(Parade announcer): Good afternoon Obamacare fans and welcome to the second anniversary parade to celebrate the signing of your federally-mandated health care bill.
Today's parade is made possible by ...
Warden Eugene Berdanier submitted a report to the Schuylkill County Prison Board at Wednesday's meeting held in the prison, showing how programs initiated have helped to deal with the overcrowding.
Th...
State police at Frackville are investigating a theft report in New Ringgold, Schuylkill County.
Brenda Pensyl, of 308 E. Railroad Ave., reported someone stole a white plastic pool ladder from her back...
Palmerton dropped a boys tennis match on Wednesday.
BOYS TENNISPalmerton-NDESNotre Dame of East Stroudsburg rolled to a 5-0 Colonial League victory over Palmerton.SINGLESBrett Gubitosi (NDES) def. Tyl...
The Schuylkill County Prison Board, at its quarterly meeting held Wednesday in the county prison in Pottsville, voted to recommend the commissioners add two more to the security staff and proposed Jil...
Each year eight school districts gather for the annual Academic Challenge Eighth (ACE) competition. The ACE teams are comprised of 8th grade students from Catasauqua, Jim Thorpe, Lehighton, Northern L...
Lehighton Area Neighborhood Crime Watch will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, March 27 at 6:30 p.m. at Lehighton Area High School. A representative from Carbon County Communications Center will be th...
Lenten service
The next Lenten service will be held on Wednesday, March 28 at St. Matthew's UCC in Kunkletown. The guest preacher will be the Rev. Brian Holben.There will be a soup and sandwich hour s...
Dial-a-Devotion
Dial-a-Devotion speakers for March are: Sunday, Kenny Leffler; Monday, Jenny Keiper; Tuesday, the Rev. Allen Heckman; Wednesday, Rosemarie Austin; Thursday, the Shirley Stamm; and Frid...
Rush Township police responded March 17 to a domestic dispute at a home on Clarryan Street in Hometown.
This resulted in the arrest of Joseph P. Kmetz, 42, of Hometown, who was charged with simple ass...