Firefighters and state police were called yesterday around 4:30 p.m. to Shady Lane in Walker Township, as well as the outskirts of MaryD for a woman lost in the woods. She was communicating with famil...
The Pleasant Valley boys' 8th grade basketball team recently became the champions of the Greater Pocono Basketball Tournament when it defeated Stroudsburg in the final, 38-30. The Bears finished their...
Steve Llewellyn, of 317 Owl Creek Road, Tamaqua, was cited on March 7 by borough police for his dogs barking excessively.
Llewellyn was previously cited for this offense.
Q. Does the plague still exist?
In the 1300s, the Black Death, as plague was called, killed about one-third of the people in Europe. A combination of antibiotics and improved living conditions have ma...
Daniel Peletsky, 30, was arrested for simple assault, harrassment and disorderly conduct on March 10 at a home on Glennwood Avenue in Tamaqua. He was arraigned on March 11 and bail was set for $10,000...
L.B. Morris Elementary School, Jim Thorpe, has announced the honor roll for the second marking period of the 2011-2012 school year.
Honor rollGrade 3Tyler Adamitis, Jack DeMarco, Christopher Condly, T...
A new math curriculum for elementary-age students will cost Northern Lehigh School District $75,000.
The school board, on a 7-0 vote on Monday, approved the purchase of the envision Math Curriculum Co...
A school bus rolled over during a crash in Schuylkill County. State police at Frackville said the incident occurred about 1:50 p.m. on Monday, March 12, along Valley Hill Road, near Turnpike Road, in ...
As President Obama and Democratic Party strategists try to deal with his sinking approval numbers, it's becoming increasingly difficult to spin something positive out of the way he's handling this eco...
Northern Lehigh School District could realize a cost savings through the implementation of its own speech therapy program.
Scot Engler, director of special education, told the school board on Monday t...