Drivers, passengers and garbage truck workers all escaped serious injury Friday in Tamaqua. Around 1 p.m., a Tamaqua Transfer and Recycling garbage truck, nearing the Tamaqua's Five Points intersectio...
Rush Township Police are investigating two theft incidents reported to the department in the last few days.
One incident involves a purse taken from a vehicle parked on Crescent Drive in Lake Hauto. T...
Carbon Builders Association installed a new president, vice president and board members at a meeting held recently at Platz's Restaurant, Lehighton.
Warren Peter, president of the Pennsylvania Builder...
In addition to passing on traditional outdoors activities to youngsters, instilling in them an appreciation of the outdoors is just as important.
For that reason, the Pennsylvania Federation of Sports...
Dear Editor:
One thing you almost have to respect about the Republicans: They have no shame about using their power to bludgeon opponents into submission. Using their right-wing radio and TV attack he...
Four Mile Outfitters and the Keystone Wounded Warriors Project have teamed with Clover Hollow Hunting Preserve, Lime Kiln Road, Slatington, to provide U.S. Marine Sgt. Jonathan Tompkins, a Berks Count...
By BOB URBAN
rurban@tnonline.comSome Interesting Trivia. Believe them or not. They were sent by an avid reader and should give you something to reflect on a winter Saturday morning.In the 1400s a law ...
The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development runs a "Program for International Student Assessment." Among the 34 participating countries, in 2009 American 15-year-olds' math sco...
For Nate Mathewson and Panther Valley, it was deja vu all over again.
A year ago, Mathewson scored a season-high against Tamaqua to help the Panthers break out of a slump.With the Raiders in town Frid...
Dear Editor:
I just got done listening to Rick Santorum's address following the Iowa Republican caucus.I gotta admit, the guy can give a speech. If you didn't know who he was, you might think of him a...