A Children's' Christmas Mass and party was held on Saturday, December 5 by SS Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church in Tamaqua. Following the service, approximately 30 children from the parish were tre...
Sherry Ambrose, principal of Ss. Peter and Paul School, Lehighton announces December Students of the Month: early childhood, Katie Kattner; preschool, Andrew Bosi; kindergarten, Jack Lorenz; grade one...
Two people were injured in a three-vehicle crash on Route 61 in Norwegian Township on Christmas Eve.
The crash happened as a 2000 Dodge Durango driven by Edward L. Schwenk, 38, of Auburn was traveling...
Reading about the secret world of spy warfare and America's Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in World War II can be a fascinating subject.
This department, which was a forerunner of our Central Inte...
A Monroe County man is charged with criminal mischief for damaging the bedroom door of a Kunkletown woman, according to state police at Lehighton.
Edward Allen Hagenbuch, 18, of Effort damaged the doo...
Overtime for correctional officers was one of the expenditures discussed for the Schuylkill County prison board's final quarterly meeting for 2009 held in the county prison in Pottsville on Wednesday....
The Weatherly boys basketball team and the Lehighton wrestling team both captured tournament championships on Saturday.
BOYS BASKETBALLTom Fenney TournamentWeatherly-West Side TechA big second half al...
Two persons sustained what police said were moderate injuries in a crash Sunday at 7:31 a.m. on Route 209 in Franklin Township, The crash occurred about 2,500 feet west of Elm Street. Police said said...
A rural health outreach program proposed for Tamaqua took a big step forward recently as member partners were brought up to date on ways to implement the program. "Partners In Health" is a health outr...
A television program on Civil War Flag Preservation will air in January courtesy of a local state official.
The program, spearheaded by State Rep. Julie Harhart (R-Lehigh/Northampton), will include a ...