It was standing room only in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in New Columbus Monday evening.
More than 200 area residents and St. Francis of Assisi parishioners gathered in the suppressed parish, to h...
The Greater Northern Lehigh Chamber of Commerce will be holding a free membership appreciation Summer Picnic/Mixer on Wednesday, July 18 at the Walnutport Canal Park pavilion from 5:30-8 p.m.
This eve...
Members of Tamaqua's Citizen's Fire Company have released the winners of their apparatus parade held Friday evening in Tamaqua.
Winners were:2000 gpm and over: 1st - Schuylkill Haven Fire Company, 2nd...
A Carbon County man entered a guilty plea in the county court to drug dealing. He was one of several defendants who were scheduled to go on trial this week.
Thorpe incidentEarl A. Eldridge, 32, of Jim...
Weissport Council was notified that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved Weissport's hazard mitigation plan. This offers Weissport the opportunity to apply for federal disaster ...
A Lehighton man entered a guilty plea in Carbon County court on Monday afternoon to all counts pending against him in the sexual assault of a young girl.
Jason Thomas Ahner, 43, entered his plea after...
Joe Paterno's family on Monday vowed its own investigation of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, rejecting the findings of a special investigator who concluded the late football coach and oth...
Two area boroughs filed civil suits Monday afternoon in Schuylkill County court against a business firm alleging a breach of contract pertaining to operating their street lighting systems.
The suit wa...
Franklin Township Fire Department has received delivery of a 2013 International/KME elliptical stainless steel tanker. The vehicle has a 2000 gallon tank and a 750 gallon per minute pump. The truck ut...
Q. I have a friend who is undergoing radiation treatments for cancer. I was wondering how this works. Doesn't the radiation burn everything it touches?
Radiation therapy kills cancer cells by damaging...