What would you place the odds at for a high school student whose high school doesn't have a swimming team to get a full scholarship to the University of North Carolina as a swimmer? You might not figu...
Many emotions are floating around Happy Valley right now and obviously "happy" isn't one of them. Mad, sad, disgusted, and hurt are more appropriate feelings for the black cloud that is currently hove...
State Representative Ketih McCall is doing something that could save a life. The recently re-elected legislator has adopted his uncle, Emmett McCall of Lansford, under the "Adopt-a-Smoker" program, sp...
A Rush Township man was arrested and charged with stealing 13 iPhones from Wal-Mart in Mahoning Township. The phones are valued at $8,254 ($599 per phone).
Frederick Postie, of the 600 block of Fairvi...
No one was injured in a two vehicle accident in Rush Township on Wednesday. Victoria Brutto, 51, of Mahanoy City, was operating a 2004 Jaguar at 9:57 a.m., when she pulled out of a driveway on Claremo...
A proclamation was adopted by the Schuylkill County Commissioners at their public meeting held Thursday at the courthouse in Pottsville, noting the cooperation between the agricultural industry and ur...
Playoff time.
This has usually been a busy time for THE TIMES NEWS Sports Staff. Not this year, however.Only Northern Lehigh, with its 9-1 record, has earned a District 11 berth. And Tamaqua, continue...
The Pennsylvania Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement, District 2 Office, Wilkes-Barre, has cited a Jim Thorpe man and his business for violating state liquor laws.
Charged are Bart Springer, Albright...
Panther Valley has announced ticket prices for the winter sports season.
Wrestling, Boys Basketball and Girls Basketball $5 adults; $3 students/senior citizenJunior High Basketball $3 adults; $2 stude...
A touch of winter was in the air Thursday afternoon as residents, veterans, and employees of Carbon County gathered in Josiah White Park in Jim Thorpe to honor the brave men and women who served the c...