In a report to Towamensing Township supervisors at the Thursday meeting, Supervisor Tom Newman, the representative to the county tax collection board, said there are 23 municipalities and five school ...
Entries are now being accepted for regional winners in the 18th annual National Senior Poets Laureate Poetry Competition for American poets age 50 and older in which the Pennsylvania Senior Poet Laure...
A Lansford couple has received word that their son is missing in action in Southeast Asia. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Giannangeli of West Patterson Street were infomerd that their son, Lt. Col. Anthony Gian...
The annual Earth Day Celebration at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary will have a decidedly feathery feel. Held on Saturday, April 24, this full-day celebration coincides with the peak of spring hawk migration,...
It was Oct. 15 of last year when she got the call that any woman would dread after having a breast biopsy.
Elizabeth "Betty Ann" Waidell learned she had breast cancer.Waidell, of 301 Clark St., Tamaqu...
A jury was selected Thursday to begin hearing testimony on Monday in Schuylkill County Court in the civil suit brought by Byrd Yeany, trading as Byrd Yeaney Seeding and Mulching Company, of Mayport, w...
Carrie Shafer, activities director for Mrs. Bush's Personal Care Homes in Kunkletown, believes it is very important for the residents to spend time with young people.
That's why, she tries to plan an ...
Monroe County Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest in an arson/homicide investigation.
Pennsylvania State Police Swiftwater is seeking the public's assistan...
When a nearly baseball marathon between Northwestern and Tamaqua ended Thursday afternoon, the 40 runs and 36 hits combined on the scoreboard at Northwestern's field wasn't an April Fool's Day joke.
I...
Lehighton and Northern Lehigh both posted shutout wins in baseball action Thursday.
The Indians blanked neighboring rival Palmerton, while the Bulldogs used a trio of pitchers to record a five-inning ...