In response to the needs of the warden the Schuylkill County Prison Board hired a correctional officer and a maintenance man in action taken at its monthly meeting held Wednesday at the courthouse in ...
The Lehighton Area Middle School announced that there were nine additional students named to the honorable mention honor roll for this past quarter.
They are: Matthew Abernathy, Vanessa Ahner, Madison...
At the recent meeting of Lehighton Area Drug and Alcohol Task Force, Mayor Donald Rehrig announced the formation of a community-wide Neighborhood Watch Program. He introduced Byron Schnell as the prog...
Two Panther Valley wrestlers earned medals at the District 11 Junior High Tournament held at Parkland High School the weekend of Feb. 17-18.
Dylan Moyer earned a third place finish and Darren Goida ha...
Parryville UMC, located on the corner of Main and Chestnut streets in Parryville, will be holding a free luncheon for all on Saturday, Feb. 25,from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m., weather permitting.
One of the most important challenges facing health care today is the cost and overcrowding associated with emergency care. Nationwide, hospital emergency rooms (ERs) treat approximately 125 million pa...
Palmerton Area Historical Society member Peter Kern is setting a date to dig up the time capsule in the park. It has to be removed by the time the Veterans' Memorial is begun.
The items in the capsule...
Gina Heintzelman, daughter of Christine Heintzelman of Summit Hill, earned dean's list standing for the fall semester of the 2011-2012 school year at Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA.
Students who carr...
Amanda Windbeck has been named to the dean's list at the University of Pittsburgh with a 3.8 GPA for the fall 2011 semester.
Amanda is a sophomore at the university's Greensburg campus where she is ma...
EASTON - The Pleasant Valley boys' basketball team has been up and down all season long.
Not only would the Bears win a few games in a row only to lose the next couple, they would also go from hot to ...