A non-jury trial was held Thursday in Schuylkill County court on the complaint of Rush Township supervisors against a property owner who erected an impediment placed at the entrance of an alley known ...
The National Weather Service apparently didn't see it coming. Neither did PennDOT.
What sucker-punched them was a paralyzing blanket of freezing rain that entered most of the region after 6:30 a.m.Sho...
This flock of seagulls took refuge recently in the Tamaqua Family Dollar parking lot. Many gulls prefer water (not always salt water); but most are occasionally seen far from it. Herring Gulls and Rin...
A winter's downpour didn't stop people from participating and attending the annual Tamaqua Tree Lighting Ceremony at the Depot Square Park over the weekend. The event, held as part of the Tamaqua Spir...
Carbon County commissioners may lay off employees in order to avoid a 58 percent property tax increase, Commissioner Thomas J. Gerhard said after a public meeting Thursday.
"Right now we're not going ...
The Panther Valley school board embarked on the journey toward its 2012-13 budget Thursday with the approval of a $24.7 million proposed preliminary spending plan that calls for a 2 mill property tax ...
Frozen surfaces and freezing rain this morning resulted in very slippery conditions. At one time, there were reports of six vehicles involved in accidents on Interstate 81 around 7 a.m. this morning. ...
Police throughout Carbon County were kept busy Friday morning after a brief rain turned into ice causing roadways to be very hazardous. This utility truck of the Reading & Blue Mountain Railroad was t...