While traveling over the Elm Street bridge in Tamaqua, 82 year-old Harold Wagner of Tamaqua doesn't let weather or foul temperatures stop him from riding his 50-year-old Montgomery Ward Coast King Squ...
Yesterday's high temperatures made for dangerous conditions. A woman was lifeflighted after passing out and hitting her head on the ground while at the Hometown Farmers Market. Officials on scene stat...
About 20 percent of Pennsylvania students do not graduate.
A report earlier this year showed the state didn't make much progress in raising its high school graduation rates between 2002 and 2009. Duri...
Two persons were seriously injured in a crash in which police said alcohol and a domestic dispute were factors.
State police at Schuylkill Haven said the crash occurred about 12:11 a.m. on Friday, Jun...
Lansford
VBS announcedSt. Katharine Drexel Catholic Church, Lansford, will hold its annual Vacation Bible School from Monday through Friday, July 23-28, in the social hall of the church. The theme wil...
A Walnutport teen was shot and killed last week in an apparent attempted robbery in Michigan.
Joshua Stepp, 16, was shot about 5 p.m. on Monday, June 11, inside a trailer at the Westwood Heights mobil...
The 71st annual Stephen Fenstermacher reunion will be held on Sunday, June 24 at West Penn Community Grove (formerly Zion Stone Church Grove), Route 309 (W. Penn Pike) in Snyders.
Registration begins ...
State police at Schuylkill Haven reported investigating a rear-end type crash in Schuylkill County about 5:20 p.m. on Wednesday, June 20, along Rock Road (SR895) in Pine Grove Township.
Troopers said ...
Katherine Uhler, director of The Pocono Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center, and Minimus, a Saw Whet owl, help children at the Palmerton Area Library's summer reading program, have an up clos...
The idea of forming a Lansford-Summit Hill Community Partnership was discussed for quite a few months prior to things getting underway in late 2010. The partnership idea was to pool the resources of t...