Owners of the Pine Street Pub in Tamaqua sold many paper trains in support of the Schuylkill Carbon Marine Corps League's annual Toys For Tots campaign. The pub has been a supporter of the campaign fo...
Despite its title, there's not too much that's unexpected in "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey."
There are goblins, wizards, trolls, rock monsters and, of course, dwarfs.This should please fans of th...
Jane Borbe, president of the Palmerton Area Historical Society, thanked people for coming to the annual Christmas banquet at Blue Ridge Country Club on Dec. 10. She said it had been a busy year with t...
State police at the Lehighton barracks have reported the results of roving DUI patrols that were conducted Dec. 21 into Dec. 22.
Police said the patrols resulted in eight motorists being arrested for ...
A motor vehicle caught fire on Edgemont Road near the Edgemont Lodge in Lansford around 6:52 p.m. Wednesday. The engine caught fire and spread to the rest of the vehicle. No injuries were reported and...
A new season brings with it a renewed sense of hope for most sports teams.
It doesn't matter whether a team went undefeated or winless the year before, the start of a new schedule gives a team a clean...
Franklin Township supervisors recently adopted the 2013 budget with no tax increase.
The tax rate for general purposes will remain at 6.3 mills or 63 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation. A home v...
A dispute between the American Hose Company Number One, of Tamaqua, and one of its fire,fighters which escalated into the fireman having a criminal charge filed against him was finally settled with no...
State police at the Fogelsville barracks were summoned at 8:48 p.m. Dec. 23 to the Walgreen's department store on Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, after a cashier was robbed at gunpoint.
Police said an ...
A PennDOT truck pushes ice and snow off SR309 in Tamaqua. PennDOT and municipal workers were kept busy yesterday into today as a mixed combination of both snow, sleet and ice made for dangerous condit...