Dale Freudenberger, president of the Tamaqua Historical Society, leads a group on a walking tour of historic sites along Broad Street Thursday evening to open the community's annual Spirit of Christma...
Weissport Christmas decorating contest will be held Friday, Dec. 18 to allow Weissport residents to share their spirit of Christmas. Anyone wanting to be judged should have their lights on at 6 p.m. P...
Nesquehoning police are investigating a case where an inmate at the Carbon County Correctional Facility, Nesquehoning, brought drugs into the facility.
Police said they were called there on Nov. 30 af...
Muhlenberg College's Sam Hayden was recently named to the men's soccer All-Centennial Conference first team and the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District II second team.
Hayden, a graduate of Northw...
The Walker Township Board of Supervisors passed a tentative 2010 budget Thursday evening with no property tax increase.
The $393,330.40 budget will keep the township's property tax rate at 5.04 mills....
The new Jim Thorpe Penn Kidder Senior Center officially opened for business at its new location in the Bear Creek Plaza on Route 903 today. Meals will resume today. There has been no change in the HDM...
Christopher Yerger, 223 W. High St., Nesquehoning, was arrested by borough police on Wednesday on charges that he is a fugitive from justice in New York, where he is wanted on charges of grand larceny...
The Panther Valley National Honor Society operned its program with Rick Morgans, advisor lighting the Eternal Knowledge Candle. After the processional to "And to Each Season", Kayla Nunemacher, presid...
While you're taking steps to protect your family from the H1N1 virus this winter, state Rep. Keith McCall (D-Carbon) urges everyone to also be aware and protect their computer from scammers looking to...