Schuylkill County District Attorney Karen Byrnes-Noon, announced she will seek election to a full term this year.
Byrnes-Noon, a Democrat, was appointed district attorney in 2011 and took over the pos...
While many people think of a "Polar Bear Plunge" as being a New Year's Day event, such an event will be held this upcoming weekend to benefit Special Olympics PA.
The 2013 Lehigh Valley Polar Bear Plu...
STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Two of the adult children of a former pastor who's charged with killing his second wife said Wednesday he was devastated when both of his wives died, rebutting prosecution witn...
The monthly state of prison report was given by Warden Eugene Berdanier to the Schuylkill County Prison Board, which met Wednesday at the courthouse in Pottsville, showing the prison remains overcrowd...
An Ohio school district, of similar size to Tamaqua's, has recently enacted a "concealed carry" policy for staff members, similar to what school district officials are researching and considering here...
The engagement of Jessica McFee, daughter of David McFee and Linda McFee of Mt. Carmel, Pa., to Shane Spotts, son of Allen Spotts Jr. and Gwen Spotts of Tamaqua, has been announced by her parents.
The...
A meeting of Palmerton Area School Board's Budget and Finance Committee originally scheduled for Wednesday evening was postponed.
No new meeting date has been set.
Five area residents were among 23 who entered guilty pleas to criminal charges in Schuylkill County court and were sentenced by President Judge William E. Baldwin.
Alysa Cristine Frey, 22, of 15 South...
Panther Valley came out with the mindset that they were going to shut Jim Thorpe down and control the tempo. That's exactly what the Panthers did for four quarters, en route to a 44-22 Schuylkill Leag...