More lurid details are sure to emerge from Penn State sex abuse scandal once the trial process unfolds in the Jerry Sandusky case.
With all the sadness and gloom enveloping this story, we do see some ...
Coaldale borough council's first order of business in this new year was to tinker with the budget it adopted in December, hoping to make it putter along on fewer tax dollars.
The board, at its regular...
This year's primary election in Pennsylvania will be held on Tuesday, April 24, almost a month earlier than the past year.
To be nominated are candidates for U.S. President, U.S. Senator, U.S. Congres...
A request by a Lower Towamensing Township business for a variance to erect several additions onto its property appears to have been scrapped.
Representatives from AMPAL, Inc., of 2125 Little Gap Road,...
Area book lovers have a new way to borrow books from their public library in Lehighton, Palmerton, Jim Thorpe, or Slatington. Library patrons can now borrow electronic books from the Carbon Lehigh Dow...
A Monroe County driver is facing a charge of driving under the influence (DUI).
Pocono Mountain Regional police reported about 1:25 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 8, they stopped a vehicle along Kuhenbeaker Roa...
School district date changes
Schools will be closed in the Northern Lehigh School District on Monday, Jan. 16, to observe the Martin Luther King Holiday. There are no classes on Jan. 16, but it is a T...
Wells Fargo in Tamaqua recently recognized the efforts of all the volunteers at the Horses & Horizons Therapeutic Learning Center Inc. (HHTLC), Helping Horse Farm, in New Ringgold, which helps provide...
Eric Zuber, 30, of 304 W. Bertsch St., Lansford, faces charges from an incident which took place at 3:10 a.m. Oct. 9, 2010, on W. Patterson Street.
Charges of three counts of driving under the influen...
January 12, 1962 George Armbruster scores nine first quarter points to help Jim Thorpe jump out to an early lead, and the Olympians go on to post a 65-49 Black Diamond League win over Summit Hill. Arm...