Millie German, ...
Prothonotary's report
A total of 274 cases were started in October in the office of Carbon County Prothonotary Joann M. Behrens, according to a monthly statistical report released by the officeholder....
It's been 30 years since REO Speedwagon released their landmark album, "Hi Infidelity", and in the words of the band's longtime lead singer Kevin Cronin, that anniversary was reason enough to "Party!"...
Gary Scott Rex Sr., 44, of Palmerton, will be charged by state police at the Lehighton barracks with driving under the influence of alcohol as a result of a ttraffic stop on Nov. 9 at 10:16 p.m. on th...
State police at the Lehighton barracks are investigating a burglary that happened between 9-11 a.m. Nov. 8 at a residence along Anthony Lane in Towamensing Township.
The victim is Travis J. Nenscel, 3...